The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-29
NEwTowE Is DEsoLATED.
ToyaaAo Leaves Fifty Fao11iee
Observation-Disclosures Dead aaA
Thivty IntureA.

CHfLLIC0THE. Mo-. April As-Scsnes
o. utter distress aad desosasion were Pic
f9rsa today a. Se.town. forty snises north
OF tas 81 Paul railway A day Of cease
Hess sen scn among the ruins and work for
sis@ injured and suffsrins followed night
~ gloom and despair. Fifty families are
aome.sss. there are about afss.n dead and
over thirty Injured while ene-half Of the
place il In ruins. A compiets lis. Of cas-
aatiea VIII net be known for several days.
The known dead are: Samuel Desper,
wife and three children: LAban Evans and
iwo daughters. William HAYS. wife and
two children Injured Thrse Children OF
W Il.sam Hays Ella Evans. a. j.. Jones.
and daughter, Mrs. Price and sister. Mrs.
Flagg 1rs. Wilson, Mrs. TtmDey, Dave
STANFORD Wits and three children. Mr. Nc
luiston and wife. Nose Guymsn and wife.
The storm struck Newtown at SIS In the
evening. Coming from the southwest. IL
came without warming. and few were abe
sfrikin< the eastern end OF town, IL cut
= clean swain Sc TO GO feet Wide through
THE best rcrrion Of the place. swe~pang ev-
were torn 10 splinters On one street alone
q raw % ten houses were entirely demol-
isted. HerF scarcely anyone escaped death
or intrry. The walls Of butidsngs fell win
q crash that sounded above the roar Of the
storm. burying people In the ruins. Frame
buildings were twisted and Mted from
their founda tons. others we're utterly de-
moisxhed: othars were. saifsed from their
paslr ion. apparently unhurt: one was turn
cal zs,,sareiy around while another was
turned upside dawn.
Samuel Deeper. at the appearance OF the
black cloud. started with hims6if and lam
NV FOR sisighboring cellar but his house
Was blown over them iuSs as he reached
tho front door. His two daughters were
caught with him by the timeers and killed
instantly. His wife was seriously injured
though Sbs a. stu alive
MrA William Hays was killed while run
n.DE zap the street In search OF shelter. The
muti.ated trunk. with the head missing.
was found in the street later. Mrs. Hays
husband and two children met death with
la few fee, OF each other
The storm lasted five minutes. When /,
minutes and shone brightly over the scene
OF ruin. Women and children were rus1-
ing through the streets while men busted
themselves attempting to restore order.
thunder storm followed and darkpess feil
quickly. The night proved most dismal
Numbers OF citizens searched ruins inces
sanity answering the cries OF the injured
from THE place or that. carrying The dead
To the depot and the wounded to places Of
safety. Houses OF the survivors were
thrown open to the unforsunRtcs and all
possible done To ailay the suffering. Chilli
eoihe sent squad OF ply sieians. who ma.
,erlally aided the Newtown rescue-s
When morning broke on the scene. the
sfayi.h WAS begun With renewed activity,
and has been kept up all day. CoBsisere
BILE CONSERVATION prevailed. ana n5shtfan
found the searrhers stili at work with no
knowledge OF the actual number OF killed
aud wounded. complete Hss will not be
s rae ,sr y. s,s ..s 2 Intense
blew down the telegraph wires In and about
town and washed away the brio over
Medicine creek. 4 small stream south OF
town, partially demolished the Chicago,
Milwaukee 4 ST. Paul depot. stock yards
and dosen stock cars.