Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-14
SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD.
Organized Efforts Being Made at New
Richmond Today

Richmond Today.
NEW RICHMOND, Wis, June 14-No
bodies were recovered from the ruins last
night, the work being abandoned on ac-
count of the heavy rain which fell during
the greater part of the night and parrlv nv
exhaustion Of the working parties. IT WAS
late this morning before the work wac
actively resumed. No organized movement
looking to the recovery of the dead mr. tho
distribution of supplies has been inaupur,t-
ed as yet, but order is beginning finally to
snow amid the chaos and demoraliza tion
which has been prevalent since the storm
Major M. R. Doyan of Gov. Schofeld,s sta n
arrived early today TO look over the ground
learn Wnat is needed and make report to
the governor He says Gov. Scofield had
as yet no fixed plan looking to the relief of
the sufferers, but that as soon as he was
ape m 10 make a report the governor would
act promptly. Adjt Gen. Boardman is ex-
pected some time this morning.
Inquiries for Friends,
kilograms from all points of the country
from San Francisco to Boston, poured into
New Richmond asking for the safetv IF
relatives and friends of the senders Of the
kilograms. No official list of the dead and
injured has been kept, and many REPLIES tn
inquiries will necessarily be slow Mapx
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clal assistance, the largest amount bein,-
$2,ooo, sent by the Commercial Ch,b anfi
BOARD of trade of MINNEAPOLIS. The ma
lority OF the remaining tenders of money
nave eeen less than $1,000. The total
amount thus far offered is ABOUT s, fs,O
The militia is patroling what was th.
business section of the town and nobody
Is permitted inside the lines. Yesterday
SO many visitors from the surrounding
country were swarming around the WORK
ing parties that it was very difficult for
them to work. 1t is expected that TODAY
the task Of looking for the dead will pro-
geeo WIN greater success than yesterday
The number still in the ruins Is yariousiv
eStimated, some estimates running I'm tn
IOo, and others being placed at fifty. o. w
Mosher who has been at the head of relief
Mork, @1 says this morning that fully sixty
nVe children were still missing and a large
number of adults as we'll This estimate
Is generally considered as being too large
me working party expect to find anywhere
rom rom nIteen TO twenty-five bodies in the
basement of Williams hardware store.
Cut in Two by Flying Boards.
Two men met their death in the tornado
by being cut with flying boards. They were
Nicholas Padden, whose head was severed
from his body by the end OF plank, and
Michael Heffron, whose body was found in
HIS basement cut squarely In half across
the abdomen. The sharp edge Of some
flooring was hurled against him going
clear through his body
One pathetic incident was the death Of
little boy, who as yet has not been iden-
titled. He was coming down the street with
a camera in his hand when the cyclone
swept through the city. and later his dead
body was found several rods from vherp No
had been last seen. His camera WAS ,sfiii
In MS hand. not mark on 1t, but the head
OF the little fellow was shockingly crushed.
The supply of collins ran out early in the
morning, and at present there are not
enough In the city to bury the dead A suf-
ilcient number are on the way from ST.
Paui. Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire and