Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-06-19
3 NEW
GRAVES
Victims of New Richmond
Tornado Being Laid
Away.
Death Relieves Several OF
the More Badly
Injured.
Few Bodies Found Wednes=
day==Work of Relief
Progressing.

New Richmond, Wis, June ID
Thirty-two new graves were made
Yesterday in the little cemeteries on
opposite sides of the town. There
was a constant succession Of funerals
threading their passage through the
Uttered streets, all day long. Services
for % were held in the little Catholic
church and for 10 in the Congregation
al church. There is still a large number
of unburied dead, and but for the fact
that a large number of collins failed
to arrive yesterday the number would
have been close to so. One of the in
iured. Alfred Larson, boy of years,
and two others are dead.
Contrary to expectations there were
no bodies found during the day in the
basement of the Williams dry goods
store. 1t was predicted that when the
work of clearing out the debris was
begun yesterday morning at least ~
bodies were still in the cellar OF the
Williams store, but by nighttall
large portion of the place had been
gone over but nothing was found to
indicate there was anything in the
ruins. It is possible that bodies may
be found there, but not anything like
tho number first estimated.
Ten bodies still remain undermined,
five of them lying in the Catholic
church. three in the Congregational
church, and two in the school house.
All of these were counted in the list OF
the dead sent out Tuesday. -Four
bodies were found Wednesday, those
of Mrs. Kate Hawkins, Willie Hughes,
John Prior and Lars Larsen. Inc
Hawkins family, consisting OF Mr.. ana
Mrs. Hawkins and three children, was
wiped out, with the exception OF MI
Hawkins, who is so seriously injured
that recovery is very doubtful. 1t was
known that Prior was in the saloon OF
BulIen & Greedy at the time the
storm broke, and workers IN
the ruins kept an anxious
lookout for his body throughout the
morning. 1t was found about l:3o
o'clock buried under g. great mass or
rubbish. The body of Patrick Early,
how 12 years of age, is in the same mass
of wreckage as was the manned body OF
Prior but it could not be located yes
terday. Two of the injured died yes
Ta1noh PrOalxWQV and
Thomas Stevens.
The work of clearing up the town
was undertaken in systematic man
ner Wednesday morning and decided
progress was made. The numerous
dead horses lying around were all
buried early in the day. All the fires
which had been smouldering for 36
hours were extinguished, and num-
Der of cellars in which dead bodies are
supposed to be were cleared up.
The militia kept a strict guard
around the edges of the devastated dis
trict, and no one who could not snow
excellent cause for admission was al
lowed inside the lines. Supplies came
in all day from all directions and there
is no scarcity of anything to eat. Bed
ding is not too plentiful and blankets
are needed. Food is so plentiful that
the relief committee made large sums
selling sandwiches and bread. All the
funds derived from this source,
amounting to $500, were turned over to
the general fund. The relief commit
tee has received tenders of money
from various sources amounting to