The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-05-12
MANY KILLED BY
KANSAS TORNADO
Storm Swooped Upon Town
With Terrific Force,
ACTUAL CASUALTIES NOT KNOWN
They Lay Asieep-Aid Has Been
Asked by Citizens of Marquette,
kans., from, Other Towns and Cities.

kacS., from Other Towns and Cities.
Marquette, Kan, May 10-MaDy per
sons were killed, score or two others
injured and a part of the residence
portion Of Marquette was demolished
by tornado that stu 90 this place al
midnight last night The number OF
dead is estimated at 20, but owing to
the confusion following the storm, it
Will be some time before the actuaI
casualties are known.
The Swedish Luthern and Metho
dist churches and the opera house
block were wrecked and dozens OF
residences RACED to the ground. The
business portion escaped with slight
damage.
Aid was asked of other. towns and
physicians were sent from Salina and
many nearby places
The otrnado struck the southern
end Of the town and cut clean swath
one hundred yards in width through
its entire length. Coming. as it did
at midnight, the people were caught
without a moments warning. a
heavy rainstorm had preceded the
wind, and after the tornado passed,
scene Of complete deSOiation followed.
The tornado struck the southern
with great force, wrought its terrible
havoc within a few minutes time and
continuing into the rich farming coun-
try north of Marquette, caused fur
Their damage.
In Marquette many residences were
completely demolished, the wreckage
being carried away entirely, while
others were picked up bodily, moved
a short distance away, and dropped to
earth.
Many of the victims were killed as
they lay asleep; others manned an
led in the wreckage OF their former
homes
Following the storm came a lull.
Soon the cries of injured and frigtj
ened people could be heard on every
hand. Men with lanterns appeared
here and there among the wreckage
and as quickly as possible the work
OF rescue was heSun.
Progress was slow because of the
darkness, and it was sometime be
fore anything like systematic effort
could be made to remove the injured
and before aid was asked of neighbor-
ing towns.
Marquette is town of 1,500 in Nc
Pherson county 1t is in the exact
center of Kansas, and in the richest
farming country in the state.
When daylight broke over the town
it found the entire population in
state of panic. Business was entirely
suspended and every one who escaped
injury turned his attention towards
aiding the wounded
The tornado formed 3 miles south of
Marquette and did not spend its force
until it had passed many miles north
of the town. In Marquette the resi-
dence portion west of the main street
suffered the principal damage. The
houses in the course of the tornado
were all, with two or three exceptions,
completely wrecked.
Early today a representative Of the
Associated Press made the rounds of
the different places. In one room in
the Lutheran parsonage he found six
injured. and in an adjoining room were
five cOrpses. In half a dozen other
houses similar scenes were found Dr.
Lund. the Lutheran pastor, passed
about among the suffering, administer
ing to their comfort. while two-score
other persons, working under his di-
rection, cared for the injured at other
points.
When the missing in Marquette had
been pretty thoroughly accounted for.
the searchers directed their attention
to the surrounding country. Soon half
a dozen wagon loads of dead and in
jured had been brought to town from
the district adjoining it on the south
The sufferers tell of many narrow