The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-10

Seriously Injured.
Y. a. Anderson.
O. s. Elvin and wife
Mrs. c. Mccormick.
Charles Roberts, wife and three chill
dren.
NJ. SjOrgen.
Mrs. Berg
Reata SWenSOu-
NJ. COuIsou and three children.
Swan Hart
Rose BTiton-
J. A. Carlson and wife.
William Barley and wife.
Anna Dittlof.
John DittIOf.
Olaf Carlson
Mrs John A Carlson.
Andrew Peterson and wife
Mrs. Swan Hart. face and arms LAGER
ated.
Two Orndorf sisters, arms and chest
Iacerated
Mrs. AIbin Swanson, leg fractured;
face and head cut.
Charles SaIeen. collar bone broken,
ribs fractured; serious
Mrs. Charles SaIeen. hip crushed, alb
dOmen punctured: serious
Mrs. ADJUST, scalp wound
Carl ADJUST, boy. badly bruised
Agnes Hansen, chest crushed in, bad
ly cut
Elmer Carlson. arm fractured
GOttfTiend Nelson's two children.
bruised and cut
Mr.. PORTER. ear cut of. arm broken.
Charles Roberts, wounds about face
hands and feet.
Jacquet Renius, foot hurt.
A. J. Anderson, bruised and cut.
Anna Anderson, hip bruised.
Mrs. Sam Norris. wounded back and
head.
lone SaIeen. leg bruised and cut.
Two daughters and son of Andrew
Peterson, slight
Population in Panic.
When daylight broke over tue town t
found the entire population III "a state
of panic. Business was entirely sUs-
pended and everyone who ESCAPED IN
jury turned his attention towa-J aiding
the wounded
The tornado formed three miles south
Of Marquette and did not spend Its
force until it had passed many niles
north Of the town In Marquette ne
residence portion west of the u:ait
street suffered particular damage
The houses in the course of tie tornado
we're with two or three exceptions.
completely wrecked Ia this section
there were a number of modern resi-
deurcs Of which only one the house
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The swedish Lutheran and Methodist
churches were among the first build
iugs struck and they. together with the
n1rsoua e adjoining the Methodist
church. were completely demolished.
Storm Followed Hot Day.
Yesterday afternoon had been hot
and oppressive, the atmosphere loaded
with electricity Late in the evening
a terrific raiustOTm broke over the
town. The rain continued to fall IN
torrents until 11:55 last night. when the
tornado struck. Within less than five
minutes it had wrought it's terrible
work and passed on. Telegraph and tel
ephoue wires were carried down and IT
was several hours before the outside
world could be dppTiSed of the plight OF
the city. 1t was not until O'Clock that
physicians and surgeons began arTiV-
ing from surrounding towns. In the
meantime dozens of willing hands set
10 work to clear away the debris and
extricate the dead and injured The
Swedish Lutheran parsonage and sew
eraI private residences were turned into
temporary hospitals, while the dead
were taken to the store room Of Olaf
Olson and laid out in rows. awaiting
Identification.
Distressing Scenes.
Just before daybreak representa-
tive Of the Associated Press made the
rounds Of the different places. In one
room in the Lutheran parsonage he
found six injured, and I'm an ADJOINING
room were five cOUpScS of persons who
had died from injuries after they had
been brought in I'm half Il dozen other
houses similar scenes were found. Dr.
Lund. the Lutheran pastor was pass
ing about among the suffering. minis
teriuC TO their comfort. while two scores
other persons working under his direC-
ton. 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 wagonIOads of dead and injured
had been brought to the town from the
district adjoining it on the south,
Many Narrow Escapes.
The sufferers tell of many narrow es-
capes from death. lone Saileen, the in
FAINT daughter of Charles Saileen, was
lifted in her bed and carried to the
middle of the street, receiving only
few scratches. SaTeen and his wife
were dangerously injured
The mattress upon which the baby
daughter of the Rev. Smith lay was
doubled up i'm such manner as to COW
er the child and protect il from falling
timbers. In spite of the destruction Of
the Smith house the entirely family es-
capped uninjured-
MI and Mrs. o. $. EIJvin were car
Fied on their bed a distance of 500 feet
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