The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-09
Relief Trains Bring Physicians and
Other Help.

town. The rain continued to fall in
torrents until 1885 last night. when
the tornado struck Within less than
five minutes it had wrought its ter
rible work and passed on. Telegraph
and telephone wires were carried down
and it was several hours before the
outside world could be apprised of the
plight of the city.
Wagon Loads of Dead and Injured.
1t was not until s o'clock that physi-
clans and surgeons began arriving from
surrounding towns, in the meantime
dozens of willing hands set to work to
clear away the debris and extricate the
dead and injured. The Swedish Luth-
eran parsonage and several private res
idences were turned into temporary
hospitals while the dead were taken to
the store room of OFF Olson and laid
out in rows awaiting Identification.
Hospital and 3Iorgue at Parsonage.
Just before daybreak a representative
Of the Associated Press made the
rounds of the different points. In one
room in the Lutheran parsonage he
found six injured and in an adjoining
room were five corpses of persons who
had died from injuries after they had
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houses similar scenes were found. DR..
Lund, the Lutheran pastor, was pass
ing about among the suffering, minis
tering to their comfort while the two
score other. persons, working under his
direction cared for the injured at other
points.
When the missing in Marquette had
been pretty thoroughly accounted for
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the country. Soon half dozen wagon
loads 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 Sailen, the in
fant daughter Of Charles Salien, was
lifted in her bed and carried to the
middle of the street. receiving only a
few scratches. salien and his wife were
dangerously injured. The mattress up
on which the baby daughter of the Rev.
Mr. Smith lay was doubled up in such
a manner as to cover the child and pro-
tect it from falling timbers. In spite
of the destruction of the Smith house
the entire family escaped uninjured-
Mr.. and Mrs. O. S. ElIvin We're carried
on their bed a distance of 500 feet and
laid down without being scarcely in
jured.
In Cyclone Region.
The region around Marquette and
between that and Salina seems to be
susceptible to cyclones. If there is a
hard storm anywhere in central Kan
sas it is not unusual for the little
towns along the Missouri Pacific to
be in the worst of it. Is it possible
that this locality is the center of a
region which breeds cyclones and
hail storms?
The village of Falun, about two
thirds of the way from Sa1ina to Mar
quette, has been struck by cyclones
several times in the past ten or twelve
years. None of them have ever been
as disastrous as the one which struck
Marquette last night. but they have
demolished buildings and injured a
number of people.
Marquette is prosperous little
town of about 700 people in the
northwest part of Mcpherson county.
It lies near the Smoky Hill river and
! is in a rich farming region. one OF
the best sections of the Kansas wheat
/ belt, and is well settled. It is in the
western part of the big Swedish set
tIement which covers eight or ten