Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-10
MIDNIGHT HOUR OF
I DOOM FOR MANY
Twenty Six lives Snuffed Out by
+. Brea'l, Of Terrific
Tornado.
f;OlRTY-FuUa OTHERS INJJRI D
Storm Cut Clean swath One Hundred
Wards Wide Throlah Town of Mar:
auette. kas.-Two Babies in Center
,.$:::of Death ard Destruction Come Out
if;:uninInrci.
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5MARCtErTE, KAS.. May 3.-When
darkness fell upon this stricken town
tonight, ii was known that twenty-.;ix
lives had been lost i'm the tornado tina.
Wrecked part of Marquette carly today
ard I'D much damage in this vicinity,
and that furty.four persons had been
injured. or the injured tihrty-nve are
seriously hurt ard some of them may
die. During tie day Two victims died
ofstheif injuries. Several of the 9th.
cfs arc suffering from broken limbs
and internal niuries.
IN several cases entire families
have been killed A man named
Switzer. il night Waterman at the rail.
roaa yards. lost his three children. N.
p. Nielsen with his Wife nnd three
children were found dead. Two other
children wore not ct home and escaped
injury.
Order Out Of Chaos.
Tonight order had practically heen
brough. ont of the chaotic Conditions
that prevailed and a relief committee
had boShn dispensing aid. Among tho
relief committees sent from outside
We're rs pupils frcn Bclhan College,.
who game as nurses
The tcrna1o struck the southern end
ofNhe town and cut a clean swath one
hundred yards in width through It's
entire length. Coming Us it did Mt mid
night all the people were caught with
out niomeats Warning A heavy
rain. storm had preceded the wind.
When daylight broke over the town it
fund Tie cntirc population in a state
IF panic Business was entirely sus.
pendel and every one who escaped in.
Jury turned his attention toward aid.
ing the wounded. g.
The tornado seems TO have struck the
earth three miles south OF Marquette
and .iit. not spend its force until II
had passed many miles north of the
town.
Residence Portion Suffered.
In Marquette the residence portion
of The main street suffered the prnci-
pal damage. The houscs In The course
Of the tornado are all. with two or
three exceptions, completely wrecked
In This section there were n number of
modern residences. of which only one
was left standing.
The Swedish. Lutheran and Metho-
dist charches were among the first
buildings struck and they. together
with the parsonage adjoining The Meth.
odist church. were demolished.
Yesterday afternoon was hot ana on.
pressive. Late in the evening a ter.
rifle rain storm broke over the town.
Tho rain continued to fall in torrents
until midnight, when the tornado
struck. Within less than FIVE minutes
1t had wrought it's terrible work and
passed on.
tIsoIated For Several Hours. !,
Telegraph. and telephone wires were
carried down and it was several hours
before the outaidc world could be an.
p:ised OF the plight of The city.
1t was not until o'clock that physi,
Clans and surgeons began arriving
from surrounding towns. In the mean.
ZINE dozens of coluntcers set to work
to clear away tho debris and extricatn
the, dead and injured.
The Swedish Lutheran parsonage
ana several private residences were
turned into temporary hospitals. The
dead were taken 10 n store room near
Dy.I Rev. Or. l.,lld. the Lutheran rns-
tor. passed about among the suffering.
ministcring to their comfort while
thirty or forty physicians. working
under his direction cared for The in.
Jured at other points.
Babies ProvldentlalIy Protected.
There wero many. narrow escapes
from death. The infant daughter cf
Charles Sailortswas lifted In her bel,
and carried tot lie middle oftlle street,
reeeiyillg only a}few scratches. saIlon
and his wife were seriously injured.
IS Tho mattress upon which the hahy
Laughter Of Rev. Mr.: Smith lay was