The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-12
Terrible Tales Are Told
 of Devastation. SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD Eighty-five Bodies Already
 Recovered. Some Pathetic Features of Oklahoma Towns Misfortune-Neighbor- ing Cities Sending Relief
 to Stricken People.
SEARCHING FOR THE DEAD

cnyQerb Ok., Mdy A1.'-aI iV oOioSN Tonight the number of known dead as a result of the tornado has reached ninety-hve.
 Arrangements have been made to convey all the injured who can be moved to hospitals at Oklahoma City and Lawton. A special train for this purpose will leave here at 11:s0 o'clock.
 Guthrie. Okla, May 11.-The death list of last nights tornado. at Snyder is expented to exceed 100. Eighty-five bodies have been recovered; dozen persons are missing and given up for dead. and of the forty-one seriously wounded, seven are fatally hurt. More than 100 others suffered less severe in- juries.
 Relief is being sent from neighbor- ing towns From Oklahoma City to- @zay went 100 men to dig graves ana Seek the dead still in ruins and also a dozen undertakers with 100 coffins Offers of financial assistance have come from numerous citizens. Governor Ferguson of Oklahoma has issued proclamation calling attention to the needs of the stricken town.
 To add to the general confusion and distress after the tornado had passed fire broke out and burned up all that remained of the buildings in the busl- ness block So far 1t has not been possible to find out whether or not any bodies were cremated, but 1t Is highly possible that such was the case. An unidentified woman was picked up dead. having been pinioned to the ground by
 haws lof and came out through the back or her head Clarence Donovan, railroad engineer, and Miss Nina Fessenden were to have been married last night but had postponed the nuptials until this morning. Both were instantly killed.
 Frederick Crump, a boy, had started for a cellar when flying timber struck him and severed his head from his body. Debris was carried to the north- east as far as Copperton, twelve miles, and. it is reported that there are more fragments of homes at that town and In that vicinity than are in the tornado hath at Snyder. About seventy-five Read of horses and cattle were killed m the town site. A committee was set to work today to remove car rasses.
 The Mayor of Snyder is having much trouble arranging for the burial of the dead. The confusion Is great owing to the fact that there remain number of unidentified bodies at the morgues.
 There is much suffering, owing to lack of provisions and places to stay What houses remain in the town are in had condition and unsafe for habita- tion. Besides there is not room enough to care for the homeless. Bedding and wearing apparel are both lacking and despite the efforts to succor the unfor- tunates they are still in a pitiable con dition. Many of the wounded could not be cared for or given medical aid until o'clock this morning, and by that time their wounds were aggravated.
 Dr. York of Hobart, who was active fin relieving the suffering, says that 20 per cent of the wounded will die.
 As soon as daylight came and people could comprehend the possible extent of the damage done a mass meeting was fald and a relief organization formed, the officers which are E. B. Dunn, president; J. c. Burnett, sec retary, and J. I. Heiena treasurer, the latter to whom all relief supplies and funds should be sent.
 Governor T. B. Ferguson today issued a request upon the Mayors of various Oklahoma towns, the heads of chari- table organizations and the pastors of N churches to collect funds for the \ sistance of the sufferers, there being \ mo statutory means for the appropria- A lion money TOT the CdldHlltleS Sltll- \ ar to the one at Snyder. Numbers of G Ies have responded and assistance is b lg rendered as fast as practical.
 \ JVeronr Ferguson has ordered the signal corps of the National Guard to proceed to Snyder from Lawson to aid in the rescue work.
 O. B. Regal. lawyer, says when the storm struck he opened the door of his office in one of the business houses, which was the last thing la knew. When he came to he was scrambling in the wreckage of a residence almost 200 yards away.
 Paul Crump, the boy whose head and arms were cut off was making some purchases in the Mize store. He was being attended to by Miss Mary Mze when the tornado struck the building. Miss Mize gathered the boy in her arms and started out of the front door and almost at the same instant .I sharp timber struck the boy, cutting off his head and arms and bruising Miss MiZe about the face but not otherwise in- turing her.