Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-07-04
REGINA FATALITIES
TO REDUCED TO 40
NUMBER OF DEATHS LESS THAN
FIRST REPoRTED-INJURED
NUMBER 400.
MANY MORE WILL DIE.
Damage Great-Hundreds Labor
Clearing the Debris. Property
Loss Estimated at
100000.

s6,ooo,o 900.
Regina, Sask., July a. Forty-one
are dead with a number of bodies in
the debris left by Sunday nights oy.
clone There are fully 400 injured
and several of them will die The
property loss is estimated at ten or
eleven million dollars.
The debris is being removed slowly
for the workers seem afraid of their
task Many streets are still blocked
and wide detours have to be made to
get to certain portions Of the city.
The death list will probably reach
30 for there were many people boating
on Vascana lake at the time the oy-
clone hit Regina and but two or three
of them have been accounted for.
Some of them we're noticed struggling
In the water and were then seen to
sink. Their bodies may not be recov-
cred until the lake dries up In the
late summer.
Many of the large wholesale houses
are a total or partial loss. The Capt.
tai City Flour mills; Toronto Type
Foundry, Alderman building, Gaar-
Scott, Gushing Bros, and H. w. Laird
company's warehouse are among the
wrecked. Back of this district many
Of the comfortable homes of the labor
Ing men working in this district were
completely demolished. The total
financial loss to the city has been
estimated at between $5,000,000 and
s6,000,000. The heavier losers among
the prominent business men are: L.
V. Kerry, H. w. Laird, Capital Flour
! Mills.
Wild rumors are being received
from outside points of farm houses
having been destroyed and their in
mates killed, but all rural telephone
lines are down and residents of this
city are too busy to scour the coun-
try to see what damage has been
done.
The cyclone evidently wiped out
some farm buildings, but with what
loss of life is not known
It is without doubt the worst dis
aster in the history of western Can
! ada.
Preparations are being made for a
long distance telephone exchange at
the corner of Albert and Dewiny
streets and instructions have been
sent to Montreal for a switchboard
1t is stated that no action will be
taken to drain the lake at present for
fear of typhoid. The lake will, how
ever, be dragged for dead bodies.
The finance committee met and de-
cided to accept all offers Of help
which have been made, among them
being the following: City Of NinN-
peg, Calgary, Edmonton, Moose Jaw,
! government of Manitoba, D. ]. Mann,
Dominion government and the Winni-
| peg Telegram.
His worship was asked by the COM
mittee to reply to all the wires re-
ceived accepting their offers with the
cities thanks. A committee of 40
young men were appointed to canvass
the city and make list of the missing
and also list the needs of the people
who were driven out
A special request is made that all
people who are living with others re-
port at once to the city hall in order
that proper list Of the missing may
| be prepared 1t was stated that COrO-
ner Jones had stated that the total
death list resulting from the accident
would reach over 70.
The militia in conjunction with the
mounted police will police the terri
tory. One hundred tents will be erect
I'd in the parks. while others will be
provided through the city.
In no respect is the disaster more
remarkable than for the organization
Of the different civic departments for
the relief of the suffering A relief
committee with eX-Alderman Mccall
mel, at it's head has it's quarters in the
mayors Office to deal with all cases
Of personal need.
! struction, file in, offering one, two o.
three rooms for the accommodation
Of the destitute But up to noon yes
terday very few cases had been brought
10 the attention of the committee Al
the rescued ones have to great ex
tent been accommodated in the homes
of their friends without the interven
lion of the relief committee.
The most important work at pres
ent is that of clearing up the debris
the further rescue of bodies and fitting
up of partially dismantled houses 70
j kI,o. ,,co If tho survivors ts#Egg1s ~
All the wagons and teams Of tn
different departments are at worl
clearing away the debris from tn