New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-01
Reoina. Sask., in Darkness. with
Houses in Ruins. Scores
Buried in Debris and
Fires Raging.
PROPERTY LOSS $4,000, 1000
Local Telephone Building, with
It's Fifteen Girls, Goes Before
the Storm-Every Vehi-
Gle in the City an
Ambulance.


Winnipeg June SIT is es''ma'e'
that some hundreds Of persons were
,.,uod a11d property loss Of $40. .Ooo, 600
,or,oao u.bicb after a
en'd"e'
day OF thunderS'ornhS anu "'7''
struck Regina Sashdtcll'"""'
..6n m coming from the south
.,.,,ao ~ the calamity while
-u.o.,.a tho rosc,a
CROWNS IL -,
work proceeds 'ai''''' 'e' '' i'''E
mated II seems certain however that
the casualties will roll up to total of
between 400 and 500 and that the prop
.,. ,oes can hardly be under $1,000
IN"
The local telephone once was
and il is feared that htteen girls EN-
n,oved there were killed. The telephone
,z. h,,udiro the Standard block.
-.,-.-, - 49, p,,rd
tne f"S' D"p'''
and Bottele buildings are among ''S
s.r,n,rres destroyed Relief gangs are
.,. .ol,i,,r ont the dead.
an n.iros evcont one telegraph wire are
s..u THE ono wire is crowded with
n,,,ota messages from persons who wish
% .ard uord of their safety to friends
ous ra,o,ivee
.,ao,o1 train left winnipee shortly
IT, o.c,ooL v.,tb doctors and nurses
- ,o,.er,rb and taIanbone renair men.
IT,. ,o,,,or rrort is ont of com
.,..;o, I'D ,rosnec,e arc moor for nuo-
-,. ,;u,. r.u.
All eiecU!c Hs"I an" Po"e WI"
were proS'Id'e" anu 'i' O''S IL Al ""'
nesS.
Two hreS oTohe out "u' a. 'i''S' ~
Inc hre department StauoilS eSVdreu Tie
storm ana as the water pressure was
not impaired, the hames were cohrneu
o,,u.,,o tor,,. ILL aast of p.ei,a
and Melville. further north. also suf-
fered severely from the storm.
The central path Of the storm lay be-
tweeh Hamilton street. on the east, and
Albert street. to the west. including be-
tween them the greater portion Of the
financial, business and shopping dis
ricts.
Before il entered the city the storm
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Parliament buildings. south Of Wascana
Lake. but il IS impossible vet 10 obtain
word as TO the damage there. Crossing
the lake. its path north was over the
Dominion Jail buildings. after which it
struck the most select residential sec
ton included on Sixteenth. Fifteenth.
Fourteenth. Thirteenth and Victoria ave-
nues On the latter are the Land Titles
and other nuhIic buildings and 2 number
Of big churches. Next in order come
South Railway street. and these cover
the financial and business districts.
'r''' ~'VV''0'' ""'
Not ahating whit in fr.r. the storm
passed over the Canadian Pacific Rail
way '"Nii's u'"'i ''' ''' ''.'iSe nan 4
s-.- 80 ii. IT, ,rao,,a .,..a 49,
90 ,,.,,;o. ,,... .,,,..,... ,a,o. =,
,..r..d 7, ,.o, r,a..ad 80 .,ot ro.,i,..,
- 49, IL. ,,.,,.o -, . -, It..
n,,or. d. ,.L.,,a..,o ho,,.as or ,ar,.oi,,
s,,o.ad ,.hi,o he,.ord - is . his rosi
Dental 6,et,ic,
Although the fury Of the storm was
mos, onrarort betr,eer Hamilton ond
a.. -
va. do,o o,+sida rar,ic,l,rlv In tba
wes,srr raiiuav Yards Tho bIov was
81 sad,,, ,bat a. fret irdescribahle con-
fua,n. raiornd b,,t soon order rae ce-
stored and relief gangs we're orranized
Not TAKING, any chance against disor-
der in the darkness the contingent ~
city troone AZ -aveI military carnn in
Manitoba v,as wired IN return nv e,A-
cial train.
The bospita,s are full and Temporary
hospitals arc beiog set nm Every vehicle
In the ci,,. ,s boiro need os a., ar,bu.
lance
un
'''
i"e confusion was such that 10 oe-
''inihe the number OF fatalities was OUT
"e question Every ambulance III the
Ivy was worked TO It's limit carrying the
OUieS oi the Killed ana the scores Of IN
''ieu persons 10 the hospitals which
were filed early I'm the evening. and to