The sun., 1912-07-01
200 DEAD OR INJURED
People Running or Speeding
in Autos Crushed by
Falling Walls.
4 MILLION DOLLAR LOSS
Telephone Operators Buried
Under Ruins of Exchange
Other Towns Damaged.

WINNIPEG, man June 5U.-A tornado
struck the southwestern portion Of Regina,
the capital of Saskat chewan, at 5 o clock
this afternoon. II tore it's way north
easterly through eight blocks, from
Albert street to Hamilton street. in the
business part of the city. Falling walls
and flying debris killed people as they
walked on the street or hurried along in
automobiles. The estimated number Of
killed and injured is 200.
Three churches and nearly score of
business blocks were demolished and a
grea, number Of homes badly damaged.
The telephone exchange was RACED and
dozen girls buried in the debris. Seven
bodies were recovered. The power plant
shared the same fate and to make work
Of rescue more terrible the city tonight
is in darkness
The tornado clouds have hoverei
around the northeast and it is said the
storm will return
Before entering the city from the south
east the tornado destroyed the new
capitol buildings, then it wrecked about
.o1 private residences. after which six
grain elevators were blown across tn.
railroad tracks. completely blocking traf-
ac The tornado passed away 10 the
northeast.
Chaos reisns tonight and troops are
being rushed to the scene from Sewell
Carp. for pillagins has commcn >e;i
already and the Mayor has issued orders
10 shoot any cne on sight when discovered
pilla~ or :oobing the dead
D.t... are very meagre from Regina
and every despatch places the dead At
a different number,
Al the hospitals are filed with the
injured and stores are being turned
into morgues and temporary hospitals.
Surrounding cities and towns are send
ing doctors and nurses. All direct
COMMUNICATION with Regina Is cut of
and the messages received here were
despatched from neighborinS towns
The three telegraph offices are wrecked
as well az the railroad stations
The financial loss runs into $1,000
COO on the most conservative estimate
and rlay run to double this amount.
\ despatch received here al 10 O'Clock
tonight places the dead IA seventy-iive
with a number Of injured who will die
Several villages northeast of here were
reported struck bus this cannot be con
trmcd
The Canadian Pacific Railroad will ac-
cepj nothing but death messages fol
points west as far as Regina.
Several fires broke on; in Regina after
me tornado and two of them attained
dangerous proportions. but determinec
work on the part of firemen and volunteer:
saved the si,lation.
There is the widest disorder, which the
Royal Nor invest Mounted Police are
unab'e 10 control.
Had II not been Sunday night the loss o'
il" would have been far greater, as the
destroyed buildings would have been filled
William Allen. formerly a we'll knowr
SPORTING man. lost everything but he anc
H. wife escaped injury. Several news
paper men are missing and are reported
10 be- dead.
lhe scenes in the darkened city were
lndescrlhahle. Railway yards. stores, &c.
were ran-arkcd for lamps and the I'm
r"rla' oil Company gave away oil. Ih'
hotels and churches that survived IN,
storm were turned into temporary tCsrl
,aIs and morGues.
Regina Is the capital If Saskatche van
j = $50 niles west Of Winnipeg, about tor
ho.r- on IL" Canadian Pacific hallway
In 1904 II was the capita, Of the Distrtc
# AN-luibpia and the territorial capita
Of the Northwest Territories. and II!
population was only ?.6ij. Sine" then th'
lr1Elnc" &C Saskatchewan has beef
cr"q.,I and the old territorial capita
was mpl" the capital Of the now province
Us reputation j. nov about 1000.
T. T. lu tAe centre of tn" rev whca
growing district Of the Canadian North
U"-', AID tic prosp.rltv of the new grain
'"ilTy has reflected itself IN IA. size
!, t'G character of the clty. The Govern
, la"n' tVil1luGs aud the r.-ldrUC" Of tn
iNuNlnc'il Governor are Expressive.
H." city has an interest to traveller
rc-a'," n is still the headquarters of III,
iJm.l, Canadian Northwest Mounted
Irh'" Their quarters, dating from
il'n" when tho city was plains outpost
'r" N.,l' ln from the ra lroad. The uur,"
men So '..' conduct their long marches int
III" tat north from Regina, and com" hac
, n when their rounds are co'nplci"d
i Is also the seat of an Indian lndustIia
r'.''i founded many years ago b
la'u'r Iacotrbe. the missionary OF IN
'ohHJ'n Northwest.
l' ."u'Iy Regina has become Il rallrOaf
'"h'i' New line, Of the Canadian North
''' and th" Grand Trunk Pacific touc
''' 'd'k- uf ID" Canadian Pacific and Ia
'h' LuW Wirat lands