The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-07-01
Saskatchewan, Canada, is Swept
by Fierce Storm and Great
Toll ExaCted
City Of Regina Partially Destroy
ed and Many are Dead
There
PROPERTY LOSS IN MILLIONS

Regina, Sas. July 1-'rha exact
number Of dead ia the territory that
was swept by a cycline YESTERDAY is
not YET known. but the estimates place
the list at 800. or more. the injured at
a much higher figure, and the financial
loss far into the millions
In Regina the identified dead number
-, and the injured about as many
more. The whole north side of the
city was practically wiped out. and
how many dead are in the ruins * not
known. The telephone exchange was
completely demolished. but OF tho -
girls employed there not one was kill
ed. Several were injured, however
I No definite news was received this
morning from surrounding territory.
and stories of great loss of life are AZ
/ yet unconfirmed
Thrty-siX bodies wete recovered up
TO S O'Clock this morning. Handreds3 OF
searchers. h nsy in the denris siAce
daylight have, recovered lfteen bodies
in addition TO those reaovered l;ist
night. The death list ia Regina prgD-
ably will be confined s5 iiftw Anr5ng
The deah are MIR. and Mrs Frank
Dienahon. formerly OF lnln6is. The
military has been caleb from lts apl-
nual encampment and isli charge %
the city
Fashionable District Suffers.
The cyclone. which came at o'clock
from the south. first struck the new
parliament building. just completed az
cost OF $2,OO0.OOo. The building as
of steel and concrete and. while &c
stands. is badly shaken. The storm
then swept northward. cutting a swath
six blocks in width through the fash-
.onable residence district. transform
ing IL into mass Of wreckage. Along
Victoria place from Sixteenth 10 Elev-
enth street three hundred houses were
destroyed and numbers of persons
were killed Automobiles filed with
people were hurled high in the air and
deposited blocks away.
At Eleventh street. the business dis
trict was met Here wholesale houses.
banking Institutions and retail stores
were swept into heaps Of ruins. while
the air was filled with flying Wreckage.
Past Eleventh street the storm reached
the retail district. which received the
more severe compact. Then the Cana
dian Pacific railway tracks were
reached. Six big grain elevators We're
toppled over like tenpinS, the timberS
being piled in heaps on the tracks.
Crossing the railway tracks, several OF
the largest wholesale houses in the city
were unroofed, their heavily weighted
floors falling TO the bottom as their
supports were lOosened. Two fires
broke out, but as most fire houses had
survived the storm and the> water
pressure was not impaired, the fires
were confined to the ruins where the,
Started. All electric lights and power
wires We're rendered useless, and the
city IS in darkness.
City Just 6sdeeked in Gala Attire.
The sweep Of the storm, the worst an
the history of the Canadian northwest.
was over city which only short
time before had completed the work oC
bedecking itself in gaia attire Cor the
celebration of Dominion Day. Buntiug
and Gags covered buildings everywhere
and networks of colored electric lights
had been strung and made ready for
illumination.
Through these decorated streets. the
tornado swept and within a half hour
Regina had beer turned into a city OF
mourning. In the track OF the storm,
building after building Law in ruins,
shrouded in its gay-colored bunting.
The tornado swooped down just
few blocks 10 the north OF the south
ern limits OF the city. cutting a swath
several blocks wide right into the cen
ter OF the town. dwelling the buildings
in its wake.