The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-07-01
TORNADO
KILLS so
Regina, Saskatchewan, Wiped
Out Yesterday
PROPERTY LOSS IN MILLIONS
Buildings Razed for Miles-city in Dark
ness and Wires Are Down
Great Damage
Elsewhere.
PROPERTY LOSS IN MILLIONS

Regina, Saskatchewan, July l.-Citi-
zens aided the police throughout the
night, reseuing the injured and recover
ing the dead from the ruins caused by
last nights tornado. 1t will be late be-
fore the exact number of the dead is
known. The remaining houses are
thrown open to the homelesse.
Thirty-six bodies have been recovered.
1t is estimated that so people were
killed and property loss of Sl0,000,000
entailed by tornado which. after day
of thunderstorms and high winds, struck
Regina at 500 o'clock last evening.
The local telephone Office was wrecked
and it is feared that Is girls employed
there were killed The telephone ex-
change building the Standard block, the
First Baptist church and the Baird and
Bottele building are among the struc-
lures DESTROYED
All wires, except one telegraph wire,
are down. This one wire is crowded
with private messages
A special train left Winnipeg shortly
after nine O'Clock with doctors and
nurses and telegraph and telephone re-
pair men.
Two fires broke out but the flames
were confined to the ruins where they
started. All electric lights and power
wires were prostrated and the city is IN
darkness.
The storm continued northwest from
Regina through central Saskatchewan,
doing great damage, but no loss of life
is reported outside of Regina. Heavy
losses to buildings are reported from
Qu'Appele 40 miles east of Regina, and
also at Melville, on the Grand Trunk
Pacific.
The central path Of the storm lay be
tween Hamilton street on the east AMI
Albert street to the wast, including b.,
tween them the greater portion of TIE
financial, business and shopping districts.
Before il entered the city, the storm
passed directly over the new provincial
parliament buildings south of Mascara
lake; but ii is impossible vet to Oh
tain word Rs 70 any darage there.
Crossing the ,aka - path north Sas
over the Dominion ail buildings when
it struck the most select residential see
tion included on t;ixtasnth, Fifteenth
Fourteenth, Thiyta nth and Nietc ria ave-
nues. On the latter street are the land
titles and other public buildings and
a number of big churches. Next in
order came Twelfth and Eleventh ave-
nues and South Railway street and these
cover the financial and business districts.
Not abating awhit in fury. the storm
passed over the Canadian Pacific rail
way taking down in its course half
dozen elevators. 1t then passed to that
portion of the city lying north of the
where the wholesale houses are
largely situated while beyond it is
big residential district.
The blow was SO sudden that at first
confusion reigned but soon
order was restored and relief gangs or
ganized. The city power works went out
of commission and there is no light,
which must greatly hamper work to-
night.
Not taking any chance against dis
order, the contingent of city troops ut
Sewell military camp in Manitoba was
wired to return by special train.
The hospitals are full and temporary
hospitals are being set up.