The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-01
LIST Of DEAD AND INJURED So FAR AS
THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED
elevators We're toppled over like ten
pins, the timbers being piled in

elevators We're toppled over like ten
pins, the timbers being piled in
heaps on the tracks.
| Crossing the railroad ira acks sever
al of the largest Wholesale houses in
the city We're unroofed. their heavily
laden floors. falling to the bottom as
their supports We're loosened. The
storm continued north into the richly
settled country and reports coming in
indicate that there was no let up In
its fury
Two fires broke out, but as most
of the fire halls escaped the storm
antl the water pressure was not i'm
paired. the flames We're confined to
the ruins, where they had started.
Ihe storm continued northward
from Regina through central Saskat-
chewan doing great damage but no
loss of life is reported outside of Re
gina.
Heavy losses to buildings are re-
Ported from Que Appelle. forty miles
west Of Regina and also at Melville,
l*r.her .l1l north on the Canadian Pacific.
The magnitude Of the calamity
which Regina had suffered while
growing in realization as the rescue
work proceeded, could not be fully es-
t!n7ated al a late hour last night 1t
seemed certain, however that the
caSualtles would roll up to a total Of
hetWeen 400 and 500 and that prop
erty loss could be hardly under s14.-
ooo.o0n at the lowest estimate The
confusion was such that to determine
the number Of fatalities was out of the
question:.
Every ambulance in the city was
Wor ked to the limit, carrying bodies
of the dead and scores of injured per
sons TO the hospitale which were FILL
ed early in the evening and to a num-
her of improvised hospitals in some
Of the large buildings left standing.
crowds of volunteers all over the city
are assisting in the work of searching
The wreckage and for hours there was
hardly minute that dead body or
mangled form of some living victim
was not uncovered.
HurrNine men and women speeding
on their errands of mercy filled the
streets as the night wore on while the
authorities strove their best to bring
order out of confusion. succoring the
lFlng ana TO determine as best they
could as to the identify and number
of dead.
Worst in History of Canada.
The sweep of the storm is the worst
III the history of the Canadian north
west. was over city which only a
short time before had comrIeted the
work of decking itself in gala attire
Tor the celebration of dominion day.
Funtins ard flags covered the build
fss everywhere, and networks of
colored electric lights were strung
and ready for illumination.
| Through these gaily decorated
streets. the tornado swept and with
in a half hour Regina had been turned
into city of mourning. In the track
of the storm, building after building
lay in ruin. shrouded in its gay COL
ored bunting.
Levels Big Buildings.
The tornado swooped down just a
few blocks to the north of the south
ern limits of the city. cutting a swath
several blocks wide right into the CEN
ter of the town. leveling buildings IN
its wake. In a twinking three of the
handsomest churches in Regina we're
laid in ruins. They We're the Metho-
dist. Baptist and Knox churches and
the first of the citys large buildings
to he blown down. The Methodist
church fell with a crash that sound
ed above the bowling of the storm and
the roar of the cloud burst that accom-
| panied the terrific wind.
Then the roof was swept from the
Y. NJ. c. A. building across Victoria
Square and the walls of the structure
We're shattered while just beyond the.
handsome new public library was bad
y wrecked. and the church of the
| Presbyterian denomination was laid in
ruins almost as complete as those of
the structures further south In rapid
succession, the Masonic temple and
the telephone building We're attacked
and practically leNeled
| Girls Under Wreckage.
| The storm seemed to spend its
greatest fury on the latter structure.
Under the mass of wreckage left We're
the forms of many victims a greater
part of the girl operators of the tele-
prone switchboard. Fortunately al
though many Of the girls were ser-
ously injured, none We're killed
| One of the most serious losses to
the city was that of the warehouse
and a row of grain elevators beside
the Canadian Pacific yards. Upon
these the farmers of the district We're
depending for storage of their crop
this season.
Freaks Are Remarkable
| But one grain elevator remains and
/ 1t is badly damaged
Freaks of the storm We're remark
able around the railroad yards.
Hardly car remained whole. Sever
al cars We're picked up bodily and car
ried long distance. One was hurled
through the freight shed. Other pc
culiar doings of the wind were many.
"a canoe Was carried from NaScdna
| lake, distance of three quarters of a
mile to Victoria park and dropped
there.
Many dinghies and even small sail
ing vessels lie strewn over the south
ern section of the city as far as half
mile from the lake. OF the num-
her of persons out on the waters Of
the lake when the storm broke. FIVE
are known to have been drowned.
GOO Families Homeless.
1t is known that 500 families are
homeless. The mayor and the city
council have already started a fund
tc provide for those left destitute.
No one here is worrying about the
financial loss. For the present the
only thought is to rescue the wounded
and the bodies of the dead
All night long telegraph Offices
we're besieged by people sending mes
sases to friends in the outside world.
Rumors are flying over the city of dis
asters elsewhere and many who es-
capped are almost hysterical through
their anxiety for the fate of friends
in other parts Of the province.
RAIN NEEDED.