The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-01
BID IN TORNADO
I'm BEGlAh now
II ESTIMATED AT so
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rbt Reports Of Disaster in
Capital Of Saskatchewan
7tl Are Exaggerated
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RTY-FIVE BODIES
HAVE BEEN RECOVERED
Hundred Injured. Many Sc
riously, When Wind
II Storm Hits City

"a kNNIPEG. Man, July 1.--Mes-
fI reaching here today tell of the
ery or IL bodies from the ruins
ildings In Regina, saskatchewan.
daylight Twenty were recover
y lst night. The last word recsived
tp 10 this morning said that the
Aptts Of the cyclone there had been
and that the total list of
de$i would probably not exceed so.
Tntrb were several blocks still to be
se<rthed. II was stated
IN addition to the estimated death
- d 90, over 200 have been injured,
many seriously.
Y Prhctieally the whole north side OF
Sisn fity was wiped out Ash odies
day were recovered, scores OF the
ISink rushed 70 them, seeking TO
entfy missing relatives, and the
sgptals that remained standing were
/, eriaxdd and temporary shelter ar
e DgBd. Dozens OF houses we're press
into service as morgues.
The sweeping or the storm, the
-.fst IN the history of the Canadian
o. 1Awest. was over city which only
port time before had completed the
: X Of decking itself In gala attire
w the celebration OF Dominion day
nntng and flags covered buildings
gfywhefe and net works OF colored
ttric lights we're strung and ready
Atllumination.
ha Jhrongh these gaify decorated
ole tets the tornado swept and within
nalf hour Regina had been turned
lvt3o a city OF mourning. In the track
4 the storm, building after building
Z AZ IN ruins, swathed In its shroud OF
E-colorea bunting.
The tornado swooped down Just a
wv blocks TO the north OF the south.
tEG limits OF the city, cutting a swath
ASeral blocks wide right into the CEN
Z =, o. The town, leyeling the buildings
ln tElnkIing three or the hand
fmest churches In Regina were laid
rs ruins, THEY we're g he 4 "a ethodist,
Hptist afs Ko1k hnrches. ana the
q VI or the city's lafzkS buildings TO
nj down The Methodist rhufch fell
18th a crash that sounded kb6yeS the
Gowling u the storm and the roan.e6
te cloudbhrst that accompanied ttfe
terrific wind.
=, Then the roof was swept from the
M, G. A. building across Victoria
81, and the walls OF. the structure
3 ALTERED. while just beyond the hi.nd-
J me new public library was bade,
srecked and the church OF the Pres
.terian denomination was laid in
!, Rins almost as completely as those
IA the structures further south.
In rapid succession the Masonic
seInple and the telephone exchange
\ Siding were attacked and practically
yeled. The storm seemed to spend
AAs greatest fury on the latter struc.
n e. Under the mass of wreckage
IleIt we're the forms OF many victims
Ieater part OF them girl operators
telephone switchboard. Forum
although many OF the girls were
tsly injured, none was Killed.
OF the most serious losses to
Ny was that OF the warehouses
6 lie row Of grain elevators beside
hnadian Pacific railway yards.
IA these the farmers of the district
depending for the storage OF
"A ETOp tnl5M sedSOus buI one gram
pr remained. and that one much
~ led.
~ freaks OF the storm were re-
kble around the railroad yard.
dy car remained whole. Several
4 RS were picked up bodily and car.
I'D long distances. One was hurled
IhTough the freight shed. Other pecu-
har doinsss OF the wind were many. A
;nnoe was carried from Wascana
lake. distance OF three-quarters OF a
llile, to Victoria Park, and dropped
here. Many dinghies and even small
liling vesselst lie strewn over the
Nthern section OF the city as far as
half mile from the lake. OF num-
re- OF persons out on the waters OF
y lake when the storm broke, five
|1t known to have been drowned.
yrhe whole north side OF the city
las practically wiped out by the
Ikefm Six hundred families are home
less. The mayor and city council have
Aafted q fund and are providing for
Ae destitute. Families were widely
lsoparated In the confusion.
One or the first names given, out
X among the head was that OF An
crew Bryan. manager of the Ludhope
anderson Co. or OFilla, whose wagon
and carriage warehouse was de-
fstfoyed.
He was member OF the council and
'of.the board OF commerce OF Regina.
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