The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-03-27
DEATH LIST INcREAsEs.
Streets and Rssidenes Districts strsvsn
With Dead and Ossolation.

Streets and Residence Districts StrsSn
With Dead and Dssoiation.
Chicago. March 25.-Every hour in
creases the list OF dead and injured in
Sundays tornado that left Indiana.
Iowa and Nebraska towns in ruins. In
the Omaha Council Bluffs region, out
side Omaha the dead Is estimated at
more than fifty.
In Terre Haute eighteen persons are
known to have been killed. $50 more
or less are seriously injured, 275
homes are destroyed and other proper.
ty damage, estimated at nearly a mil
lion dollars, was the toll Of the lorna
do Sunday night. Last night the Off
cials in charge Of the rescue work say
the list of dead will be increased -
the searchers clear away the debris
of wrecked buildings.
Hundreds of homeless In Terre
Haute are being cared for by chsri-
table institutions and citizens. while
the wrecked district is being pAtrollsd
by Company B. First regiment. Indi-
ana National Guards, and the local
police force. The militia was ordered
out by Governor Ralston. who directed
the relief measures from Indianapolis.
The downpour. while adding to their
discomfort, was probably the greatest
boon the stricken district could have
asked. for it extinguished innumerable
fires that broke out Immediately after
the tornado had passed.
The rescue work was carried on
fast. and 1t appears that all the home
less are being cared for by charitable
institutions and citizens. while the
more seriously injured have received
medical attention. In many cases pri.
vate homes were turned into tempo
rary hospitals.
Narrowing stories of their expert
ences are told by the survivors of the
storm The scenes in the wrecked
sections in Terre Haute brought tears
to the eyes of the rescuers, whose at
tention was often called to the dying,
trapped in the debris of their homes,
by agonizing screams for aid. Some
died before they could be freed from
the wreckage, and others who were re-
| moved will die.
Throughout the district of wrecked
homes survivors searched for loved
ones, but in the majority Of cases they
| were disappointed.
Storms to Continue Sweeping Country
Washington, March 24.-Abnormal
storm activity and moderate fluctua-
tions in temperature will prevail the
country over the coming week, accord
ing to the weather bureau experts.
French Column Routed by Arabs
Paris.-Dispatches tell of the virtu-
al annihilation of a small column Of
French troops by Arabs in the Aderar
region of the western Sahara.
Colorado ofter. Aid.
Denver.-That Colorado people have
opened their hearts and purses to the
sufferers of the Omaha disaster u
evidenced by the number of telegrams
which have been sent from Denver.
DR.. J. P. Morris, superintendent Of the
Rocky Mountain Red Cross Society.
conversed with Mayor Dahlman Of
Omaha over the long distance tsls-
phone shortly before noon. DR.. MOT
ris stated that the Red Cross officers
in Denver were willing to do all In
their power and were ready to leave
for Omaha on a moments notice.
Governor Ammons sent the official
sympathy from the people 6 the state
to Governor Morehead Of Nebraska
and Mayor Dahlman Of Omaha. Thts
message was followed by one from
Mayor Arnold and another from Pres
ident E. J. Ystter of the Chamber OF
Commerce.
President Doing Advance Work.
Washington. President Wilson
hopes to do most Of the fighting for
the fighting for tariff revision before
Congress begins its work early in Au-
gust.
State Aid for Sufferers.
Lincoln, Neb.-Neither House Of the
Legislature attempted to hold ses-
sion Monday, so many members going
to the stricken city Of Omaha that
quorum could not be mustered In
either branch. Such members as ~
mained in Lincoln discussed the prob
able action to be taken by the LeGis-
lature in the way Of relief for tornado
stricken communities. and the general