The Washington times., 1913-03-24
GET TWENTY BODIES
FROM STORM RUINS
Rescuers Told by Police That
No Less Than Thirty Lost
Lives at Terre Haute, Ind.

TERRE HAUTE. Ind. March "A
Twenty persons are known to have been
killed, 800 persons were injured, many
fatally, and 300 houses wrecked by a
cyclone, which swept the southern part
of Terre Haute late last night. There
are $50 persons in the hospital
The nearby villages of Perth and
Prairieton were wiped out. with what
loss of life could not be determined
early today. By a freak of tie storm
no one was killed outright. Louise
Foster a child of seven years, was
injured about the mead, fatally 1t is
feared.
In Terre Haute twenty bodies have
been taken out of the wreckage.
fhe police estimated that a total OF
thirty were killed, mostly as they slept.
The cyclone cut through the city IN a
northea sterly direction. leveling every
thing in its path.
City In Darkness.
The citv was in darkness. except when
the fire that destroyed the big Root
glass factory lit up the scene.
A messenger Oh horseback from the
southern par. of Viso county early to-
day said there were many dead In the
path Of the storm in the county.
The Know Dead.
CHAMIs EDWARDS. eight years old.
JEFF FOX.
COURTNEY.
- ROGERS.
NEAL YEARGER.
CHARLES DAVIS.
JAMES BROWN.
]. B. HOUK.
MRS FRED KING AND BABY.
MOSES CARTER
MRS. MOSES CARTER AND BABY.
MRS FULLY.
MISS BELL. twelve years old.
The Fatal Injured.
Mrs. Leonard Sloan and one-day-old
baby, Mrs Catherine Louden. Reese
Louden. Mrs. Flora Woods and baby.
The darkness rendered the work of
the rescuers hazardous from live wires.
Every available fireman. policeman ana
physician in the city was called out to
the scene. Hundreds of citizens did
volunteer work. Automobiles proved
blessing In quickly removing the injured
to hospitals. The Greenwood School.
with every window shattered by the
wind. was turned into a temporary hos
pital
Carried Far Away.
Some of the dead were found block
from their homes. Moses Carter and
Mrs Carter and their baby girl were
among the first dead taken out of the
debris
A pitifuI sight was encountered at the
home OF Mrs. Leonard Sloane. She gave
birth to a baby only twenty-four hours
before the storm. Both are probably
fatally hurt.
Lightning and a c!oudburst accom-
panied the high wind. Crossed wires
and lightning started many fires and
only the rain enabled the firemen to
hold the flames in check.
ont IN
and at daylight dead and injured still
were being found in the wrcckaSe
The bodies had to be carried several
blocks to the ambulances and auto
mobiles, debris preventing the We
hicles from getting closer to the heart
Of the disaster. From the location
Of some of the bodies, II was sur
missed that many of the dead and in
jured We're caught in their railing
homes as they were seeking cellars
for safety. but most Of the Ions d
life resulted to sleeping women and
children.
One thousand refugees made homeless
by last nights tornado were fed by the
city at noon today in two school houses,
which also held many OF the injured.
The groans of the dying and tn" poors
OF medicines mixed with the lamenta-
tions of the dispossessed ana IN"
kitchen odors
Man Driven Insane.
One man. name not known. was driven
insane and for a time fought off a res
cue party Seven injured persons were
found in niche formed by debris.
where they had Crawled for safety
They were drenChed by the CloudburSt
that followed the tornado.
One mother was found standing In the
rain beside her two little children. and
al IN
babcs sleep. One child. unknown to
the dazed woman, had been disembOW-
led by falling timbers, and the other
child was unconscious from probably
fatal wounds about the head.
Mrs NJ. A. Corder. In her night Gress.
was blown thirty feer out of her house,
but was only slightly hurt. Her hus-
band was instantly killed.
DIES MONIES, Iowa. March A.-Chi'
cago and Great Western officials re.
ceived "A telegram today saving thal
Flat Spring, Mo. a town of 600 people
was hit by the storm and destroyed