The Washington times., 1913-03-24

which he thought was still about MN;
The Rev. Father p. ]. Judge. pastor OF
the Sacred Heart Church; a httle norm .s
in the telephone building, speaking COM
forting words to the suffering and pray
ing for the dying. Many members Oh
the priests congregation were ih1ureo..
Ruins Fill Streets.
Telephone poles. trees and wrecked
houses filed all the streets around the
telephone building. making 1t impossi-
BILE for any vehicles to get near the
place.
A street car on a North Side line was
demolished by the cyclone and ten OF
the passengers injured Conoucloi
Caldwell said: T
81 was on the back platform when L
saw the cyclone coming ! gave tne
signal to stop. shouted TO the passeh,
gers that a cyclone was coming, ana
ran for a basement of an unnnlshed
building. I jumped into the basement,
and three or four passengers We're WIN
| me. wreckage few over us and 10.
of boards were piled on top OF us. A
scantling was driven through the car
and wedged between the seats ana 'ne
side of the car.
I did not quite have time to make
out accident reports. as required oy tne
rules of the company, said caldMei, ,
about not deserting the car" He stayed
by his car all night. A horse and buggy
were wedged under the car.
1T seemed to me that the horror
lasted about two minutes, he SAID.
Then / crawlcd out and picked up two
of my passengers, a man and woman,
who were lying unconscious IN the
street" =
How anybody could live in the car is
a mystery. Every window Is broken; ii
| bricks and debris OF all kinds are piied
inside the car, and every seat Is torn
loose.
Flee From Destruction.
Decatur and Franklin streets were
filled with debris and lined with blaZ-
ing homes for three-quarters OF
mile Immediately after the cyclone.
As the fires spread. the destitute lam
lilies wrapped their wet garments
about themselves and hurried toward
the central part of the city. The hlSh
hill erlooking the scene or desola- :
tion in the Decatur district was early
crowded with the destitute and in
iursd victims of the storm, scores or
men and women weeping silently as
| they watched the burning wrecks or
their homes lighting up the lowering
SKY. ,
ain est ysterical. gathered together
| in family groups and sat on the Slde-
walks through the cold rain that fol-
| lowed the cyclone.
For three hours the fires lit uD the
sky. AS the light died down. the REL
ucecs from the stricken district wan
dercd aimlessly on. unable TO COM
mand the services OF any venice: uh ,
less there was a very badly injured
Cne in the family.
One hundred thousand grief -strick-
en-, sobhing people assailed every
source of Information for some as,
suranCe .hat relatives or friends had
not porished in the storm.
Guards at the scene OF the wreck
are keeping the crowd back by force.
clearing the devastated region Tor
block on each side of the path.
Establish Relief Posts.
Six relief stations have been cstah-
lisb,d in the vicinity of the ruined
district and every drug store is giving
| Iii, rally to aid volunteer nurses IN
caring for the injured persons
Automobiles passing were all urged 10
stop either to get a doctor or TO take
| the injured ana dying to hospitals
Two men in an automobile refused 10
| heed the cal to take a dying man 10
| a hospital The crowd reviled them
and they only escaped violence py speNu-
irc ahead The Sacred Heart convent,
| one OF the finest Catholic schools In
| this mart OF the country. is directiy IN
| the path Of the storm and totally de-
| molishcd II is considered a miracle
building escaped without injury. They
are now all safe and most OF them
| carinC for the Injured In St Joseph $
| Hospital.
The Union Pacific railroad has do
| mated sJ,COp for the relief work and SeN-