The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-24
254 DEAD, LII INJURED,
1000 HOMELESS, AND BIG
Y PROPERTY LOSSIN WEST
Consissed fire.. Psse eight.

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TO heed the, call to take a dying man
10 a hospital The crowd reyiled
them. and they only escaped violencs
by speeding ahead. The Sacred Heart
convent. one of the finest Catholic
schools In this part OF the country
was directly in the path OF the storm
and was totally demolished. II Ia
considered miracle that every per.
son In the enormous building escaped
without injury. They are now all
safe and most or them caring for the
injured In ST. Joseph's hospital.
A street car on a north side lire
was demolished by the cyclone and
10 Of the passengers injured. Con-
ductor Caldwell said:
was on the back platform when
] saw the cyclone coming. gave the
signal to stop, shouted to the pas
sengers that a cyclone was coming,
and ran for a basement OF an unfinish.
ed building. jumped into the base
ment. and three or four passengers
were beside me. Wreckage new over
us and a lot Of boards were piled on
top OF us. A scantling was driven
through the car and wedged between
the seats and the side of the car. l
didn't quite have time to make out
accident reports, as required by the
rules OF the company" said Caldwell,
but ! am complying with the rule
about not deserving 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
a lasted about two minutes" he said.
Then I crawled out and picked up
two OF my passengers. . man and q
woman. who were lying unconscious
y in the street"
How anybody could live In the car
10 mystery. Every window IL brok-
: en-. bricks and debris Of all kinds are
piled inside the car. and every seat
10 torn loose"
Decatur and Franklin-sts. were ALL
9 ed with debris and lined with blazing
\. homes for three-quarters OF q mile
Immediately after the cyclone. As
q the flres spread, the destitute families
wrapped their wet and ragged gar
ments about them and hurried toward
the central part of the city.
The high hill overlooking the scene
X OF desolation In the Decatur district
was early crowded with the destitute
and injured victims of the storm,
scores OF men and women weeping
silently as they watched the wrecks
! Of their homes lighting up the tower.
Y Ing sky.
Many of the victims, exhausted and
almost hysterlcal, gathered together
in family groups and sat on the side
4 walks through the cold rain that fol-
lowed the cyclone.
For three hours, the fires lit I'D the
sky. Az the light died down. the
refugees from the stricken district
command the services Of any vehicle
unless there was q very badly injured
!. one In the family.
Mrs. G. E. Medlock was about to
give birth to q baby when her home.
at Twenty.ninth and Decatur-sts., was
blown to atoms. Her husband was
badly cut about the head and two lit
tie daughters were injured. Most OF
Nthe clothing was torn from the bodies
A OF all members Of the family.
Mrs. Medlock. attended only by her
\ husband, lay in rooHess house for
n four hours. drenched with rain.
b A motor hearse was stopped by the
injured man and took Mrs. Medlock
!. to the home Of . friend. She II re-
ported to be In serious condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. &. A. Planteen. No.
2710 Decatur-st.. rushed to the base
ment when they saw the storm com.
ing. With their arms locked about
< each other, they waited. while their
home crushed about their ears When
they had been rescued, Mrs. Plan
teen. standing amid the wreckage Of
her home. wept bitterly because two
dogs, worth $500 each, we're killed.
The home CT Walter Peterson,
brick structure, standing on
a high hill at Twenty eighth and De-
catur-sts., was completely demolished.
Neighbors searched in the ruins, but
found no trace Of anyone living or
dead. There we're seven children In
the family and none Of them have
; been seen since the storm.
N Mrs. Mary Eldridg, IS, was buried
In the ruins Of the home Of her grand
son, Ray Davenport, Twenty-seventh
and Franklin-sts., for two hours.
while members Of the Council Bluffs
Are department chopped their way to
her. Mrs. Eldridge suffered severe
bruises, and from exposure.
Mrs. Ray Davenport, was injured
by the debris of the Davenport home.
The known dead In Omaha include
the following:
N Mabel Mcbride, Neil Nelson, Wal
ter Peterson. Sam Denguiler, T. B.
Norris, Henry Cooper, lineman; Chauf.
feur for Thomas Flynn. Mrs. F. E.
Fitzgerald, Mrs. Bigelow. sister Mrs.
) Fitzgerald; Mrs. Henrietta Griebc,
4 Clarence Cady, IL; Jean b. Brooks.
4 zeal estate man; Jessie Jepson, 10;
4 Fred Hense. Mrs. A. Hinseman. Mrs.
IF. q. Goodnaugh. John Doyle, A.
& Hanson, Mrs. J. p. Hogg, Mrs. e. A..
X Sawyer, Jason l.. Garrison. George
+ Givot. John Greener: two infant chill
6 dren of Morris Christensen; Mrs.
Frank Davie, Mrs. Sullivan, A. j, Peck,
- Archer. unknown man, killed by
fying timber; Miss rrieda Hulting.
Mrs. Ida Newman, Sam Riley, Thelma,
baby at Child's Saving institute.
blown out window: Cynthia, also
blown out window at Child's Saving
institute; Mrs. r. r. Van Devan, UNI
known woman, unidentified man taken
from ruins at Twenty-second ana
Lake-sts.; George Duncan, advertising
solicitor; Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford DAN
iels; two small daughters Of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Daniels; Helen Bowles. Mrs. b.
Davis, C.. F. Copley, J. B. Nichols.
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