Evening star., 1917-03-12
More Than Two Hundred
Others Are Injured-Prop-
erty Loss, 81, 100000.
STORM MOST SERIOUS
AT CITY OF NEWCASTLE
Many Escape Injury When Houses
Are Destroyed by Seeking
Refuge in Cellars.

sy Associated Prcss.
NEW CASTLE. Ind March ia
tornado swept eastern Indiana and CEN
tral Ohio yesterday with nineteen
kaown dead. one unidentified, and the
injured numbering about e0o. New
Castle today began the work of clearing
away the debris left by the cyclone.
which swept the southern part of the
city from the west to the east yester-
day afternoon With daylight today the
extent of the damage could be seen bet
ter. Fully 500 homes. most of them be-
ing small frame structures. which the
occupants were paying for hy the in
stallment plan. were destroyed or dam
aged almost beyond repair. The esti-
mates of the loss remained at about
$1,000, 600.
The first large list OF supposed dead
began to dwindle early today, when per-
sons who had been listed as killed be-
gan to appear or were found to he in
lured. In the rush of the first few hours
of rescue work. which had not become
really organized until today. there were
Implications of names. Only few of
the injured had to be cared for in hos
pitfalls. Searching of the ruins continued
today in systematic way, but as the
day progressed and no more bodies were
found the hope was expressed that all
had been accounted for.
The city today was under police and
military control approaching martial
law. Several companies of Indiana Ma
tional Guard were patrolling the dam
aged districts. and only persons with a
military pass were allowed through the
lines, and none but property owners
were allowed to leave what once had
been the streets and step on the ad-
joining property.
All Saloons Are Closed.
All saloons were closed. under order
of Mayor l.. ]. Watkins. and he also or
dered all factories to close today. The
workmen in the factories were organ
lied into gangs and put to work in
clearing up the debris out of the streets
and then from the private property.
Mayor Watkins also was advertising
for brickmasons and carpenters in
many parts Of the state. He plans to
have all flues repaired first. for until
that is done many persons whose homes
were not damaged seriously cannot
have fire.
Considerable repair work TO gas mains
must be done before gas can be turned
into the mains again. All cooking today
in New Castle was on gasoline. oil or
coal stoves Partial wire service and
traction service had been resumed.
Before o'clock this morning work of
repairing the damage to the less injured
were hurrying along the devastated streets
with their tool kits. and wagon loads of
lumber were being hauled to various ad-
dresses.
Many~persons remained in the wreck of
their homes over night, having picked up
pieces OF wreckage and nailed up win
dows and holes in their homes. Several
used blankets. quilts and bedding to stop
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The known dead are: Everett Dunlap,
John SHELTON. James Neilis. Gray Davis.
Mrs John Davis. Orville Davis, Mrs
Archie Fletcher. Mrs. Alice Williamson,
Miss Opal Williamson. Razor,
- Newton. Bernice Day. Mrs Vera
Higgins. Ethel Day. Ernest Waterman,
William Lowery and two unidentified
men.
1t was estimated this morning that
zoo families were made homeless and
that about half OF these would require
immediate financial assistance.
Deaths in Surrounding Towns.
Reports and rumors today were that
the tornado also took a toll of lives in
surrounding towns. but owing to Grip
Piled wire service these reports had not
have been killed in Mount Summit.
three in Moreland and three in New
Lisbon. 1t was also believed here that
these reports might be increased when
word could be had from the rural dis
tricts in the path of the storm.
The storm broke during a warm aft
ernoon. 1t hit the western part of the
city and cut a swath varying from a
few feet TO two blocks wide, easterly
across the city. Practically everything
in its path was leveled. Houses at one
side which were not torn down COM
pletely had windows smashed and all
doors blown in. The storm swept
through the fine residential section of
the city and also through the sections
inhabited by factory workers and the
poorer classes. 1t is i'll the poorer sec
tion of the city that rescue workers ex-
pect to find more dead and injured
Among the families to suffer was that
OF Mayor l.. j. Watkins His daughter
and mother-in-law We're rescued from
the cellar of their home. neither being
injured. The house was demolished
Many others had the same experience
Because of darkness and heavy
fog last night it was impossible to tell
the extent Of the damage. The chill
wind was blowing and added to the
suffering of those not rescued prompt
~ Three or four ruins caught fire and
at least one body was found badly
burned after the fire was extinguished
The storm lasted only few minutes
A heavy rain preceded the wind.
Rescue Work Begun Promptly.
The entire city turned its attention
to rescue work as soon as it realized
what had happened. Early today tn.
work was being organized rapidly witt
Mai p A. Davis of the Indiana Nation