Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-01
SUMMARY OF STORM LOSS

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Property damage, 100000.
Chicago, May 2S.-More than 100
persons were killed, 1000 or more in
jured and millions Of dollars worth of
property destroyed by tornadoes
which swept through Kansas on Fri
day, Illinois and Indiana on Saturday
and parts of Tennessee, Arkansas,
Kentucky, Alabama and southern nli-
nois Sunday. Reports indicate that
q large amount of farm implements,
needed to produce the bumper crop de-
sired this year, was ruined, although
the spasmodic wind struck only here
and there in its frightful play through
the rural regions. Crop damage is
said to be not heavy In grains.
Fifty-Four Dead at Nation.
The heaviest toll of life was taken
at NATION, H., city of 10000 popu-
lation in the broomcorn country Of
central Illinois, where "a are known
to be dead and 500 injured, with a
properly loss Of 100000.
Charleston, H., ten miles east of
Nation, was also partly wrecked
Saturday evening, with loss of 38
lives and $50 injured. The property
loss there is $1,000,000.
Twenty-Six Dead In Kansas.
The next most serious loss was at
Andale, Kan, where 20 were killed
and a score injured on Friday. Dub
lin, KY, suffered three dead and IL
injured Sunday.
South Dyersburg, Tenn, was report
ed to have lost six killed and 81 in
jured In tornado that swept Dyer
county Sunday. Near Blytheville,
Ark, nine persons were reported
killed and dozen hurt.
Reports from Indiana show at least
seven persons killed at Hebron, Kouts
and other places, and the death list
may reach 20. More than 200 were
injured in the Indiana territory swept
by the storm.
Smaller towns in Illinois lost a
dozen dead on Saturday with two
score injured. while in the southern
part of Illinois windstorms killed a
half dozen and injured score.
ThIrty-Four Dead In Charleston.
The tornado struck the town of
Charleston at 3:45, half hour after
devastating Nation. Thirty-eight
persons were killed and 100 injured.
The district north of jackson street.
made up of business houses and resi-
dences, was leveled TO the earth and
debris scattered over an area of half
mile. The scenes here were in every
way similar to those in Mattoon.
Many Dead at Nation.
Nation, H., May 2S.-After a
sleepless night of uncertainty and an
guish NATION sorrowfully faced the
light of day and reckoned her dead,
the toll of the worst storm in the
history of the state.
According to the best obtainable fig
ures, in the absence of any official sta
tistacaI agency, 4S bodies have been
recovered, 40 of which have been iden-
tilted. Between IS and 20 persons are
unaccounted for. Three hundred per-
sons are badly. though not fatally,
hurt. Two hundred more are suffer-
ing from slight injuries and approx
lIately 20 are expected to die.
Relatives Seek Dead.
The bodies of the dead, as rapidly
as they were recovered from The
wreckage, were taken to the four I'M
dertaking establishments of the city,
which were then thrown open to the
public.
Continuous streams OF sightseers
and those seeking relatives passed in
md out of the doors. Clerks and as
siztants attempted TO keep a tally of
those identified, with confusing re-
suits.
Az Of the churches of Nation, the
public library, Memorial hospital and
the American hotel are filled with the
wounded and homeless, who are esti-
mated at between $500 and 5000.
No Lootlng Reported.
Wher sightseers, however, attempt
ed to parade through the storm-swept
district they were doomed 10 1isap-
zpSintmeEt. They were stopped by pick.
lets with fixed bayonets. Those seeking
relatives were supplied with passes.
AS a result not a single case of loot
ing was reported. Major Klauser Is
sued orders to shoot vandals on sight
and the word quickly was passed
yslong. 1t was not dangerous crowd !;