The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-28


torn during the storm. Both the
mother and baby are expected to re-
cover.
sixty-three Bodies.
NATION, ILL.,, May 2S-Early to-
day sixty-three bodies were lying in
temporary morgues here as the mute
testimonial of the fury of the tornado
which tore through this city late
Saturday afternoon
Over five hundred were injured
and physicians estimate many OF
these will die and that the total dead
viii reach 100 in this city alone
AT Charleston fifty bodies have
been recovered and it is estimated
the dead there will reach seventy
five.
Eight States Swept.
| CHICAGO, May 2S.-The middle
west and south today took up the
task of succoring the injured and
homeless in the districts of eight
states which were swept by tornadoes
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The
storms toll. according to the latest
figures was 241 known dead, seventy
additional estimated dead and 1.445
estimated injured. Many Of the in
jured probably will die.
State. county and municipal Off !
Gals and organizations were cooper
ating in relief work, while the Red |
Cross was centering its efforts on a |
more immediate catastrophe than the |
great war.
Thousands of men women and chill |
dren are homeless and practically |
without food or extra clothing. These |
are being cared for through official |
and private efforts as rapidly as pos
sible, while the Red Cross and vol
unteer persons are administering to
the injured
The property loss is enormous. In
addition to the thousands of resi-
dences. stores and factory buildings
destroyed, growing crops have been
levelled and hundreds of head of live
stock killed and MANNED Conserva-
tive estimates have placed property
damage in Illinois alone at over 81
100000. National guadsmen have
been rushed to all the devastated
points and are aiding In rescue work,
in addition to protecting property
against depredations.
No Deaths Reported.
SEYMOUR, Mo-, May 28.-About
twelve persons were injured and
property damage estimated at $4,000
was caused by tornado that swept
through this section late yesterday.
No deaths have been reported Thir-
zen houses were demolished here.
Telephone and telegraph communi-
cation with points in this section is !,
Town. Communication by vehicle
also is interrupted, a heavy rain
looding the roads.
At Least Sixty Killed. i
PADUCAH, KY, May 2S-At least r
ixty persons were killed and more q
han 100 injured by the tornado |
which swept west Kentucky and Ten
lessee yesterday, according to re-
'orts here this afternoon. The storm
wept from South Dyersburg, Tenn. S
o Hickman, Ky. The towns suffer. L
ng worst were South Dyersburg /
dublin, KY, and Hickman, Clinton, [
'ardwell and Bondurant, KY. Bard. I
yell was practically wiped out and '
linton cut off from the outer world. Z
crops were torn from fields. ,
ausing. a heavy loss in the rich
arm lands in those sections. L
One Man Dead.
SEYMOUR, Mo, May 2s.-John ~
oberts, IS, Fordland Mo. died y.
arly today from injuries received .,
hen his house was wrecked last
light.
Death List Probably Forty.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nav o.
eager reports reaching here indi-
tied that the death list in Alabama
ON the tornado of Sunday night
ay total forty. The tornado tore A
It'll through the northern part of JEFF pl
rson county approximately ten miles of
ng and two miles wide, then, jump by