The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-29
Reports From Places Hit by
Cyclone Tell of Death and
Suffering
DEATH LIST Is 800;
INJURED NUMBER 1,4Oo
Property Loss In Series OF
Great Storms Will Reach
Five Millions-Work of Re-
Mobilization in Progress

Chicago, May 2S.--A nation wide
appeal for funds with which 10 care
FOR the thousands made homeless by
three days of cyclones In the Middle
west and South were issued today
by mayors of devastated towns. state
executives and officers of Red Cross
organiza tons
Partial restoration of lines of COM
municatien in the eight states struck
BY the storms brought additional re-
ports late this afternoon OF death and
devastation. The latest report indi-
Gates that the dead number more than
300 and the in tured between l. 200 and
Aseo. Property damage will exceed
$s.oo0.ooo.
City officials of Mattoon. H.. where
the heaviest loss OF life occurred,
urged Governor Lowden to ask the
Illinois legislature TO appropriate w.
100000 for relief work in Illinois
Large appropriations Will be asked in
some of the Southern states hit by
tho storm, bat many storm-swept dis
tricts must depend upon voluntary
~contributions.
81 TO obtain information on which the
Legislature may act. Illinois author
lilies tonight began survey or the
cyclone stricken area, The legisla-
hGsG pt1Ps AiA wa GRPA3F f hsAtF ~A1pr
GEO or ego, 600 al once as an emer-
Eency fund for the immediate relief
OF the sufferers
Newspapers through the states suf-
9srng most from the storm are ap-
Ii a'i1g for help.
late dispatches from Southern
ssa.e s IA, the path of the storm caused
siae death total to mount higher. IN
.AlahaH.n where II was at first be-
heved the dead numbered less than
ia Aosen nearly half a hundred were
! Killed SkyAra! sections OF the state
have not heer heard from since tho
rrye.oxe When communication was
~ 'oeet1 10 the southeastern part OF
Madison county date today 1t was
learned that sEx persons had been
titet n that district and sixteen tn
tured
Fear smallpox Epidemic.
virtually complete check today
showed that fa5 persons were killed
IN Illinois A. Mattoor the dead num-
Ter Ysfts.twa: ST Charleston, thirty
four. nj westervelt. six. and victims
in ether towns and farming commu-
i.ttes total thirty-three.
Fear of a smallpox and measles cpl
scs.ts among the 1000 homeless in
Mattoan and Charleston caused the
slate authorities to take VI Eorons- ar
Asn. About twenty cases were found
fhese were isolated and sanitary
mryey started,
4 j. C'Conncr. director OF the CEN
tral division of the American Red
rross. who is in charge Of the situa-
ton A. NATION. announced tonight
that from Mattoon the Red Cross will
direct the operations of It's workers.
AZ Northern Indiana and Kentucky.
jOconnor suggested that all Red
Gross chapters In the Central West
omen their books for subscriptions
for relief work Additional Red
r,ross nurses and workers are arriving
a. the NATION district for Chicago.
Inslana polls St Louis and other
ri,ies. Among them are many who
aided in the relief work recently
when tornators struck New Castle and
New Albany, IND.
within a radius Of twelve miles
~ fyiriSr.an- where the storm appar-
frntly wrought its greatest havoc.
{snore than two score of injured have
been recovered from the wreckage OF
farm dwellings and the more sub
stantial buildings inN the towns OF
ponduraEt, Bardweii. Clinton and
n Adford. Near Gates Landing the
number injured was reported as be-
tween twenty Ave and thirty: In the
central part OF Dyer county, hea.
nv X,
ana sharon reported thirty-two it,
..,-,.,lzt ..ss. reports from Sayre esti-
mate the number injured at nifty or
more.
~ estimate of the damage 70
.roar.v or 10 crops could be made
,...t.efaey early tpday- Hun
k-s.ss Of buildings. however. were
s.n5n,.shsd or badly wrecked and
,..y. areas Of growing cotton crops
.ana scod crops ;eveled by the wind
90 ,seeyy fall or hall which accom-
naased the storm.
SO, r,ssc it's arreareucss or the
- az the Aisstsslppi
e.. Aflss. ssipr. -caunty. near the
s.,., 81 Manila. where cseht persons
~. .sssr lives. Crossing the river.
49, r.raiur. Dvs-sh9rw and the
-,.,.. about ri.ckn,nr s.N tho t.'i
~ ere ..oVr- late ~"sscrt'av ana
,s'4 s,sr,,. ~, .is,ti-g town - Sevrs.
..~e,ai rrnarnd -,ilss 70 the snn'n.
$50 s..ert hr tornado.
- yx,exrsan /, .sisisss. ~ ~es' :
800. w.~o dor, ss.1 -nsi N wea.
y, t,.s ~ r'as- ris-t. ~h',,}s s'to
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s,kts-s~ ~ t>s confusion. hesides
.,,.,r~ a,fncut .Ae cs~srw so- ~.
s...ss r,.- tho surrounding .errs !.
.e.Y rnt the~-. II u'rtrAa1 ri,
~..,cs were ktlseA OF sS-s oths
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