The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-24

New Albany, March 24.-Revised
official lists of the victims of the storm
that swept over New Albany yester-
day show the number of dead to be
81 and the injured approximately zoo
OF the injured, ten or more are
probably fatally hurt while it is
thought a number of bodies lie buried
under the debris of wrecked buildings.
Search of the ruins is going forward
under military supervision. Early to-
day a Gordon of state troops was
thrown about the storm swept parts
of the city. Approximately 800 resi-
dences, industrial plants and other
buildings were badly damaged or de-
stroyed.
Houses had been picked up bodily
and then thrown to the earth with
such terrific force that they were
smashed into kindling wood. Other
houses appeared to have been flatten-
ed as if some tremendous weight had
been laid upon them. Small buildings
were carried for blocks and trees were
torn from the earth by the roots.
List of Dead.
The list of dead. as compiled by the
chief of police, includes.
Two children from residence of Mrs
John Huff, Edward Johns, Mrs. Eliza
beth Lomax, Charles McCafferty. AL
len Mclean, George Zurchnledide,
Mrs Lulu Umgreit. Mrs. Erne4 Can
ter. Rose Huff. infant dau shter of
John Huff; child 10 years lbld. be-
lieved to be daughter of Clarence
Mathers: John w. Davis. Glasgow,
Ky; two unidentified women about
so years old: Ruth Parish, years
old; Mrs. Ella Ehringer Martha
Ehringer, infant; Mrs. Mary Bot, Mrs.
Elsie Lopp. Albert Peyton, Mrs. Levi
Bunch. Clarence Moss. Mrs. Louise
Didelot and three children, Agnes.
Louis and Albert; unidentified man.
unidentified boy, years old, and
three negro children.
Drastic Order Against Looting.
Today the work of clearing
away tho wreckage of several build
ings in which a number of persons are
thought to have been caught had not
been completed. One CT these was a
negro school. Several children in 1t
when the storm struck were thought
to have escaped. The bodies of a num-
Der have been recovered and possibly
as many as twenty others are thought
to be still buried under the ruins.
Every precaution was taken by the
city authorities to prevent footing and
Mayor Robert NJ. Morris ordered that
vandals be shot on sight.
Soon Overflow Hospitals.
Organized efforts to assist the needy
were undertaken, a large relief fund
was raised last night by citizens and
from Louisville.
The injured soon overlooked the
one public hospital here and others
were taken to the Young Mems Chris
tain association and to private homes
Physicians from Louisville and JEFF
fersonville were hurried here and
emergency hospitals were opened.
Damage done by the wind extended
several miles into the country, par
ticularly along the Corydon pike
Many houses and barns were unroofed
demolished and several persons
were injured. Along the Charleston
road the damage also was heavy. An
unidentified young man and woman
driving toward New Albany were
hurled over a fence into a nearby
field and killed.
No accurate estimate of the prop
erty damage in and about the i'm
mediate vicinity of New Albany has
been possible, but is probably more
than million dollars.
300 Homes Destroyed.
Three hundred homes were de-
stroyed and one thousand persons
were without shelter. The devastated
district, including about one-third of
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