The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-12
The Dead nt NewcastIe. Ind.

EVERETT DUNLAP, / 5.
JOHN NELIS, Is
GRAY DAVIS S..
MRS. JOHN DAVIS mother of Gray
Davis.
ORVILLE DAVIS. 8. son of Gray
Davis.
MRS. ARCHIE FLETCHER.
MRS. ALICE WILLIAMSON.
- RAZOR. u, son of w. 7. Razor.
- NEWTON, residence unknown.
BERNICE DAY. 8.
ETHEL DAY, 16.
JULIE DAY. 6.
RAY DAY, %.
MRS. MARY E. WILLIAM.
MRS VERA HIGGINS, daughter
of Mrs. Williams.
ERNEST WATERMAN, 6.
WILLIAM LOWERY. So.
PRICE SHELTON.
RUSSELL McCLAIN. IS, wko died
at the hospital of injuries today.
Two sons of Ernest Gray Il farmer
Five unidentified.
Newcastle. Indiana, March 1.-THE
death list from the tornado which
swept Newcastle yesterday afternoon
was 26 early today and searchers We're
still digging in the ruins for other vic
Tins. A score or more persons were
reported to be missing. while the
hospitals We're crowded with several
hundred patients suffering from more
or less serious injuries. According to
the best estimate obtainab BILE, the prop
erty damage will reach at least ST
100000. One hundred homes were
demolished and approximately 600
were damaged. Early today it was
apparent that a complete list of the
dead and injured and the extent of
the property damage could not be
compiled for several DAYS. A citizens
committee sworn in by Mayor Wat
klns patrolled the streets and guarded
the wrecked homes until the arrival of
lnolaha National guardsmen who were
ordered here by Governor Gooorich.
Strike ioIIing Mills First.
The tornado struck the city from
the west after .eveling the rolling
mills of Blue Valley 1t swept thru
the entire width of the city from
Sixth to Twenty-fifth streets The
flrst homes in the path of the lorna
90 were practically leveled to the
ground after which the wind raised
slightly, taking the roofs from the
houses from Tenth to Twentietb
St eets. where it again dipped. sweep-
ing practically every house before it
to Twenty-fifth street The greatest
damage was done in the south part of
the city, where many factory en-
ployes reside. Several thousand were
made homeless.
Two hundred special officers vvere
sworn in by Mayor Watkins to mai
tain strict patrol of the affected dis
trlcts. The death loss was all in the
q southeastern part of the CITY where
the wind apparently struck low. one
fire occurred, NJ. NJ. Mintch losing his
drug store and later his home as the
res~lt of the fire.
Cut Path Length of CITY.
The tornado cut a path from 900 TO
500 feet in width thru the city for a
distance of eighteen blocks 1t en-
tered the city limits near the south
west boundary line and worked its
way in zigzag manner north for two
blocks and then east 1t turned south
near the eastern limits and left the
city in a southeasterly direction.
The means of dying and the screams
of persons less injured who were pin
ned under the ruins of their homes
were heard on every side. Most of the
dead were taken from homes that
were completely demolished Many
persons escaped injury by rushing
into cellars as the storm struck the
city.
The tornado played many freak acts
as ii whirled its way thru the city on
a number of streets every house with
one exception was leveled to the
ground and in one block every second
house was wrecked and the other
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