The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-30
RH|NOW IN CHARGE !
LAB0RS OF MILITIA
-ADJUTANT GENERAL GOES TO
THE STRICKEN TOWN
Officers of Regiment, Nurses,
Go to Cyclone Struck Place
In Special Train

ment Minnesota national guard and
Red Cross workers from the local
chapter left this noon at one o'clock
on a special train for Tyler, Mimi,
to render all possible aid to the
stricken people in that town. The
train was composed of one coach and
caboose and left just ahead of the
regular Northwestern passenger train
The special expected to reach Tyler
about four o'clock this afternoon.
Major G. A. Dahl of the Fifth reg
iment medical unit was in charge of
the medical party on the train and
the Red Cross nurses who were to
assist in the work General w. H.
Rhinow and Lieutenant Glenn Harri-
son of st. Paul arrived in the city at
noon and left on the special. They
will superintend all the work of the
national guard at Tyler. Lieutenant
Harrison stated that the companies
from Worthington and from Pipestone
arrived at Tyler the middle of the
forenoon and were already aiding the
sick and injured.
Mankato Officers on Train.
|, Colonel G. A. Lewis, Adjutant Roy
Bates, Captain Fred Otto, Captain
Bud Cain, Lieutenant Ed Nyquist,
Lieutenant Ed Owens, Lieutenant l
N. Tompkins, Lieutenant w. E. Van
Ness, Sergeant AL Quimby, Sergeant
Frank Steffy, Sergeant Hodapp AMI
Sergeant Theodore Just composed the
party of local guard officers who
went on the special train. DR.. ]. A.
Holman, DR.. William E. Black, and
DR.. A. e. Sohmer were among the
local physicians who departed to give
aid to the injured.
AS soon as the call for assistance
was received, Pres. George M. Palmer
of the Red Cross chapter began work
of the local organizaotin who would
be able to take the trip. The ladies
who left this noon were: Mrs. H. A.
Patterson, Mrs. George Palmer, Mrs.
j. R. Brandrup Mrs. G. A. Lewis,
Helen Tompkins, Mrs. H. E. Carney,
Mrs. Charles Wyatt, Mrs. Frank
Thomas, Mrs. Bud Cain, Mrs. Charles
Brazier, Martha Tooms Edith Peter
son, Mrs. Ben Bangerter, Eleanor
,Micken and Ella castro.
Red Cross supplies from Mapleton,
Madison Lake and Mankato were
taken to Tyler on the special Several
stretchers, medical equipment and
everything necessary was taken to
give the quickest possible aid. The
rapidity with which the call for help
was answered in this city speaks well
for the efficiency of the local Red
Cross workers as well as for the
national guard companies.
The story came from Tyler that
R. R. Dalton, contractor from Man
kato, was among those killed in the
cyclone which swept Tyler last night
It was reported that he was at the
home of Mrs. F. M. Hanson, figuring
with her on remodeling her residence.
The house of Mrs. Hanson was blown
away and Mr.. Dalton and Mrs.
Hanson and her daughter were killed.
No one in Mankato appeared to
know Mr.. Dalton. He is not related
to R. G. Dalton, cashier of the State
bank at Eagle Lake. Another tele-
gram gave the name as Dalgan, but
no contractor of that name could be
located here.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Brown, resi-
dents of Tyler, Mimi, are the par
ents of Mrs. William Brazier of this
city An effort was made this morn
ing to learn if their home was dam
aged or they were injured in the
cyclone. Being unable to get word
through, Mrs. Charles Brazier,
mother-in law of Mrs. William Bra
zier left on the special train this
noon for the scene of the cyclone.
Mrs. Brazier is nurse and will aid
the Red Cross workers.
H. J. Rabe, travelling salesman for
the Z. Patterson Mercantile company,
and Harry Heidel of the Standard
Lumber company are among the
Mankato travelling men VINO were
thought to be in Tyler last night. No
word was received from either today.
Reports from Tyler this afternoon,
reaching here on the railway tele-
graph wires at the Omaha station.
stated that thirty-fiv bodies had
been recovered from the ruins and
that $50 persons were known to have
been injured. Many of the injured
were hurt so severely that their re-
covery seems improbable.
Word from Ivanhoe this morning
was to the effect that the storm struck
Verdi, southwest of Tyler, and one
person was killed and others injured.
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