The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-30
BURY DEAD At Tyler
BAND HERE TOOK part
MILITARY FUNERAL is GIVEN
VICTIMS OF CYCLONE
Work Of Clearing Away Debris
And Uncovering Bodies
Continued

doc" o. F. Morrow and Harry San
don, members of the Fifth regiment
band returned from Tyler this morn
ing on the Northwestern at 4:30. hav-
ing been in the stricken city since the
guards from this city arrived. The
men were sent back to get the re-
naming members of the band to-
gether and to send the instruments Of
the organization to Tyler so the band
might take part in the military fu-
neral which was to be held this after
noon
Eight companies of uniformed ma
tional guardsmen are now stationed
at Tyler and the village is under strict
martial law All sections are patrol
ed and guarded by companies while
other guardsmen are busy searching
for the dead among the ruins. Doc
Morrow stated to the Free Press that
the total number of dead had reached
forty when he left last night. One
man was found at $3.50 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. His body was badly
decomposed.
Clearing Away Debris.
This morning the work of clearing
up another big building was started.
1t was believed that one or more
bodies were buried in the ruins here
due of the odor noticeable yesterday.
The machine gun company of national
guardsmen from Bookings, S. D., are
known as the wrecking crew in Tyler.
This company is composed of 200 men,
all fully uniformed and each man also
brought a blue jacket and pair OF
overalls with him.
'When those two hundred men hit
a ruined building it doesn't last long,"
DOC" Morrow stated this morning.
The Brookings men clear up the
debris while the other guardsmen
patrol the streets and do other duty.
Companies from Worthington, Pipe
stone, Luverne, Fairmont, Mankato,
Redwood Falls, Marshall and Brook
ings, s. D., are now stationed at Tyler
and every man is busy. This after
noon the companies were to take part
in big military review, following the
military funeral for the dead of the
village. The total number of guards
men there must be more than 1000.
Two auto loads, bearing eight mem
pers of the band from this city and
the instruments of the organization
left the city this morning The mu-
sicians were to be at Tyler by two
O'Clock at which time the procession
was to be formed. 1t is thought prob
able that the Mankato men at the
stricken village will be home the first
of next week, probably by Monday
night.
Attempt To Identity Home Site.
Ruin and havoc wrecked by the storm
fairly rival description. Mr.. morrow
on his beat, keeping guard, small pine
splinter had been driven completely
through a three inch hard maple tree. At
other places people were searching amoag
boards by which they could identify tho
ruins of their homes. One man counted
the stubs of telephone poles that had been
blown over until he estimated ne was IN
front of where his home had formerly
been.
The spot was swept perfectly clear.
There was not a chip or a splinter by
which he could tell that his home had
even stood there. Other instances of the
same kind are related. In one case two
families exploding the ruins of their
fell into a dispute over
which one owned a small piece of floor
ing that the storm had been kind enough
to leave behind. A guardsman was Oblig-
ed to settle the dispute between the fam
ilieS
Some idea of the crowded condition of
the telegraph wires into the village aft
er the storm can be gathered from the
fact that General ,Rhinow sent tele-
gram from st. Paul as he boarded the
train, stating that he was starting for
the stricken village. That evening. three
hours after he arrived the telegram was
received at Tyler. f
Tyler Victims Buried.
UNITED Press Dispatch.]
Tyler, August 24.-Tyler buried twen-
tv of the unfortunate victims of the cy-
clone which struck that city, this after
noon. While the funeral services were
in progress guardsmen were still busy
clearing away the debris at the ruined
village and Strengthening up the wrecked
area where the storm struck hardest
The total number of casualties now to-
tails thirty-two With the finding of the
body of Hans Jensen last night the last
of the missing is believed to have been
found. No more dead are believed to be
buried under the ruins. The funeral
services today took place in the Danish
Lutheran church yard. Twelve of the
victims had already been buried there or
elsewhere. Members of the national
guards acted as. pallbearers at the flu
neral, &