Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-22

, properly damage To-Day IS estimated at
at least s5OO,000.
The big forty-six stall roundhouse
Of the Northwestern railroad is part
ly wrecked. The rail shop Of the same
plant is Rass of brick and twisted
steel.
For the width Of block running
north and east of Jackson street,
where the storm entered Boone, almost
every structure that stood before the
storm Is leveled.
Hospital ovrflows.
| Eleanor Moore hospital Is crammed
with injured and the overflow has been
accommodated in private homes. The
homeless, estimated at $50, fill all
| hotels.
| Northwestern main line tfaffic is
! completely ioTaiiized. Trains on the
| Fort Dodge e Southern interurban
have been cancelled until further
orders.
The storm confined its attention to
the poorer section of the city, where
lived mostly foreigners who were rail-
road employees.
The family hardest hit was that Of
Body Kenezevik. The family of ten
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built of cement blocks. The storm
cupants. One was killed. two probably
without bruises.
List Of Dead,
The death list this morning stands:
Mrs. Frank Roberts.
Harold Roberts. 9-year-old son of
Mrs. Roberts.
Ja.aes Bills. s. :-eyrs oI,, !,
Albert Daniels. 10
Nick Kenezevik. 2 years old.
Ernest LindAuist..
Six Fatally injured.
Those thought to be fatally injured
are:
Mrs. Charles S. Kilbourn, fractured
skull.
Slanka Kenezevik. 2 years old, in
ternal injuries.
| Christ Lindquist, ribs brokn and in
ternal injuries.
Mrs. Mike Maggie, chest and inter-
nal injuries.
Bordie KeAezevik, leg and face
lacerated. Internal injuries.
Mrs. Albert Daniels, internal in
turies.
Railroad Employees Hit.
Most Of those injured were railroad
laborers living in box car bunk houses
near the Northwestern shops.
When the wind swept down on ther
car homes the men attempted to hold
the cars upright against the force Of
the gale. The wind took the cars off
the rails and slammed them on the
ground despite the puny human efforts
of their occupants.
Mrs. Kilbourn who Is seriously in
jured, is the wife Of prominent
grocer With Kilbourn she was in a
tent when the storm came. They were
blown out Of the tent. Mrs. KiIbourn
probably will die. Her husband Is less
seriously injured.
Offers Of doctors and nurses were
received late last night by Mayor D.
G. Baker from Mayor Fairweather of
Des Moines, nnd Captain Cline, COM
mander of field hospital at Camp
Dodge, Of doctors and nurses
Nurses Are Needed.
Doctors are not needed but there Is
a serious shortage Of nurses.
The Northwestern railroad Is under
stood to be rushing large force Of
workmen from Chicago by special
train to repair damage to their plant.
The Northwestern's loss will be close
to 100000 1t was estimated today.
The devastated district Is patroled
today by g. large force Of deputies
under Sheriff Hanson and George
Hannum, chief OF police. Curious
sightseers are barred and looting will
be dealt with sternly.
The death list may be increased
when the ruins Of the Northwestern
rail- house are investigated. It is quite
possible there are bodies buried In
this wreckage.
Reports here today were that Ar
cadia and Westside two towns north
of here, were completely wiped out.
They could not be reached by tele-
phone.