Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-06-30
more DEAD SOUGHT
i'm CRUSHED L0RA|N
Efforts Concentrated on Dig
cling Away Wreckage of
Theater Where Many Died.
DAMAGE IS MOUNTING
City Under Strict Military Rule,
With Passes Required to
Move in Streets.
By the Associated Press.

LORAIN, Ohio, June 30.-The num-
ber Of dead in .Lorain, as the result
Of Saturdays tornado jumped to
seventy today when, early reports
came from those who had been
searching overnight.
Three additional dead, two women
reported from Elyria morgues; three
unidentified dead, two men and one
woman, were located at Lorain
morgues, while the following were
among the unidentified dead located
overnight: Irwin Mercer, Steve vedia,
Mrs. Mabel Stickrath, Beatrice Nay
Ior and Harrison Brant. These eleven,
with tho fifty-nine dead last night,
brought the list up to seventy, and
the coroner believes the number will
increase during the day.
Militia I'm Control.
After a night of utter darkness,
punctured occasionally by the fash
ing CLEAN of a military automobile
headlight or nashIight in the
hands Of the guards. Lorain awoke
today to find the state militiamen in
complete control. various storm areas
forbidden to every one and new mill
tary passes in effect.
The real war OF rehabilitation was
begun at daybreak. and the first
building to be attacked by the army
Of workmen was the State Theater,
where many bodies were found after
the tornado had thrown the roof Of
the building next to the theater on
brought down both roofs and three
floors onto the heads OF those attend
ing the show.
The estimate Of the property and
merchandise damage mounted as the
into UNEMPLOYED debris. While County
Coroner Perry felt certain other
bodies would be found in the houses
wrecked in the outlying districts, yet
the chief anxiety of the hunters CEN
tered on the State Theater.
VIII Rae Walls.
The walls of this building will be
!Aztd today and the entire inside viii!
be Quilted In an effort to make sure
that no bodies will be left buried
there.
Sunday was a day Of confusion here
owing to great crowds Hooking into
don that was thrown around the
town. 1t was earned last night that
passes of every kind and description
served to admit people who came
only as sightseers. Thus new rules and
regulations have been promulgated
-.
military passes will be issued today.
and given out only to those who have
business that would carry them
about the CITY, The remainder of
the population will be required to
stay on their own land or in their
own homes.
Little attempt had been made UP to
this morning to actually remove any
of the conGlomeration OF trees,
houses, wires and telegraph poles.
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them in order that some semblance OF
traffic might prevail
But the streets were not the only
things in Lorain that were congested.
All telegraph companies were
Lorain people inquiring as to their
safety The majority of these could
not be delivered today or last night
principally because a large number
of them were addressed to homes
cupants had moved elsewhere.
Relief Station Set Up.
If the devastation OF the city and
enough to remind one of days in
France, another favorite scene "over
there" was enacted when the Saliva
ton Army and Red Cross established
numerous canteens and served conee
and doughnuts. not only to the SOL
hungry, and there were many of
them.
Food became somewhat scarce to-
day, and prices in some of the cafes
advanced sharply. although. as gem
eId prices rice 'n and sold out early.
Gov. .Donahey, who arrived yester-
day, will return to Columbus today
and issue an appeal to the peoeple Of
Ohio to come to the assistance Of
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complete, and conditions are deplora-
ble." said the governor.
Seldom have people been cut off as
suddenly from the conveniences of
modern science and invention. The
city is still without light, power or
facilities for cooking other than oil
stoves and coal. Military chiefs an
nounced today that gas may possibly
be turned on in some sections tomor-
row.
storm was realized Mayor George
Hoffman deputized 1000 citizens,
many of them former service men, to
do relief work. They worked
| throughout Saturday night and when
day broke thousands more Mae, Joined Tub IN
Company sent 500 Of its employees
into the devastated business district
with trucks and tractors to aid In
clearing the streets. the Great
Lakes TOWN IL Company PinSeu 10
entire feet and employees at the service
" The r city of Cleveland sent about
| 100 policemen, forty of whom came
| by motor trucks as soon as WORD or
the storm reached the OUTSIDE sa
| ing superintendent with sixty men to
help clean the debris.
Tears came to the eyes OF the
| mayor when he spoke of the AID
Cleveland was giving his s santars
| nurses food and clothing were sent.
"Cieyeland's work has been Won
derful," he said. land we will never
forget"
| Frenks Of Storm.
The storm left the usual number
| Of freaks.
Miss Mayer Hurst, piano player at
| the State Theater, where many WeIe
| killed. escaped from the building un,
s 3, asan !. although the ROOF 'fASA'O
The steel booth. in which James
| Brandon, projectionist, was WORKING,
| fell with its balcony percn TO tne
basement, but Brandon was unnur
Mrs. George Forester was sta III ;
iron building when it caved In. sne
rode the building to the ground ano
escaped with only a slight bruise.
| Aithough the front OF an apart
! ment building on Broadway WE
.havsd on clean. furniture I'm front
sncrn an the second floor was undis-
| turhed. Several persons sat In II
watching wrecking operations.
About 1000 feet south Of the mu-
nicipal bathing beach eci.nsoG canoe '0e,e was
Msyor Holman said he saw q
wnman alight from her automobile in
front of her home just as the storm
broke. The machine was picked up.
6own in a backyard. The woman
wac blown q block down the street
mt escaped without injury. The house
WAS not damaged. Another hause
was almost totally demolished. I'm: