New Britain herald., 1925-03-23
RESTORATION WIIrr''' TAKE FOUR MONTHS
 IN TORNADO AREAS
Red Cross Expects to RehabiH. tate Every Family Made
 Homeless by Great Storm
FUNERAL SERVICES OF
 VICTIMS IN FIVE STATES

VICTIMS IN FIVE STATES Health Conditions Being Guarded
 and Danger of Epidemic Is Re-
 mote-Griffin, Ind, Now Cut on
 By Flood of River--Death and Tn.
 jury Totals Practically Unchanged By The Associated Press.
 Chicago. March 23.-saddened by the final tragedy of its greatest tor nado disaster, the burial of its dead. southern Illinois and Indiana today turned undaunted to the mammoth task of rehabilitation through which 1t is planned survivors of last Wednesdays catastrophe will be re- turned to the same conditions that existed before the storm.
 All injured have received medical attention and all homeless have been provided with temporary shelter. Plans are under way for virtual rebuilding of the stricken areas. A colossal task faceD the agencies en- gagged in reconstruction work.
 Four Months Work
 It Is expected that four months or more will be required to clear hun dreds of acres of ruins, restore thousands of shattered homes, re- building factories and establish new systems of sanitation.
 Henry M. Baker. head of the dis aster relief committee of the Red Cross says his organization expects to rehabilitate every family affected by the storm. An emergency unit of the Red Cross has established in every stricken town and temporary relief has been fully taken care of.
 Funds Being Raised
 With funds for the storm suffer- CTS being raised in all parts of the country through appeals in churches. newspapers, by radio and many oth- CT agencies, the nationa- headquar- ters of the Red Cross in Washington announced an appropriation of $5o,- 900 to augment similar funds being raised by local chapters.
 James L. Fieser, vice-chairman in charge of domestic operations who returned to Washington from St. Louis reported that immediate de- mands and emergency requirements had been met, but that permanent relief presented an enormous prob lem. Mir. Fieser called the tornado which caused more than 800 deaths in five states, "the most serious Tn the history of Red Cross disaster re- lief operations"
 Health Precautions.
 Hand and hand with reconstruc- ton will go sanitary rehabilitation and moves to protect the health ot the sufferers and to guard against epidemics, Particular attention was paid to the water supply. Chlorine was supplied to many towns and well water was inspected and unsafe wells condemned.
 Danger of an epidemic In Indiana WuS Bdlu lO bF IEiioiS "ANAi N@"> rival of additional medical supplies including anti-tetanus serum, and the advent of state sanitary officers. All water in the Indiana area was being chlorinized.
 Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, Chicago health commissioner, has arrived at Carbondale Southern Illinois relief center, to aid in the fight against disease. pr. Bundesen said that the greatest danger was from infectious diseases. particularly typhoid fever.
 Brief Funeral Services
 Brief funeral services were held Sunday for most of the victims in five states. while ministers Of all denominations asked for Divine guidance in church services on the first Sunday since the disaster. A check of casualty lists today brought q few changes in individual items, But did not materially affect tho to- tals. Deaths stood at sos with 2,959 injured, or a total casualty count Of 3.74., but slightly reduced from fig ures tabulated by the Associated Press the first day of the disaster
 Deaths By States
 Deaths by states were;
 Illinois G29, Indiana 1O9. Tennes- zee S3, Kentucky IS, Missouri 14'
 Five additional deaths occurred at Eurphysboro, bringing the identified dead there 10 194. but relief work CTS estimated 20 or more persons were incinerated.
 Murphysboro. the chief sufferer, buried nearly fifty dead Sunday, with services in the wrecked band stand in the public square. Most of the homeless were living in tents and yesterday 5000 persons were fed at relief stations.
 The first shooting since the ar rival of troops WAS reported when s negro was shot in the leg as the result of an altercation with a sol- dier. An unusual number of fires fin the ruins has added 10 problems.
 May Never Be Rebuilt
 De Soto, the little village of 800. which was blown away, has finished burying its dead. The cemetery has fifty fresh mounds. with rude wood en crosses carrying pencilled names as markers. Thirty of De Soto's 70 dead were children. Some families have returned to the village and are attempting to reestablish demolish- ed homes, but the general opinion IS that the village never will be re- built.
 Griffin, Ind. where fifty perished, today was cut of from all relief ave- nues except single railroad when flood waters of the Wabash inundat- ed roads leading 10 the town. Gov eFnor Ed Jackson, who inspected the storm territory, was forced to drive
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