Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-03-26
WORST STORM IN
US. HISTORY HITS
FORTY TOWNS
Tornado Sweeps Part Of Illinois.
Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky
and Tennessee
500 Dead.


destiy treating the injured. dotted
the panorama IN stricken seotlors
Of nvs stases which yielded 20
tornado. storm and nrs ueors than
600 dead and 1000 injured. The
spilooue os the elsmsuts vlsita-
tlon was enacted In many eommu-
nifty burisls ard scores o. private
ssrvicsA When there was no
minister and the trappleos 81
funeral formsllty were unohtain-
able. . rough box. . email bunch
% nowsrs and . hssltant rsad-
Inc Of scripture was substituted.
individual ceremonies were st
tempted everywhere hue In the
more ooUusstsd locations the de-
msnd wee too great except sor
brief rituals.
Chicago--Aftsr the light Of FUN
day had cast its ceArching rays int
the dehrts left by Wednesdays tor
nAdo, and relief work had been or
CANNED 10 gather the dead. heal the
hurt and aid the homeless. the toll
Of destruction to life and property still
remained the greatest ever recorded
In similar catastrophss. with s1s 70
ported killed and s.sso injured In the
ave states affected.
Devastated regions turning 70 plans
and means OF barying their dead.
Shortage Of cofrins and facilities may
cause group burials. Relief workers
report better progress In caring fos
Injured and destitute. Contributions
flowing into the districts providing
money and comforts. Al they became
better organised. attention was given
also to rural communities. All busk
ness In Murphysboro suspended
Banks urged to keep doors closed.
Herrin. m. scene Of several shoot
ings and uprisings. opened its one
hospital TO injured. Estimated that
more than onsthird Of the nearly i1c
dead 81 Ds-soto. M. were children
under three years. A violent snow
storm fringed the tornado on the
north when u struck. The number
Of frightfui mutations and crushed
limbs and tho fact that In many cases
wounds ground full OF dirt could not
BE- attended for hours brought the
spectsr OF tstanus stalking on the
neld. Airplanes bearing all available
tetanus antitoxin rushed out Of In.
dianapolis.
Women At De Soto took up q colleo.
ton along the line OF automobiles At
tracted 10 the scene and In short
time had raised several thousand dol
lars. Contributions In money and
supplies made directly At the response
Of appeals made over the radio ap
parsntly win set q new high total
through this means OF reaching the
world.
Path Of storm 500 MiIss.
Those In charge speak In millions
when asked TO estimate material
losses. The brief dispatches read;
100000 In southwestern Kentucky:
''ta,ooo.ooo at Princeton": $4,000. 900
IN southern Illinois," "tf0o.ooo In Mis-.
souri," Al tho other scenes no one
yet ventures 20 estimate.
The tornado took its toll over q ter.
ritory OF 300 miles In ave hours and
within the same period Of time outside
aid was covering that distance 70
carry help and comfort 10 survivors.
The Red Cross rushed supplies from
50. Louis. Chicago offered $4,000.
Tho Illinois Legislature appropriated q
like amount. the Missouri Legislature
$4,000. and the southern Illinois
American Legion $1,000. Other con.
tributions are expected 10 reach $780,.
900.
Apparently arising IN the Missouri
Ozark hills. the tornado Jumped and
Eig-sagged. It's path was about mile
wide In some localities: In others II
could be measured BY feet. II was
more merciful at It's start. preferring
to unload its fury IN Illinois and In
diana. n cracked Into Kentucky and
Tennessee more a. q side-iine, II ap
peared. IT. tail whipped loose tho lake
freighters from their moorings In Buf.
faio. miles away.
Human bodies In most every form
Of creation, butchcred or crushed were
being removed from the debris. Only
a comparative few have been found IN
tact. Identification by rings OF de-
tached arms was reported. Bodies
pierced with splinters Of wind driven
wood are frequent.
A school house az Dc Soto also was
razed and only three Of the $50 occu-
pants escaped unhurt. while IS bodies
already have been taken from tho
ruins. The latest reports say that 700
persons we're killed at Parrish and
West Frankfort alone. but other In
formation placed the loss In these
towns somewhat lower.
From q prosperous town Of 400 per-
sons. most OF whom were retired far
mers and their families. 0riffin. IN
Posey county ~ the southwest tip OF
Indiana. In . few seconds was obli-
terated, when the tornado dipped
down. Every one OF the ~ homes. 10
or more business houses. . churches
and the schoolhouse were rased.
Thirty-three bodies have been taken
from the ruins. and military and civil
authorities. In charge OF the relief and
rescue work here. predict 1t least rs
persons died In the catastrophe. or
win die from the injuries they sus-
o.. On "a