New Britain herald., 1925-03-21
Many Victims, With Serious Operations Im- perative, Obliged to Await Arrival of Skill ed Medical Men-Infections Spreading Rap idly Amoung Wounded.
Army, Navy and Public Health Depts. Asked to Send Anti-Toxin-Refu- gees Planning to Re- build on Sites of Former Homes.
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Known and estimated dead from Wednesdays tornado and storm which dipped into sections of five states stood at S22 shortly before noon today. This total included five additional deaths reported from Grif- fin, Ind, one more from Princeton. Ind, and seven more from Murphys- boro, Ill.
 The number of injured still hover ed around 5000.
 Burial Proceeds Rapidly.
 Burial of the dead was proceeding rapidly In all sectors, with brief cere- monies and clergymen remaining constantly on duty.
 There are still some unidentified dead with more bodies probably vel to be found.
 Organized rescue and relief work was methodically in operation throughout the devastated regions.
 An immediate need of surgeons for the southern Illinois field prompted the state health director to appeal to county medical societies for help. He also requested supplies Of anti-toxin for gas gangrene which has appear ed among the wounded. The depart. ment's field director reported T3 surgical cases in this zone.
 Heavy Financial Contribution.
 Heavy contributions of money an supplies continued to pour In froi all over the United States.
 Property loss in all devastated di tricts was estimated variously b, tween five and eight million dollar
 The few survivors of such ami Inflated towns as Griffin, Ind, and D Soto and Parrish, H., clung desper ately to the hope that the town; might be rebuilt. As town lots their property retained value. As a patch of ground on a windswept rural hill their holdings were valueless.
 As the eye witness accounts Of thr twister's visitation were more frEly reported, its freakish, ironic and ec- centric antics struck observers as without parallel in the history of tornadoes. Many of the stories al- most exceeded belief.
 Death Toll Climbs
 Benton, Ill.,, March 21.-The list of storm deaths in Franklin county was increased to 164 today with the passing Of Frank Galloway, or Parrish, five members of whose family had previously died.
 Twenty-seven injured persons still were in hospitals here. Benton was not In the path of the storm but in- jured from the Parrish vicinity were brought here. Chats with some ol these injured persons revealed stories of horror and pathoe, somt of them telling of miraculous es capes.
 The family of Everett Parks, liv ing a half mile from Parrish is au, thority for one of these stories. Mrs Parks is receiving treatment in th' Christian church relief hospital here and on the cot with her is her si, months old baby, Imogene. The mother has a slight fracture in he1 skull and the baby's face is cut and bruised, Margaret, five years old and her brother Daniel. age 1, are at the homes of Benton people. where they are being looked after and their minor injuries treated. The father yesterday afternoon was ablr to leave the relief station.
 Little Margaret, who is a guest al the home Of the writer, tells of tn | things she saw.
 "The sky was dark and the wind began blowing, oh so hard" she said. We were scared and before we knew 1t we were blown away. When l woke up, mother was holding me tight in her arms and we were oui in the field. A great big plank was on me and my dress was goue."
 The little girls father says that | and his family were carried a qua ter Of a mile from their home. T did not remember anythin after the storm struck, until 1 foun myself holding a fence post a guar . ter of a mile from the house." Park said. T saw my little boy in th air. only few feet above tho groun and coming directly toward me, reached and was barely able t grasp him by the leg. pulled hip down to me end held him until th storm had passed"
 Mary Melvin, IT, Is on a cot nea Mrs. Parks. Her mother and f1 brothers and sisters were with he in the home near Parrish when th storm struck.
 When asked what the family di to escape the storm, Miss Melyi said:
 We didn't do anything. We ha, no idea 1t was as bad as it turne' out 10 be. When it started to blor so hard we tried to hold the window and doors to keep them from beiul