Imperial Valley press., 1925-03-21
New Danger Is
Causing Halt in
Work of Rescue
(Continaed from page l,

1lS water over UtSlatu,C bFllill aHU
the land that lies to thu east.
Pestilcncc in the wake of higf
water was an addud danger, red
cross workers pointed out. Extreme
caution was taken 10 prevent
spread of epidemicN
Relief workers were confident
that they would be able TO care for
all the tornado victims in Southern
Indiana, # only tho river kept with.
, il its banks.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Mar. 2l.-- Order
is beginning to rise ont Of the
chaos made of Little Egypt" by
the death dealing winds Wednesday,
This morning 6l3 are known TO
be dead throughout the distric; and
approximately 400 still are missing.
The injured list is about 1900.
From throughout the entire wind
swept district - from Annapolis,
No., and into lndiana-there is
acute suffering but rescue work is
getting under way.
One Of the b.g problems con-
fronting the workers in the district
is the homeless, estimated from TO-,
600 10 l5,0O0 Many of the home
less are children whose parept' were
either killed or are among the
great number Of missing.
The most Of :he homeless have
little clothing.
AT DuQuoin, Benton. Carbondale.
lIerrin and several Of the other
southern 1ll:noia cities which es-
capped the storm 5 terror, the chill
dren are being cared for in private
homes temporarily.
In southeastern Missouri the home
less are living in box ears aEf in
- lean-tosn made Of standing walls
and boards taken from the i1bris.
West Frankfort and De Soto, two
Of the towns hardest hit. are get
ting stra: shtened out. Practically
nothing Is left in the villages.
Murphysboro. whore the storm
rose to Us greatest fury. the prob
lem still is difficult. Between -
aud 100 persons still are missing.
with l9l bodies accounted for.
Overnight Murphysboro presented
4 tragic scene, Scattered through
out the storm stricken half "f the
city could be seen little groups
huddied about camp fires or N
front Of salvaged cook stoves.
Morgues Arc Full
Relief workers at Murphysboro
on through the night, find
ing more bodies and giving aid to
II any who had NOT rs We. been
treated for their INJURIES Doctors
said number of persons Were found
with broken legs and arms Who
had received no treatment owing 10
tie great number more seriously III
jured. $50
The mosgue list there increased
by 90 names during the night and
the norguts were crowded Dv sur
vivors searching for relatives and
friends.
This morning burials were started
again in the little cemeteries around
the city. Tomorrow there viii be
n public funeral with al Of the
town g ministers taking part.
Until then Murphysborc viii bury
its dead without ceremony. The
food problem which began 70 be
acute yesterday Was relieved some
what early this morning by the
arrival Of additional supplies. How
ever. there still is 4 warning against
drinking the raw city water as the
filtration plant has not been repair
ed.
While the rescue workers plodded
on with the reconstruction work
through the stricken areas st. Louis
was opening its pockets for relief
of the suffering through the dis
tric.
A campaign TO raise 100000 was
launched yesterday and now IS IN
full swing.
This morning s59,327.41 i@ in the
treasury and workers will start out
carly in an attempt to complete the
quota before night.
In the st. Louis churches tomor-
row a special collection WI De tax
en- up by the red cross for the re-
lief Of the sufferers throughout the
storm area.