Evening star., 1925-03-21
DISEASE OUTBREAK
BALKED AS STORM
AREA BUR|ES DEAD
Anti TetanuS Serum Rushed
by Plane to Be Used in
Emergency.
FATALITIES PUT AT 809;
LIST OF MANNED, 2,916
Parrish and De Soto Not Likely
to Rebuild-All Homeless
Are Sheltered.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associateo Press.
CHICAGO, March 21.--The storm
swept territory of the Ohio Valley
today coEtinued the tragic duty OF
burying ITS dead. while relief workers
completed the task of bringing order
out o.fchaos, and plans for rehabila-
tion were advanced.
Funeral services for some of the
victims of Wednesdays storm were
held yesterday, but most of the bur-
Ials were arranged for today and Sun
day, with memorial services to be
held later. In towns where the loss
of life was heaviest, community
funerals were planned, with burial
in one long grave.
Reports from the destroyed dis
tricts said that relief work was well
organized. A flood of material aid
continued to pour. in for sufferers in
the greatest tornado in America S
history which snuffed out more than
500 lives, injured 5000 persons and
left entire communities homeless.
No Epidemic Threatens.
While some cases of pneumonia
were reported in southern Illinois,
there was little other illness to add
20 the storm horror. and no threat of
tetanus. Seven hundred units of anti
tetanus serum, sent by airplane from
Indianapolis, were available for emer-
gency use.
A few isolated cases of looting came
to light, but generally there was no dis
order. At Frankfort. man was caught
taking ring from a woman's finger,
and was slain by a police officer.
Business generally was at a stand
still, but with the work of clearing
debris in the demolished districts pro-
ceeding rapidly. commercial activities
in some communities were expected
to be resumed next week. The main
street of Murphysboro was cleared
yesterday.
Deaths at 500.
Recheck of casualty lists early to-
day indicated that the death count
was slightly more than 500. Addi-
tions to the lists in some towns and
subtractions of applications left the
figures at 500 dead and 2,916 manned.
The toll at Murphysboro rose to 201
with the finding of IL additional
bodies, while belated reports from
rural districts made further additions.
In other districts, however, final
checks reduced original estimates.
No radical change was anticipated, as
checked lists of identified dead con-
tanned $50 names.
The Red Cross at st. Louis issued
an appeal for all sightseers to remain
away from the storm area, stating
that every available building already
was taxed to capacity in caring for
the injured and homeless.
Rebuilding Not Likely.
Two towns in Illinois, Parrish and
De Soto, and Griffin. in Indiana, were
virtually annihilated. The present
outlook is that no effort will be made
State Senator Sneed refuses to give
up De Soto. My father is buried
there he said.
Griffin, where 81 perished and sew
eral have been reported as missing,
will be rebuilt it was announced
today. One old man. although not
house was left standing, announced
he would return and build. Il don't
want to die anywhere else" he said
The helpers yesterday succeeded in
placing every hearthless person in
shelter, with plenty of wholesome
food
Some families are going to their
graves with almost no close relatives
10 mourn them, while in other cases
all variations of household separa-
tions are portrayed at the funerals
Modern inventions have helped
make the rescue work in this disaster
more speedy than such work has ever
been before. Airplanes have carried
helpers and supplies for emergency
use, while radio has sent forth need
of help to the four winds which
brought on the catastrophe
DOCTORS ARE NEEDED