Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 29, 1924, Page 2

, HUNDR 9010 PERISH IN LORAIN WHEN TORNADO HITS (Continued from Page One.) storm struck, darkness descended. “People ran screaming from their homes and a big Saturday night crowd ran helter skelter through the @arkness, fearful of taking shelter in a building lest it blow down. “Store windows crashed In with terrifying smashes. Buildings col- lapsed. People were panic stricken,” he said. The terrifed hundreds trapped along Broadway, rushed into the streets as ‘the buildings ¢rumpled only to be @ruck down by falling debris. “The oriea of the injured and dying pierced the gloom as the elec: trie lights which had been flashed on for A moment as darkness came, and went. “The trapped victims fought mad- ly to scramble to safety, but things svére falling #0 fast most of them perished.” Every hospital was full of victims. Schools and churches. were filled with the injured and dying. Ambrose said the American Le gion, firemén_and every city official was working feverishly to save the lives of 3,500 estimated injured. TRAINLOAD OF TF SENT TO CLEVELA® ul D, Ohio, June, 29. — (United Press}—The first’ load of in- jured arrived from Lorain at Lake- wood hospital about .1 o'clock this morning. Steve Kordos, 35, was the first to dle, His home had fallgn in on-him while at dinner. Pitiful tales were told by the in- jurec. John Takats who lived in the Lo- rain shipyards reservation told how his home fell in on himself, his wife and two children. He was taken away by rescue squads and doés not know ‘what happened to his family. A, similar story was told by Joe Kargon, who was brought into Cleve- land without knowing ‘what happen- to his wife and four ¢hildren who were caught when his home was demolished. Mrs. Mary Stasiak of Lorain, told how she was blown down the street fee blocks, hurled. against bullcings and automobiles. Others brought in- to Lakewood were Mrs. Mary Wes- ten and Mrs. Vergs. Twenty Lakewood physicians were working all night in the oper- ating roomy All building tn that section of Sandusky between ‘Warren, Meigs, and North»WasShington streets and the river front: were razed, Toledo reported. In one residential section alone fifty, homes werp ‘destroyed. Autos were Blown into the day, The city is without water supply following daninge tothe water p!ant, and disease from drinking impure water, is feare(\, The town at, the mercy of fire, should it break out Twenty factories are reported in ruins. Detalls of the disaster at French- creek are lacking. The one report received from there came from Cleve- land police who were dispatched to Lorain. They merely* stopped long enough to phone that the town had been destroyed. They did not have time to check up on the number of dend and injured, as their orders ere to nothing delay them in their race to Lorain APPEAL RECEIVED FROM SANDUSKY COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 28—(Unit- ed Press)—State adjutant general Frank Henderson tonight received the following telegram from Mayor Brejtaus of Sandusky, Ohio. ‘Cyclone struck Sandusky. Send {a immediately.” {ayor Bre!taus. said he could take no notion on the call until he had talked with Governor Donahey who the week end at New Henderson is spen¢ Philadelphia. NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio, 28—(United Press}—Governor tonight ordered “every fa- the state’s command” be torn area along Sandusky and June Dor eflity wer La Lorain The governor said he had advised State Adjutant General nderson at Columbus to order out all state troops necessary to give relief to storm sufferers and that he himself at to the storm Erie, between would proceed to the stricken dis trict. tomorrow. and perhaps - take rsonal command of the relief 112th engineers of the Ohio national guard are already on board trait Meveland waiting to be moved t ain, Donahey sald The 144th infantry of Toledo have red by the governor to n immediately for Sandusky, pleking up other troops at Oak Harbor and Port Clinton The 1 of the 144th at ‘Findlay was ordered to Sandusky in motor rucks, BUILDINGS MOWED DOWN BY WEND. CLEVELAND, Ohio, fore t 200 persons were reported killed terrific storm that tore scores of byiiding including a owded theater at. Lorain néar here cording to Chier of Po. kard of Elyria, June 28. ar in a ankard told the United Press over the telephone at Cleveland t the ambulapces in Blyria « Lorain to aid th who Were reported rd sald téelepho' nication was down and that he could not be positive how many ‘| of Wooderatt were killed. He said refugees from there estimated the number of deaf at 300. ‘ The. dead and injured littered the streéts, Skankarg said the refugees told him. . ‘3 Telephone poles, trees and houses were in one jumbled mass of twist- ed wreckage, he said he was told. Skankard appealed to Cleveland to send ambulances to tho stricken city. The heaviest toll’ was taken in a theater crowd with more than 300 persons, Skankard said. The bulld- ing crashed in, burying the mass of struggling humanity in the, wreck: age. be said. The electrical storm which struck Lorain about 7 p. m. was genera! aver northern Ohio. It struck -like exploding dynamite as lightning crashed down, accompanied by» a terrific. gale. From 25 to 100 persons may be dead in Sandusky, Ambrose Ball of Bellevue, who just returned from Sandurky to Bellevue told the Unit ed Press over the telephone at 9:30 Pp. “Nearly the entire town along the Jake front has been wiped out,” he sald. 1 “The forry from Sandusky to ide broke her moorings and itt in the bay or lake, Numor- small boats also broke away. he excursion steamer which wan reported missing Is safo at her dock with all passengers. “I never saw such destruction,” Ball said. ‘Buildings along the wa- ter front are jumbled up in a mass of wreckage. “My conservative estimate of the numbér killéd from What I heard is from 25 to 100.” The Nickle Plate passenger sta- tlon at Kimball, near Bellevue, was demolished. ‘The station agent is re- ported dead. The Nickle Plate passenger train number, 2, leaving ‘Bellevue at 7:45 for Cleveland, was forced to return becauke of a washout. i A“switch engine crashed through & drawbricwe at Lorain and two freighterg.and a number of smal! craft wer® carried out into the lake, ‘necording: to reports from Blyria, > om RECORDS OF HISTORICAL DISASTERS 1421—In Holland 100,000 lives were lost when the flood waters of the Meuse undermined the dykes, ad- mitting the sea. * 1580—Second failure of the dykes caused 400,000 to perish in Holland. 1874—Reservoir in Mill River Valley, Mass., burst, destroying se’ eral Villages, ‘causing 144 deaths, 1876--Tidal wave, sweeping coast of Bengal, drowned 200,000. Sstm- ilar waves) drowned hundreds of thousands along Chinese coast that year. 1887—Millions drowzed in fldod of Hoan-Ho river in China. 1889—Dam holding waters of Lake Conemaugh broke May 81, sending water racing through valley to Johnstown, Pa., 18 miller away; 2500 deaths. 1900—Hurricane, sweeping Texas coast September piled up th waters of the Gulf of Mexico mil inland. Galveston was stogm cen- ter; about 6000 lives lost. 1903—Cloudburst in June caused deluge in John Day Valley, Oregon, inundating two villages; 300 drowned 1911—Estimated 100,000 lost in flood of Yang-Tae-Kiang River, in China. 1912—Overflow of the Mississippi River to Mississipp! caused loss of life amounting to 200 and property loss of $45,000,000. ° 1913—S8pring floods caused 782 deaths and property loeses of $181, 000,000 in Ohio and Indiana; Dayton, Ohio, | suffered greatest lor a 1918—At same time 500 were drowned: im floods in Brazos ‘and oth- er Texas valleys. 1916—Galveston disaster of 1900 was repeated but with much smaller loss of life, 300 being drowned. 1919—September 14, Corpus Chris. tt, » Storm and tidal ‘wave killed 500; property loss, $25,000,000. June 22, Fergus Falls, Minn. Tornado killed .60, injured 1919—July 11, hurricane «we Chilean coast; 87 killed, $00,000,000 property loss. 1919—September 8, Fu China. Typhoon killed: 3000. 1919—April 8, Durant, Okla. Storm killed 11 : 1921—June 3, Pueblo, Colo., swept by deluge caused by clouugbarst. More than 100 deaths; property loss estimated at $20,000,000, 1922——Hurricane and tidal wave caused 60,000 deaths at Swatow, China. Chow, —— ey DRIVING IT (Continued from Page One. stearning umn skyward at per jodi¢al intervals. Workmen blast- ing too near its orifice upset nature's plumbing. Then—praise bo bo Allah—there was internal re-adjust- mént down below and Old Faithful is once again boiling over on sohe ule, Imagine what ‘the | be {f this won to be forever ruined. It ia the mor ture in Yellowstone park, ee famous f Wooderaft | To Meet Casper cirele ‘No 409, Neighbors will meet in regular at 8 o'olock Tuesday evening the Odd Fellows haji. After regular business meeting a scetal will be enjoyed and the com: mitte wil serve refreshments, All I members and visiting neighbors ar “urged to be present, EDS DEAD IN WRECKA STORM SWEPT TRAGEDY TOLD INFROM GREAT LAKES REGION Freight Train Blown From Track Near Cleveland. NEW YORK, June 28.—The worst etorm in many yeers etruck north- ern Ohfo tonight, sweeping in from the Great Lakes, according, to re- ports to the American Telephone and Telegraph company.here. x A. freight train was reported blown from the tracks near Cleve. land. ‘Wires wero down and commuh!- cations interrupted on all tines, only underground telephoné and tele. remaining open for Shipping on the lakes was report- ed, suffering severely with a pos- sibility that many small crafts were lost. ‘Wire companies have sent out a call for reserves to patch up the broken lines The Western Union reported all wires down in the Ohio storm area, with scattered reports of damage und loss of life, CHICAGO, June 28, — (United Press)—Nearly al! wires east of Chi- cago were practically out of commis- sion tonight as the result of a ter- rific storm raging throughout Ohio and adjacent territory. Meigh Clip Sold for 37 Cents to Buyer of Boston Bob Meigh, Moneta sheepman, has disposed. of his 1924 clip here at 37 cents. The Meigh wool, weighing 32,000 pounds, went to Jeremiah Willams of Boston, the purchase being made by Ed. Browning. The lot ran 650-50 half blood staple and high three- eighths, and is declared the finest clip of the present year in central Wyoming. Thirty-seven cents is higher than any price’ being pald gt this time, the average running at 84 cents: al LIONS PLEASED ‘WITH BIGFETE HELDAT OMAHA “Chief” Bartle’ Goes Over Big as Song Leader There. Omaha proved a royal host for the Lions attending their intef- national convention there last week, according ‘to General Burke H. Sin- clair, district governor for Wyoming and Mnotana, who returned to Cas- per Saturday. Three thousand delp- getes and visitors were in attend. ance, of whom 38 were from Wyo- ming and Montana. H. Roe Bartle, Boy Scout execu: tive of Casper, went over big as song leader of the convention. He was elevated to this post after the Casper club had sung his praises in communications to the international and he met with immense popu larity. Wyoming: secured further recognition in the appointment of Rush L. Denise, Rock Springs at tornéy, as sergeant-atarms. Other delogates from Casper were Frark Cowan and A. C. Rikér. The latter was accompanied by Mra, Riker, The convention was the greatest ever held by the Lions and produc- tive of good results. A report on the convention will be heard by the local club at ite next meeting on Wednesday eniny BANKER MUST STAND TRIAL CHEYENNE, Wyo. June 28.— (Special to The Tribune}—Judge T. Blake Kennedy tn federal court over- ruled a motion to quash an indict- ment by the recent grand jury of D. A. Randall of Doug’ Wyo., charg: @d with violation of the federal re- rve bank law in that he ta alleged to have collected a premium, or re- ceived something of value, for nego- tlating loans. Randall is a banker. At the request of a local car. penter’s union, about 50 carpenter apprentices of Denver, Colo., are at- tending night classes at the Oppor- tunity School, The studente are divided into two cleases. The course govers many details which the ay prentice of today has little oppor tunity to aequire on the job, includ mechante 1 aquare, put work, eto. drawing, planning and use of laying =" pen SEY { CLEVELAND, 0O,, June 29.—"It was horrible.” aie “This Ham Hodk, Cleveland, who ‘witnessed the tragic scene in Lorain immédiately following the tornado, described the havoc. Heok arrived “T witlked up a residential street. The street was crowded with men, women and. children. ‘Some were carrying tfunks and suitcases. There were mothers carrying their babies. lany were injured, “drag- ging themselves along, hegging and moaning for the doctors to hurry. “I saw an automobile on top of a house. I saw h dog howling in frent of a dark open space, where a bome had been completely carried ‘away. The great black hole only remained —and the dog. d “Sides of Houses‘ were crushed in, roofs of houses were off, some’ of the roofs in the street, some in treetops, some piled on wrecks of other houses. . “The homeless wandered about aimlessly. Rescuers with flashlights and lanterns. hunted through the debria for victims.” 7,500 AOKED FOR INJURIES TO YOUNG LAD Automobile Accident Is Made Basis of ‘Dam- age Suit Filed Here. Suit for $7,500 damages. was tiled in the district court yesterday after- noon by’ Joseph Sonnefelt against Mr. and Mrs. Robert Avery, the re- sult of an automobile accident which occurred last Saturday. The plain: titt's five year old son was hit by a car said to have been driven by Mrs. Avery and received injuries to his head, back and chest: The plaintiff contends in his al- legations that the car was , being driven at an excessive rate of speed and that the boy when hit was off the street proper on the, edge of a front lawn. ‘The incident occurred in the town of Mills. The plaintift’s attorneys aré Casey @ Mod TWO PRINGIPLES IN. RECENT SHOOTING ARE BOTH ASSESSED FINES Bgmuse he was unable to, cry *Poliee!” in English, a Chinaman by the name of Wong fired a gun in the direction of H, A. Harned, furniture Gealer, on West First street, according to evidence pri duced before Judge John A. Murray {f police court yesterday. At least that was the reason which Wong gave to the ‘thagistrate for having fired. the gun to protect ‘himself. Wong was fined $25 for discharging the firearm, and Harned was fined ; - SUNDAY, JUNE 29,1924.” E OF TORNADOES IN OHIO an alert intelligence wi despite saturation with chlorine. Just what should take. the place of te ‘an intuition that wilt auto- kangaroo; room for iy LITERARY CLUB ELECTS, HEAR O00 PROGRAM President for Six Months Period. Officers were elected for the next six months at the Thursday night meeting of the Casper Literary club, the folowing being chosen: R. 8. Ellison, president; H. B. Durham, first viee president; Rev. Phillip K. Edwards, second vice president; W. J, Wehrli, secretary and treasurer. W.' 8. Kimball, president, and P. Fishburn, secretary for the past six months, wére given @ vote of thanks and appreciation by the mem- bers of the club. Dr. S. H. Diggs led the discussion of eurrent events, which dealt with taxation’ and public expenditures. Dr. Diggs brought out many interest- ing phases of the vexatious question and there followed an earnest discus- sion b; members. The formal paper of the evening was prisented by Philip Winter on Amerlean Literature as Exemply- fying Our American History.” The development of American literature Was traced from its infancy and in conclusion the author discussed pos- sibilities of the future. The paper was illuminating in every respect and much appreciated by the mem- bership. Cot an Chas. E, Winter was & guest of the. club and in a short talk touched briefly on matters be- water is not told: At the ‘The is cer: | Brunswick Portable The Brunswick Portable is truly a musical prodigy, having a clear, round, full tone. Like all other Brunswick Models, the Port- able plays all makes of records. “Plays matically and unfailingly warn of danger ja bullet defletcing ‘outer covering, and anon.corroding stom- rr ” with the cover closed.” ot This little instrument is substantially. built to with-— stand hard usage and is’ unsurpassed by any instru- ment of similar design in finish and tone quality, Equipped with Brunswick single spring extra strong fore congress, among them the Colo- rado river qui ion and the C Alcova project. The club adjourned to a date in September to be announced later, no meetings being planned for the re- Whatever. the outcome of the Democratic nomination, you'll Fear to admit that Governor Al ith swim, These of New York fs in the unusual formal shots were made at Sea Gate, L. I. mainder of the summer months, a ee riey ke 10-inch records without, re- ME enn My q inding. eproducer for playing -all makes of Chicagoans m records. Compartment for carrying 20 records. Monster Tooth Found at Cody Is 18-Pounde CODY, Wyo., June 28.—A tooth, Bigantic in size and one that was probably lugged around by a monster in prehistoric times, was recently found near here by C. E, Hayden who has consigned {ft to the State Historical sogiety at Cheyenne! The molar weighed close to 18 poun: jl RALSTON PUTS: ‘END TO RUMOR INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June(28.—. Reports from the Democratic con- vention in New Nickel-plated trimmings including reinforced corners. Finished in Be Black Leatherette ....-.-...-.-$48 Gentine Tan Leather _--.__-___-$85 Width 13 1-3 inches Depth 13 1-2 inches Heighth 8 3-4 inches SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY te The Chas. E. Wells Music Company “Home of the Chickering” 232 East Second CASPER Constant Fight Dodging Death OWEN L. SCOTT. (Special % Correspondent of Tho Cas- per Tribune.) (Copyright, 1924, Consolidated Press Association.) CHICAGO, June 28.—The typical Chicagoan—if Darwin was right— should be a vastly superior being a few generations hence. Yor “his life is gradually becomt more and more a primitive Pr ie against tho destructive - forceg (of the automobiles, guns and moon- shine, with the theory a? survival of th» . fittest. finding an apt new ton, phe situation is graphically shown by, the fact that 295 persons in Ghi- cago have lost their Hves thus far in 1924 a8 a result of automobile accidents, while 157 have been shot to.death and 113 died of moonshine poigoning—altogether, 665 deaths, not.to mention a great many more Serious irjuries due to these’ three inatruments of destruction. The death rate has increased at, such a rate that most every resident of this teeming metropolis) had al- ready formed definite opinions about the kind of creature he would like damned Har,” Ralston said. to ,evolve into. 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Marsolin said he would start for Lorain, where many were killed by a cyclone at 3 a, m. in accordance with orders from State “Adjutant General Henderson. STATE TROOPS ORDERED OUT COLUMBUS Ohto, June 28.—State Adjutant General Frank Henderson tonight ordered Major T. 8. Connelly of Cleveland to “take all state troops under your command and proceed at to Lorain and Sandusky with-thres day rations.” c oneald he would leave hore at 3 a, m. Sunday for the storm stricken are a Police Sent to Stricken City From Cleveland Ohio, June CLEVELAND 28. Cleveland police on their way to render aid at Lorain, partially de- stroyed by a torr reported to hendquarters here that the town of enchorer and 1 between. her « the storm. 160 SO. 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