Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-06-18 | Page 1 | Seven Killed, Many Hurt in Tornado-Stricken States

n 4 11 11 Seven Killed Many Ma ny Hit Hurt rt in Stricken Tornado Stricken States o r- r vo- vo J OKLAHOMA HIT II Of BY TORNA TORNADOES S 2 2000 O HOMELESS H Towns Begin Clearing up Debris Funerals Held for Victims I KANSAS GETS RAIN I Streams in East Central Section at Flood Mark MarkBy MarkI I By United Press Tornado swept communities of ol southwestern Oklahoma were building building build build- ing and beating back today Hardly had the populace of the thirty-mile thirty storm strip overcome its first reactionary hysterics when civic leaders of Blair and Headrick flattened by the wind and homeless farmers began preparations for the return of community proS prosperity Blair hardest hit burled buried its tornado tornado tornado tor tor- tor- tor nado dead Sunday afternoon the funeral parties creeping to the little cemetery through littered debris streets CAR FALLS IN RIVER Death toll in the area was Increased in increased increased in- in creased to seven today with the death of Lewis McDonald 8 2 8 ia iua ioa a aj j Er Federick nn and l. l 1 of the death of ot S. S A. A Wheeler driver of ot the car in which he young McDonald Mc Me- Donald and others plunged into the north fork Of ot the Red river rl when a bridge was washed out during the storm The other dead were Mrs George George- no Rogers gels gel's Elmer Castles and Hugh Smith all aU of Blair Andrew Nelson Nellon a negro and an unidentified n negro gro of near Headrick The Storm left in its wake a path of ot utter waste Blair north of t Altus and Headrick to the east were practically leveled Farms of the sector ruined houses overturned or destroyed and hardly a tree or fence post left lett in In- In tact RAIN ACCOMPANIES WIND Descriptions of mile after mile of desolation were brought back by United Press correspondents who entered the storm area Torrents of ot rain accompanied the wind Vast acres of muddy land landwere were vere swept clean and washed heavily KANSAS CITY Jun June 18 AP AP- AP Relief workers today reported that approximately 2000 were ho homeless hone home ie- ie less in southwestern Oklahoma where tornadoes Saturday night swept through a fertile farming district district district dis dis- dis- dis leavIng a trail of debris forty miles long and from three to five miles wide The towns at Blair and Headrick were hardest hit The damage to buildings and livestock livestock live live- stock losses in Jackson Kiowa and Tillman Tiliman counties was estimated at lt atmore atmore more than halt half a million dollars BRIDGES DESTROYED While rescue parties today continued continued con con- Linued to inspect debris virtually all ill of the residents of the Oklahoma storm area had hadeen been een accounted for Otis Rice flee formerly of Kiowa county county coun coun- ty y was missing Several COmmunities communities were isolated when railroad and nd highway bridges were destroyed and t telephone li lings I leveled Army tents were sent l Fort ort Sill bill to provide shelter for for- forthe the homeless Tornadoes cause caused l considerable property damage yesterday in the vicinity pf Chanute and can Kan an SaUna Salina also was struck by i n high wind that unroofed buildings No o loss of ot life liCe was reported In Kan Nan sas as Heavy rains in central and eastern eastern east east- ern rn Kansas sent streams t to flood I e ee els Is