Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-09-29 | Page 1 | 28 Dead, Many Hurt; Entire Police Called

28 DEAD MANY HURT ENTIRE POLICE CALLED Roofs Torn Off Walls Cave In Wire Service Disrupted Teachers and Pupils Esc Escape pe Crash T Ten en Injured in T Tornado at Rudy Arkansas I. I ST ST. LOUIS Sept 29 At P-At least 28 persons were were killed and more than w re inured injured in a tornado which struck St. St Louis e early this afternoon causing widespread damage to property Twenty ambulance calls were received The entire police department was ordered out for emergency duty Roofs in various sections of the city were torn tom off and walls walts of buildings were caved in WIRES DOWN 1 Telephone and telegraph service was Interrupted The corner of the Central hIgh school building co collapsed lapsed but pupils pupils' pu- pu pils' pils and teachers Immediately took shelter Odeon theatre PolIce Dolice were InvestIgating reports that tw two persons were caught In inthe i ithe the collapse Tb The he heavy vy root roof ot of the right field PR at Sportsmans Sportsman's park where major league games were play played d w was s blown ff t. t FIRST FAT FATALITY The The first fatality reported was that of It William Owsley who was struck by a heavy piece of Umber timber whIle In Ills his autom automobile bIle near Forest park Ho He dIed on the way to the hospital Numerous ous s on the east cast and sides ot of For st ark were b by wind a trees trees' w A i. i The ch chief et ot of police v d d. d d ri 1 Ill III a The city hall Cath- Cath church t 1 s residences resl- resl dences In ven c 1 reported heavily damaged maged d Twelve men men re buried In the debris of a buildIng at 1939 South Sooth avenue Ten men were yere res rescued unhurt and the other two were missIng The storm struck le i. i hi th the district west of Grand and Easton i venue avenue In all parts of the city vera swept tram from their feet teet by wind roofs were l Ct d. d 01 or In part automobiles automo- automo biles were blown about and tre trees s down or strIpped ot of lIms RUDY Ark Ark Sept Sept 29 Ten AP-Ten persons were Injured one probably fatally In a t tornado whIch here bere today c cutting a path through the Only ten buildings remained remained re- re Intact when the storm passed fORT SMITH S Ark Sept 29 The AP-The village ot of Rudy twelve miles north of Fort smith was swept today by a tornado whIch i IS reported to have razed twelve dwellings lings and 0 schoolhouse without causing or In Juries jurI s to meagre reports received h here c. c l ugh Pertle A Avle Anderson an Julie Anda were ere killed In collapse ot of a wall wail at a a. Polar Wave Vave Ice corn com p pany ny plant Joseph Simon and two unidentified unidentified fied negroes were killed when part ot of a buildIng collapsed at the plant of the Press l tom Coat pany In the southeast section of the city DETECTIVE KILLED Detective Sergeant Edward dward chaat was killed fri ri collapse of oC a. a building building- In the w west t end An un- un d. lma was killea WillIam Owsley a sal and Joseph Berry were n f MaPOtee y Potee 62 32 wa WaS killed wh n a. a h hOme me was bl wn In n man was was' killed 1 and six Injured when the wind blew down a teles-ra teles telegraph h pole that crushed through the roof of oC the Federal Motor Car company An woman was taken to the mOI morgue ue