Show KILLED OR DR HURT I II IN I sa U D TORNADO ADD I Prisoners of Ref Reforma Reformatory orma- orma tory to Guard the Storm Swept District as Relief Re- Re lief is Brought ht Victims Victims' By In International News Service i NEW ALBANY Ind March 24 24 1 Th The Tho death list lilt In n the the- New Albany ca catastrophe catastrophe stood at six forty at I ca-I this morning We know that there are six forty-six dead in the morgues and in the tho private I residences said Morn Morri Mayor Maor We We fear that at least ten more bodies will willbe willbe willi be found in the ruins I i Two bodies were token from the ruins rums of the colored school which collapsed col col- collapsed I lapsed during the tornado on twenty- twenty five children Four more children are missing Reports Report received today from country districts in southern Indiana say that at least five persons have been beon k killed outside of New Albany I By International News Service Ind March INDIANAPOLIS J- J 24 The The most destructive storm that has swept Indiana in inmany inmany inmany many years took a toll of more than fifty lives injured between and persons and caused used property prop prop- ert erty damage estimated at nearly I Wire Ire communication from the wind windswept windswept windswept swept area lea was Wa slowly being restored this afternoon Tho The latest advises advices ad vices Indicated in indicated indicated In- In that a R series EerieR of or tornadoes forming near the Illinois line rushed Indiana communities within a period of ot ofa ofa ota a few hours yesterday afternoon At New ew Albany Alban Ind the death list now totals total six forty ort and ten persons are arc missing according to a l. l statement issued by hy Mayor Morris Two hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred were injured Near Carlisle Ind two persons were 1 killed ell One farmer was killed at Flat Rock Ill near the Indiana state line and three persons were Injured Pour Four persons persona were injured two fa fatally fatally fa- fa I tally near Muncie Munch Ind Two women were wert fatally injured near Cor Corydon don Ind The Tho storm broke rut tho rho fourth an anniversary anniversary anniversary an- an I of oC the visit paid by a l tornado tornado tornado torna torna- do to Terre Haute Ind end with a loss 1068 of or i seventeen enteen lives lI Only thirteen d days lS l'S a aso aRo o a a. tornado killed two twenty-two persons persons per per- sons at nt Ne New Castle Ind The storm wreaked its greatest de destruction destruction de- de of ot life JIe and property at New Albany Albany- which is located on tho Ohio river In Hendricks Sullivan Adams I and Jackson counties wide stretches of oC territory were laid w waste by tho the wind Near Dan dwellings and md other build buildings In 5 were ere leveled lo for lor a Q distance of oC six eb miles In a path ath a mile mila wide There Thero was wall no loss los of or life Tho The local bureau of or the federal e eral weather ther explained e today that warm southerly winds coming In contact contact con con- tact with heavier air in a a. low Jow pressure are extending from the Great Takes I-akes southward caused unstable conditions that brought the destructive winds yes yes- ell Th The hl higher hr atmosphere gave I way under atmospheric pressure suro uro tho the I wind assumed a ix rotary rotary- tary motion and tornadoes rc resulted In Nw Albany and other communities tics ties many many- mun persons pei on who escaped injury Ju- Ju Jury lost their homes and everything they h had d. d John Burry Burns and his hla wife escaped injury in Now New Alban Albany but their throe cot cottages tapes wore were leveled leYe d. d George f Strack and his hiM family family- took refuge in th the collar cellar nf nt their beautiful I 1 new home at Now e Alban Albany when they paw th the tho storm torm approaching Ills His house was wa torn down and U th the il II debris foil fell inthe InthE in inthe the c tell cellar r. r par ear was WAll a. a torn oft off Continued on page 2 2 t I KILLED Continued from page 1 and his brother Henry Heno suffered a broken shoulder One of the miracles of tho the storm was vas the escape of or eighteen persons who were in the Depauw apartment This three story building was almost totally wrecked hut but it is believed that Allen IcLean McLean will be tho the only onh injured person who will die S Several beautiful suburban suburban suburban ban homes bomes were badly damages Tombstones Tombstones Tombstones Tomb Tomb- stones and trees were level in the tho Fairview Fairview Fairview Fair- Fair view cemetery I I The relief work already was v. v well under un under un- un un-I un der del way The district was guarded b by prisoners from irom the tho re reformatory ye- ye who were hurried to New Albany shortly after the storm until the arrival of companies of or the Indiana national guard from Tell City Seymour Seymour Seymour Sey Sey- mour and Indianapolis and police re reserves reserves reserves re- re serves from Indianapolis Direct communication communication com corn between New Albany and vas as still interrupted toda today |