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Show HOMES ARE j HOSPITALS Terre Haute's List of Dead and Injured j Grows as Wreckage Is Cleared Away Terre Haute i nd . March 26. Nineteen Nine-teen persons are known to have been killed, 260 more or less are seriously injured. '!',' homes are destroyed and other property damaged) estimated al j nearly a million dollars, was the toll of the tornado that devastated Terre Haute and vicinity Sundaj n.ght Last night the officials in charge of the I rescuing work said the list of dead Will be Increased as they clear aw..y I the debris of the wrecked buildings Hunds of homeless an; being cared for by charitable institutions and cI1 i.ens. while the wrecked district la b"inK patrolled by company LI. Kir.--regiment, ndiana National guard, and the local police force. The militia waj ordered out early today by Governor Ralston, who directed the relief measures meas-ures from ndianapoils. The Dead. JAMES H. BROWN, SR.. 57 year3 old. MRS. CLAIM KING and baby daugbter HELEN MRS IDA DAVIS. 26 years old. MOSES CARTER, wife and child. CLANDIS EDWARDS, 8 vears old ALEX WDKK ROGERS JOE HOUTS, 3u years old. ALLAN M'GUIRE, EvansVllfe, I ni BRYAN LESLIE HOCTS. 12 yeai old WILLIAM MATHERLY 45 years old. ( lardentown. MISS HANNAH TTJLLEY, 55 years old DR. ERNEST L MOORE. 63 years old. JOHN E MEYERS. JR.. IS years old. ALBERT WATTS. 40 years old Oblong, Ob-long, III. Fatally Injured. Fred King. Injured Internally. James Wells. Injured internally Ollie Hidenrlch Injured Internally. Missing M. A. Corder. 32 years old Neal Yeager John Fox. Hlnes. Relief work today showed that hun dreds lost everything they owned and their suffering was made more acut'. by the rain. The downpour, while add-I add-I ing to their discomfort, vvas probably I the greatest boon the stricken distriet i could have as'u, for it extinguished Innumerable fires that broke out im-medlately im-medlately after the tornado had pass ed. The rescue work vvas carried on fa.;t and tonight it appears that all the ' homeless arc- being cared for by charitable char-itable institutions anil citizens, while the more seriously injured have re ceived medical attention. In many ses private homes were turned into temporary hospitals. Heartrending Scenes Harrowing tales of their experi enees are told by the survivors of the storm Scenes in the wrecked sections sec-tions in Terre Haute have already brought tears to the eyes of the rescuers, res-cuers, whose attention was often called call-ed to the dving. trapped in the debris of their homes, by agonizing screams for aid. Some died belore they could be need from the wreckage and others oth-ers who were revived will die. Throughout the district of wrecked homes toduy survivors searched for loved ones, but In the majority of cases they were disappointed. "I'm looking for my mamma." an 8-yearold 8-yearold boy told members of the relief re-lief sqund when they urged him to seek shelter He had searched h" ruins of his home and vvas standing where Ihe front gate bad been "All I have now is this old coat. " a man who had been looking at the ruins ru-ins of his home said when asked if he wished aid from the committee. ' Yesterday ' ho continued. "I owned own-ed my little home had plenty of fire insurance, but no tornado insurance. I'll have to begin anew. ' oo |