INDIANA TORNADOS
4-22-1912
LIST TORNADO VICTIMS GROW
Storm Which Swept Across Northern Illinois and Indiana Took Heavy Toll of Human Lives
By United Press St. Louis, April 22

The list of dead in the tornado which swept across northern Illinois and Indiana is increasing hourly as communication with the affected districts is restored. Forty one persons are known to have lost their lives outside of Bush, Illinois and when direct communication is restored with that town it is expected that it alone will add twenty or thirty to the death roll. It is believed that about 300 were injured. More than a hundred were injured at Bush, some of whom will die. There are six dead at Murphysboro and others dying. Seven are reported dead at Willisville and eight dead between Bush and West Frankfort.
Trainmen reported twenty or thirty dead at Bush. The injured there were taken by special train to Murphysboro where there is a hospital.
In Northern Illinois, where the storm crossed into Newton county, Indiana, there are three dead at Rennick, three at Campus, one at Lorenze and one at Coal City and 12 in and around Morrocco
(By United Press Morrocco, Indiana April 22)
Nine killed and twenty hurt, one fatally, is the result of the tornado which swept across northern Indiana yesterday. The property loss is placed at more than half a million dollars.
Chicago April 22
Twelve were killed at Bush Illinois, 10 dead, half a score were so severely injured they may die and 150 others were hurt in two tornadoes, one of which swept over Southern Illinois and the other across Northern Illinois into Indiana just before Sunset Sunday night.
Twelve will killed at Bush Illinois five at Willisville, names not obtainable; three at Reddick, Illinois; three near Murphysboro, Illinois and nine at Monocco, Indiana.
A hundred other persons were injured, at least eight of them so severely they may die. Damage done to property will amount to thousands of dollars.
The storm swept through the northern part of Murphysboro, Ill., seriously injuring Mrs. George King and two daughters and Mr. and Mrs. William Wilderback. No deaths were reported there. Ten houses were demolished at Murphysboro.
THREE DEAD IN KANSAS
Kansas City, April 22
Three persons are known to have lost their lives in the four tornadoes that late Saturday visited Southern and Central Kansas.
A Broyles were killed in the wreck of his home near Waldron, Harper County, and Prockop Kottal and his four year old granddaughter were killed in the storm at Bison, Rush County.
A total of nearly 30 persons are known to have been injured in Kansas and property damage will aggregate $2000,000.
At Copan, an oil town in Oklahoma, one girl was killed and 25 persons injured.
TWO CHILDREN KILLED
Perry Oklahoma April 22
Two children were killed by the tornado which swept over this place late yesterday. The dead are John Gerdes, age 12 and Mary Gerdes, aged 3.
More than one hundred wooden houses were blown over and fourteen persons slightly injured. The Perry Country Clud  building was picked up  and carried a quarter mile to the opposite side of the club lake. Frank Pearson, a boy, was playing in a barn when the wind picked it up and carried in two hundred yards.
SEVENTEEN ARE DEAD
Chicago Ill., April 21
Seventeen persons are believed to have been killed in a series of tornadoes which swept parts of Illinois and Indiana just before nightfall today. Twelve reports od deaths have been confirmed. The other reports come on good authority
Dispatches from Kentland, Ind. are to the effect that nine persons were killed and six others are severely injured that they are expected to die, half a hundred others bruised by flying debris and thousands of dollars worth of property destroyed in and around Morrocco, Newton County when a tornado swept out of the west this evening
The dead are
Mrs. Charles Rice, Morocco, Ind.
Four young children of Mrs., Rice
Frank Rice, a son
Mrs. Frank Rice, his wife
Miss Cassie Smart Morocco
Infant sister of Miss Smart
Those who may die are:
Chas, Smart
Chas. Rice
Bruce Hangar
Medde Hammel
Miss Conn
Others were less severely hurt.
At Reddick, Illinois many buildings were destroyed and Nelson Hulse, his wife and daughter were killed and two other children probably fatality injured when their house fell in on them, several others  were hurt.
Of those killed at Bush Illinois, eleven have been identified. They are:
Mrs. Wm. Valentine
Farmer J. Campbell, wife and six children
Joe Wood.
J.W. Campbell was section forman at Bush. With his wife and six children he was sitting in the section house when the storm demolished it killing the occupants instantly.
Three dead in Illinois
The dead are:
Nelson Hulse, Reddick, Illinois crushed under a house when it was blown down
Mrs. Nelson Hulse and daughter Erma, two other children in the Hulse family were injured so severely they may die.
Blooming Illinois
A report from Campus in the north-east corner of Livingston county says that Mrs. Nelson Hulz was killed and two children were probably fatally injured.
Oklahoma  lists their dead as
At Lugert, Mrs. Lee Stanaland and Miss Eva Stanaland
At Butler, William McKenzie, three Smith children, five others names unknown
At Hinton, Van Valkenburg, small boy
At Calumet, P.B. Thompson, Mrs. P.B. Thompson, ___Griffith, Infant
At Cordell, Mrs. Frank Parman
At Sentinel, Mrs. ___ Ash, widow , 5 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lee and grandson of Mrs, Ash
Up to an early hour Sunday no word had come from the towns of El Dorado, Warren, Martha and Blair all four of which were Saturday reported to have suffered severely.
4/22/1912
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Tornado Leaves Path of Dead and Injured Thirty two know to have perished yesterday
Indiana and Illinois Thousands of Dollars Damage Reported, Half a Score May Die, and 150 ar Hurt, Two Tornadoes, Came Just Before Sunset Sunday.

Thirty  two persons are known to be dead, half a score were so severely injured that they may die and a hundred  and fifty others were hurt in two tornadoes, one of which swept over southern Illinois and the other across Illinois into Indiana just before sunset Sunday night.
Twelve were killed at Bush, Ill. five at Willisville, three at Reddick, Illinois three near Murphysboro, Illinois, and nine at Morocco, Indiana.
CHICAGO- April 12 Seventeen persons are believed to have been killed in a series of tornadoes which swept across part of Illinois and Indiana just before nightfall today.
Twelve deaths have been confirmed and five are reported on authority which appears reliable, A hundred other persons were injured, at least eight of them severely they may die. Damage done to property will amount to thousands of dollars.
The storm swept through the northern part of Murphysboro, Illinois seriously injuring Mrs. George King and two daughters and Mr. and Mrs.  William Wilderback. No deaths were reported there.
Ten houses were demolished at Murphysboro.
 In Reddick, Ill. many buildings were destroyed and Nelson Hulse, his wife and daughter were killed and two other children probably fatally injured when their house fell on them.
Several others were hurt.
Scores of town buildings and farm houses were razed in the vicinities of Coal City, Aileen, Dwight, Odell and Mason City and a number of people injured.
Twelve dead were found in Bush, Illinois and it is expected that more will be found when the debris is cleared away. Five persons were killed at Willisville and sixteen houses were demolished. Two sections reported tornadoes at the same time. Most damage apparently was done  by that which appeared from Coal City, Ill. and swept eastward, the other being active in and near Murphysboro.
NINE DEATHS IN KENTUCKY
Kentland Ind. April 21 Nine persons were killed, six others so severely injured they are expected to die half a hundred others bruised by flying debris and thousands of dollars worth of property destroyed in and around Morocco, Newton County, when a tornado swept of the west this evening
FIVE DEAD NEAR GRANT PARK
CHICAGO, April 21 Telephone linemen sent to do repair work near Grant Park Ill. tonight reported to the main offices here that in and around Grant Park, Ill. five persons had been killed and fifty injured. Between fifty and a hundred houses, said the linemen, had been demolished. He was unable to give  the names of the dead.
COMPLETE LIST IN KANSAS
KANSAS CITY, April 21 Three persons are known to have lost their lives in four tornadoes that late Saturday visited southern and central Kansas.
A Broyles was killed in the wreck of his home near Waldron, Harper County and Prockop Cottal and his 4 year old grand daughter were killed in the storm at Bison, Rush County.
A total of nearly thirty persons are known to have been injured in Kansas and property damage will aggregate $200,000.
At Capon, an oil town in Oklahoma one girl was killed and twenty five persons injured.
3,12,1917 tornado story,


TORNADO SWEEPS PART OF INDIANA WITH HEAVY LOSS
 
 More Than Thirty Persons Are Dead , 200 Injured, Many Fatally, And Property Loss Will Run Far     Beyond Million Dollars.

TOWN OF NEWCASTLE  WRECKED, 300 RESIDENCES DESTROYED.

 Indianapolis, A tornado swept over central Eastern Indiana late Sunday, killing more than a score of persons at New castle and 2 children in Wayne County.
 The total number of injured will run over 200, some of whom are probably fatally hurt. The damage will total well over a million dollars at Newcastle and several thousand dollars at Wayne County.
 Wire communication was crippled by the storm and reports were meager and hard to obtain.
 Adjutant General Harry B. Smith of Indiana National Guard was at his office late Sunday night directing measures of relief. He said his reports were that 26 were dead and 150 injured at Newcastle.

 Two companies of militia were ordered to Newcastle to police the city. Physicians, nurses, undertakers and ambulances were sent from nearby towns.
Two special interurban cars carrying 30 physicians and 50 nurses were sent from here early in the evening.
 George Dyer, general superintendent of the Lake Erie & Western railroad said late Sunday night that he had received word from railroad officials at Newcastle that 42 bodies had been removed from the wreckage in the storm-swept district and that at least 25 persons in the hospital would probably die. He said the report came from a division superintendent who in an automobile had made a trip though the devastated district.
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HEAVIEST LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IS AT NEWCASTLE
 Newcastle, IN. more than a score of persons were killed and 150 were injured, some fatally, in a tornado which wrecked 300 residences in this city late Sunday. The property damage was roughly estimated Sunday night at $1,000,000.
 The storm swept over the city in a southeasterly direction, demolishing practically everything in a path almost 2 blocks wide and more than 10 blocks long. For several hours the city was entirely cut off from communications.

NUMBER DEAD UNKNOWN
 The exact number of dead may not be known for a day or two, as practically all the bodies thus far found have been dug out of the wreckage of their homes. The search Sunday night was hampered by darkness but with the coming of day light it is believed more bodies will be found.
Late Sunday night 23 bodies had been recovered and 5 persons were missing. It was believed other bodies still were buried in the wreckage which had not been searched. 

A revised list of the dead follows:
Everett Dunlap
Bernice Davis
 Orris Davis
James Neiles
Gray Davis
Mrs. John Davis
Orville Davis age 6 son of Gray Davis
Mrs. Archie Fletcher
_____Haler, young daughter of John Haler
William lowery age 71
____Razer, 12 year son of W.T. Razer
Mrs, Archie Williamson
Miss Opal Williamson, daughter of Mrs. Williamson
_____Newton
Bernice Day
June Day
Ethel Day age 16
Mrs. Vera Higgins, daughter of Mrs. Williams
Ernest Waterman aged 6
2 men and 1 boy unidentified.
Among the missing are:
J.W. McLane and 2 sons
Mrs. W. Newton
 Confusion and disorder followed in the path of the storm. Those who escaped injury and death ran wildly about the streets, women and children crying and wringing their hands, and men shouting and cursing. The men finally settled down and began the work of rescue, digging in the ruins of their homes for missing members of their families.
 Only 2 or 3 bodies were found in the streets.
 Several fires broke out in the wreckage on the south side but a heavy rain kept them from spreading. While many substantial residences were damaged, the greatest destruction was in the factory district.

LITTLE WARNING OF STORM
 There was little warning of the approaching storm. A huge funnel-shaped cloud suddenly appeared in the west, hanging low and sweeping toward the city with lightning-like speed. Groups of persons on the streets began seeking shelter, men and women running wildly through the streets.
The tornado lasted only about 5 minutes and was followed by a hard rain which also stopped a in a few minutes.
One witness of the storm, who was deriving with his family in an automobile, reached the courthouse square when the tornado struck. Deserting his car, the man and his family sought shelter in an excavation for a new building. Crouching in mud and water knee deep against the protecting wall of the basement, they remained there until the storm had subsided.
The storm spent its force just south of Hagerstown, where 2 children of Ernest Graves were killed when a brick house was demolished. Ora Smith, a farmer, was picked up by the storm and carried 100 feet and dropped into a pond. His back was broken and he probably will die.

STORM HITS ON TWO SIDES
 The storm passed through the longest way of the city, striking the south and west sides. The south side school building was destroyed as were the rolling mills and shovel plant. The residence district was not damaged as severely as in the neighborhood of the Maxwell automobile factory.
Newcastle has a population of 15,000.
 All the hospitals in the city are crowded with the injured.
 The storm came from the west, striking the city in the northwestern section, and traveled in a southeasterly direction, missing the business section of the town. Several men were at work in the Indiana Rolling mill, which was destroyed, but no one was hurt.
 Word has been dispatched to Governor Goodrich, to send troops to police the city. The destruction of the interurban power house threw the city in darkness.

TWO CHILDREN KILLED NEAR RICHMOND, IN.
 Richmond, IN. two children were killed and a man probably fatally inured in a tornado near here late Sunday.