Georgia Cyclone Hits Gainesville Causes Heavy Loss of Life
A deadly cyclone struck Gainesville just after noon causing massive destruction to cotton mills and reaching numerous large institutions. At least 75 dead are reported among the wreckage and casualties. Additional details on the scope of damage and救援 efforts are awaited.
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Big Twister
Gainesville
Pacolet Company
Joseph Logan
Jones General
White Sulphur Springs
Pacolet
Tornado Devastates Gainesville Ga Kills and Injures Hundreds
In two minutes a southern gale leveled Gainesville and surrounding areas killing at least 100 and wounding 150. The Gainesville cotton mill and Pacolet plants suffered major damage with many workers buried in wreckage. Rescue efforts continue as fire and debris impede relief.
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Gainesville
War Department to Aid Flood Sufferers With Full Authority
Washington June 1 The War Department will use full powers to aid flood victims in the West. Acting Secretary Sangeras assumes responsibility to save lives and asks Congress later to approve the action. Military officers may issue tents and supplies as needed with discretion to avoid indiscriminate support. General Gillespie authorizes boats and pontoon use to save life and property, and Major Leech plans a 1200 foot pontoon bridge to reach affected areas.
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Washington
War Department
West
Congress
Sangeras
Gillespie
Troops Deployed To Aid Flooded Kansas City Rescue
At Fort Leavenworth Colonel Miner orders two engineer companies with pontoon boats to Kansas City. Mayor Gilbert reports worsening conditions with stores sold out and looting as police struggle to cope. Troops arrive to protect residents and assist flood rescue efforts.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Miner
Fort Leavenworth
Engineer Corps
Kansas City
FATALITIES ESTIMATED AT FIFTY IN KANSAS CITY FLOOD
Kansas City faced a rising flood with the water works shut down gas lights out and rail transport unreliable. The toll in Kansas City Kansas was about 20 000 homeless with many drowned and heavy property losses. Officials warn the fatalities in Kansas City could reach fifty as rivers hover and rains continue.
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Kansas City
Connor
Weather Bureau
Kan
Food Prices Rise as Saloons Close in Kansas City
On June 1 prices for staples jumped with potatoes rising from 75 cents to 2.0 a bushel and eggs from 13 1 2 to 25 cents per dozen. Mayor Reed ordered saloon closures to manage the refugee influx, feeding hundreds at the convention hall as coal supplies loom as a parallel crisis.
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Kansas City
Eges
Reed
Citizens Besieged by Flood Submerges City
The article describes cloths used to attract attention amid flood chaos. People have been prisoners for two days, threatened with drowning or fire, and mostly unfed. Efforts to rescue continue with water levels rising possibly further. Tonight the city faces total darkness as gas lights fail.
Drownings Reported Among Belgians Refugees Near Crescent Hotel
Flood refugees from the east bottoms say about 30 Belgians including men women and children drowned near the Crescent hotel as their homes floated after midnight. Early daylight saw them attempting to reach bluffs as water rose. A separate report mentions 12 more drowned in a skiff overturned.
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Kansas City
East Bottoms
Crescent Hotel
Refugees fed as police guard city after disaster
Thousands of refugees at the convention hall receive rations from the relief committee. Police are ordered to shoot on sight anyone caught looting. The death toll in the city is uncertain but reports indicate more than a dozen lives lost in the bottoms.
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Kansas City
Relief Committee
Smith
Oakland
Sardou Bridge
East Approach
Jackson
Thirteenth
van Buren
Henry Ludington
North Topeka
John L. Adams
Madison Street
Rescue Boats Sent to Kansas City Flood Sufferers
A special train is dispatched with two surf boats and a launch to save people in Kansas City who sought refuge in Bechwarachild and Sulzberger's plant. The rescue message arrived late but boats remain ready for another call and a train with provisions leaves tonight for relief.
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Kansas City
Bechwarachild & Sulzberger
Almost Complete Tie-Up of Railroads
Kansas City dispatch reports unprecedented railway traffic prostration due to widespread line failures west, southwest, and north of Kansas City. Approaches to the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul bridge at Sheffield near Kansas City failed this morning though the bridge itself remained intact.
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Kansas City
West
Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Topeka Flood Toll Reaches Thirty Four Dead
President Roosevelt offered federal aid after Topeka flood reports. At six pm the Kansas River fell four inches and continues to recede. Thirty four dead are confirmed with numerous missing, including unnamed families and individuals, as rescuers search flooded areas and note trees and rooftops holding victims.
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Roosevelt
Bailey
J. W. Bailey
Topeka
Kan
Theodore Roosevelt
Kansas River
Manhattan
Wamega
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