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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1925
Page
2
Carbondale dispatch reports a massive twister killing hundreds and leaving towns with improvised morgues. Death toll rising past a thousand in some summaries, with extensive property damage and large-scale relief efforts by Red Cross and state legislatures.
A fragmented wartime casualty notice cites towns in Illinois with listed names, noting missing or unavailable details. Readers are advised to await fuller official confirmation as the brief item records affected communities and potential service member statuses.
President Coolidge ordered the machinery of mercy to deliver material relief to thousands injured and homeless in the Midwest tornado zones. James Louis Fleser, vice chairman in charge of domestic operation at St. Louis, assumed supreme command of Red Cross relief, with Henry M. Baker directing disaster relief from Indianapolis to focus on the new response strategy.
Relief efforts surge as Chicago medical regiment and 11 carloads of supplies head to the stricken district. Troops, nurses, and doctors from St. Louis and nearby cities aid Murphysboro West Frankfort De Soto and Gorham within 26 miles of Carbondale. About 141 dead, total likely 300, injuries over 600, towns left in ruins with gas and power outages.
A fragmentary OCR record lists numerous individuals including Mrs Too Ruiden Mre Ob. Peek Jon Walton Mrs Tas Burton Mrs Charlie Fisher Mra Pred Ween Ct. Hick fern Howand and others in Murphysboro West Frankfort Annapolis Mo and nearby areas. The text appears as a string of names and affiliations with scattered locations and no clear narrative or event.
Washington March 19 Sixteen midshipmen from the Naval Academy will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the Marine Corps. Names include WD Harris Walter Taher FH Brink Harlow Mont and others from Western states.
Washington reports focus on the selection of an ATR chief named Feshay amid speculation on pronunciation. The note hints Colonel Fechet’s French ancestry and mentions road plans and forecasts for new routes within 25 miles or sections, with related aging rhetoric and commentary.
A tornado near Carbondale swept through Southern Illinois leaving destruction and a fast changing sky. FR. Rains of the Carbondale Free Press reported the first victim in Annat lia Missouri as the cyclone moved across Ozark hills.
Rescue teams retreat through flames as about 400 residents scramble for safety. Many injured are hospitalized or missing, with families awaiting word in Evansville and New Harmony. Looting fears lead to doubled guard as tents and rations keep survivors alive among ruins. Dead and missing include a Grayville resident and a Griffin visitor, with several bodies sent to Evansville after a boat bus wreck.
A severe Kentucky storm caused fatalities and injuries. A 20 year old mother and a 14 year old girl were among the dead, with a weeks old infant also affected. Homes were destroyed and property damaged in Metcalf County as wind and lightning caused multiple fatalities and injuries.
Silent lines at hospitals and morgues marked the West Frankfort disaster as officials and guardsmen limited access, with five children listed as unknown. The town faced communications cuts, a strained water supply, and fires fed by the storm, while relief teams sourced water by railroad tank cars from Herrin and pumped it to hospitals.
Mrs Dan Cameron of Fawcett street Butte seeks word on fate of her father two brothers and two sisters in West Frankfort Ill The town suffered heavy casualties and destruction with about 110 killed and many injured Communications were down and wires were destroyed delaying any word to relatives.
A Missouri tornado killed twenty seven residents and injured about two hundred as it crossed the southeastern region. The storm struck near Perryville and Cape Girardeau, damaging towns and leaving survivors gathering in remaining sturdy structures. At least six deaths were reported near Perryville with many injuries seriously affecting the nearby hamlet.
The Associated Press reports heavy tornado tolls in Indiana towns Princeton Owensville and Griffin with estimates of 22 dead in Princeton rising to 125 in Griffin as refugees describe the destruction. Red Cross officials appealed for survivors and aid.
Butte hosts a city music meet with three orchestras competing in preliminaries and finals. Prof Douglass welcomed participants as the Temple venue filled for piano solos, girls solos, glee club and orchestral events. Entries from multiple cities and a busy schedule of preliminaries and finals follow with the Butte Mines band providing the evening serenade.
Descriptions from the stricken area recount bodies found amid wreckage and a destroyed fire truck. A collapsed wall trapped people while others escaped unharmed as the tornado tore through the heart of Murphysboro damaging roundhouses, timbered cottages, and a looming bandstand.
A 1926 Chevrolet touring car owned by E. G. Darlington of the Butte Piano company was stolen from in front of his home at 223 North Jackson Street. The car, bearing license 13,296, vanished within 20 minutes of being left there before dark yesterday evening, prompting Darlington to report the theft to the sheriff and police.
Nine treaties were ratified by the Senate between Dec 12 and sine die adjournment, establishing a record, announced by Senator Borah. Since he took chair of the foreign relations committee after Senator Lodge’s death, 18 treaties were reported and ratified, with the calendar cleared except for one, the Isle of Pines treaty, which went over.
A press report from Washington states a general expansion of chem crop acreage is likely as farmers plan to plant more. The agriculture department cautions that excessive production could lower prices, but notes that expansion may benefit returns for 1954 crops if supplies remain tight.
A volunteer relief group of fascists from Chicago departs for storm-hit Southern Tit ols to assist victims. Lieut. Ugo M. Galli leads the squad amid broad support from rallying contestants and families present at the event. The music meet showcases parental sacrifice and hopes of opening future musical careers for students amid economic strain and applause from the crowd.
In London March 19 the witness stand heard from the former Countess Carnarvon now wife of Lieut. Col. Ian Dennistoun who is sued by his divorced wife for money she says she loaned him. She spoke through tears of love for Dennistoun and claimed the divorced Mrs Dennistoun knew of it and encouraged it.
Six defendants faced federal charges in Newark with a conspiracy case echoing Wheeler committee hearings. Rickard and Quimby Hayes and Dougherty were present. Muma and Flourney were absent as jurors deliberated on several counts including conspiracy and illegal transportation with potential terms up to eleven years and fines up to a thousand dollars per count.
The first actual trial of strength before the Irish boundary against delusion of the county is at Bignent, part of Ulster in the Free State. No plans are made but testimony is being taken in public bodies of the disputed districts. All testimony is being taken secretly.
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