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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1925
Page
17
A column reflects on fatherhood and fairness shaping child love, rebukes useless ghost cures, and praises next generation workers like clerks cooks and farmhands who will own businesses and communities. An elderly brakeman recalls violence and a rare regret for kicking a dog, contrasting conscience over killing humans with remorse for animal cruelty.
Jay Wells, on the Bethlehem No. 41 rescue crew, located the body of his brother Claude Wella among eleven men recovered from the Barrackville mine disaster. Hayes Perkins was also recovered as relief crews and authorities worked amid gas and detours.
The charred body of Mrs. Catherine Liska was found in a rear yard chicken coop ruins in Cleveland Ohio. Coroner Hammond ruled death by violence as investigators suspect she was bound gagged and kerosene saturated before the coop was set afire. A five gallon kerosene can was found in the yard supporting the murder theory as detectives pursue leads including possible self harm as a ruled out option. Her husband John Siska and children reported her last being seen Friday morning.
Murphysboro hosts continuous funerals as 150 grave diggers lay fresh ground for tornado victims at Tower Grove and Saint Andrews cemeteries. Clergy from up to six churches conduct services simultaneously. Survivors and workers recount the disaster and the grim days after the Mobile and Ohio shops blaze killed many.
Carbondale Illinois March 21 4 All motorists and others with no pressing business in the tornado area will be stopped miles from the storm scene under orders by military authorities policing the district. Citizens complain about sightseers prompting thousands of soldiers to police highways starting tomorrow. Murphysboro and West Frankford will be off limits. Senator W Sneed and Representatives Cutler and Clark urged for 500 additional tents to aid relief.
Relief work in Indiana storm zones at Princeton Owensville and Griffin continued as casualties rose. Most dead in Wednesday's twister were buried while the seriously injured remained in hospitals and many wounded were sent home. Total deaths stood at 108 with no new fatalities today.
Chicago reports a fourth death from Salina Kansas twenty years ago is being probed by Judge Harry Olson. The cases tie to William D Shepherd foreman of a drug business and his alleged murder of William N McClintock. Other deaths of Emma Nelson McClintock and Oscar Olson are deemed suspicious.
Chicago reports plans to rebuild the disaster zones as workers already aid homeless residents. Officials tally 2,929 injuries and 3,747 total casualties from Wednesday's tornado across Illinois Indiana and Missouri with many areas, including Murphysboro and Princeton, listed in casualty counts.
Dr. Thomas A. Carter of Columbus Hospital reports a Red Cross telegram from H. M. Baker says 182 nurses are at work and no more are needed. He notes West Frankfort and Murphysboro request more nurses as hospitals fill and there is danger of an epidemic. Underwear and night shirts are scarce while major surgical instruments are plentiful for minor injuries.
Desoto Ohio March 21 survivors bury the victims of Wednesday's tornado as sixty five grave diggers work to add over fifty new graves in the tiny country cemetery adjoining the wreckage. A government airplane circled the town to show sympathy while neighbors read names on rough boxes and placed flowers from Chicago on seventy one sprays.
In Murphysboro Illinois a deadly tornado leveled sections of the town. Seven year old Agnes Price prayed aloud during the storm and escaped injury. Newsboy on a blown route laments the damage as reports recount wrecked houses and casualties including a man witnessing loss of his wife and children.
Chicago reports a panorama of relief efforts, funerals, and medical care as tornadoes, storms, and fires across five states killed about 800 and injured 3,000. Desoto and Wes Frankfort describe widespread burial rites, with health officials urging anti-toxin after rising gangrene and tetanus risks. Recovery teams, relief aid, and plans for rebuilt facilities like Murphysboro shops and Princeton rail works frame the ongoing effort.
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