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NEW CASTLE TORNADO CAUSED: WORRY FOR MANY SHELBY VILLE PERSONS, (From Monday’s Daily.) Many Shelbyville persons and oth er residents of the county anxiously awaited news last night and this morning from New Castle because of the fact that they had relatives and close friends in that city, which had suffered horribly late Sunday after noon in a tornado that snuffed out more than a score of lives, left near ly a hundred injured and did dam age of a million dollars or more to property and left nearly a thousand persons homeless. The Indianapolis Star’s story of the tornado this morning reported: Mrs. George Sox injured, but not seriously. Her husband is a brother of Ray Sox, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Sox have been living at New Castle for about three years. Morris Sleeth made numerous ef forts last night to get word from his sister, Mrs. Forrest Creek, but was unsuccessful and early this morning he left for New Castle. Mrs. Creek’s mother, who makes her home with her, is here on a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Sleeth. Wiley Means received a telegram last night from his sister, Mrs. Am brose Harding, stating that they, along with their other relatives there, had escaped both injury and serious damage. George Dickman and family got word here by telephone early today to their relatives in this city that they had escaped the fury of the storm. Mrs. Dickman is a sister of Mrs. Leonard Williams and Mr. Dickman is a brother of Mrs. George Schoelch. Just back of the Dickman home a house was wrecked by the storm and the same thing happened near the home of Mrs. Edgar Hyatt, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dickman. It was stated that many persons suffering from the storm were cared for at the Dickman and Hyatt homes. Unable to get any news from his wife, who has been at New Castle for several weeks, Bert Lemar, of Elm street, left for that city early this afternoon. She is at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Blank enbaker, who were residents of Sugar Creek township for many years. Mr. Lemar was not greatly alarmed owing to the fact that the Blankenbaker home is in the north part of New Castle, which seems to have escaped the fury of the tornado. Herbert Bates, of 723 Colescott Street, received a telegram this morning from his brother, Harry, saying they were on the edge of the path of the tornado and that they had escaped injury and serious dam age. Mrs. Harry Bates has been seriously ill for many weeks and is helpless.
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Shelbyville Shelby Democrat
Shelbyville, Indiana, US
Thu, Mar 15, 1917
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