Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-14
CARING FOR The INJURED
Work Of Bringing Order Out of Chaos at
Snyder Proceeds Rapidly.
TORNADO IN NORTHEASTERN KANSAS
Number of Houses UnrOofed at Alta
vista, valley Mills and Nayetta-
Telegraph and Telephone
Poles Down.

of victims of Wednesday nights tornado
have been buried, shipped away or ship
ment provided for the homeless persons
have found shelter and the wounded have
been carefully attended. Eleven members
of the Fessenden family were killed. Their
bodies will be sent to Gridley Kan, for
burial
Trained nurses from Oklahoma City,
Lawton and Hobart are leaving nothing
undone to relieve the suffering of the
wounded. However, the hospital facilities
are far from being good. There are dozen
of the seriously wounded in one building
| on beds, side by side in two rows, with an
| aisle between. The unavoidable noise and
confusion is distressing to the sufferers.
The daily rains are making matters worse
The homeless people are still quartered
| In the remnants of houses not rendered
wholly uninhabitable by the storm. They
are badly crowded The town is well po-
| Iced, a patrol of forty men being kept
| on duty all the time.
| In seeking the dead, it was hard to dis
| tinguish a body from the heaps of rub
| bish. The bodies when found were covered
| with mud and some of them manned be-
| yond recognition The hand of a child APP
| parently years old, was picked up, but
no owner has been found. There are sew
eral persons missing and no doubt their
| bodies were literally torn in shreds and
| scattered to the winds and will never be
| found. There is no trace of any rubbish
| in the path of the main storm. There were
| fifty buildings and not even splinter can
be seen of any of them.
! Tornado in Northeastern Kansas.
| TOPEKA, Kan. May ia tornado this
afternoon at Alta Vista unroofed a number
Of houses and did considerable other dam
| age. The storm crossed the Rock Island
| track only a few hundred feet ahead of the
| Golden State Limited, which was going at
| full speed. A number of telegraph poles
were blown down.
VALLEY FALLS, Kan, May 13.-A tor
nado here this afternoon at $50 did much
damage to property Nobody was seriously
hurt. The German Evangelical church,
Ave dwellings and many farm buildings
were destroyed.
Ten Farm Houses Damaged.
MAYETTA, Kan. May 13.-A school house
was demolished and ten farm houses more
or less damaged by tornado that visited
this place this afternoon The telephone
lines were broken by the wind and no
particulars can be obtained OF damage
north of here. The tornado lifted mile
north of this city and went northeast, tear
ing off the tops of trees
Tornado in Northeastern Texas.
FORT WORTH, Tex, May ia special
to the Record from Mount Pleasant, Tex,
says: A terrific tornado passed two and a
half miles southeast of here this afternoon.
One person was killed and many injured.
The tornado first struck the earth at a
point southwest of the city and for a few
| moments II appeared as though the town
would be destroyed. but the twisting fun
I 4 .1xr n
and after proceeding a mile went northeast.
The path of the tornado was half a mile
wide and the country for three miles was
cleared of every residence, barn and fence,
| The dead:
MRS GERALD.
Fatally injured:
Two sons of Mrs. Gerald.
Mcdowell, Mrs. A. 7.
Suggs, A. j
Tabb, Mrs. Luther.
Houses that were occupied by the persons
injured were entirely destroyed. Tonight
every doctor who resides in Mount Pleas
ant is engaged in caring for wounded and
clothing and food has been supplied in large
quantities by citizens.
! Woman Fatally Hurt Near AtchisOn
ATCHISON, Kan, May 13.-A tornado
4 passed three miles west of Atchison be
tween and o'clock this evening. 1t 1:
Y impossible to ascertain the extent of the
!. damage, but 1t is known that the home o.
t John Ham, a farmer, was torn to pieces
n His wife, who was the only one in thu
: house, has a fractured skull and othe
e injuries.
9 Houses at Lfnsborg Wrecked.
i SALINA, Kan, May 13.-A small tornado
struck this afternoon at Linsborg, wreck
8 ing two residences and numerous barns an
. outbuildings The two daughters of j. o
d Orendorff were hurt in the destruction o
J. their home but will recover. These youn
q women We're at Marquette, thirteen mile
l. distant, on Monday night, when tornad
:, destroyed part of that town, killing thirt
persons, and they had a narrow escape
Heavy Rain and High wind.
IL SHAWNEE, Okl., May 13-An unusuall
heavy rainstorm, accompanied by hig
wind, prevailed here today. Five inche
L of water fell, flooding the streets and man
buildings The wind blew the roof o.
10 several Rock Island shop buildings
smashed many windows and did other dam
age. The storm. which was general owe
this portion of the territory, caused simi
lar damage at Tecumseh and other nearb
u towns. AS far as known no lives wer