Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-01
Three Men Killed by Collapse Of
Factory at Grand Crossing.
MISSOURI TOWN WIPED OUT
Five Are Dead at Golden and Two at
Summerville.
DEAD IN THE SOUTH
Isolated Tornadoes Fatal I'm Several
states and Mississippi Town Re-
ported wiped out, with
Twelve Killcd.

storm which swept over the middles west
last night. including Chicago in its path
of devastation. Here many buildings were
unroofed homes blown over and scores OF
people driven into the storm, many mar
rowly escaping with their lives.
Three men wore killed at Grand Cross
Ing. a suburb, in the collapse Of a factory.
The victims were buried under tons OF
debris when a brick wall of the Grand
Crossing Tack company collapsed
Homeless men, women and children
awoke today in strange beds In many parts
of the city, where the storm had held
furious carnival. Lots of hardship and peril
brought charitable response from neigh
bors who fortunately escaped the ravages
of the verltable tornado and Its accom-
panying torrent of rain and hail.
Eleven More Deaths.
In the path of the storm before 1t reached
the Great Lake region great destruction OF
property is reported and at least eleven
are known to have been killed,
At Golden, Mo-, the business section OF
the town was destroyed and many homes
were wrecked. Five persons lost their
lives The dead at Golden are \.-
MRS. w. II. HENSON.
MRS, CORA PRENTICE,
BUD HOPKINS.
BESSIE CAMPBELL
MRS. JARVIS.
At Summerville, Mo-, the wind ere
ated havoc and two persons were killed
few miles north of the town. Many were
injured. The dead arc:
MISS BELLE DELVRY.
MRS. GEORGE SMITH. ~
The storm was furious In the southern
part of Illinois At Texas City near Carm'
four persons were killed and many seri.
ously wounded The dead are;
EDWARD OVERTON
MRS. oVERToN'S BABY.
A SERVANT.
Many houses were destroyed and ti.-
town was wrecked
Heavy Damage I'm Mississippi.
Great damage TO property aud crops was
caused in Michigan, on the east shore or
| Lake Michigan, Benton Harbor and South
Haven being in the path of the storm
Vessels were lmperlled on the lake. Dis
patches from Sault ste. Marie, Mich, re-
port that a steamer believed TO be the
| Aurania of the Corrigan line, was seen To
sink yesterday in White Fish bay by Cap
! tain Boyce Of the steamer Peavey. Cor
rigan, Mckinney Il Co. of Cleveland own
ers OF the steamer Aurania, have received
no tidings of the vessel.
At Michigan City. Ind, on the southern
shore Of Lake Michigan, the windstorm was
| terrific and a portion of the wall of the
| Northern lnolana penlteHtldTN ihflt NhN
! destroyed. Militia from South Bend was
ordered to the scene TO guard the prisoners
In Wisconsin the storm was converted
into a blizzard and for many hours there
ragged one of the severest snowstorms of
I the season i'm many towns. causing great
! damage TO property At La Crosse and
Superior reports are that traffic was prsc-
tically abandoned because OF drifts
Telegraph wires Down.
Telegraph service between the great
news centers is still hampered and early
! improvement is problematical. South of
Louisville conditions are particularly bad
In the south snow has held up train serv-
! ice and the gale on the lakes has hampered
shipping to a considerable extent.
Inquiry at the general offices Of the
| Illinois Central as to the report that the
| town of Horn Lake. DE Soto county. Mis-
sissppi had been wiped out by the storm
ELECTED the information that the company
| had no way OF ascertsning the truth or
| falsity OF the report, all their wires
| were prostrated. There were wires for
tho dispatching Of trains early, although
! hope swas expressed that patchwork serv-
! ice might be restored before night.
The Chicago & Alton, two OF whose trains
were stalled last night reported traffic
! being handled on a normal basis today.
although their wires had suffered
sIeIghIng in wisconsin.
! LACROSSE, Wis, April SO.-One of the
heaviest snowstorms of the winter Is rag
| ing today. Up TO o'clock four inches OF
snow had fallen and the storm seemed
! likely to continue all day. The snow 10
now heavy enough for sleighing.
| SUPERIOR, Wis, April SO.-The blizzard
which started yesterday is still raging.
Il
ranging from forty to fifty-five miles.
Heavy Damage In ohio.
PIQUA. o.. April Ca tornado twenty
miles wide struck this section early this
morning and caused a property damage
estimated at 10000. The path OF destFuc-
/ ton extends over several counties and ex-
| treme damage was done by tho wind IN
the towns OF Piqua, Sidney Houston
( Fletcher, St. Paris and Kirkwood. No loss
/ Of life is reported.
! Cold In Mountain Region.
! DENVER, Colo April 5Q-Temperatures
as low as IS above zero are reported from
| the fruit regions around Grand Junction,
Colo. today and much damage has un-
doubtedly been done Hundreds of fruit
raisers are using smudge pots to protect
| their trees.
| Cold weather extends ell over the noun
tain region. At Denver II was 10 above
this morning and at Cheyenne, Wyo.. 10
/ above, high north wind prevails and the
weather bureau predicts heavy frost to-
night More than foot of snow has
| fallen at Telluride, Colo.
Freeze I'm Panhandle.
! KANSAS CITY. Mo, April 8OA twenty
mile-an-hour wind from the north. with
the temperature at 70 degrees above zero,
were the conditions that prevailed gen
orally In western Missouri and through
| out Kansas today. The local weather