Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-06
Dodge County L. struck ny Tornado,
which Becomes n Pleasant Rain
when 81 Reaches THIS

NANAAfhNH
And It came to pass at the seventh
time, that he said, behold. there ariseth
a little cloud out Of the sea, like a mans
hand.
'And IL came to pass in the mean while,
that the heaven was black with clouds and
wind and there was great rain
II may not have been a great rain that
came to Omaha Wednesday afternoon. but
It came when the city lay sweltering in
insufferable heat and performed the needed
service as well as a flood. At about 2
o'clock the mercury had climbed to l07
degrees, then at that point hotter than it
has been in Omaha since the government
sent the first weather man here II began
to drop The storm cloud was on its way
from the northwest and in thirty minutes
IT dropped to 9S-
Reports received by the Burlington and
Union Pacific railroads at Lincoln indicate
rain at Hampton, Hastings staplehurst.
Fritnd, Seward and some other towns
along teir lines and generally throughout
southwest Nebraska. There was q heavy
rain at Peru and a good shower at Ne
maha and clouds gathered during the even
ing indicated that there might be more
before morning.
Lincoln was stfli sweltering without
moisture late in the evening. The clouds
had come. though. by 6 o'clock and relief
| seemed TO be in sight
The precipitation in Omaha was 07 inch.
Des Moines received .o2 inch and there
was q trace at Sioux City. The rain in
Seward county was heavy.
Tornado at Fremont.
A small tornado struck about four
blocks east Of Fremont in the early after
mans from it's foundation. Mrs. Yeomans
was slightly bruised and considerably
frightened. but she ia not in a serious con-
dition. The storm area did not seem to
cover a space of more than 100 by 200
feet. Several small outbuildings were
blown over there, but aside from that
there was no serious damage to property.
The government thermometer registered
10 degrees at Fremont.
After soaring to lO7 degrees the mercury
in the official thermometer at the weather
bureau dropped like plummet going down
from 107 at o'clock to IS at 2;SO O'Clock. Al
3 O'Clock another point was made by the
cool wave. the temperature going down to
IS by that time
At Ldncoin it went TO no before the drop
came and then the relief was slight. Ii
reached 1lO at Fremont also and small
tornado came fhen the mercury dropped.
Much Suffering Results.
The hot wave reached an acute point on
July Z. when lO5 was recorded at 4
O'Clock. Before / o'clock Wednesday the
temperature OF Tuesday was tide The in
tense heat caused three deaths in Omaha IN
the last two days. and large number of
heat prOstrations.
Rains in Center of state.
The shower reported by the Burlington
railroad In the early part Of the after
noon was wetting Fremont. Yutan. Fuller
ton, Arlington and nearby places and was
headed this way.
light shower was reported at Sioux
City at 40 o'clock.
Word received by the Union Pacific IS to
the effect that rain fell at Grand Island.
Rain was also reported at Valley and FIRE.
mont
Burlington information is TO the effect
that . heavy rain fell At Milford.
MRS. MARY c. MCLURG, 229 Maple
street. dies from troubles aided by the heat.
DR. LEON b. ARNOLD, s22 North
Seventeenth street, overcome with the heat.
BELLE NARROW, S22s Charles street
died as a result OF the excessive heat
The following prostrations were reported.
Margaret Clark. 2S65 Ohio street pros
trated while at work in Richardson Drug
company's laboratory.
James Hall. found unconscious at Four
teenth and jackson streets.
| Unknown woman. found unconscious AZ
1915 Cunning street; sent TO St Josephs hos.
pital.
Barney Calvarley found on tracks at
Gibson held at police headquarters
| Andrew Held. Panama. Ia, prostrated on
| street, not serious
! Michael Kaplan. i40s Howard street. sent
to 81. Joseph's hospital
| Unidentified man. found. unconscious at
| Twentieth and LeaVenwOrth streets
william Holly. Forty-second and Dewey
! avenue, and Walter Bernhardt, Forty-eec-
ond and Francis two firemen. were over