Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-31

struction is awful when It comes ont
of the whirwind, but when it is fol-
lowed by cold and snow and dreari-
ness and cloudy depression, it is far
worse
There was some looting and the dis
trict is now under strict martial law.
But the wonder is that there was not
more. For few hours after the dis
aster, these thousands Of homes were
open to the entry of anybody Stran-
gers went from house to house, and,
usually stepping through the wide
openings where the plate glass had
been burst out, they called their in
quiries as to the welfare of those who
had passed through the storm. z
ANYBODY here?" Anybody hurt
here! :" Such were the shouts N
through the scourged region. Millions
of dollars of portable wealth lay about
in the parlors and chambers of the
houses which stood, but were unin-
habitable. Cut glass, jewels, watches.
pocketbooks, silverware-every sort
of knick-knacks and valuables Law
about unheeded. The marvel is that
they were SO far unheeded by the peo-
pie who thronged to the path of the
storm as soon as the disaster was
known. 1t seems as if the desire to
help the injured and save the MANNED
was uppermost except in the most de-
graded minds. Hundreds of people
who would, under ordinary circum-
stances, succumbed to the temptation
to steal, must have passed by thou
sand opportunities in the temporary
exaltation of soul to which they were
raised by this calamity.
Perhaps we should all be better
if we were daily placed in position
where service were imperatively de-
manded of us-if it were not for the
fact that we do not actually see the
needs of our fellow men.
OMAHA, Neb., March 27.-Perhaps
at no point of the city was the dew
astation more horribly complete than
in the district between Poppleton and
Leavenworth and between Forty-sixth
and Forty-eighth streets. 1t was hers
that the storm seemed to sweep closest
to the earth, and the residences were
levelled to the ground as though
crushed by giant hand. Half .
dozen masses of wreckage burned.
More than dozen persons were killed
and over twenty injured in this sec
ton. The block on Poppleton between
Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth streets
was wiped out of existence. The
houses, for the most part, we'll con-
structed frame cottages, were torn
from their foundations and scattered
into bits of kindling hardly large
enough to repay gathering up.
A block north, at Forty-seventh and
Mason, conditions were the same. In
this block five people are known to
have met death, among them Mr. and
Mrs. A. Hanson, who were burned in
the wreckage of their house.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Anderson, 1911
Mason street, escaped by taking ref
uge in the cellar. The house was car
ried away from above them, and an
automobile from garage 100 feet
away was dumped into the open cel-
larway upon them. They were shield
ed beneath few planks and escaped
injury. Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Dunn, 4701
Mason, escaped from their house md
! attempted to run to the cut at the
top of hill east. They were caught
by the full force of the storm and
terribly bruised.
Mrs. F. G. Goodnaugh, who was in
the same house, attempted to fellew
Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn, but was killed
by the flying wreckage.
81 can't remember anything" said
Mrs. Dunn today. at was awful. The
air was full of flying boards. It wAA
all over in minute"
The storm struck the Center street
school, unroofing the building and
breaking most of the windows. The
pathway seemed directly north from
this point until it reached the ridge
of the hill near Mason street when e
turned slightly east, wiping out houses
in the hollows of Poppleton and Ma
son streets, and then crossing Leaven-
worth street, where every house in its
path was wrecked. From Leavenw0fta
it seems to have risen into Ne Sar
for few hundred feet, again de.
scending in the Farnum street dis.
trict.
OMAHA, March 27.-The fury of
Sundays storm is shown by the sto-
ries of the survivors. B. H. Field
was home with his wife, who is an
invalid. Mr.. Field, who is manager
of an Omaha financial agency, was
caught in the wreckage. His cries
for help drew the rescuers but he
died as soon as he was extricated.
Mrs. Field was slightly injured. She
was taken to neighbor's home for
treatment.
Mrs James Ryrnes was homo alon.