The Detroit times., 1913-03-24

q DEAD, LIZ INJURED,
600 HOMELESS AND BIG
PROPERTY LOSS IN WEST


the walls OF their homes. Offering
thanks 10 God that their lives had
been spared. Many are the freaks re-
corded Ia the path OF the cyclone.
Houses were left unscathed while their
neighbors were literally torn 10 pieces.
splinters were driven through trees.
and In one place the lower story or
house was torn out. while the upper
story settled In its place Shade trees
We're uprooted and driven entirely
through brick buildings. Wires were
torn down and wrapped about poles
as II wound by the hand of an artisan.
In portions OF the wreck-strewn
path vast throngs OF people stood with
uncovered heads, tears streaming
down their cheeks as dremen and sol
diers came out OF the debris carrying
in their arms the bodies OF children,
their mothers and fathers
over score OF fires broke out in
he cyolone-swept section immediate
IL the storm had passed Fire
stations received calls from a dozen
places at once. Wrecked aud par
italy wrecked house at Forty second
and Farnum-sts.. Twenty second and
cummings. Twenty ighth-st. and
lndiana-ave., koTtieth and Hamilton,
rhiity-lhird aud Cummings. Thirty
sixth and Cummings, Forty-sevenb.
torty-eighth and Leaveuworth,
rwentysecond and Pierce, Four
teenth and Emmett. Twerty-fourth
and Lake. aud other places caught
tire from stoves. electric wiring and
furnaces and were soon in flames.
Some OF the burning wrecked houses
contained people who were buried In
the wreckage. These were all res
cued by fremen.
At Thirtieth and Hamiiton-sts,
four members OF one family were
buried in the burning wreckage
when engine company No. 6 arrived.
The flremen rescued all. They were
only slightly injured
The heavy downpour OF rain which
followed the storm saved much other
property from being destroyed by
fire. The rain quenched the flames.
and in many places put out the fres
In stoves. No estimate of the dam
age done by Are following the storm
ean yet be made, but over score
of houses. costing from $4,000 to
10000 each were destroyed
The Odlewild club building at Twen-
ty-fourth and Eake-sts., was wrecked
by the storm and then destroyed by
fire
The Child Saving institute, Audi
forum and Y. NJ c. A. will be open to
the homeless today.
Six bodies have been taken from the
| lal hi l.. O~Nl
are working at the ruins and that OF
the moving picture show at Twenty
! fourth and Lake-sts, searching for
bodies. Five thousand watchers are
crowded at this point.
The body OF Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
Daniels and their two little daugh-
ters, all victims OF the storm. were
/ taken from their home on Nineteenth
ave. and Locustst. TO the Webster ex-
change telephone building.
! A 16-year-old son OF the Daniels ar
rived at the home just as his parents
and sisters were being removed.
He was crying and wanted 10 fight
when he saw us removing the bodies,
one of the soldiers who helped move
the bodies said, and we had TO drive
him away by force"
William Sell. No Bass California.
ave, rushed his wife. daughter and
| Miss Gilpin, nurse at the Omaha Cen
eral hospital, who was visiting al the
Sell home, into a cellar, and followed
| after them as his house blew down.
After the fury OF the storm was spent.
Sell held up the floor Of the house.
while the women crept forth. Then
! Just as all had practically reached
safety. a part OF the wall OF their
house caved In and all four we're In
jured by falling bricks. They are at
| the Omaha General hospital
A dog held four men 15 minutes
from recovering the body OF a man
killed in his home near LongschOol.
| The dog stationed himself upon tbs
body of his master and would let none
OF the rescue workers come near II.
The man was mangled almost be-
yond recognition. and pinned down
under a number Of gas pipes.
The morgues OF undertaking par
Tors are places Of horror. Friends
and relatives OF the people who lived
In the path OF the storm are flocking
to view the bodies. Weeping. hysterL
cal women stand in front OF the I'M
de-aking parlors IN small knots. beg.
eing officials for Information regard
ing those they believe met death. The
hospitals are besiesed bv frantic peo-
pie. all demanding Information re-
garding the injured. Every available
room in all hospitals in Omaha,
South Omaha and Council Bluffs are
/. flied to capacity In many cases, the
, ones who are least injured being
placed on cots in the Railways and
corridors. shortly after o'clock the
, United States troops. militia and po-
lice threw a line entirely around the
path OF the storm.
Looting has been going on all dur.
Ing the night according TO the police.
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