The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-02
TIE WORK OF RESCUE IS HAMPER.
ED By ITS FALL
MANY BODIES IN Ruins
The Hospitals are Full and the
Churches and Schools Open Their
Doors for the AfYlicted-Relatives
Hunting Missing Loved Ones in
the Morgues Of the City.

Shivering from cold but awe-in-
spired by the nature of their work,
scores Of men, women and children
in Omaha Tuesday morning strug-
gIed in the snow to recover the dead
or rescue the injured who lay buried
beneath the wreckage Of homes and
buildings crushed by the tornado
which Sunday swept with death deal
ing force over Iowa and Nebraska,
killing more than $50 persons in,
Omaha alone.
The snow storm which Is seriously
hampering rescue work, began short
Iy after midnight and continued with
gathering force. More than three
inches Of snow covers the debris in
the section of the city which was
struck By the wind. Privations Of
the storm sufferers are being increas-
ed by the heavy snow storm follow
ing so closely in the storm wake.
Women tugging at heavy beams,
hoping against hope to find the
bodies of dear ones near the wreck
age; men gruffly cheering their sor-
rowful mates and weeping children
wrapped about with shaWls and blan-
kets were drab colors in the scene
which were revealed by dawn to the
federal soldiers patrolling the afflict-
ed district.
The snow which according to re-
ports is falling blizzard-like from
Colorado to Central Iowa, has SER
iously interfered with the slender
thread of telegraphic communication
esta blished from Omaha. Practically
no information has been obtainable
from the devastated sections Of Ne
braska and Iowa.
The fact that such intense suffer
ing is being caused there by the snow
storm in spite Of heroic efforts made
by the city to provide for and protect
all who have been made dependent
On it, caused Gov. Moorehead to fear
that the conditions within the state
are in deplorable shape: He stated
that he would hasten action before
the state legislature to secure sufh-
cient funds for the immediate care
Of storm victims.
Bodies of dead or injured still lie
in the debris and wreckage and the
search by federal soldiers and anx-
ious relatives of possible victims
continued through the storm Monday
night and Tuesday morning. Some
residents Of the district declare it
their belief that at least one hum
dred bodies are buried in the ruins
Of houses and brick buildings OF
amusement places, which are known
to have been filed with pleasure
seekers on Easter Sunday.
Omaha is rallying to the assistance
of the tornado victims. The hospit-
ais of the city are filed; churches,
fraternal orders and public institu-
tions have opened their doors; the
city officials are busy with relief
work and hundreds Of officials are Of
fering their homes and money to aid
the stricken ones. The city COM
missioners passed an ordinance ap-
propriating $4,000 for relief work.
Citizens at the meeting subscribed to
an equal amount. The injured at
hospitals are receiving the best pos
sible attention.
Public subscriptions are being TAX
en- by various newspapers and the
amounts already pledged for relief
work run into thousands. Gov.
Moorehead, after an inspection OF the
storm disaster, said. "This Is my
conception of hell. 1t is horrible
and it has presented most complex
situation. The loss of life and dam
age to property Is the greatest con-
ceivable blow, not only to Omaha,
but to the entire state Of Nebraska.
I will call upon Nebraska to render
every assistance and I am sure the
state will respond"