Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-25
FULL TALE OF HORROR
MAY NOT YET BE TOLD
Communication Cut Off and Extent
of Disaster Yet Unknown.
GOVERNOR CALLS IT "HELLa
f1tiful Scenes at Hospitals and
Morgue, Where Survivors Search
for Missing ones-Relief
Money Is Provided.

! OMAHA, Neb., March az.
The latest reports today increased
the number of dead in Omaha as
result OF Sundays tornado to
2I8, while 325 are reported as hav-
ing suffered injuries sufficiently
serious to call for surgical treat
ment.
Sixteen additional bodies were
taken from the Idlewild, pool
hall frequented by colored men,
this morning, making the total
thus far received from that place
thirty-offe. The building, after
being wrecked by the tornado,
caught fire from an overturned
stove and burned.
The condition of the bodies in
/ dicated that the utmost panic
reigned in the building. The bod
les were piled in groups, where
the men had huddled together
when the structure collapsed.
/ A block from this hall was To-
Gated the Diamond moving pic
\ ture theater, which was wrecked.
, Sixteen bodies already had been
removed from that structure
when workmen began today
4 further search. The owners of
j the theater expressed belief that
no bodies remained, however.
I Snow Impedes Rescues.
! Shivering from the cold and awe-in-
spired by the nature Of their work. scores
Of men. women and children this MORN
ing struggled in the snow to rescue the
dead or injured bodies of relatives and
friends who lay buried beneath the
wreckage Of homes and buildings.
Some residents of the district declare
it their belief that at least 100 bodies
are buried in the ruins of houses and
brick buildings of amusement places
| which are known to have been filled with
| pleasure seekers on Easter Sunday
| City officials, however, do not estimate
the unrescued in so large number, adj
| mitting, nevertheless, that many persons
i yet are to be accounted for.
/ The snowstorm, which seriously lis ham,
pering the work of rescue. began shortly
| after midnight this morning and Is con-
| tinuing with gathering force. More than
| three inches Of snow covers the debris in
the section of the city which was struck
by the cyclone.
/ Snow Adds to Suffering.
| Privations Of the storm sufferers are
being greatly increased by the heavy
snowstorm which is following SO close
ly in the wake of the tornado. Women
tugging at heavy beams. hoping
against hope OF finding living bodies
/ of dear ones beneath the tons Of
wreckage; men gruf1y cheering their
| sorrowful mates; sniveling children
wrapped about with shawls and
| sunrise this morning greeted the fed
eral soldiers as they patrolled the
afflicted district. aiding in the rescue
work and protecting the destroyed and
1 unoccupied homes from conscfenceiess
looters.
| Later city officials gathered within
the lines drawn around the district by
the soldiers and distributed clothing
land other necessities among the suf-
fers
More than $4,000 has been subscrib-
ed for their work, $4,000 by the city
commissioners and equal amounts by
citizens who attended yesterdays
meetings of the commissioners and
other individuals.
Physicians Volunteer Services.
The injured at hospitals are receiving
| the best possible attention. Physicians OF
Omaha and Council Bluffs have volun-
teered their services and trained nurses
have willingly followed the example or
the physicians. Those patients who
have shown improvement today will be
removed from the temporary hospitals
| to places which have been provided for
| them by the city officials. Most of them
are homeless, losing their abodes in the
same instant of receiving their injuries.
Many of the patients whose conditions
are considered more or less critical have
| not been told of the complete loss which
| the tornado made of their property.
The snow, which, according to reports
| is falling with bliZzard-like proportions
from Colorado to central Iowa. has seri-
ously interfered with what slender thread
of telegraphic communication yesterday
afternoon was established from Omaha
to the outer world
Practically no information has been OBJ
tainable this morning from the devas-
tated sections of Nebraska and Iowa.
Governor Fears for Other Places.
The fact that such intense suffering IL
heine caused here by the present storm
n spite of the heroic efforts being made
by the city to provide for and protect
all who have been made dependent on It
caused Gov. Morehead to fear that the
conditions within the state are in deplor-
able shape. He stated that he would
hasten action before the state legislature
to secure sufficient funds for the immodi.
ate care of storm victims.
Telephone and telegraph communication,
though re-established in . measure yes
ter6ay afternoon, again faces elimination
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