The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-24
DEATHS RECKONED
BY SCORES ALL ABOUT
Other Sections Were Visited
Last Night by Storm of
Almost Unprecedented vi
olence, Although Omaha
Suffered Most


storm-wrecked and afame in places, wa
so effectually cut off from the rest O.
the world this morning that only meagr'
estimates of the deathlist and damage
could be obtained. The dispatches com
ing by devious routes indicated that
between 100 and 200 persons perished
and hundreds of others were hurt. Fire
added to the terror. Special trains and
troops are hurrying to the scene, and
the telegraph companies are making
every effort to restore communication.
Early last evening an .equinoctial gale
swept through the Missouri valley, leav-
ing ruin in its wake. Six states sus-
tanned heavy damage. Terre Haute, In
diana, reports the deathlist in the vi
cinity may reach fifty. Towns in Iowa,
Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri
were devastated.
Telegraphic communication with 0ma-
ha was broken at o'clock last night,
and since then what few dispatches have
been received are meagre A dispatch
by way of Lincoln, Neb., described the
path Of the tornado as eight miles long
and from four to six blocks wide.
The national Red Cross has volunteered
its services. Governor Moorhead Of Ne
braska left Lincoln early to-day person
ally to assist in the relief work. Rail-
road bridges are down and train sched-
ules are demoralized. Hysterical passen
gers arriving in Lincoln are unable to
give a connected account Of the disaster,
except to say that the residential por-
tion suffered the most. The property
damage will reach hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars.
Omaha, Neb., March 24.--A tornado
swept through Omaha shortly after 81
o'clock yesterday afternoon, cutting a
path four to six blocks wide and eight
miles long, and causing an appalling loss
of life and an immense destruction of
property. Hundreds of buildings were
destroyed and it appears that a hundred
have been killed and thrice as many
injured. Early to-day, Mayor Dahlman
wired Governor Morehead for several mil |
tia companies to prevent residences and
dead bodies from being looted.
Lincoln, Neb., March 24.-Meagre re-
ports from Omaha up to . o'clock this
morning indicate that city was the scene
Of the most disastrous tornado that ever
visited the state. Thirty to forty blocks
IN the residence section of the city are
,aid to have been swept by the storm,
killing scores of people and iniuring hun
ireds more and leaving hundreds of
wrecked residences.
The villages of Benson. Dundee and
Florence, suburbs of Omaha, were prac-
lically wiped out. The heavy rain for
half an hour after the tornado is re-
ported to have saved the wreckage and
many bodies from destruction by fire.
The telephone station was in the path
II the storm, and in a moment it was
twisted and torn, several girls being
titled and others injured. A moving pie
nre show was putting on the final film
when the storm struck. The roof fell in
md in the mad rush many who were
rot hurt by the collapse were trampled
ind crushed. The rush continued over
he bodies of the dead. =
The tornado swept from the southwest
md zigzagged across the residence por-
ion of the city in a track from two to
sour blocks wide. a
Fire sprang up throughout the area. n
ind the firemen were unable to respond Q
70 the numerous alarms while houses
burned TO the ground. The police we're
inable TO protect the stricken district.
ind soldiers were called from Fort Oma- L
"a. and they placed the zone practically
inder martial law.