Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-26
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wrecked in Omaha By Sundays cy
done examined, careful check O
city norgues today disclosed 118 deat
in Omaha alone.
! The relief committee, headed b!
Governor Moorehead and Mayor Dahl
man, declare that 1863 homes, eXclu
sive of churches, schools and mercan
| tile institutions, were either wrecke6
or partially destroyed, and it is fear
ed that today's explorations viii brins
| the list OF fatalities in Omaha vi
lcared for 2179 homeless people.
Millions in Damage.
Yesterdays estimate of sic, 900, 80I
damage in Omaha stiIl stood today
City officials fixed the loss to homes
alone at $1,000, 900, mercantile instita
tions, churches. schools and elul
buildings, dividing the remaining loss
Many Funerals Planned.
Fourteen of the bodies choking the
various morglles are still unidenti
fled. A score of funerals were plan
ned today, but most of the victims will
be buried tomorrow and Thursday.
Fourteen hours after the storm and
while the soldiers were digging in the
ruins Of the Diamond picture theatre
believing all there we're dead. negro
suddenly arose from the debris. His
face was nearly white from fright. He
gave one yell and ran down the street
at top speed. 1t is now believed that
most of the people who were in the
moving picture show when the cy
clone struck escaped.
Strange Incident.
Mrs. w. w. Sherwood was i'll in
bed Her baby lay beside her when
the storm struck the house. The child
disappeared, but the mother escaped
unhurt, 1t is believed the baby was
killed.
Fifteen persons met death in cy
clone at Makanda. Illinois, last night
according to reports. A fast freight
train was blown from the Illinois Cen
trail tracks and twenty-five cars dump
ed into.a ditch.
Many Homeless.
Ten thousand families are homeless
in Indiana today as the result of the
worst floods in the history of the state
The property loss runs into millions
and all industry, including Transports
ton facilities, is suspended. A thou
sand homes are submerged at Kokom6
and their inhabitants are perched up
en- the roofs of their dwellings, wait
/ ing for aid. Practically all the boats
in the city were swept away and the
people in flooded districts are
marooned and foodless.
Victims of Floods.
Fully 5000 people were drowned in
the death-dea1ing floods which swept
through Ohio today, bursting reser
voirs and swelling rivers turning in
!Sto rushing lakes.
According to latest reports there
are 5000 drowned IN Dayton, 1000 in
Hamilton, $50 in Riqua, 100 in Della
ware and hundreds in other cities
throughout the state. The four days
of steady rain filled every reservoir
in the state to overflowing.
No Warnings.
People tad little warning and hun
dreds of them we're caught in the
flood and drowned. The water con
tinued to rise until tonight there were
thirty feet of water over the down
town section of Dayton
Call for Aid.
Governor M. Cox, of Ohio, with the
sanction of the legislature in session
in Columbus, tonight issued an appeal
to the world for assistance for Ohio
flood sufferers.
Dayton Business raralyzed.
The business section of Dayton has
suffered greatly, many office build
ings have been abandoned and bust
ness is paralyzed. ! The main bridge
ever the Miami river has been dyna.
mited, as debris floating down the
stream formed dam there. Aid has
heen rushed to Dayton from surround
ing towns.
A new revolutionary disturbance
broke out today at Chao-An, in the
province of Flu KEN, China. The gov
eminent forces stationed there arr
not sufficiently strong to control the
situation.
The army transport Sherman sailed
from Manila March 10, carrying the
following passengers for Honolulu
Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston and
Lieut.. Lloyd r. Fredendall, Second In
fantry.
After 4 days desperate fighting be
fore Adrianople, under cover of siege
guns, the Bulgarians captured the
first line of Turkish defenses, accord.
ing to a statement from the war of
flee at Sofia today.
The statement confirmed the sur
render of david Pasha, the Turkish
leader, with $1,000 troops, on the
Skumbi River, Albania. !.
The New York Yacht Club is un-
willing TO meet Sir Thomas Upton in
a match for the Americas cup SO long
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