Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-03-25
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escapes in the tornado ZONE came to
light.
A pathetic sight was that of a young
girl keeping watch over the body Of
her mother. The mother, Mrs. John
Newman, had been killed instantly.
AS the body lay on a porch awaiting
suitable burial arrangements the
daughter, Mabel Newman, told of the
storm.
Mother was Ill and confined to a
room on the second floor Of our home,
1924 Dewey avenue" she said. when
the raging winds hit the house 1t top
pied over as If built of pasteboard.
Mother and myself were buried in the
w~reckage. AS soon as l could pull my
self from the debris l began to search
TOR her.
and pulled at them until my hands
were cut and bleeding. Finally ]
reached her. I bent down to raise her,
but she was dead"
A coincidence among the injured at
the Child institute was that all were
badly cut about the face, while the
bodies were comparatively free from
wounds. Ugly looking scalp wounds
marked every injury.
The home Of George ]. Duncan. ad
vertising manager of the Omaha Bee.
at 4101 Farnam street was destroyed
Mr.. Duncan died at a hospital yester
day afternoon. Mrs. Duncan is in a
critical condition.
At the home of Patrick Hynes, 2704
North Twentieth street, a party in
celebration of his eighty-frst birthday
WAS In progress. The guests had just
begun dinner and were drinking a
toast to the health Of their host when
the storm swept the house away. All
the party succeeded In getting out
with minor injuries except a grand
child, Miss Cecilia R1gelow, who was
internally injured.
House In Ruins.
THE party had just begun dinner"
said Mr.. Hynes. 'The young people
were making merry, and, old as / am,
I had entered into the spirit. Suddenly
there was a roaring sound. The next
minute the house was In ruins. l
wiggled around and out and aided the
others in escaping"
Then suddenly brought back to the
fact that his grandchild was near
death, he said:
"Oh, If it ha; only been me instead
Of Cecilia"
When the storm had passed Mr.. and
Mrs. O. M. Wilhelm found themselves
buried under a mass Of broken and
twisted furniture in their home. They
extricated themselves with difficulty.
John Wright, a railroad Waterman,
probably owes his life to the fact that
he went to work half an hour ahead
Of time because he feared be would
get wet If he did not hurry. Incl
dentally, this Is the third time that
Wright's home has been destroyed by
a tornado. Sixteen years ago In Nor
folk, Neb., his home was demolished,
and forty-two years ago in Panora.
Ia, he barely escaped with his life
during a tornado.
Chop Through House to Girl.
Little Gladys Crook was revived aft
er a house had been blown over her
and she had been imprisoned for more
than half an hour. 1t was necessary
to chop a large hole In the side Of the
injured.
Mary Knudsen. a servant, was blown
out Of the home of her employer and,
badly frightened, ran all the way
downtown. to fall fainting In front Of
q hotel.
From the ruins Of a negro pool hall
the body Of a negro WAS taken out
along With many others. In one hand
Of the dead man WAS clutched q roll of
bills.
Although DIR. and Mrs. d. @. Bryant
escaped without injury from their
home, the aged mother Of Mrs. Bry-
ant was found buried in the cellar
and was rescued with difficulty. De-
bris had piled about her until only
her head was exposed, and she wa
unable to take any steps to free her
self.
Two Lose Their Reason.
The body Of an unidentified child
was found In the ruins Of two houses
with a little rag doll still tucked un-
Ter her arm.
When @. Saber discovered the crush
ed and almost unacceptable body Of
his wife in the ruins OF an apartment
house he fed down the street shrek
Ing at the top Of his voice. He Is
missing.
e. II. Smith. a private Of the signal
corps from Fort Omaha, became In
zane after helping carry a number OF
bodies and collapsed. When he had
regained consciousness 1t was neces-
sary to take him to the post hospital,
there he was placed under restraint.
YOlJNG MOTHER'S Pl LIGHT