The Raymer enterprise., 1913-03-27

r'"e huhurtu nouses destroyed In
omaha. Loss OF life estimated at $50.
Iefre Haute. Ind. Council Bluffs. In
ana Lincoln. Neb.. suffer property
damage and loss OF life
Governor Morehead OF Nebraska has
OF Omaha p'''~'"s
Money for homeless pouring in.
ncs snapped or In all directions
ana u took many hours to gather and
circulate news OF the disaster.
Denver. March 25.-Dcath destruc.
ton and dcsolation lie in the wake OF
the tornado that swept five STATES
Nebraska, Illinois. Iowa, Indiana and
Missouri. At least 2iO are dead AMI
hundreds are injured, many OF them
SO seriously that they will die.
The property loss i'd the five states
struck by the storm mfy exceed SO.
VVO'OOO. The path was swept clean.
The finest residence section of the
city OF Omaha was swept away ard
hundreds OF buildings took fire. Ths
fire department was helpless and the
loss OF life will probably 30 beyond
the first named mark.
Omaha, March 25.-Morc than 200
persons were killed and 400 were I'm.
lured In the wind storm that demol.
ished $50 homes. damaged hundreds
OF other buildings and caused a mon.
etary loss OF s5.OOO,OOO.
Most Of the casualties were in Omu.
ha, which was stricken as never be-.
fore. Nearby towns in Nebraska AMI
across the Missouri river in Iowa also
suffered severely.
Fire broke out In the debris of many
wrecked buildings in the Nebrask,
metropolis and these were menacra
for some time, rs the fire companies
were hindered by fallen walls AMI
blockaded streets. A heavy rain foi.
lowed the wind. however. and Il
drenched the hundreds of homeless
persons. but It also put out the
flames.
II has taken Omaha and the sur.
rounding country thirty six hours 10
begin TO appreciate the enormity OF
the devastation wrought by the East.
cr evening storm OF wind and rain.
The storm assumed first the volDr-
ity and destructive effects Of a cy.
clone, and ended its existence in a
series of tornadoes which dropped
flcrcely on many parts OF the city
and country without regard TO human
life or property and visited the great.
er portion OF the residential part of
Omaha.
Wires were snapped off In all d..
rectlons and 1t took many hours to
gather and circulate the ncws OF the
disaster,
All forms OF communication we're al.
most annihiated by the wind and only
two or three wires were In working con.
dition when daylight relieved n night
Of high tension. which at times almost
became panic Soldiers, state and ma
tlonal troops. poured into the city dur.
ing the day to aid In bringing order
out OF what for twenty hours had been
chaos. These guardians of the peace
are patrolling the residence districts.
aiding the police to maintain order and
relieve such cases OF suffering as
come to their notice.
The greatest loss Of life occurred
sectionally. Three points In the path
OF the storm offered the greatest sac.
riiices. These were at Fortieth and
Farnum streets where crowd had
sought refuge in n garage; at Twenty.
fourth and Lake streets, where NOV.
ing picture theater was demolished.
and at Twenty.fourth and Willis ave.
nue., where a poolroom had attracted
crowd. In each OF these places the
fatalities were large.
The monetary loss will, Il Is es,imat.
cd, exceed s5,0OO,oOO. Perhaps l,5Oo
persons are homeless.
Aside from this. 5000 buildings
were more or less damaged, many OF
these being church ediiices and school
buildings. Eight Of Omaha's public
schools were wrecked
No such catastrope had ever before
visited the city, and II was over.
whelmed by II. They quickly rose to
tho vdtuation howeyer md measures