Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-04-04
HUNDREDS KILLED IN STORM
Large Portion of Omaha Devastated Entire
Central West Suffers Indiana Hit.

| ments even extended in somewhat
abated form to points far to the east.
| No sooner had the great wind passed
than second violent gale swept over
much of the same territory, but with
lessened fury.
What seems to have been separate
storm swept portions of Indiana, doing
greatest damage in and near Terre
Haute. There nearly score of per-
sons were slain and hundreds were in
jured. Other places in Indiana report
lesser damage.
Flood swept through several Wiscon-
sin cities, damaging many thousand
dollars worth of goods in Easements.
Dams were washed out in many places
and the released waters swept over
the fields.
All Elements Seem to Meet in Chicago.
| In Chicago, all the elements seemed
to meet shortly after Easter Sunday
had closed. The wind blew violent
gale, snow flew before it in some
places, hail crushed windows under
it's propelling power in other parts
of the city, and rain and sleet were
dashed by it into the faces of belated
pedestrians and those who were
driven into the streets by the partial
! wrecking of their homes.
After the storm hail passed, the
wind died to a gentle breeze, the sun
shone brightly and the warmth Of
spring pervaded the air.
Like a Separate Storm in Indiana.
Terre Haute, Ind.-Eighteen persons
known to have been killed, ESQ injured,
275 homes destroyed and other prop
erty estimated at nearly a million dol
lars, was the toll of the tornado that
devastated Terre Haute and vicinity
Sunday night.
Now the officials in charge Of the
rescue work say the list of dead will
be increased as the searchers clear
away the debris of wrecked buildings.
Hundreds of homeless are being
cared for by charitable institutions
and citizens, while the wrecked dis
trict is being patrolled by Co. B, First
regiment, Indiana national guard and
the police. The militia was ordered
out by Gov. Ralston, who directed the
relief measures from Indianapolis.
In addition to destroying about 800
. homes in the south portion of Terre
Haute, Prairieton, small town six
miles south, was destroyed and the in
tervening territory devastated. The
injured will number at least 300 and
many of these are in serious condi-
ton. The hospitals are filled to their
capacity.
All wires were blown down in the
district affected. This prevented res
cue work, although every available
fireman and policeman was rushed to
the stricken district. 1t is expected
the death list will be more than a doz.
en-.
Lightning set fire to many houses.
Men, women and children were
crushed to death in bed Some es-
capped to the cellars. Whole struc-
lures were blown away by the force
of the wind. The MANNED we're rushed
to hospitals as fast as they were ex-
tricated.
Full Horror Known.
Council Bluffs, Ia.-F'or three days
each succeeding hour tended to in
crease the list of dead and injured
due to the tornado of Easter Sunday
Every town in Iowa that it was pos
sible to reach by long distance tele-
phone throughout this time added to
the enormity of the destruction.
1t is not possible to begin anything
like an accurate estimate Of the prop
erty loss, but it will run into the hum
dreds of thousands of dollars.
The town of Bartlett added three to
the death list. All were members of
the family of Edward Dendean.
At Beebe, Mrs. Kate Cavanaugh,
mother of Mrs. Lee Hopper, whose
two daughters we're killed at Nicola
and, who was herself seriously hurt,
was probably fatally injured.
A peculiar feature of the Hopper
family's experience in the storm was
the fact that the father was carried
for more than a quarter Of q mile in
the tornado and was found uncon-
scious with nearly all of the clothing
torn from his body.
Heavy property loss was reported
from the towns Of Magnolia, California
Junction. Blackburn. Missouri Valley
and Malvern. No deaths vere report
ed from any of these places but in
Malvern two persons were reported In
| jured.
Three miles east Of this place a Sec
ton of 300 feet of the Chicago & Great
Western bridge was blown away.
Following is the revised list OF dead
and injured in Council Bluffs:
James H. Rice and wife, Margaret
Rice, three months old, John Schultz
and wife, Mrs. VIM. Poole. Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Rathke, Mrs. Joe
Swinerman, two sons of Mrs. Rathke,
aged II and 13, Mrs. Edward Note,
J. ]. McDopald, infant daughter miss
ing, Mrs. Weston, unknown woman at
Dansvi1le Crossing.