The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-03-28

Omaha, Neb.-For the first time since
the disastrous tornado of Easter Sun
day the people OF Omaha began to count
the cost in lives and dollars. When a
resume was made it was apparently
more appalling than those who had
studied the result were willing to admit.
Not less than 20 olives were snuffed
out within the vicinity of the city proper
and not less than so persons in sur
rounding towns lost their lives. Nearly
500 were injured, and eight of these
died in local hospitals during the day.
The restitution was augmented when
nearly three inches of snow fell, making
uninhabitable the houses of many who
had prepared to retain temporary homes
in partly destroyed structures. SO far
as money might relieve, conditions were
perfect. Tenders of sums aggregating a
million dollars were in the hands OF the
city commissioners when the day ended.
The offers came from nearly every sec
ton of the country ana were made I'M
conditionally.
The greatest work was that of organ
izing a systematic relief bureau, with
seven branch stations in the territory
covered by the tornado. These stretched
over a strip seven miles long, and those
incharge handed u material assistance
to all corners who showed they were in
need of aid.
More than $50, 900 has been subscribed
to a relief fund-$25, 900 by the city
commissioners and an equal amount by
citizens.
Snow Blizzard.
The injured at hospitals are receiving
the best possible attention. Physicians
of Omaha and Council Bluffs have volun-
teered their services and trained nurses
/ : have willingly followed the example OF
the physicians. Those patients who have
.. shown Improvement will be moved from
temporary hospitals to places provided
by city officials. Most Of the injured
: are homeless, the storm having destroyed
n their abodes.
Many of the patients, whose condition
is considered more or less critical, have
not been told of the complete loss winch
A the tornado made Of their property.
The snow, which, according to reports,
il falling blizzardlike from Colorado to
Central Iowa, has seriously interfered
+ with the slender thread of telegraPhic
communication established from omaha.
Practically no information has been OBJ
y tainable from the devastated sections OF
Nebraska and Iowa. The fact that such
20 intense suffering is being caused here oy
the present storm, in spite OF herolc Ell
e forts made by the city to provide Tor
70 and protect all who have been made De
N nendent on it, caused Gov. Moorehead to
fear that the conditions within the state
tx are in deplorable shape. He stated Una
! he would hasten action before the STATE
a. LEGISLATURE to secure sufficient funds iol
the Immediate care Of storm victims.
Sixteen additional bodies were taket
from a negro pool hall, making the tota
TINS far recovered from that place 81
The building, after being wrecked BY tn
ar tornado. caught fire from an overturned
stove and burned. .
The condition of the bodies indicates
that a panic reignca in the b'nid'ng "ne'
70 II was struck. The bodies were piie'
IN rouuns where the men had huddie'
together when the structure eo''aPSeu
ed Killed in Theater.
m A block from the hall was the damon
Nov;ny Picture Theater, which wa
wreeked. Sixteen bodies already nav
iot been removed from that structure VINE
the workmen began a further search
tn Adding TO the suffering which ioliowe
OF ,ba tornado. which demolished sectio
pie Of this city Easter Sunday, a heavy sno'
began to fall, and by morning two ihch'
~ il covered the ground, hamperihs VI
,rort of rescue and reconstruction.
,o5 pol;es of uead 81 injured still lie
o5 the debris and wreekage, anu the scarf
at bv federal soldiers and anxious re'a,i''
ov nj nossible victims continued through u
term Some residents Of the distri'
IA. a.o,ore in their belief that at least IL
ore bodies are buried in the ruins OF sous
of and brick buildigns Ct amusement P'"c'
,,aces which are known to be hiied WI
luos,raseekers on Easter Sunday.
City officials, however, DO not es''ma
that The unrescued is so large a numoe
ep' ,am;ttinp. nevertheless, that many pr
20 .o, vet are to be accounted ie
~Tbrourhout the night federal soiaie
40. oua rded the afflicted section OF the en-
,so With utmost diligence, denying adm
md lance even to city police and county Oh
The Gals, uoa n N
avy Scores OF business 80 a.rk we
and section of O-aha until after DARK, ".
,hu. denied the right to pass through !
am wrecked portion of the city TO TN
homes.