Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-03-27
The Worst Storm in Years Sweeps
Through Western Iowa and
Eastern Nebraska
ESTIMATED HUNDRED KILLED IN OMAHA ONLY
TWO FATALITIES IN THIS COUNTY

ESTIMATED HUNDRED KILLED in OMAHA ONLY
TWO FATALITIES IN THIS COUNTY
One of the worst storms in the history of Iowa al
Nebraska visited this section about six O'clock last eve
in and the loss in property and lives only be estma,
81 made Omaha the worst sufferer, there apparent
~ being somewhere hundred bodies the ruis Of
the Various homes according the most conservative
Inmates. The storm struck the western portion of the
city and mansion and howell alike before the fury of
ths stem The list of dead and wounded there being
compiled rapidly possible but may be several days
fore the entire list is complete. Raston, suburb of
0 naha was struck hard and half d, deaths
'rted from there well as a of i, jured The
storm, which cyclone of the most approved type
struck Raston first moved from the southwest to the
northeast the city and crossing the the
Carter lake moved into Council Bluffs where least
are known to be dead The northern part Of Cou
Gil Bluffs suffered the worst although the region around
Lake Manawa suffered death and considerable prop
erty loss In this county tie region around California
Jet, and Woodbne have wthstoad the brunt f
the storm.
At California Jet, the following an incomplete list
of the damage: The H r. Simpson brick house almost
entirely destroyed The second floor entirely demc
shed and the first floor walls badly blown in; frame
s;hoohouse southeast blown entirely away remnant
of it had been found this morning; brick house be-
longing to Chas. House was badly damaged that it
will nearly all have to be rebuilt; Jake Sprouts house and
barn both badly damaged the John johnson house blown
down; F. Blackburn lost all If his barns ard sheds &c
though the house not damaged and the John Messr
Earn totally destroyed.
Between here and Calhoun Claud Young suffered the
loss of all of his buildings except his house and also had
mule killed when the barn collapsed. 2x6 from his
barn was carried across the road and driven half way
through the Francis Chambers home which unroof
ed and all of the window lights broken No one was i
jured
At Logan the small waiting room for the c. and N.
w. west bound passengers destroyed little of tie
roof of the depot taken off and of the crossing gates
blown away. Mrs L. L. Fitch who was driving to her
home northwest of Logan, suffered broken when
the buggy in which she riding blown There
number of smaller losses but nothing of serious
nature.
At Beebeetown the storm quite but the
of struck at the home of Lee Hopper where his
two daughters were killed when the house collapsed his
wife had both of her and legs broken, his wifes
mother suffered broken and Mr. Hopper blown
into corn field and was picked up unconscious Upon
examination it found that his spine injured and
internal injuries feared All of his buildings
completely demolished and every head of his stock killed
Woodbine suffered the worst of any place in tie
county and the loss there estimated at $50O0O0 At
least dozen stores or less damaged and fifty
residences unroofed otherwise harmed. The
Mathews and Killing implement house is total wreck the
DeCou elevator is down flat, the Huffman hotel is unfit
for occupancy the Kbler store has only the side
walls standing and both livery barns flat the
ground Those most seriously injured Mrs. w.
Erewne who found beneath stove with her clothes
fire. two daughters of VIM. Jefferson, Mrs. Browning
Florence Savage, Herbert Purcell and child and two
Greeks whose could not be learned. Both depots
more less injured and telephone and telegraph
communication with the town have yet been estab
ished account of the amount of wire down. The Nor
NAL school building not injured and Normal stu
dents reported among the injured That more we're
not killed is miracle.
The Illinois Central and the Great Western are both
running their trains through here today of
bridges blown down on both roads.
The latest report from Omaha indicates that the
total killed recovered up to m 80 and 24O inur
ed 1t is estimated that $50 buildings were completely
demolished and 1850 damaged. All of the people have
not been accounted for that the death list is expected
to reach we'll over 100.