The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-27

less by floods.
Indianapolis-Hun of persons
in suburbs driven from their homes
by floods.
Omaha, March 25.-Shivering from
! cold and the awe-inspired by the ma
ture of their work, scores of men and
women and children today struggled
in the snow to rescue dead or injured
relatives and friends who lay beneath
the wreckage of buildings that were
crumbled like eggshells by the tornado
which late Sunday swept over Nebras-
ka and Iowa. killing more than one
hundred and fifty persons in Omaha
alone. Estimates of the dead vary
from 2S2 to 800. ... ....
Sixteen more bodies were recovered
today from under the brick and iron
beams Of the Idlewild club hall.
The snow storm which seriously
hampered the work of rescue began
shortly after midnight and continued
with gathering force. More than
three inches Of snow covered the de-
bris in the section of the city which
was struck by the tornado.
City officials gathered within the
lines drawn around the tornado dis
trict and helped the soldiers distri-
buted clothing and other necessities
among the sufferers
$4,000 Already Subscribed.
More than $4,000 has already been
subscribed for relief, $4,000 by the
city commissioners and equal amounts
by citizens
1859 Houses Wrecked.
Wholly or partially demolished
homes number 1863, according to fig
ures compiled by the relief committee
The figures do not include churches
and schools and private mercantile in
stitutions. Three city officials are
authority for the statement that the
homes alone represent a property loss
of $5,0O0,O00. This figure connected
with the value of other property, such
as railroad wires and rails, raises the
entire loss to $10,000,000. Altogether
the property loss in Western Omaha,
Council Bluffs and Omaha is 11,000,-
900.
5000 Families Leave Homes.
indianapolis, March 25. - Fifteen
hundred families in indianapolis had
been forced to leave their homes at
noon today by the high water caused
by incessant rains. White river, Eagle
creek and Pleasant Run are rising at
the rate OF six inches an hour. Only
one of the thirteen interurban lines is
running and traffic on the steam
roads is at a standstill.
The water company has warned it's
patrons to draw emergency supplies of
water, as the company expected to be
put out of business before night by
| the food. The plant Of the Indian
apolis Gas company is under water
and the pressure went out Of the main
before noon.
A levee along White river, in Broad
Ripple, suburb of indianapolis, went
out today, driving 300 families from
their homes and washing out mile of
railroad tracks. Only the roofs Of
some of the houses in the suburbs are
visible
1t is estimated that more than g.
900 Indiana families have been forced
to leave their homes. So far, only
four deaths by drowning have been
reported, but several persons are said
to be missing and may have been
swept away with theor homes.
Five hundred persons are homeless
in Marion, where the Mississinewa
river burst the levee on the east side
of the city. Two big factories have
been forced to shut down, throwing
hundreds of workers out of employ
ment.
Kokomo is without light or water
protection in case Of fire. The water
flooded an area mile square The city
schools are closed, also all factories.
The local militiamen are patroling the
| flood limits.
The White, the Wabash, the Blue
the st. Joseph, the Maumee, the Pip.
pecanoe and the Mississinewa rivers
aer out of their banks with every
streamlet in the state adding to the
seas of water that inundated the law
lands.