Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-03-28
SPRING STORM KILLS
HUNDREDS At OMAHA

in white. start from one Of the
houses and run down the street
with her hands above her head
Just then the side Of a house came
soaring through the arr andshOOt-
ing suddenly downward 10 struck
4 the child and buried her beneath
( q. ] closed my eyes. ] could look
I no more"
Another eye witness was a Chi
caeOan who withheld his name 70
avoid possible shock to an invalid
wife. He told Of the scenes at
Omaha when the train stopped
here. Hs said:
ferril,le Scenes in Omaha.
4 was Just recovering from what
had seen on the train when We
pulled into Omaha with the injured
Il was night then-heIt such a night
the Sky was lighted with a great
red glare and Inc streets were fiji
ed with people who acted as
though they were mad. Many Of
them had fled INTO the city from
outlying towns but the majority I
We're residents. To make it worse I
IL was raining. a yeFitable deluge. /
Frequently the cries Of the wounded /
were drowned by terrific crashes 1
Of thunder.
The town i bHning. We will
all De killed someone kept crying
and this added to the fears Of the
others There was no sleep that !
night for any Of the passengers,
and the women and men on the
the train We're half sick with ter /.
rOr. A. our train left Omaha ne
could see big hotel burning. It's
flames shot into the air Ike those
Of d great torch above the sur
rounding Flames. /.
The gray coat Of George Peek
ham of Lincoln. Nebr.. still bore
dark stains Of blood as he alighted
at the Burlington station here. !
He had lent il to a little girl to /
serve as a pillow to rest her weary. {
bleeding head.
One Man Prepared :
One farmer IN RalstOn told NE :
hat for a week he had had asy
5remonitiOn that something was GO /
ng 10 happen and was prepared for I
he worst. said Peckham He had 4
leen standing on the doorstep and
le noticed the fJmnel-shaped >
loud. He called his wife and four q
and they all sought refuge t
Il a cyclone cellar which he had n
inished digging the day before. O
tive minutes later their house r
vent sailing away. All Of Us pas a
engers were hlcky. We were three :.
minutes late when We neareG Raj Il
ton. Had we been on time we 2
EOuld have been standing al the
title station when the storm
truck
Hardly had the news of this ap- L
alling disaster swept over the
0untFy than II was followed by
apoFts Of another calamity. equal
not greater than the one Just
ecorded.
Heavy rains throughout Illinois.
ldiana and Ohio have 81 swollen
le streams that dams have broken A.,
having raging torrents Of water TO
AIRY death and destruction IN their
axe. i'm some places wiping out
itire towns.
Dayton. Ohio. mas suffered the
OSt from this latter calamity. The
IrSting OF a large reservoir Just Ia
lOVe the city sent a huge wall OF cn
ater down upon the city. ami 80 81
Gden was it, descent that people M
Id 10 time 10 flee. and no estl- re-
ate can De made on the loss oI 20
e. a. the water swept through el
e business section OF the city Is Lc
ct deep carrying everything be-
re IT, Thirty thousand people Ju
Z reported homeless IN That city c"
me, ami no estimate can De lnage cvi
the property loss. Ap
st Peru. Ind. the death loss may :
ich 800 and what few people cti
lt are left are in dire distress and WI
ye called on the governor for va
l.. Fort Wayne. Lafayette. Ham ONt
N. Marion COnnerSNllle and ans
ny other towns report loss OF Sill
} aud great damage to property. ia IA
a dispatch from Indianapolis y
lOrts quite a loss Of life there.
10 attempt Is made to gNe any =
urate account of the number sIe.
dead throughout the state. but w. u
Is estimated that 10000 are -
neleSs ana that the property toSs 90. Gss
I reach the S20.00OO1 marx. s s.s'