The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-24
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gath and Lake streets. searching for
bodies. Five thousand watchers are
crowded at this point.
| The bodies Of MI. and Mrs. Clifford
Daniels and their two little daughters,
all victims Of the storm, were taken
from their home on 10Th Avenue and
Locust street to the Webster ex.
change telephone building.
A 16-year-old son Of the Daniels ar
rived at the home just as his parents
and sisters were being removed.
HE was crying and wanted to fight
when he saw US removing the bodies,
one of the soldiers who helped remove
/ the bodies said, "and we had to drive
him away by force"
William Sell, 1866 California Ave,
rushed his wife, daughter and Miss
Gilpin, a nurse at the Omaha General
hospital who was visiting at the Sell
home, into cellar and followed after
them as his house blew down After
the fury of the storm was spent, Sell
held up the floor OF the house while
the women crept forth.
| Then just as all had practically
reached safety, part OF the wall OF
their house caved in and all four were
injured by falling bricks They were
taken to the Omaha general hospital
| A dog held four men fifteen min
utes from recovering the body Of a
man killed in his home, near Long
School. The dog stationed himself
upon the body OF his master and
would let mona Of the rescue workers
come near. The man was mangled al
most beyond recognition and pinned
down under number of gas pipes.
Eighty Bodies Recovered.
OMAHA, Neb., March PA re-
vised list of the dead in last nights
storm, completed shortly after noon
today, shows that eighty bodies have
been recovered from the ruins oil
houses in Omaha AS the work
progresses among the ruined homes
officials become more pessimistic
about the number of dead and declare
1t may go far beyond any estimates
so far made
4 The bodies recovered in the past
two hours are those of Nathan Kiln
sky, his three small daughters and 8
baby son. The body of an unidenti
fled man was found near those Of the
Klinsky family. The bodies Of
George Hanson. Lloyd Glover, Thoma,
e. Johnson, Sunny" Ford, C. w
Dillon, all negroes, were recovered
from the wreck Of a pool hall.
NInety-slx Bodies.
4 OMAHA, Neb., March 24.-Undei
the direction Of Major Hartman, -four
hundred soldiers and militiamen are
now clearing as fast as possible the
debris left in the path of the terrible
tornado that has cast a pail OF gloom
over Omaha.
Thousands of the morbidly curious
surge back and forth between the
places where the bodies are being
taken from the debris. There are al
least forty houses in which 1t ia
known that persons have persisted
The ruins of these homes are in such
shape that it will be impossible to
clear them before night.
i The death list, made UP from the
number of bodies found in Omaha
Council Bluffs and Ralston now stands
at ninety-six. All officials are at
tempting to keep an accurate list OF
the dead, but the chaotic condition OF
the wires and telephone service
makes such an undertaking difficult
The body of Rose Gray, woman oil
middle age, was taken from the ruins
of her home in the storm district at
II O'Clock.
! Mayor Dahlman declares that the
work of the troops and militia is pro
ceeding as fast as possible and that
the citizens of Omaha will he able to
take care of all the injured. He
estimates the number Of dead in
Omaha and surrounding country a.
200.
The property loss in Council Bluffs
is now believed to be $25o,0o0. It is
impossible to make an accurate esti
mate of the loss in Ralston. but 1t will
run well into the thousands.
At least twenty-five people are
known to be missing, including two
babies. The relatives OF these per.
sons are frantic with grief and be.
sieging the rescuers to hasten their
work In the ruins.
/ The authentic statement from sur.
vivors who are telling stories OF the
stnrm. rsnort that the body OF q man