Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-24

Governor John Henry Moorehead.
Lincoln at 4:3O yesterday afternoon.
picked up many dead and injured
along the way from Omaha and car
ried them into the city.
The tornado swept in from the
southwest and 2igzagged to the
northeast over the residence portion
of the city, leaving in its wake de-
struction and carnage from two to
four blocks wide. Fire sprung up all
over this area and added to the
horror of the disaster.
Firemen were unable To respond to
the numerous alarms, and many
housese were allowed to burn to the
ground The police were unable to
protect the stricken district properly
and the soldiers from Fort Omaha
were called out.
Partial List Of Victims.
On account of the appalling charae-
ter of the catastrophe only few
names of the dead and injured are
available. The following is a partial
list of the identified dead
William Fisher.
Mabel Mcbride.
Nels Larson.
G. F. Copley.
Walter Peterson
Sam Dengeler
p. b. Harris.
Mary Harris.
Mrs. George Schroeder, killed on
farm near Plattsmouth.
The injured:
Miss Davis, dangerously injured;
will probably die.
George Duncan, advertising man,
fatally hurt.
Mrs. f. r. Van Devon, unconscious
from blow on head.
Mrs. Edward Baggett, Chicago, bad
ly hurt
Mrs Ben Gallagher, dangerously
hurt.
Mrs. Mcbride, injured by flying
bricks.
Henry Jensen, head cut.
Baby of Mrs. Babcock.
Child of Henry Starman, leg broken.
w. Fl. Steinbaugh. badly hurt.
Utah Hayde, head cut.
Walter Hayden, leg broken
Mrs. Fred Hayden, badly hurt
Fred Ohms and child, badly hurt.
D. Dagett, head cut by flying glass.
Charles Black. and family, slight
bruises
E. W. Dixon. slight bruises.
M. A. Hall, injured by flying planks.
Mrs Arthur Lavidge and baby, NOR
tally injured.
M. N, Hahn, slightly hurt.
W. M. Mcdonald, bad scalp wound.
Mrs Oalpin, badly cut,
Mrs. &c. c. Sells, injured internally
and cash on the head.
Little Sells girl, bad scalp wound.
Mrs. Griffin, serious internal injuries.
Mrs. C. c. Swan, head badly cut.
D. F.. Baum, head cut and ankle
broken.
Thomas Mcpherson, badly bruised
and internally injured.
Yutan. sixteen miles north of Ash
land, suffered the most of any city,
and ten persons are missing at that
place, while fifty moro are injured,
With the water works out of COM
mission a fire broke out and the en-
struction. The known dead are.
In Yutan, Mrs. Gillster, Mrs. Sem
baugh and baby.
Fred Hayens, two children.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Hammond and
two children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Starman.
Daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Starman.
The known dead elsewhere:
Baby daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Ohnf, killed on farm near
Mead
Henry Hickory. aged 40, killed on
a farm near Mead. Valley Still. q
town north of Yutan, was reported
hard hit with ten more persons miss
ing and many others injured.
The heaviest loss of property &C.
CURED near Greenwood and north of
Ashland.
At Ralston much property was de-
stroyed and the railroad lines were
blocked with debris necessltating the
holding of several trains.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. March "a
Twenty -four victims of tornado,
which swept the southern part of
Terre Haute and Vigo county late
last night, had been identified today
and more than seventy-flve injured
were being cared for in improvised
hospitals Several more bodies are
expected to be found when the ruins
of 200 homes, levelled by the storm,
have been cleared away.
At the request of Mayor Gerhardt,