Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-03-24
FULLY ONE HUNDRED KILLED, AND
TWICE THAT NUMBER INJURED IN
CYCLONE THAT Sweeps OMAHA, NEB.

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protect the stricken district and the
soldiers from Fort Omaha were call
ed out The tornado zone soon was.
practically under martial law.
Small villages Wiped Out
The villages Of Benson, Dundee and
Florence. suburbs Of Omaha, we're
practically wiped out. Only the iaet
thar a heavy rain fell for half an
Edur after the tornado saved the
mass cf Wreckage and many dead
bodies from being burned.
The Webster street telephone sta
Lioa. which contained a score or
more girls. was one Of the buildings
struck By the storm, and in q moment
ii was twisted and torn. Several Of
the girls we're killed and many others
were injured
Major Dahlman. mayor of Omaha,
wired Governor Morehead shortly af-
ter midnight for several militia COM
aanies to prevent the residences and
the dead bodies from being looted.
The governor left on a special train
for the scene Of the disaster shortly
after , O'Clock
Suburbs Suffer Badly
Omzha's suburbs supTered heavily
from the storm RalstOn, southwest
Of Omaha, was razed to the ground
and a half score OF more are dead
East Omaha, which felt the tail OF
the disaster. reported houses demol-
shed. but no lives lost Council
BIuns. Iowa. suffered nine dead.
score or more injured and great dam
age done to property
Residence Portion not Damaged
The worst damage was done and
tie largest ton Of lives was ex-
acted IN the western part Of Omaha
and il the vicinity Of Twentyfourth
and Lake and from there northeast to
and Binney. This is the
portion and the destruction
wrought was appalling. Whole blocks
Of homes were picked up and dashed
into a shapeIess mass. Street cars
were hurled from the tracks and de
molished.
Killed IN Picture Show
A moving picture show at TWENTY
fourth and Lake was destroyed. Ten
dead and eight injured have been thus
far been removed from the ruins.
About SO persons were in the sheater
at the time Of the disaster and it is
feared that most Of these are buried
in the debris
Bemis Park, one Of the pretnest
residence districts in Omaha. vas
razsd and hres dotted the park. com
pledng the destructive work Of he
tornado.
Among the show places of the city
eamaged was the JoSlin Castle The
root was torn of and the trees and
shrubbery uDrooted-
The convent OF the Poor Clares at
Twenty-ninth and Hamilton streets,
vas unroofed and the grounds were
Uttered with debris. An unverified
report said that the sacred Heart
at Thirty-sixth and Bart
streets was demolished.
The storm so paralyzed the sele
graph service that no reports Of the
disaster could be- communicated %
the outside world. The Omaha tele-
graph Offices sent the piled lp mess
ages to Lincoln on an early train
At 1850 a m. Omaha pveseeted a
horrible spectacle. From she Field
club in the west part Of the city to
the Carter club at the northeast.
distance frOm TWO 10 six blocks vide
WAS a mass Of debris. Federal sol
disrs from Fort Omaha assisted the
police in keeping looters and morbid
y curious at bay. The presence OF
The soldiers gives the city the appear
aHee Of being under martial law
Aecurzts Details Unavailable
It Is impossible At this hour 10 get
any accurate estimate of the loss of
l1e and property Ore hundred dead
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