Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-27
Day Is Taken Up With MeIan-
choIy Task Of Inteuing the
Dead, GuneraI Professions
Being Almost Continuous,
MUCH DESTlTUTI0N
IN STRICKEN CITY
Relief Is Being Given Whefe|
Possible, but Many Sufferers.
Are Too Proud to Ask for
Charity
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Omaha Neb. March 26.--FiftY-tW %
funerals. silently winding their way to
cemeteries. brought home With greatcr
force 10 the people Of Omaha today
the fnll realization of the extent OF
SUNDAYS tornado. All day long. as
fast as hearscs could deposit their
grim careoes oi bodies az graves. "a
continual death. procession was kept
mp Cabs and hoarses, that Few
hours before had served as death We
hicles for negroes, were IN many
cases, pressed into use 10y moufners
Of white families color, creed and
nationality were forgotten il was q
general burial.
There WAS little ceremony As
quickly as one funeral was over an-
other began Undcrtakers co-opefat-
cd la arranging hurials. ln several
instances where entire families were
killed. or where more than one member
of family awaited burial, one fun
cral service was held. Five bodies
OF negroes killed ia The lakewood pool
hall were buried at one time hN e
fatcrnal iedsr The double funeral
of MIS-. Rpse hinaa fiizseraid SO
27O4 North Twentieth street. and Mrs
a Y.
was held today Mrs. Bigeluw and
Mrs Fitzgerald are daughters Of rat
rick Hines. one of omuha's ptomi
nent citizens.
one OF the most piufu of the fun
erals waa TINT of Mrs. Mary RathkfF
aud two small children. surviving
Mrs Rathkpy Us the husband and
father who is nearly demcnted over
the disaster and who has not been
seen hv friends since ne learned ei
his wife's death. Mrs. liathkcy and
children were killed az their nome
Sxuoth and Grover streets.
Many cases Of desitutiCn were fe-
ported during The day. Relief work
seemed ia slow up. 1t took mueh
time To prepare card indexes of SUI .
fcrcrs wants and TO make requisi
tions on the central relief station at
the Auditorium for supplies.
While these formalities were heina
carried out want stalked through dis
consulate homes from one corner oi
the city to the other. The task ol
caring for those needing food. cloth
ing supplies and money seemed To he
too large for the relief forces More
people applied for aid today than on
any previous day. There stu re-
manned. however, many cases Ni -
sitiVe pride that prevented sufferers
from applying for ussistance. II was
reported that twenty -cisht people
were hnddled M four rooms in the
southwest section without proper heat
clothing or food relief committee
discovered the situation and gave aid
a young girl. who came TO Che station
at Fortv=sixth and Leavenworth. told
of father. 60 years old. who bad lH-
bored for forty years and had lusl
completed payments on "a small home
which WIS in ruins The father would
not ask for aid, hut the child did and
II was forthcoming
Nine children of Mrs, Many New
man, "a widow who was Killed 80 hei
home. Forty second and Dewey came
TO the same station. Neighbnrs had
| been taking care of them hut The
task vas getting too great so the
, youngstc~s appealed to the bureau
! Many s4a pr cases We're reported.
Patrick rnro aged %. No. 9ia
North Tweni M street, and a. e.
Povd. No. 2O.9 Clark street were
added TO the list dead today. AZ
the hospitals II was said that many
Of the injured had been taken to the
homes of relatives or friends. The in.
iurcd stil IN the institutions were re-
| ported improving.