The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-03-27
81 DEAD TAKENFROM
DEBRIS OF TORNADO

but none was injured. Bems park a
splendid residential district, is in
ruins
Among the show place Of the city
is the Joslyn castle, the roof of which
was torn OF and the trees and shrub,
berry uprooted.
At the Convent Of The Poor Clares,
TwontT.niuth and Hamilton streets
which was unroofcd, the grounds we've
Uttered with debris
The property loss I'm Omaha is es.
timatod now AT $4,000. 600 and a can.
vass of every tornado insurance firm
IN Omaha leads to the belief that the
loss is covered bl only 100000 insur.
ancc. This is due partly 10 the old
Indian prophecy, handed down for
centuries, that Omaha was immune
from high winds This Eas been the
confident belief of every resident. as
the city has frequently been Yistcd
by high winds, but never has suffered
damage until Sunday night.
100000 Stricken With Horror
on" houndred thousand pricfs'rick.
IN, sobblng, horrorstrickon persons. a
large proportion OF Omahas popula.
ton. assailcd every source Of lnforma.
ton for some assurance that relatives
or friends had not persisted in the
storm
Guards al the scene Of the wreck
are keeping the crowd back bv force.
clearing the devastated region for a
block on each side of the path
SIX relief stations have been estab.
lishcd In the vicinity Of the ruins. and
every drug store H. giving literally to
ana volunteer nurses caring for in
lnr'd persons. An entire regiment of
militia is on the scene, aiding govern.
ment troops In going through the ruins
IN the grewsomc search cor bodies.
Reports from nearby towns tell Of
horrible toll taken by The tornado.
Lines Of communication rapidly are
being restored. and the path Of the
storm soon can be definitely deter.
mined
Many Respond to Appeal for AID.
The Union Pacific railroad has do
mated $1,000 for the relief work. and
several business men have made up a
purse Of $1,000 civic AVID social or.
CARNATIONS are calling on their mem
hcrs Of clothing, bed clothes, tents
and anything that can be used to aid
the stricken
Gov. Morchcad has issued a state.
mcnt declaring that the state will do
anything possible to aidthie city IN
IT'S hour of sorrow, either with money
or with state supplies.
BlI were introduced in both houses
OF the legislature authorizing an ap.
preparation Of $4,000 for the relief
OF IN" victims Of the tornado
Mayor Dahlman and tine city com.
m'ssioncrs appropriated an emergency
fund of s25 600.
Responding to pleas Of parents and
relatives OF students IN Prowncu Hall
seminary here, officers of that iustitu
tion declared the storm did not pass
ur.r that school, and that hone Of the
students was hurt.
\ courier riding in frnr- the little
town OF Iutau on the Union Pacific
railroad, west Of here, told g horrible
story of the entire place being blown
away Fifteen persons were killed
and at least so are injured seriously
many Of them fatally.
The tail OF the twister struck the
Of Council Bluffs across the .
river from Omaha and late reports
give the total death list rs 70. Sey.
outeon persons are known 10 have
been injured by falling walls. and the
property damage is estimated at 5000.
Geo. The dead are: Mr.. ana Mrs jas
K Rice, Mrs John s Schultz, infant
"lild OF Peter Nprgard. -- lInw.
kiHs. Mrs William L. Poole. Mrs. Lon
Thomas and Mrs W Swndermanu.
catering the city from the south
west after wipnE Ralstou from N.
map tho tornado swept past the cGuu.
IS hospital 10 the west and swapt
10 northerIy direction. taking eyer,
hing In Its path. II Travelled cast ,r
ID" river. and lost itself in the Iowa
bluffs.
Rich and Poor Alike Arc Homeless.
Buildings were blown down ar
licked up ana hurled with terrific
orce many yards. trees were levclcd
md smaller structures were wrecked
" the wind, which swept a path for
tself directly through the most arts.
ocratic as well as the most lowly
'arts Of the city Some OF the finest {
ZONES. those recently erected by sew
raj Of Omaha's woalthicst men, are !
u ruins I
Hundreds Of families saw their
omes swept away or damaged so t
adly that they were uninhabitable. t
nd the occupants were forced TO the +
treet during the torrential rain that I
ollowed the storm. I
Following the tornado and the rain
anne an even greater menace in the
res that broke out in score OF
laces. Scores OF houses were de. "
troyed by flames. t
To add to the horror OF the night, v