The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-25
HEAVY SNOWFALL
Adding to SufHerings Entailed BY the
Tornado-Blizzard Now Raging
in Omaha.

Omaha, March 25-Adding to the
suffering which followed the tornado
which demolished sections OF this city
Easter Sunday, d heavy snow began
to fall, late last night, and by morn
ing, two inches of it covered the
ground, hampering the work Of res
cue.
Bodies of dead or injured still lie
clare it their belief that 100 bodies
are buried in the ruins of houses and
amusement places which are known
to have been filled with pleasure seek
ers on Easter Sunday. City officials
admit that many persons yet are to
night federal soldiers guarded the af
flicted sections Of the city, denying
aduittance even to city police and
county officials. Scores of business
men delayed in the business section
of Omaha until after dark, were de-
MED the right to pass through the
wrecked portion Of the city to their
homes.
A dead line has been established by
the soldiers at Lake avenue from 18th
street to goth street. City police are
stopped by soldiers when Lake street
is reached and told that their pa
trolls end there. Even newspaper
| men are denied admittance into the
prescribed district.
The authenticated list of Omaha
rounding towns in Nebraska and Iowa
reported, late last night, a total of
so more known dead. A conmunica-
ton with many small towns in the
| two states is yet impossible and 1t is
the belief of many that when te1e-
the total list of dead will be mater1-
ally increased.
Telephone and telegraph commune
| cation, though re-established in a
measure, yesterday, afternoon, again
faces elimination by the snow storm
according to reports, is raging
| throughout this ] state. Commercial
| telegraph companies, today, are de-
Iuged with messages from persons
| who await knowledge of the safety OF
| friends or relatives and offers of aid
| from other municipalities and states.
Among the searchers, last night and
today, is Mrs. W. w. Sherwood. III
| in bed, Mrs. Sherwood was holding
| her babe in her arms when the wind
| descended. The home was unroofed,
| the infant torn from the mother 8
arms and. blown away. In spite of
her weakness and suffering from in
| juries she herself sustained in the
| storm, Mrs. Sherwood, aided by her
/ friends, is hunting for the babe about
| the city.
In Ralston, suburb of this city,
Edward Mote, his wife and three chill
| dren were sitting in their home Eas-
| ter Sunday when the tornado carried
| them and their home to Paio Creek,
| 100 yards away, and dropped them in
| to the water. Mrs. Mote was drown
| ed and her body recovered, late yes
| terday.
| In the same town, Postmaster D. L.
Ham, with his daughter, Mrs. kim
| ball. and his grandchildren, were
| standing in the doorway of their
home when the wind struck Mrs.
Kimba1l and her two year old daugh-
ter Frances stepped outside the door,
which Slammed shut. Their bodies
| were found, last night.
| H. E. Said and wife were found
| dead in each others arms.
When the tornado rushed upon Om-
| aha, so nuns were in the Sacred Heart
| convent. Seeing its approach, they
hurried from the five story building
| and sought refuge at the home of
Bishop Richard Scanne11, just across
the street. No sooner had the last
| of the women left than the convent
| collapsed.
The $50 girl students at the con-
vent were spending Easter Sunday at
| their homes or with friends. None
| was in the building at the time