East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-03-24
96 BODIES ARE RECOVERED,
STORM AREA SIX BLOCKS WIDE
2 1000 Persons are Homeless ---Cycone Tears
Through Strip Five Miles Neighborng
Cities Suffer Heavily Believed That Death List
Will be Increased
PROPERTY LOSS is $1O,OOO,OOO

Omaha. Nebraska. March 24.-With
ninety-six known dead, Mayor Dahl
man at one o'clock this afternoon de-
clared he estimated the number of
dead in Omaha and its immediate vi
cinity at two hdndred. Ninety-siX
bodies have been found in Omaha.
Ralston and Council Bluffs. There Is
little doubt that more will he recover
ed before night. A hundred and six
ty nine buildings are razed. houses,
$50; churches, II; schools, s. Prop
erty damage in Council Bluffs Is
placed at a quarter of a million.
Frantic and griefstricken relatives
of the dead and missing are beseiging
the rescuers for some word of the
cyclone victims. All the states and
principal towns of the middle west are
offering assistance. Physicians and
nurses I'm special trains are arriving
10 aid the sufferers. Forty physici-
ans and sixteen nurses arrived at one
thirty. Many dead have been taken
from the ruins,
Omaha, Nebraska. March 24.-Two
hundred are dead and n ten million
dollars in Omaha alone are the
results of the tornado. according TO
declarations at eleven o'clock this
mOrning by Mayor Dahlman, Cover
nor Morehead and Police Commission
er Ryder. The predictions were
made after the three officials toured
the devastated sections i'm an auto
| mobile. II was admitted these fig
ures might be increased later in the
day. The latest reports from Council
Bluffs say that four more bodies were
| taken from homes in the storms
path. 1t brings the list up to twelve
| IL Is believed the tornado went fur
ther east than at first reported.
Reports from outlying towns tell
stories of the havoc wrought. Fears
are expressed over the residents OF
Gretna. Ashland and Louisville. which
lie i'm the center of the cyclones path
Regular soldiers, militia and police
are keeping the crowds back by mair
force.
A canvass of the tornado insurance
leads to the belief that the ten mil
lion dollar loss is covered by onl!
Onc-haIf a million dollars. This wa
partly due to the Indian prophec!
that Omaha was immune from cy
clones. Residents of the city placeI
great confidence i'm this prediction
and carried little insurance.
More than hundred thousan'
grief stricken and hysterical person
assailed every source of information
/, / H.. lot N.
friends were safe.
Omaha. Nebraska, March %.-Six
ty-nine are known TO be dead and sew
en- hundred injured, some undoubt
etily fatally, while two thousand ar
homeless as a result of the worst cy
clone i'm the history of Nebraska. Th
property loss is estimated at ten mil
l. lion dollars. The tornado swcI
through Il strip five miles long in TN
northern part of the city at 81
o'clock yesterday evening, carryin
death and destruction in its path.
Is positively known that siXty-five mt
, death in Omaha. -Four are known
, be dead at Ralston, n suburb. whil
, reports from other towns are certai
to increase the death list.
Ii Is believed that at least NV
B hundred met death. All wires out I
B Omaha were prostrated and IL WI
D hours before communication with Il
D devastated sections was restored. TT
D tornado entered the city from Il
southwest after destroying Ralsto
and swept past the county hospital.
travelled I'm a northeasterly directio
sweeping everything before il al
then changed its course, travclii
4 east of the Missouri river where
\ disappeared into the Iowa bluffs.
J Buildings were picked up, twist'
and hurled with terrific force again
smaller structures. The wind treat,
rich and poor alike. razing buildin
y I'm the most aristocratic section
ID the city as well as the tenement di
~ tricts.
Some of the most costly houses
the city are demolished. The tornaI
al was followed by torrential rains al
lie scores of fires were started simulta
eoulsly. Twenty-Five homes were