Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-25

Privations of the storm sufferers
are being greatly increased by the
heavy snowstorm which is following
so closely in the wake of the tornado.
The women tugging at heavy beams,
hoping against hope to find the living
bodies of dear ones beneath the tons
of wreckage; men gruff1y cheering
their sorrowful mates; sniveling
children wrapped about with shawls
and blankets were the scenes which
the sunrise showed the federal sol
diers as they paroed the afflicted
districts, aiding in the rescA sAAx2rk slS
and protecting the destroyed ana
unoccupied homes from conscience
less looters.
Later city officials gathered within
the lines drawn around the district
by the soldiers and distributed CLOTH
ing and other necessities among the
sufferers.
More than $4,000 already has been
subscribed for their relief. $4,000 by
the city commissioners and equal
amounts by citizens who attended
yesterdays meeting of commissioners
and other individuals.
Governor Moorehead has notihed
Mayor Dahlman that he will send
special message to the State Legis-
lature asking an appropriation OF
funds to take care of the homeless
throughout the STATE. Public sub
scriptions are being taken by various
newspapers and the amounts already
pledged for relief work run into thou
Eands.
Governor Moorehead, after an in
spection of the storm district, said;
"This is my conception of hell. 1t is
horrible and it has presented a most
complex situation The loss of life
and damage to property is the great
est conceivable blow, not only to
Omaha, but to the entire State of
Nebraska. will call upon the State
of Nebra ska to render every assist
ance. and l am sure the state will
respond.
MY horror and grief simply are
beyond my powers of expression
Doctors and Nurses Volunteer.
The injured at hospitals are receiv-
ing the best possible attention Phy-
sicians of Omaha and Council Bluffs
have volunteered their services and
trained nurses have willingly fol-
lowed the example of the physicians.
Those patients who have shown inn
provement today will be moved from
the temporary hospitals to places
which have been provided for them
by the city officials. Most of them are
homeless, losing their abodes in the
same instant of receiving their in
juries.
The snow, which, according to re-
ports, is falling with blizzard like
proportions from Colorado to central
<Iowa. has seriously interfered with
the slender thread of telegraphic
communication which yesterday
afternoon was established from
Omaha to the outer world. Practical
" no information has been obtains
able TODAY from the devastated sec
tions of Nebraska and Iowa. The fact
that such intense suffering is being
caused here by the present Storm in
spite of, the heroic efforts being made
by. the city to provide for and pro-
'tect all who have been made de-
pendent on it. caused Governor
Moorehead to fear that the conditions
withia the State are in deplorable
shape. He stated that he would
hasten action before the State Legis-
lature to secure suffieient funds for
the immediate care of storm victims.
Adding to the suffering which fol-
lowed the tornado, a heavy snow be-
gan to fan late last night. and today
two inches of it covered the ground,
hampering the work of rescue and re-
construction.
Bodies ef dead or injured still lie in
the debris and wreckage and the
search by federal soldiers and anxious
relatives of possible victims continued
through the storm last night and to-
day. Some residents of the district
declare it their belief that at least 100
bodies are buried in the ruins of
houses and brick buildings of amuse-
ment places which are Known to have
been filled with pleasure seekers on
Easter Sunday.
city officials, however, do not esti-
mate the unrescued at so large a
number, admitting. nevertheless, that
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