Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-25

l
 many hours to gather and circulate
 news of the disaster.
 Fire Breaks Out in Debris.
 Fire broke out in the debris of many 1 wrecked buildings in the Nebraska 1 metropolis and these were menaces
 were hindered by fallen walls and blockaded streets. heavy rain fol- lowed the wind, however, which, al- though it drenched the hundreds of homeless persons put out the flames. Of the POP known dead within the l area covered by the storm, 152 were residents of Omaha. The remaining dead are scattered over a considerable
 range of territory, with Council Bluffs 1 reporting twelve; Yutan, Neb. Is;
 Berlin, Neb. 2; Iowa, 5; Neola, Iowa,
 2, and Bartlett, Iowa, 3. The same 1 cities and towns report an aggregate
 of four hundred injured and 450 1 houses demolished.
 l 1900 Persons Homeless. l Perhaps 1,50O persons are homeless.
 Aside from this, 5000 buildings were l damaged, including a number of
 churches and school buildings. Eight
 of Omaha's public schools were 1 wrecked.
 1 almost annihilated by the wind and
 only two or three wires were in work | ing condition when daylight relieved | night of high tension, which at times
 
 and national, poured into the city dur
 ing the day to aid in bringing order out of what for two hours had been chaos.
 Tonight these guardians of the peace are patrolling the residence district, aiding the police to maintain order and relieve such cases of suffering as come to their notice.
 The destruction began with the mil honaire homes in the exclusive West Farnhan and BeLnis Park district, but
 farther northwest the buildings col
 1apsed more easily, and a large number of deaths resulted.
 Forty Physicians from Des Moines. Rescue work started as soon as the people were able to hurry to the i stricken district, but the nights work was done by the light of lanterns and | little was accomplished The storm 1 took down all the wires in it's path and l the electric power was shut off i1nme 1 diately to prevent further loss of life. With the arrival of daylight a train | load of militia from Lincoln and the i presence in the city of Governor Moor 1 head, the work was systemized and 1 tonight indications are that one moro | day will end the search for bodies and will even witness a general attempt at ] rebuilding work.
 Des Moines sent a special train with | forty physicians, and these arriving a. 1 noon helped the local staff who had : been at work since o'clock the night ! before Nurses and medical supplies were also brought on this train. Girl Guarded Mothers Body. Money is already pouring into the i city, the city organizations taking the 1 lead in providing funds.
 1 State and religious bodies are sc | operating and offers of help are coming from all quarters of the United States veritabIe death house after the storm had spent it's fury. Every available
 room was pressed into service and one 1 after another the dead and injured were brought into the house. A pathetic sight was that of a young ! girl keeping watch over the body of | her mother. The mother, Mrs. John | Newman, had been killed instantly. As | tute, awaiting suitable burial arrange ments, the daughter. Mabel Newman, | told of the storm
 Both Buried In Wreckaee. 1 Mother was i'll and confined to a room on the second floor of our home" she said. When the winds hit the 1 house it toppled over as if built uf ! pasteboard. Mother and myself were | buried in the wreckage. AS soon as l l could pull myself from the debris I l began a search for her. Board after ! board I lifted; tugged and pulled at l them until my hands were cut and | bleeding Finally I reached her. I bent down to raise her, but she was dead" l A coincidence among the injured at l the Child institute was that all were 1 badly cut about the face, while the 1 bodies were comparatively free from 1 wounds. Ugly looking scalp wounds marked every injury.
 i A Birthday Party in Progress. The home of George J. Duncan, ad- Vertising manager of the Omaha Bee, was comp1etely destroyed. MT. Dun can died at a, hospital this afternoon. | Mrs. Duncan is in a critical condition. At the home of Patrick Hynes a par 1 ty in celebration of his S1st birthday was in progress The guests had just l begun dinner and were drinking a toast 1 to the health of their host when the 1 storm swept the house away. l All in the party escaped with minor 1 injuries except a grandchild, Miss Ce- | cilia Bigelow, who was internally in 1 trred. s<sst 1 '"The party had just begun dinner" were making merry and. old as I am, I 1 had entered into the spirit. Suddenly | there was a roaring sound. The next l minute the house was in ruins. I wig | gled around and out and aided the 1 others in escaping"
 John Wriahtis Close Call. 1 Then suddenly brought back to ths I fact that his grandchild was near death, he said:
 l "Oh. if it had only been me instead l of Cece1ia-"
 I When the storm had passed MT. and 1 Mrs. c. M. Wilhelm found themselves buried under a mass of broken and ] twisted furniture. They extricated themselves with difficulty. John Wright. 2 railroad watchrnan,