Arizona republican., 1913-03-26
That Is Official Number of Victims of Easter Tor nado-Nearly Twice That Injured and Deaths Oc- cur Hourly
| SNOWFALL ADDS
 TO DEVASTATION
Systematic Relief Work Is Being Organized - More Than Million Dollars Is Available-Offers of Cash Pour In
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 OMAHA. March 25.-Today for the first time since the disastrous tor nado on Easter the people of Omaha began today to count the cost both in lives and in dollars. When the re- suit was made known it was appar- ently more appalling than those who studied it are willing to admit No less than 200 lives were snuffed out within the vicinity of the city proper and in not less than fifty surround ing towns people lost their lives. Nearly five hundred were injured eight of these died in hospitals dur ing the day.
 The Restitution was augmented to- day when nearly three inches of snow fell on the stricken district making it entirely unha bitable, the houses where many were prepared to retain their temporary homes were only par tially wrecked structures.
 So far as money might relieve, the conditions were perfect. Tenders of sums aggregating a million were in the hands of city officials when the day ended Offers came from ev>ry section of the country and were made unconditionally The greatest work today was organizing systematic relief bureau with seven branch sta tiOns in the territory covered by the tornado Subscription lists circulat- ed by the newspapers and others brought the total available immediate relief fund to nearly $200.000
 City Commissioner Ryder stated that offers of nearly a million from the outside were received but declar- ed Omaha. Nebraska is able to care for their own However he expressed grateful appreciation of the offer.;. Local theaters have arranged to give ! benefit performances Saturday ngJt Six injured died in local hospitals. They were: Flora Cassell. J. D. Hogg. A. w. Lavidge. Earl Price, Mrs. R. k. Fankeven and her baby. The sanitary conditions received i the first consideration in order to prevent an epidemic Several hun dred animals killed in the storm were 1 incinerated The burial of the dead will begin tomorrow. It will require probably three or four days to iden- tify and dispose of all the bodies
 
 busy preparing bodies for burial The coroner still retains eighteen bodies awaiting identification or the care of relatives.
 i One of the most pathetic cases be- 1 fore the coroner was the care of the bodies of one entire family. That was the NJ. Klinsky family. When the twister struck their home the en- 1 tire family was precipitated to the cellar. Five children were found in their beds with faces and bodies bad ly disfigured. Many members of the ! Jewish society spent the day arrang- : ing the funeral of the family. A particularly emphasized appeal 1 for aid came from the suburb of
 Ralston where nearly every home and
 business building was levelled. The town was recently buft up around a
 manufacturing center. Hundreds of ] former Omaha residents had homes
 in the little town which formed the
 vortex of the triangular head of the tornado
 | The first case of attempted footing
 occurred early today when two fed
 eral soldiers were arrested as they
 Were caught entering a wrecked build ing. They were arrested by thir own comrades and sent to Fort Crook for
 court martial
 A SnowStorm which fell intermit- tently since last night ended tonight It has greatly deterred the relief of
 workers but acted as a deterrent of
 incipient fires which continued to break out during the day. . McN X. pf lp
 Commercial club told today of the es-
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