Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-03-26
OMAHA STORM AND FIRE SWEPT.
Hundreds Killed and Injured-Prop-
erty Loss Reaches Millions.

Lincoln, Neb., March 24.-Omaha,
the chief city OF Nebraska, was
storm-wrecked and fire-swept last
night end this morning so effectu-
ally that 1t is cut off from the entire
world. Only meagre estimates OF the
deathsand damage can be obtained,
but brief dispatches forced through
be devious routes indicate that be-
tween one and three hundred per-
ished, while hundreds of others were
| injured,
Special trains of troops are rush
ing to- the scene and plans are being
made TOR rescue work.
Last evening series of equinoc-
tial gales began sweeping the Mis-
souri, valley and the Middle West. At
! least seven States sustained heavy
damaS9s. including Nebraska, Iowa,
illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Mis-
souri,
Omaha's suburbs suffered heavily
! from the storm. Ralston, to the
southwest Of the city, was razed to
the ground. A half score or more
are dead.
Council Bluff. across the river, re-
!. ported mine dead and a score injured
The worst damage was done and
the largest toll Of life eXacted in the
western part of Omaha, This is the
residence portion.
The destruction wrought was ap-
palhrSs Whole blocks Of homes
We're dashed into shapeless mass.
Street Gears were hurled from the
tracks and demolished.
A moving picture show at Twenty
fourth and Lake streets was de-
stroyed. Ten dead and eight injured
| fro hn
About fifty were in the building at
the time, and it is believed most Of
them were buried in the ruins.
Federal soldiers from Fort Omaha
assisted the police in keeping the
looters and morbid curiosity seekers
at BAY The city presented the ap-
pearance of being under martial law.
Property Damage $4,000, 900.
Chicago, March 24-The Western
Union telegraph Company has been
advised by it's Omaha office that the
damage there from the tornado will
amountito more than $12,000,000.
Snow Now Falling.
Omaha, Neb., March 25. "A snow
,tstossp tyesia here hash al ighte "a this
morning. and now more than three
inches Of snow covers the debris In
the section of the city struck by the
cyclone of Sunday. Shivering from
cold, but awe-inspired by the nature
of their work, scores Of men, w0-
men and children this morning strug-
gled in the snow to recover the dead
or rescue the injured.
Floods i'm Indiana and Ohio.
Dispatches this morning state that
|sthe rivers in those States have be-
come so swollen by the excessive
rains that sections of the territory
are being turned into vast lakes.
I. In Indiana 1T is estimated that not
less than 5000 families are home
less, number of lives have been
lost, and the property damage is al
most beyond computation.
/ Reports from Cincinnati say that
at Dayton, Ohio, sixty persons are
known to have been drown, and the
situation is critical. What the peo-
pie need most," says ali official in
reporting the distressing conditions
i is boats. The water Is high in every
street, and without boats assistance
Is impossible"
Columbus, Ohio, reports scores OF
towns in that State under water, and
Governor Cox has sent an urgent ap-
peal to the Red Gross Society for re-
lief and immediate aid.
The police of Columbus at 10
O'Clock Tuesdag night issued warn
ings to the citizens Of that city to
flee to the highlands for safety.