The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-25

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enter with fear in their hearts that
when the sheets are turned back they
will gaze upon the dead faces OF dear
ones.
Later reports from Ralston, the
suburb that was destroyed, indicate
that two other bodies have been pull
ed from the debris. besides those re-
ported yesterday. The body OF an un-
identified man, said to be j. j. Nc,
Donald or Bert Thomas. was found
last evening. The mayor has appealed
for aid
No more damage 10 reported from
Council Bluffs, and It IL believed the
death list in that place has been com
Fpleted. The property loss viii prob.
ably be $25o,0o0. Altogether there
were twelve people killed In Council
Bluffs.
Two men. giving the names Of John
Fletcher and Arnold Dillon, were arr
rested last night by soldiers and
Charges are now preferred against
them for footing the ruins. County
Attorney Magney declares that loot.
ers and ghouls. If convicted, will be
severely dealt with.
The sad scenes to be enacted today
are probably the most trying of the
entire catastrophe, when the last
words are said for the dead and the
last song Of praise sung. There vii
be at least score of funerals today
and they will continue for days.
Mute evidence of the terror of Sun
day nights storm will be given when
seven hearses, bearing the bodies OF
the Krinsky family. consisting Of the
parents and five children, went their
silent way to the cemetery.
At least six of the beautiful homes
DESTROYED by the storm we're newly
built. That OF d. X. Ellingwood,
Wholesale lumber dealer, and that OF
Gould Dietz, In the same neighbor-
hood. had just been completed. AS in
the case Of most of the sufferers,
there was no tornado insurance on
either of these homes. They were
shattered into kindling wood and will
be total loss. Within two blocks OF
these residences were three homes in
the process of construction.
Fourteen Hours After.
Fourteen hours after the storm had
passed over the city, a crowd of be-
wildered people stood about the ruins
of the Diamond moving picture thea
tire. Firemen had Just begun moving
the debris, and it was considered i'm
possible that any human being could
be found alive under the tangled
mass. A few OF the timbers had been
moved, when negro, whose name
was later learned to be John Brown,
arose, like a wrath, from the ruins
and, in the twinkling OF an eye, had
disappeared down the street. running
as fast as fear-driven heels could
carry him. He had been pinned under
the wreckages by heavy timbers. but
came out uninjured.
At least fifty persons who were in
the moving picture theatre from
which Brown escaped are thought TO
have made their way out before the
walls fell in. Six people, including
four women. who made their escape
after the walls had been smashed, de-
clare that fully two-thirds of the
audience had warning of the twister
and dashed out Into the street before
the crash came.
Mrs. w w Sherwood. who resides
in the storm path, was i'll in bed
when the tornado struck her home.
In the bed with her was week-old
babe. When the crash was over, the
baby was gone an 1t Is thought to
have been blown to another part of
the house and killed.
Standing among the ruins of one
of the most beautiful homes in Ne
braska. George A. JosIyn, It's owner.
today declared that he did not care to
rebuild the castle tina. for years has
been one OF Omaha's most interesting
sights. When the tornado struck
Omaha, the proud battlements of the
Joslyn castle reared themselves in
the midst of beautiful shade trees.
/ each OF which had been planted anu
cared for by Mr.. Joslyn himself.
Il am too old to take upon my
shoulders the task Of rebuilding my
! home said Mr.. Joslyn. as he paced
restlessly over wrecked masonry, fall
len trees and scattered household
goods. 1t is probable that row o!
houses will replace the castle.
Trains arriving in Omaha report un,
heard of conditions. Rock Island train
number 10 arrived several hours late
For ten miles along the track, brake