Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-03-28
WORST STORM IN HISTORY
SWEEPS CENTRAL STATES
BRINGING DESTRUCTION
CYCLONE STRIKES OMAHA
AND VICINITY, TOTAL DEAD
p. REACHES TWO HUNDRED

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friends or relatives. Many persons
known to have been in the vicinity of
the portion of the city ridden by the :,
storm have been reported missing,
and everything possible is being done
to locate them. =
Plans for the immediate rebuilding
of the tordano stricken district are
being worked out by big company Of
Omaha business men. =
Police Act as Messengers,
Failing to hear from their friends,
large numbers OF persons are coming
to Omaha to make a personal search.
The police took charge of the receipt
and delivery of messages concerning
injured people because of the inability
of the messenger boys to deliver them.
A large squad of police with motor
cars was pressed into service. s3
While telegraph and telephone
companies are doing everything in
their power to get their lines into
working order, the task is Herculean
and large amount of unsent bust
ness was hurried to nearby towns for:
transmission.
= Will Care for Themselves a
/ Many business men have reeeiFed
sseatsss esera
col eaIna aias
aatisanelal aid and lose
Hard. president local bank, wired
each the following reply
No damage whatever in business
portion. Loss confined to a port tionsEf
residence, district, mostly to ordinary
houses of moderate cost. Probably
one thousand OF such destroyed or
damaged We all appreciate kind out
side offers of help, but the people of
this city and state can and will care
for all needs 5s5: ~
Trinity cathedral sheltered 100
homeless women and children, the re-
lief committees had established food
station there. Coffee, rolls and sand.
wiches were distributed to the suffer
ers, many of whom had lost their
worldly possessions and were scantly
clad. 83jss ss @55@$
Body Taken From rec Top.
A body Identified by papers in the
pockets as that Of Frank Jamison,
Chicago, was taken from. the top of
a high tree in Bennis park.
Miss Lillian Stuff !, in charge of the
food depot at Jacobs hall, received a
telegram from Miss Jane Delano,
head of the Red Cross In America, au-
thorizing her to call all Nebraska en-
rolled Red Cross nurses. This puts
fifty trained nurses under the au-
thority Of Miss Stun, to be ordered on
fdutys when equired: The ! Federal gov
lernment will pay for the services Of
such nurses as may be used y. Thus
far Miss Stun had called but few
nurses.
| d. A canvass OF the spitals is under
way by the Red Cross, the object be.
ling to ascertain what lfjnred will be
idestitute when relieved from the hos
pitfalls. ArTang eInents VIII De made 4
1care for these, and il possible to 50
cure emplo gInelt odging for them.
Is 9 AIAF5i q AslF5 sS Nebs Yester
day for the first time since the dis
Iastrous tornado Of sunday the peoplt
OF Omaha began count tho cost
q both III lives and dol liars. When iii,
resume was mad :lt was naren
that no less than 2o(, lives had Deel
Isnuffed out within JAZZ vicinity off thi
q q city proper, and sat least pai
lsons ii the SUR tow llIa'
Il lost their lives. learly 500 were ii
5ured, and seven of9 those died iii tl
local HOSPITALS yest terlsI
! g Notice ts tlies itors of
Bond of Grand 81. fosIaerly Slrss
n dent ofs this alas been receive
from seferee II sies
lore Hslton stss sorllsata
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