The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-03-28
TORNADO KILLS ESQ.
OMAHA SWEPT BY WORST STORM
OF ExISTENCE-CITY RE-
PORTED BURNING.
SEVERAL SMALL TOWNS DESTROYED
Terre Haute, Indiana, Reports Twelve
Killed by Storm-Chicago Also
Gets a Touch-AlI Lines of
Communi- alton Ruined.

Falls Ciy, Neb.-Half of the city of
Omaha was swept by a tornado early
Sunday night, according to informa-
tion gained here by long distance tele-
phone. All railroad and commercial
telegraph lines into Omaha are out of
commission.
Berlin, a small town near Omaha,
damaged by the storm, is said to be on
fire.
Two Tornadoes in Nebraska.
Two tornadoes, forming near Green
wood today, swept over the eastern
part of the state, resulting in the death
of at least 20 persons, while 10 more
are missing and more than 100 are in
jured.
Yutan, 16 miles north of Ashland,
sufferel the most of any city and ten
people are missing, while so more are
injured. With the water works out of
commission a fire broke out and the
entire place was threatened with de-
struction.
Another rumor says that Ashland,
Neb., had been destroyed by a tornado.
Details were lacking. Yutan and Ash
land are 20 miles apart and about 40
miles west of Omaha.
Later reports placed the death list
at Yutan at Is, with so injured. 1t was
said the destruction of the town was
complete from the tornado and the fire
that afterward SWEPT it.
One of the storms went west and the
other east. The one which went north
did the most Image, according to
early reports.
Six Killed a Woodbine, Iowa.
Six persons were killed, houses were
unroofed and many thousand dollars of
damage was done at Woodbine, Iowa,
by the storm.
Several persons are reported killed
at Craig, Neb.
Twelve Dead in Terre Haute.
Terre Haute, Ind.-Loss of life and
severe property damage was caused
by a tornado which wiped out the
southern part of Terre Haute at II
o'clock Sunday night.
oCOItS WtIS luJulSu anu piopCi y
damage will reach hundreds of thou
sands of dollars.
: All wires we're blown down in the
, district affected.
1t is expected the death list will bt
more than IL.
, With no warning the terrific gall
/. swept down upon the district. Bricl
oo1 ,ta~o etr,,ofrroc clffarnd a1iRp
t Lightning set fire to many houses
Men, women and children wer.
crushed to death IN bed. Some es
= capped to the cellars. Whole structure
= were blown away by the force OF thu
wind. The manned and injured wer'
rushed to hospitals as fast as the,
> were e%xtricated.
: The heavy downpour OF rain is al
that prevented scores of injured from
!, being burned in the debris of thei
: homes.
Perth, Indiana, Nearly Destroyed.
Greencastle, Ind.-Perth, a minini
town, 10 miles west of here, was pra6
: tically wiped out by a tornado tonight
: Many persons were injured, but no los
, of life has been reported. The prop
; erty loss is estimated at $4,000.
Five States Are Affected.
Chicago.-A terrific wind storm
g causing widespread destruction an
n loss of life and property, wrecking tn
g already demorali"ed telegrs phi service
ragged wei the central west and mic
a I -4oA~~ JofA fN1ou Pnnnrfc frn1
g Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois an
Indiana indicate heavy damage, bu
- owing to the wrecking of the telegrap
n lines the reports are fragmentary an
C lacking in detail.
a Shortly after midnight the storr
reached Chicago. Its coming was pre-
p saged by virtually a total failure {
telegraph lines in all directions. RI
ports of disaster in the southern an
central parts of Illinois could not b
confirmed because of the impossibilit
of getting into co nmunication wit
the endangered cities.
: Several persons were reported kille
and many injured at Galesburg, ILL.,, a
cording to reports to the American TIE
egraph and Telephone company her
10 Known Dead in Nebraska.
q Chicago.-The known dead by tn
L. tornado in Nebraska are:
10 In Yutan-Mrs. Gillster, Mrs. Sci,
" baugh and baby, Fred Hayens, tW
y. children; Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Hammer
I. and two children, Mr.. and Mrs. He
u man Starman.
ne The known dead elsewhere:
ne Baby daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ere
's- Ohnf, killed on a farm near Meat
Henry Hickory, killed on a farm ne
Mead; Henry Schel and Mrs. w. Ba
cock.
ID Some of the injured:
&C. Child of Herman Starman, Mrs. He
Id man Starman may die.
Or, Latest . cports From Ruins.
he Omaha Neb. March 24.-It has ia