Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-24

BLOCKS DEMOLISHED.
Little Towns Eliminated by Elements
Fires Follow Disaster-Property
Loss is Enormous.

Omaha, Ncb. March 24.-The full
horror of last nights storm broke
upon grief-stricken Omaha shortly
before noon today when Governor
Morehead, Mayor Dahlman and Po-
lice Commissioner J. J. Ryer stated
that the death list would reach two
hundred in Omaha alone, exclusive Of
Ralston and Council Bluffs.
It is now believed that the twister
continued further east and more ia
talities are expected to be reported.
a courier riding in from the little
town of Yutan, on the Union Pacific
Railroad north of here, said the en-
tire pIa-a was blown off the map.
Fifteen persons were Killed outright
and at least fifty are seriously injur-
ed. many of them fatally. The cy-
clone passed over the business and
residence section, demolishing nearly
every building. All accurate lists OF
fatalities will not be known for some
time, rs all wires in that direction
are down.
Wild reports are coming in from
Outside towns where the tornado
struck in full force. II is deemed GER
tain that the death list will reach in
to the hundreds after the tangled de-
bris has been cleared away.
Ilcoln, Neb., March 24.At least
eighteen persons are Gead in Nebras-
ka, outside the city Of Omaha, as the
res;;!t of last nights tornado.
The injured number more than 100,
and twelve persons are reported miss
ING and believed to lie under the
ruirs.
Omaha, March 24.-Fifty persons
are positively known to be dead. ST.
900, 900 worth of property known to be
destroyed, six hundred persons are
ser;5usly injured and at least two
thousand are homeless, rs a result
Of one of the worst cyclones that ever
struck Nebraska, which swept strip
five miles long through the northern
parts of the city last evening, at six
O'Clock.
Four more are known to be dead
in Ralston. suburb.
Dcs Moines, Ia, March 24.-Chi-
cago and Great Westedn officials re-
ceived :: telegram today saying that
Flat Spring, Mo-, town of six hun
dred people was hit by the storm and
DESTROYED. Five bodies have already
bene recovered ard several are miss
ing and many injured. Several
churches and ten residences were
wrecked and in some places the
wreckage caught fire. 1t is feared
some of the missing were burned to
deal II.
Council Bluffs, Iowa. March 24.--
The tail of the twister struck the
outskirts of Council Bluffs and latest
reports at Q a. m, g.ve the total
death list as eight. Eighteen per-
sons were known to be injured by
falling walls and property damage is
estimated at 100000.
Des Moines, Ia, March 24.-Rall-
road men reaching here from Omaha
today assert that the tornado which
struck that city late last night swept
for.v-sevcn city blocks, killing hum
drsis of people and injuring many
more. A call for medical aid was
sent here and a special train with
doctors and nurses.
Sioux City, Ia, March 24.-From
ten to fifteen persons are dead in the
state of Iowa as the result of last
nights storm. rt a, a.
Six were killed at Woodbine. Scv-
eral deaths. were, reported at Craig
over the telephone this morning, but
wire communication had not been re-
stored l,. Il
Chicago, March 24.-One person is
known to be dead, at least one hun
drcd injured and property loss that
vii! amount to in the hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars. was done by the
hurricane and tornado that hit sec
tons of Chicago early ,tocay. .s.e -
Minneapolis, Min. March 24.-At
Minneapolis, at47.20s this morning, the
long distance telephone office got into
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