The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-25

OMAHA. March 24-Two hum
dred people Killed in Omaha and
vicinity three hundred to FIVE hum
dred injured, two hundred and fifty
residences absolutely destroyed and
more than one thousand. more or
less. injured, many to such an eN-
tent that they cannot he repaired.
il the result Of the big cyclone which
swept through the very heart Of the
residence district of the city late
Easter Sunday afternoon, cutting
swath four blocks wide and about
eight miles long
Five hundred State ana United
States troops have stood guard all
day today and are on duty tonight,
patrolling the wrecked district The
city council today voted s25, 600 relief
to the stricken people, and all news
papers are collecting subscriptions.
The State Of Nebraska viii proba bly,
vote a $100, 090 relief fund in the
legislature tomorrow.
The property loss is simply APP
palling By some il is placed as
high as $4,000 600 Insurance adj
iusters, after a hasty survey of the
field. announced the loss to be be-
tween $4,000 600 and $1,000. 600 Most
OF this huge loss Will fall upon the
people themselves Comparatively
few carried tornado insurance.
Path Plaii&I Marked
Tn bringing 10 Omaha the in-
enviahle distinction of being the
scene of the most disastrous tornado
/ to property in the history of the
+ United States not even excepting that
of ST. Louis over a decade ago. yes
terday's big twister plainly marked
its path. the width of which may be
measured in feet, and inches Great
residences and buildings were cut
clearly In two.
AS far as can be ascertained the
+ twistcr started up in its career Of hor-
ror somewhere IN Cass county, wiping
out the town Of Yutan, and then
striking through Waterloo and Rail-
stOn. It's Zig-Zag course was baf-s
/ fling. and many towns report losses
which indicate that the main stem
of the tornado was constantly giving
Oft smaller tWisters. which acted as
/ aankers with the deadly intent az
making the clean sweep over The out
lying territory Gretna, Union and
Willard felt the force of the wind.
but the chief disaster lay in the path
Of the big, wide, allpowerful cloud
which entered Omaha almost exactly
at the city limits on Centre street.
Poor Farm II Spared.
The eastern boundary Of the death-
strewn course at this point seemed
70 be the county hospital and poor
farm. although the main building
with it's hundreds Of helpless inmates,
was spared. All of the barns and out
houses of the various buildings were
swept clean.
The wind boundary lay along the
Falls City branch of the Missouri
Pacific until Forty-eighth and Leaven-
worth streets, was reached when
the tornado seemed TO jump TO the
Farnunl Hin residence district Al
this point the path vas about Ave.
blocks in width. and nothing but ruin
was left within it's confines From
the entrance of the storm into Ben.is
park it appeared to have hroadened8
its scope. Rel9ntlessly it tore path
through block after block of slpra
buildings, flats and homes Ia
kountze Place the scene Of dcyas-
tation euualed that I'm any other sec
trict Dinney street, recognized AS
one of the prettiest thoroughfares III
Omaha. from the Boulevard east tD
sherman avenue, is rendered inf~
passahle. Great trees. the. pride of
the residents of the street, We're sup-e