New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-27
OMAHA SPENDS DAY
BURY|NG ITS DEAD
FIfty.tWo Funerals Bring Home
to Citizens Realization OF
Tornado'S Destruction.
ONE SERVICE FOR FAMILY
Many Gases of Destitution
Found by Relief Workers, and
Unreasonable Cold Adds
70 Their Suffering.

Omaha. March - -Fifty-two funerals
brought home with greater force 10 the
citizens Of Omaha to-day the full rea.iza-
ton 90 the extent Of Sundays tornado
All day long as fast as hcarses could de-
post the bodies at graves continual
death procession was kept NJ.
There was little ceremony. \, quickly
as one funeral was over another began.
Cndertakers co-operated IN arranging
burials In several instances where entire
families were killed or where more tnan
one member of family awaited burial
one funeral service was held.
one cf the most pi,iful Of the funerals
was that # Mrs Mary Rathkey and two
small children Surviving Mr.. RathkeN
IS the husband and father VINO is nearly
demented over the disaster. and who has
not heaa seen 10y friends since he learned
Of his V ife's death. Mrs Rathkey ana her
children were killed I'm their home
Many cases OF desttution were reported
during the day Relief work. seemed 10
SLOW. up. IT took much time TO prepare
card indexes Of sufferers wants ano 20
make acquisitions ON the central iel'l
station at the auditorium for supplies
Relief Forces Overwhelmed.
While thes formalt.s were beng
carried through want staiked through
disconsolate homes rom one corner 'i
the CITY To the other The task of car
ing for those needing food clothing, SUP
plies and money - med TO he loo Tai -
for the relief forces
FortN-fVe more persons aPpIleu 'wu ~. a"
to-day than on any previous pdH- me-
remained however. many cases OF sen
sitive pride that prey ented sufferers iI'i"
applying for assistance ..,
s Young girl who came 90 the Stat"n
nj 10Th and LeaVenworth streets toid OF
father siXty-hve years oiQ VINO ~
latored for forty years ana mao Jus
completed payments on a small nom,
which was in ruins. The iatnei Woulu
not ask for aid. but the child do ana j.
was forthcoming
patrick AicFnro. ninetN-fNe wears old,
and = C. Boyd we're added 20 Inc ilst
~ dead TO-DAY All the hospitals Sd.H
many of the injured mad been taken /"
the homes of relatives or friends. To
injured stil i'm the institutions We're re-
ported improving
TO Prevent GKto~tlor.
The Real Estate Exchange les taken
steps to prevent the raisine of rents
Already cases of alleged attempted eN-
tortiou have been reported. some by
members Of the exchange Itself kXecu-
iives Of that body decided to deal harSn'y
with any owners found taking advantage
OF those forced to secure new homes on
account Of tie tornado.
Hundreds Of persons from all parts of
the country. unable to hear nom reia-
tives. have come to the city seeking news
Many persons known TO have been IN the
vicinity of that par; OF the city wrecked
by the storm have been reported miss
ing, and everything possible Is 0eins
done 10 locate them.
Plans Tor the immediate rebuilding OF
the wrecked district are being worked
out by a big company Of omaha business
men. a corporation is being formed To
handle the matter in systematic man
ner and assist the unfortunates who lost
their homes and personal effects This
institution will begin AT once the task
Of al least partially reconstructins many
homes.
Two more bodies were found in Council
Bluffs to-day They were those Of J. Al
bert Johnson and his wife. Their home
was wrecked.
Another period OF unreasonable cold fol-
lowed Yesterdays snow storm and in
creased to-day the already long list or
sufferers from the storm. Vehicles or
all kinds were commandeercd to carry re-
lief 10 the storm victims. tuei being most
I'm demand.
An unusual incident in connection with
the storm was the receipt by Mayor
Dahlman of a sympathetic telegram from
the Mayor of Dayton. Ohio. To-day
Mayor Dahman telegraphed the Dayton
executive a similar message in connection
with the food in the Ohio town.