Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-25

tBy Morning journal Special Leased wire)
Omaha. Neb.. March 24.-it has
taken Omaha and the surrounding
country thirty-siN hours TO begin TO
appreciate The cnofmity of the dcNas-
tation wrought hy the Easter evening
storm OF wind and rain.
The storm assumed first the Ne-
locity and destructive effects Of "A eN-
clone and ended its existence In a se-
ries of tcrnadOes. which dropped
fiercely on many parts of the city ana
country without regard to human life
or property and visited the greater
portion Of the residential portion Of
Omaha.
Tonight the number Of known dead
within the area covered by the storm,
is estimated at 225. OF whom l52 were
residents OF omaha. The remaining
dead are scattered over a considerable
range Of territory. with Council BUTTS
reporting twelve. Yutan and Ralston,
Neb., sixteen and fourteen, respee-
lively: Berlin, Neb. seven, GlenWooq,
Ia.. five: Neola. la. two, and Bartlett
Ia, three
The same cities and towns report
an aggregate of 440 injured and $50
homes demolished.
The monetary loss will, it is esti-
mated exceed S5.000.0e0. perhaps
fifteen hundred persons are homeless
Aside from this, 1900 buildings were
more or less damaged many of these
being church edifices and school
buildings. Eight Of Omaha's public
schools were wrecked.
An forms Of communication were
almost annihnated by the wind and
only tWo or three wires We're IN work
ing condition when daylight relieved
IA night Of high tension. which, at
times, almost lecame panic soldiers,
state and national troops, poured into
the city during the day to aid in
bringing order out of what for Ill
teen hours had been chaos. To-
night these guardians OF the pence
are patroling the residence districts
aiding the police TO maintain order
aud relieve such cases of suffering
as come TO their notice
The hospitals I'm Omaha tonight are
fun cf injured many of Whom have
not been Identified. apparently be
cause their friends are either dead
or among the injured Governor More
head, himself, has taken personal
charge Of the stale troops There
has been little or no lOoting Ihe
business men are cooperating IN
every way. The omaha hotels nave
thrown open their doors for the ih-
iured.
Every train into Omaha today
brought scores Of physicians from
nearby towns who have friends and
relatives here and they made up the
continual stream Of visitors to the
,,,,rgtt.e and tho hgGpifalc
The storm appeared 70 have started
at Fifty fourth anad Center streets.
From there IL Travelled north. veerlng
slightly to the east to LeavenwOrth
street. Then Il tock a northeastsriy
course to Fo1tieth and Farnum streets,
sweeping its way through everything.
eall travelling little east Of north,
IL covered a course from Fortieth
street east to Thirty fourth street a
distance OF six blocks.
Striking Bemis park, where the
homes OF the well-to-do Om1hans are
Iocated the storm turned sharply 70
the cast and passed along Parker and
Blonde streets 80 Twenty street
where It's Path was six blocks Wide,
In the latter section the destruction
is complete. Finally al Fourteenth
and Spencer streets the storm swept
ever the bluffS, htgh ahuNe the MIS-
souri, river, demolished the Missouri
Pacific round house. levelled the big
trestle or the Illinois Central railroad
over Charter lake. wrecked number
Of buildings near the Rod and Gun
elul fashionable outing club, and
disappeared 20 the northeast
The greatest loss Of life occurred
secticnalN. Three points In the paih
Of the storm offered the greatest sac
rifices These were at Fortieth and
Farnum streets. where a crowd mad
sought refuge in garage. al Twenty
fourth and Lake streets, where q NOV
ing picture theater was demolished,
and at Twenty fourth street and VII
lis avenue. where pool room had at
tracted a crowd In each of these
places the fatalities We're large.
No such catastrophe had ever be-
fore visited the citv and it was over
Whelmed by il. The people quickly
rose to the situation. however and
measures Of relief We're ORGANIZED
promptly Trinity cathedral. parish
of the Omaha Episcopal church, was
temporarily turned into coffee
house. Catholic priests visited homes