The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-26
City Looks AS Though 1t Has
b Been Riddled by a Bonn
bardment
DEATH LIST NOW
SAID TO BE 218
Others Declare More Than
One Hundred Bodies Re-
main to Be Recovered
from the Ruins

OMAHA. NEB.. March 25.-When
the citizens of this stricken town
arose today they looked upon a city
covered with two feet of snow that
had fallen overnight, to add to the
misery and sufferings of rescuers, and
those whom the tornado had left
homeless The city looks as though
it had been riddled by a lombard
snent
The latest reports today increased
the number Of dead In Omaha rs
result of Sundays tornado TO 2lS.
while 325 are reported a. having SUI
fered injuries sufficiently serious to
call for surgical treatment
Sixteen additional bodies were tax.
en- from the IdIewiId a pool hall fire.
quently by colored men this morning.
making the total thus far received
from that place thirty-one. The
building. after being wrecked by the
tornado, caught FIRE frem an ever
turned stove aud burned.
Panic ttetgucr.
The condition OF the bodies indi-
Gated that the utmost panic reiened IN
In groups. where the men had hud-
died together when the structure col
lapsed.
4 bloch from this hall was located
the Diamond moving picture theater
which was wrecked sixteen bodies
already had been removed from that
structure when WORK fflent began today
g further search The owners Of
the theater expressed belief that no
bodies remained. however.
Snow Impeeies ReScues.
Shivering from the cold and awe-ir3-
splred by the nature OF their work
scores Of men. women and children
this morning struggled in the snow IL
rescue the dead ar injured bodies Of
reiatives and friends who lay buried
beneath the wreckage of homes and
buildings
Some residents Of the district de-
clare It their belief that at least 100
bodies are buried in the rains Of
houses and brick buildings Of amuse-
ment places which are known to have
been nlled with pleasure seekers en-
Easter sunday
City officials however, do not esti-
mate the unrescued In SO large a num-
Der. admitting. nevertheless. that
many persons Yet arc to be accounted
for
The suowstorm. which seriously IS
hampefinE the work OF rescue, began
shortly after midnight this morning
and ~ continuing with gathering
force More than three inches of snow
covers the debris In the section Of the
city ~ hfCh was struck hss the cyclone
Snow Add~ To suffering
TrivationS Of the storm sufferers
are being greatly increased by the
heavy Snowstorm which is following
SO closely in the wake II the tornado.
Women tugging AZ heavy beams. hop
ing against hope If finding liking
bodies OF dear ones beneath the tons
az wreckaee; men gruf'y cheering
their sorrowfui mates; sniveljug chill
Srcn wrapped about with Shawls and
blankets were fhe scenes which at
sunrise this morning greeted the fed
Grad soldiers as they patrol(cd the af-
fiictcd district aiding in tho rescue
work and protecting the destroyed
and unoccupied homes from con-
sclenceless hooters.
Later city officials gathered within
the lines drawn around the district by
the soldiers and distributed clothing
and other necessities among the suf
More than 100000 has been subserib-
ed for their work, sT5. 900 by the city
commissioners and equal amounts by
citizens who attended yesterdays
meetings of the commissioners and
other individuals.
Physicians Volunteer Services,
The injured at hospitals are receiving
the best possible attention. Physicians
az Omaha and Council Bluffs have
volunteered their services and trained
nurses have willingly followed the ex-
ample Of the physicians Those pa
tients who have shown Improvement to-
day will he removed from the temper
airy hospitals TO places which have
been provided for them by the city
officials Most of them are homeless.
losing their abodes in the same in
n inc hot 4rsX ttSf.
OF the patients whose conditions are
considered more or less critical have
which the tornado made OF their prop
erty.
the snow. which, according 70 re
PROPORTIONS from COLORADO to &C central ei
Iowa, has seriously interfered with
what slender thread of teiegraphic
$ Communication yesterday afternoon
was established from Omaha To the
Practically no information has been
obtainable this morning from the de-
vastated sections of Nebraska and
Iowa,
Governor Fears For Other Places.
The fact that such intense suffer-
ing is being caused here by the pres
ent storm in spite of the heroic eff
forts being made by the city to pro-
vide for and protect all who have been
made dependent on it caused Cover
nor Morehead to fear that the con-
dtions within the State are in de-
.plorable shape, He stated that he
would hasten action before the State
legislature to secure sufficient funds
for the immediate care of storm vic
time
Telephone and telegraph communi-
cation, though re-established in a
measure yesterday afternoon, again
faces elimination by the snowstorm,
Commercial telegraph companies to-
day are deluged with messages from
persons who await knowledge of the
safety of friends or relatives and Of
d and States.