The Red Cloud chief., 1913-03-27

anu internally injured.
Henry Jensen. head cut
Baby of Mrs. Babcock
Child Of Henry Starman, leg broken.
w. II. Steinbaugh. badly hurt.
Utah Hayden. head cut.
Walter Hayden, leg broken.
Mrs. Fred Hayden. badly hurt
Fred Ohms and child. badly hurt.
Homes Are Demolished.
Omaha's suburbs suffered heavily
from The storm In the southwest OF
Omaha half score or more are dead.
East Omaha. which felt the tail of the
twister, reported houses demolished,
bur no lives lost, Council Bluffs. le.,
suffered nine dead. score or more
injured and great damage to property.
The worst damage was done, and
the largest toll Of lives was exacted
IN the western part Of Omaha and in
the vicinity Of Twenty.fourth and
Lake streets. and from there north.
east to Sixteenth and Binney. This
Is the residence portion, and the de-
struction wrought was well.nigh ap-
palling Whole blocks of homes were
picked up and dashed into a shape
less mass
Street cars were hurled from the
tracks and demolished.
Killed In Picture Show.
A moving picture show at Twenty.
fourth and Lake was destroyed Ter
dead and eight injured have thus far
been removed from the ruins. About
nifty persons were in the theater at
the time Of the disaster and 1t Is
feared that most Of these are buried
in the debris.
The final film was just being put on
when the showhouse was struck. The
roof of the building fell in and In the
rush which was made through the
only exits open, many Of those who
were not before injured were trampled
and crushed.
The rush continued over the bodies
OF the dead and few OF the attend
ants escaped.
Bemis Park, one Of the prettiest
residence districts in Omaha, was
razed to the ground and fire complet.
ed the destructive work Of the tor.
nado.
Among the show places Of the city
which felt the baneful effects of the
storm was the Joslyn castle. The
| roof was torn OF and the trees and
shrubbery uprooted.
Convent 10 Unroofed.
The Convent Of the Poor Clares at
Twenty-ninth and Hamilton streets
was unroofted and the grounds were
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that the Sacred Heart academy at
Thirty.sixth and Bart streets was de
molished.
The storm SO paralyzed the tele
graph service that early in the day NO
reports Of the disaster could be COM
municated to the outside world. The
Omaha telegraph offices sent their
Press messages to Lincoln on an early
morning train In an effort to get them
east.
At 1880 a. m. Omaha presented Q
sorry spectacle as result of the ter.
rifle storm. From the Field club,
which Is In the western part of the
city,. to the Carter Lake club. situated
at the northeast extremity. is one
mass of debris from two to six blocks
wide.
Buildings Twisted to Pieces.
The tornado struck the better resi-
dence parts Of the city at six o'clock.
Residences were taken from their
foundations and twisted to pieces by
the wind.
The Woodmen Of the World build.
ing, the highest structure in the city,
was damaged to a great extent, every
piece Of glass from two sides being
blown out.
1t was reported that the Illinois
Central railroad bridge over the Mis-
souri, river was destroyed. This re-
port was not confirmed by passengers.
A big fire was reported raging at
Seventeenth and Cash streets, and
the residence district.
What is known as the Venus valley
district was leveled by the wind.
Refugees Flock to City.
| Refugees by the hundreds focked
to the business section. They were
taken care Of In the principal hotels.
The hospitals were full of patients.
according to f. G. Swift OF Chicago.
who arrived here. When he left
Omaha every ambulance in the city
rapidly was swelling the congestion
Of the wards.
Thirty Killed In Picture Show.
| The only point at which the force.
OF the storm struck the business Sec
tion was Twenty-fourth and Lake
streets. Here the Diamond theater, a
moving picture concern. well filled.
was wrecked. According to the best
available figures. at least thirty of its
patrons We're killed. Between forty
and fifty more were killed In the
wreck of pool hall near by which
was patronized by negroes.
| eeslepe Moraues and hospitals.