Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-03
OMAHA SWEPT BY WORST STORM
OF ExISTENCE-CITY RE-
PORTED BURNING.
SEVERAL SMALL TOWNS DESTROYED
Terre Haute, Indiana, Reports Twelve
Killed by Storm-Chicago Also
Gets a Touch-Al Lines of
Communication Ruined.

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1000 persons have been killed or in
jured in the tornado at Omaha and
that the city is burning
The Nebraska state troops have
been ordered out by the governor to
preserve order and prevent looting at
Omaha.
Falls Ciy, Neb.-Half of the city of
Omaha was swept by a tornado early
Sunday night, according to informa-
ton gained here by long distance tele-
phone. All railroad and commercial
telegraph lines into Omaha are out of
commission.
Berlin, a small town near Omaha,
damaged by the storm, is said to be on
fire.
Two Tornadoes in Nebraska.
Two tornadoes, forming near Green
wood today, swept over the eastern
part of the state, resulting in the death
of at least 20 persons, while 10 more
are missing and more than 100 are in
jured.
Yutan, 16 miles north of Ashland,
sufferel the most of any city and ten
people are missing, while SO more are
injured. With the water works out of
commission a fire broke out and the
entire place was threatened with de-
struction.
Another rumor says that Ashland,
Neb., had been destroyed by tornado.
Details were lacking. Yutan and Ash
land are 20 miles apart and about 40
miles west of Omaha.
Later reports placed the death list
at Yutan at is, with so injured. 1t was
said the destruction of the town was
complete from the tornado and the fire
that afterward swept it.
One of the storms went west and the
other east. The one which went north
did the most d image, according to
early reports.
Six Killed Woodbine, Iowa.
Six persons were killed, houses were
unroofed and many thousand dollars of
damage was done at Woodbine, Iowa.
by the storm.
Several persons are reported killed
at Craig, Neb.
Twelve Dead in Terre Haute.
Terre Haute, Ind.-Loss of life and
severe property damage was caused
by a tornado which wiped out the
southern part of Terre Haute at 10
o'clock Sunday night.
Scores were injured and property
damage will reach hundreds of thou
sands of dollars.
All wires were blown down in the
district affected.
1t is expected the death list will be
more than IL.
With no warning the terrific gale
swept down upon the district. Brick
and stone structures suffered alike.
Lightning set fire to many houses
Men. women and children were
crushed to death IN bed. Some es-
capped to the cellars. Whole structures
were blown away by the force of the
wind. The manned and injured were
rushed to hospitals as fast as they
were extricated.
The heavy downpour of rain is all
that prevented scores of injured from
being burned in the debris of their
homes.
Perth, Indiana, Nearly Destroyed.
Greencastle, Ind-Perth, a mining |
town, 10 miles west of here, was prac-
tically wiped out by tornado tonight. |
Many persons were injured, but no loss
of life has been reported. The prop
erty loss is estimated at $4,000.
Five States Are Affected.
Chicago-A terrific wind storm,
causing widespread destruction and
loss of life and property, wrecking the
already demorali"ed telegraph service,
ragged over the central west and mid
die states late today. Reports from
Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois and
Indiana indicate heavy damage, but,
owing to the wrecking of the telegraph
lines the reports are fragmentary and
lacking in detail.
Shortly after midnight the storm
reached Chicago. Its coming was pre-
saged by virtually a total failure of
telegraph lines in all directions. Re-
ports of disaster in the southern and
central parts Of Illinois could not be
confirmed because of the impossibility
of getting into communication with
the endangered cities.
Several persons were reported killed
and many injured at Galesburg, ILL.,, &C
cording to reports to the American Tel
egraph and Telephone company here
Known Dead In Nebraska.
Chicago.-The known dead by the