Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-08

head and her body was badly
bruised. She is being cared tor at
the home of ]. H. Willmorth, 634
South Fifty-first street. Mr.. Will
north carried Mrs. Gibson and baby
frop the wreckage.
The Hall home was badly
smashed by the impact Of the Glib
son house.
Mrs. Charles S. Smith, 6S4 South
Fifty-first street, suffered severe
bruises when an automobile in
which she was riding turned over
three times near her home. Mr..
Smith and 6-year-old son were in
the machine which was badly
damaged.
Mrs., Smiths knee was cut ami her
back was sprained. Mr.. Smiths leg
was la>erated. 81 don't understand
how we got out of it alive re-
marked Mrs. Smith. u,
The lower part of the Smith resi-
dence was damaged.
c. W.Haller, 49ls Farnam street,
heard the storm rumble like a NOV
ing freight train, as he described
it. He and Mrs. Haller rushed to
their basement in time to escape a
showed Of plaster and debris which
broke through to the first floor
rooms. The heavy rain added to
the ruin of this home.
An automobile owned by Detec-
tive John Graham, Fifty-sixth and
Center streets, was lifted through
the roof Of the garage and carried
two blocks by the tornado. The
roof and windows of the Graham
home were torn completely away,
while the family was eating supper.
No one was injured. The automo-
bile was found unchanged except
for the loss of the top.
Strange Freak of Storm.
One of the freaks Of the tornado
attracted much attention at the
home of w. L. Brayton, 4Sl7 Under
wood avenue, where large arm
chair was driven through the side of
the house. The chair is there with
all four legs cleanly driven through
the side and the body of the chair
outside.
Whose chair it is people in the
neighborhood do not know.
May have come from several
miles away" was the general
opinion.
The chair is driven in at about
the level of the second floor. 1t ap-
parently was hurled with terrific
force, for each leg has gone through
the side of the house as clearly as
though the hole had been bored.
The Brayton home was badly
wrecked, the entire south half of the
roof being torn off.
Protects Little Daughter.
Mrs. George Markle saved her
little daughter from serious injury
by throwing a pillow over her body.
The Markle home is at 4806 Under
wood avenue. Mrs. Markle was
putting 3-year-old Mary to bed
when the storm struck.
Her first thought, she said, was
of flying glass, and she seized a pill
low and covered the little girl with
it and protected her from possibly
heavier dangers by covering her
with her own body.
The house was half unroofed, the
porch was wrecked and nearly every
window was broken.
The two houses Immediately west
were also half unroofed. They
are the homes of c. c. Neff, 4802
Underwood avenue, and N. J. Baker.
4Sl0 Underwood avenue. The roof
of the Neff home has been identified,
lying almost intact in a yard a
block north.
Children Are Rescued.
A thrilling rescue of their children
from danger was made by DR.. Henry
B. Lemere and Mrs. Lemere just be-
fore the tornado struck their home
at 1926 Davenport street and wreck
ed it,
The house is a large, three-story
brick and is occupied also by Mrs,
Mary E. Van Gieson.
One of the Lemere children was
rescued just in the nick of time from
possible death. This was Swear
old Mary Jane, who was asleep in
the sun room and was taken from
there less than a minute before the
room was a mass of wreckage with
Mary James little bed underneath.
eve heard the terrible noise" said
Mrs. Lemere. "Dr. Lemere and |
went out on the front porch and we
weren't in any doubt when we got
cut as to what it was. We said, al