Omaha daily bee., 1919-04-08

most simultaneously, tornado and,
of course, our first thoughts were Of
the children.
Hurry to Cellar.
"Up stairs. we dashed, for they
were all in bed and fairly hauled
them out of their beds and dashed
down to the cellar with them. Bos-
worth, 9 years old, is just conva-
lescing from the diphtheria, and we
had to be very careful, but the doc
tor managed to get him to the cellar
safely.
1--WE stayed down there until it
was over and then came back to see
the damage. The bed from which |
had taken Mary Jane a few minutes
before was buried under the wreck
age of what had been the sun room.
The other rooms were wrecks and
the rain later in the evening just
made the whole house a mass of
soaked floors, walls and furniture
The roof was taken almost COM
pletely off this big house and the
sun room is wreck Mrs. Van Gle
son says she has full tornado insur-
ance.
Rosenthal Loss Heavy
His home at 1912 Dodge street al
most completely demolished, his
family and his 75-year-old mother
nervously unstrung by their exper-
fence in the tornado, Leo Rosenthal,
we'll known social worker, saw them
safely settled with friends and rela-
tives and then gave his attention to
the wet, tired and sleepy soldiers
who were called out from Fort Oma-
ha, just as they were ready to turn
in Sunday night, to guard the storm
swept area.
He was in the Hinterlong drug
store when some soldiers entered
asking for hot coffee.
Going back to his ruined kitchen
Rosenthal cooked trimming pots of
hot coffee, which he carried to all
the soldiers stationed on his street
The lieutenant in charge Of the men
this morning called on Mr.. Rosen-
thai to express his thanks for the
attention given his men.
Mr.. Rosenthal's little son was
asleep in an upstairs bedroom when
the wind carried the roof away.
Has Miraculous Escape.
Mrs. Frank Bestor was alone with
her small baby in her home, 48l5
Underwood avenue, when the storm
struck and was saved from probable
death in a miraculous manner.
The storm in this section seemed
bent upon playing pranks. 1t ex-
ploded into the southeast bedroom of
the Bestor home, tore the door OF
the room from its hinges, hurled it
through the hall and down the stairs
to the landing where it smashed a
window and then hurled the door on
downstairs, leaving it in the library.
II had been in that room just a
half minute before" said Mrs. Bes-
tor. Aud l took the baby and went
into the front room. 1t surely was.
a merciful thing that I went just
when l did because when l look at
what it did to that door | can mag
inc what it would have done to the
baby and me if we had been there
Stockings in Tree.
Mrs. Bester pointed to a high
branch of tree in front of the
house.
up there is a pair of my silk
stockings" she said. A boy was Sc
cured to retrieve the stockings.
The interior Of the Bestor home
is complete wreck A Victrola has
disappeared completely except for
the short metallic arm which holds
the needle. All the rest OF it, in.
Guiding the records, is gone. Mrs.
Bestor found what she thought was
part of the lid out in the middle of
the street
On table in the living room, sur
rounded on all sides by wreckage, is
tall and valuable vase, which was
untouched by the fury of the ele-
ments.
Hasten to Cellars.
The terrific roar of the appt oach-
ing storm is said to have sounded
warning to hundreds of occupants
Of the houses in its path, and many
lives were saved by persons hurry
ing to cellars.
Mrs. O. E. Duffy, 5152 Pacific
street, has lost everything she had
in the house, The building was left
standing. Furniture, bed clothing
and every article Of household goods
were literally splintered and blown
away. Mrs. Duffy, who had been