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i orty thlrd YearNo- 7o-Price F,ye Cents". OGDEN CITY, UT aTTMONDAYveNING MARO:r24r19T3
OMAHA DEVASTATED BY
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5 DEATH LIST 140;
LOSS $2,000,000
.
Direct Telegraphic Communication Had Not
! Been Established at Noon Today Reports on
Number Killed Varies From 90 to 200 Mayor
X Issues Proclamation Asking Citizens to Aid
ij Unfortunates.
HI .
"J PRESIDENT WILSON OFFERS FEDERAL AID
Devastated District Guarded by Police and
, State Soldiers to Prevent Looting Everv Hos-
pital Filled With the Injured Public 'Build
ings Thrown Open to Sufferers Relief Trains
Being Dispatched.
BULLETIN
( Omaha, Neb., March 24. The estimate at 3 o'clock this after
noon gives the death list from last night's tornado, 140 with 240 in
jured. It is thought 350 houses were demolished and a total of 1250
? buildings damaged
Associated Press Offices, Omaha, Neb , March 24. (By Telephone
to Sioux City) At noon reliable reports placed the number of dea-d,
I in yesterday's tornado at 90, with 240 injured. More than 150 rest
dences were destroyed and 250 were badly damaged
MAYOR DAHLMAN'S PROCLAMATION
Omaha, March 24. Mayor Dahlman today issued this proclama
tion
"To the people of Omaha:
"A great calamity has struck our city. Many lives and homes
LI have been destroyed. The authorities, with the assistance of Major
I C. F. Hartman of Fort Omaha, with 200 troops, are doing all that can
A be done in guarding property and rescuing the dead and injured
"It will be necessary to patrol this district, which extends over
I several miles of territory, until matters can be adjusted, so that
property may be protected and men have an opportunity to clear the
wreckage. No one will be allowed inside the lines unless properly
authorized, so I call on the public generally to be patient.
"Thousands of volunteers are doing all they can I appeal to
"1 the people in this hour of distress to houss and feed all that need
help until other arrangements can be made.
(Signed) "JAMES C. DAHLMAN, Mayor."
I FIRES RAGINgTnTsTRICKEN CITY
Chicago, March 24 An official dispatch to the Burlington road
from Omaha, received this afternoon, placed the number of building!
destroyed at 1500 and states that six fires, four of them under con
trol, were raging in Omaha as the report was filed. The report puts
the number of dead at seventy-five and the injured at several hundred.
R Omaha, Neb March 24. Full) 100 1
B killed, twice that number wounded, j
M mHn serioush. and thousands ol dol-
T lars" worth of property destroyed.
Kb briefly describes the damage don.' b)
tornado which swept through Oma- I
& ha and Buburbs last evening in an !
almost straight path from four to
B six blocks wide and more than eight
1-.w miles lone
It was by far the mot appalling ca
fl lastroph.-- t V r . i over has visited Onia
H ha
Jk Throughout the stricken districts j
M the Htreeis arc filled with masses of;
debris from wrecked houses and up '
U rooted trees and tangled electric
9 wires making street car service im- j
. possible, wagon and automobile travel
almost so. and offering serious ob- ,
staclcs to pedestrians.
The list of known dead.
I I long one, is believed by those who
J I have been over a good part of the de-
astatd i .-r rif or' 1,1 ,"' '"" ;i l""
J ginning
PARTIAL LIST OF
IDENTIFIED DEAD
I The following is a partial list of
'jf the Identified dead
WILLIAM FISHER.
f MABEL M'BRIDE.
NELS LARSON.
H G F. COPELY.
WALTER PETERSON.
SAM DENGELER
P B HARRIS
m MARY HARRIS
iJ' Six dead in vicinity of Thirteenth
C and Ames avenue
Si t b norris
n BENJAMIN BARNES.
MRS NEWMAN.
IJ MRS SULLIVAN
MRS E F. FITZGERALD.
Forty Negroes Killed.
I About 40 negroes In the burn-d
ruins of the IdlewlW pool hall.
HI Thirty or more men. women and
Qjl , hilfinn m th Diamond motion pic
jV ni'f theater.
TEA N B. BROOKS
HENRY BLKAC ELT.
Two unidentitled negroes.
A. B STANLEY
BERT H. FIELDS
Infant son of Morris Chrlstenaen.
MRS. E A SAWYER
MRS I I unci,
FERGUSON.
BACH
MR. and MRS HARDY of Cedar
Creek vallev. reported dead
PECK
Unidentified woman found at 272
Blondo street
MRS HOLM and BABY.
BARNES
.1 B BROOKS
C. B. WEISON
HENRIETTA GRIEB
HELEN NQWNES.
Unidentified woman brovight to
"is-' Mt-inorial DOBpltal
CLIF DANIELS, mall carrier.
MRS CLIF DANIELS and TWO
DAUGHTERS
MRS R R. VANDOVAN
AGED WOMAN, unidentified.
Small shrunken woman.
MRS. ADA NEWMAN
MRS. FREDA HALTING
MRS DAVIS.
BABY THELMA, 2 years old
BABY ATI LI. , 8 years old; miss
ing
SAM RILEY, 45 vears old.
ROXIE
MRS. CORALIE NORRIS
MRS. B. DAVIS
C P. COPLEY.
JIMPSON.
MISS HEINE and SISTER.
J. B NICHOLS
LIST OF INJURED
GROWS HOURLY
Among the injured are:
Miss Davis. dangerous injured:
will probably die.
George Duncan, advertising man;
fatally hurt
I Mrs K R Van dp Ven. unconsrlous
i I 1
Evening Newspapers Bring First
H Important Inlormation
s People look Instinctively and
1 4 unfatlinglj to tb evening paper
i (J for n iirBt ncws ' Bjst r ,n"i
JJ IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS of
ffl the Y'ORLl. The evening par-er
this R' i - ; li readers with the
most expensive information. Some
of It brought from the world's end
and It is quite natural that they
should alwaya come to look to the
evening paper for their first In
I formation of sales and of bargain
opportunll lei
i
from blow on head.
Mrs Edward Baggott. Chicago,
badly hurt
.Mrs Bim) Gallagher, dangerously
hurt
Mrs M Bride, Injured by flying
bricks
D. Dagett, head cut by flying glass
Charles Black and family; slight
bruises.
F. W. Dixon, slight bruises
m Hall Injured by flying planks
Mrs Arthur Lavidge and baby, mor
tally injured
M. N Halm, slightly hurt
W M McDonald, bad scalp wound.
Mrs Calpln, badly ut.
Mrs E C Sells, injured inlernal'v
and (jash on head
Littl- S 1 1 s irl kul sialp snmd.
Mrs (.rifnih, serious internal injur
ies. Mrs. C. C. Swan badly cut
D E. Baum, head cut and ankle
broken.
Thomas McRherson, badl bruised
and Internally Injured.
Fra n k ( J r 1 1 m
Mrs Y YV Slabaugh, Internal In
juries. Ifr Newman of Dundee, punctured
lung
Mrs E. Houston, 91 years old, con
cussion of the brain; will die.
(J L. Hammer, internal Injury.
Mrs. Q L. Hammer.
Mrs V . P. Tinney.
J D Hogg.
Mrs. J. Simon.
Seriously injured.
Known seriously injured in Omaha.
v. d Crutchera.
Isabel Doyle
Kenneth Patterson
Anson H Blgelow, chest rushed
Cecilia Blgelow. Internally injured
Frank Guy. Waterloo. Neb
Mrs. Frank Guy.
William BchultZ, Elkhorn. Neb.
Frank Bell. P:ikhorn. Neb.
Mrs. Cora Curtiss
Lawrence O'Conner. hurt internally.
Clarence Cady. dangeroush . mav
die.
lifurRi' nd rson, ma die
Jack Cribben. Interna lnjur.
Mrs. O. S Finch.
Mrs. Johnson and mother, very ser
ious L. Wicks, lower limbs paralyzed.
E. R. Wicks
Mr- M llensman.
Mrs. Lottie Main. Loveland. Colo.,
badly bruised, will recover.
Pat Carroll. J
Joe Cooper.
Mrs N. W. Ianiel. "v-
Mary Halariea.
Council 3lurf6 List,
Dead at Council Bluffs
MRS. WILLIAM POOLS,
J R RICE..
MRS. J R RICE.
MR SCHOOLS and WIFE.
BABY NORGAARD
BENJAMIN BENNINGHOPF, Dutch
Hollow.
Ralston Dead.
Dead at Ralston:
H E. SAID.
MRS H. E. SAID
Unidentified man. supposed to be
BERT THOMAS
MARY MOHAN.
MRS. EDITH KIMBALL. Winnipeg.
Can.
FRANCES KIMBALL. 2 years old
Estimate Damage at Two Million.
Chicago, March 24. The Western
Union Telegraph company has been
advised by Its Omaha office that the
damage from the tornado will amount
to more than $2.fno,no0 and that morn
than 100 lives were lost.
Omaha, Neb.. March 24. (By tele
phone via Lincoln) Governor More
head, Mayor Dahlman and Police
Commissioner Ryder stated at noon
today that at least 200 were killed In
yesterday evening's storm here.
Reports from Council Bluffs were
to the effect that four more bodies
bad been recoer d from the ruins of
homes thre
The list of Injured Is expected to
reach 700. Mnnj have been found to
day in the homes of friends, where
they took refuge after the storm.
After visiting the scene of the storm
this morning Governor Morehead Is
sued orders for the mobilization of
three companies of militia from out
side the city.
The local companies are already at
work assisting the police and regular
soldiers from Fort ('rook, together
with the city firemen, in the work of
rescue. Three hundred regulars were
called out
Relief Fund Started.
Just afl soon as the enormity of the
disaster was understood by the citi
zens here a relief fund was started
Within an hour hundreds of dollars
had been contributed U many of the
city's wealthiest men were back of
the movement Public buildings were
thrown open as a place of refuse for
the sufferers The commodious roi
of the Commercial club were among
those thus utilized.
Never was the hospitality of the
cits Kivn such an opportunity for
effective work. Nearly everv home
within a dozen miles of the stricken!
district Is tilled with unfortunates. All
ill,, hospitals In ihc three citlop, Oma
hu, South Omaha 3nd Council Bluffs,
were crowded to eapaelty and In many
tA i hem the halls and corridors were
filled with cots
The morgues and hospitals were be
sleged all the morning by friends and
relatives of the dead and Injured,
and others made frantic efforts to
learn of the fate of loved ones
Although a Hue of soldiers and po
lice was thrown around the path of
the Storm soon sfter it hud passed,
much looting h;is Iikd reported
Karate -ii Fortieth and Karnum
streets was destroyed and a larpe
itrip ol terrltorj easl ol thai comer
was seriously damaged
The Illinois Central bridge over the
Missouri river was destroyed.
CHICAGO IN
STORM ZONE
Much Property De
stroyed by High Wind
One Dead, Nearly
One Hundred Injured
Chicago. March 24. One person Ib
known to have been killed and 87 in
jured for the most part slightly in
a severe wind and rainstorm Inch
broke over the city early this morn
ing. Fully a scoro of houses were
blown over and others wero moved
from their Inundations, roofs and
porches were torn off and In several
Instances llghtulng set fire to the
structures.
The on death reported to the po
lice was that of Orale Slocum, a 12
year-old boy uho was crushed to death.
His home was blown against an ad
joining structure and collapsed.
At 2:30 a. m. every available fire
apparatus In the no.'th and west 6ide
Of the city had been called out to ex
tinguish fires which broke out in bus
iness blocks and dwellings pnrtl
wrecked by the Btorm Report A
missing people who had elthei fled
from fires or were believed to have
perished In rains continued to pour In
to police stations until late today, hut
It thought the fatalities, if any, were
few.
Electric lights In large areas were
out, thus leaving scores of people in
total darkness when they sought safe
ty In the streets Physicians and am
bulances were busy all night respond
Ing to calls from people reported in
jured from the blowing over of frame
dwellings In fh- tenement districts.
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MANY KILLED
IN INDIANA
Tornado Sweeps
Southern Portion of
Terre Haute 200
Homes Destroyed
Terre Haute. Ind., March 24. Twenty-lour
victims of a tornado which
swept the southern part of Terra
Haute and Vigo county lute last nlqhf
had been identified toduy and more
than 7". injured were being cared for
In improvised hospitals Several moro
bodies are expected to be found f hen
the ruins of 200 homes, levelled by
the storm have been cleared away
At the request of Mayor Gerhardt.
Governor Ralston today ordered out
company B of the Indiana national
guard, to patrol the devastated dis
trict and help in the rescue work.
no
MORMON ENEMY
MADE GOVERNOR
EI Paso. Tex.. March 28. Three
more adherents of the late President
Madero wore executed recently at
Jimincz, say direct mall advices re
ceived here today.
Ml were prominent political follow
ers of the former president. Juan
Rosales, ex-state senator; Jose Mena.
former municipal office holder at Par
ral, and Juan Baca, capitalist, were
the victims. Each was arrested on
political charges at his home In Par
ral and removed to Jimincz, where
the executions were made by mili
tary authorities.
Former rebel troops under Joseph
iDez Salazar today occupied the Casas
iGrandes district. Federal troops will
be withdrawn Salazar will become
military governor with headquarters
at Caeas Grandcs, center of the Am
erican lumbering and Mormon colo
I nlal district southw est of Juarez
The arrangement mad.- tlmnmh
B telegraphic conference between Sal
azar and Huerta. The rebel general
some days ago. In a written procla
mation denounced Huerta. Insisting
on the presidential claim ol Vasquei
Gomez. It is not made clear what
the present position of Yasquez Co
rn, and Iih party w 111 be.
ANOTHER STORM
IS IN PROGRESS
Washington. March 24. Abnormal
storm activity and moderate fluctua
tions in temperature will prevail the I
country over during the week, accord
ing to the weather bureau eXpens
"A storm center Sunday over the
Rocky mountain region,' the bureau's
weekly bulletin says, "will move rap
idly northeast, accompanied bj shift
Ing gales; It will be preceded b rain
and much warmer weather si the be
ginning of the week In ihe eastern
and southern states, and be attended
by snows In the northwestern stales
and along the northern border li
will bK followed by decid olv f older
temperature Monday ami Tuesdaj
over the middle west and the SOUth
west, and Tuesday and Wednesday
generally east of the Mississippi riv
er. '"Another disturbance of widespread
Influence will develop In the fur wet
aboin Wednesday or Thurmla; n
, gg sttt uded by rain in Boutbi i d
and probably snow and rain in the
northern districts and throughout the
great central valleys Thursday and
Friday and the eastern states Frldaj
or Saturday."
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CITIES AND STATES
READY TO AID
Sail Lake City, March 24 On re
ceipi of Hi, news of damage wrought
by the tornado at Omaha and sur
roundlng territory, officials of the Salt
Lake City Commercial club early to
day prepared to give immediate aid.
The organization sent the following
telegram to the Commercial club of
Omaha :
"Salt Lake City sympathizes and
wants to help you Tell us what you
most need so we can get at work at
once."
Duplicates of this message were
routed over various wires. As soon
as definite information is received
the club hoard of Governors with the
mayor and other city officials will
meet and send whatever assistance
is requested.
Washington, March 24 President
Wilson telegraphed Mayor James ( .
Dahlman. mayor of Omaha, as fol
lows :
"l am deeply distressed at the news
received from Nebraska, Can we help
in any way?"
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COLLISION ON
BAMBERGER
ROAD
Northbound Bamberger train which
left Salt Lake this morning at 8
o'clock ran through an open switch
near Bountiful at 8; 15 o'clock and
crashed into a work train which had
pulled in on the siding.
E. L Bradeson. the motorman. was
seriously bruised as he jumped or
was thrown through the window by
the shock, and was brought to his
home in Ogden at 300G Adams ae
nue. According to information given out
,,' the local Raml.ercr office, his In
juries aVe not seHoifS
It was said by passengers that aft
er Bradeson struck the ground his
body bounced a distance of 20 feet,
as shown by the imprints on the
snow.
No other injury was reported from
the passengers, and although the front
ot the passenger car was battered up.
it was not wrecked to any great ex
tent. All trains have been running
on time, sine the accident
The fault of the accident Is placed
with the work train crew The train
had left the main line for the siding
near the plant of the Improved Brick
yard between Bountiful and Beck's hot
springs, and the brakemen had failed
to close the switch When the pas
senger train came by at a fair rate
of speed the car entered the aiding
and collided with the work train be
fore the motorman could get control.
I he emergency brake was applied
so quickly, however, that the shock
was not severe.
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YOUNG WOMAN
IS HELD FOR
VAGRANCY
After nerving himself to hear the
sad stories of the Monday niomiuK
petty offenders. Judge W H Reudcr
walked into the K)llce court room and
found the bench occupied by only one
prisoner, and that a woman.
The young woman was Jennie How
ard, charged with vagrancy, to which
she pleaded not guilty Her trial was
set for Tuesday morning, when Patrol
man John Cooney. who made the ar
i rest, can be present.
According to the Information given
out at the time, the young lady was
arrested as 6he came from a Chinese
laundry on Lincoln avenue. She Is
suspected of buying "hop."
Jennie, who Is only 88 years old.
gained considerable notoriet BSVeral
weeks ago by escapiug from Jail by
means of a rope
Jerome Pepalone. who was to have
been in police court at 10 o'clock for
his trial on the charge of petty lar
ceny, failed to appear and Judge
Reeder ordered that his ball of $JG
be forfeited The ball was furnished
by his sister, who appeared on the
scene shortly after court adjourned
and could not for a timp understand
how she had lost the money
Pepatone Is charged with stealing
tools from George Ferrell. machinist
at the shops, and selling them (o a
second-hand dealer His case was
continued from Saturday until ihi
morning In order that Detectives
Burke and Chambers might testify as
to an alleged admission he had made
regarding the manner In which he
look the tools. It appears that the
stories he told In court and to Ihe
detectives differ
It is probable that Judge Reedei
will issue n bench warrant lor his re
arrest .
Otto ienten forfeited $.r, by failure
to appear In answer to a charge of
drunkenness.
In children's new dresses and coals,
sashes and belts at the knees are ei .
conspicuous.
l3 WEATHER FORECAST
B ' THE INDICATIONS ARETHATTHE I I
Pr WEATHER TONIGHT WILL BE 1
LOCAL SNOW, TUESDAY PROB- II . ' 1 '
ABLY FAIR. H '
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Entered as Second-olasj Matter at the Poatofflc. Ogden, Utah.
STORM I
CYCLONE SWEEPS I
EiGMILE PATH I
Fire Breaks Out in Ruins, Adding to the Hor- I
rors The First of Two Distinct Windstorms
Struck City Just Before 6 OTlock Council
Bluffs Damaged by Second Storm.
THREE SUBURBAN VILLAGES WIPED OUT I
Greatest Damage Results in Western Omaha !
Entire Blocks of Residences Completely De
stroyedPath of Storm Four to Six Blocks
Wide Ten Dead at Vutan. ,
i
Omaha. March 24 (By long dls
tanc? telephone to Denver.! Omaha
and vicinity was swept by two dis
tinct windstorms late yesterday after
noon, both of cyclonic Intensity, which
spread death and destruction In their
wakes Fires, which broke out In
many of the wrecked buildings, added
to the horrors.
At X o'clock this morning the bst
available figures placed the number
of dead at between 100 and 200, with
not less than 100 more seriously in
jured and probably 3UO more or less
seriously injured.
The first and main storm struck
Ralston, three miles west of South
Omaha short h before ti o'clock yes
terday evening ami moved in a north
easterly direction through the city of
Omaha, leaving a wake of death and
destruction eight miles long. Its width
varying from four to six blocks. The
path of the storm lay jiist north of
the business district and included two
ol the fashionable residence section
known as West Farnam and Bemis
F'ark. Practically all the buildings in
this district were demolished.
Eighty Dead In One Block.
The only point at which the force
j of the storm struck the business sec
tion was at Twenty fourth and Iaki
streets Here the Diamond theater, a
moving picture concern, well filled,
was wrecked. According to the best
available figures at least .10 of Its pa
trons were killed. Between 40 and
a0 more were killed In the wreck of
a pool hall nearby, which was patron
ized by negroes
The well defined path of the storm
ended at Carter lake, near the Mis
souri river, north of the city.
To add to the horrors of the situa
tion, fire broke out in many of the
wrecked buildings The streets, lit
tered with debris, were practically
impassable for the fire appartus and
the fires burned themsehes out ex
cept in instances where the flames
were brought under control by vol
unteer "bucket brigades."
The second storm swept across the
Missouri river about 6:20 p. m, do
ing considerable damage In Council
' Bluffs
I St Joseph. Mo.. March 24 - The vil
lage of Flag Spring, north of hen
was practically demolished and three
of its Inhabitants killed by a tornado
last night, according to reports reach
ing here today.
Mr and Mrs Arnfield perished
when their home was wrecked A
farmer named Reed was reported kill
ed Lincoln. Neb.. March 24 One hun
dred persons were killed, twice as
many more injured, some fatally, hy
U tornado which devastated Omaha
and its environs early last night It
demoralized telegraph and telephone
. ommunication and cut Omaha off
from communication with the outside
world.
ITi'iperty damage at Omaha will
mount up to the hundreds of thou
sands The storm entered from the
southwest and zigzagged to the north
cast over the residence portion of the
city, leaving In lt6 wake destruction
and carnage from two to four blocks
v.tdw Fire sprung up all over this
area and added to the horror of the
twl Firemen were unable to re
spond 10 he numerous alarms and
many houses were allowed to burn to
the ground
The police were unable to properlv
police the stricken district and the
soldiers from Fort Omaha were called
out The toruado zone soou was prac
tli ally under martial law.
The villages of Bensou. Dundee and
Florence, suburbs of Omaha. were
practically wiped out Only the
that B heavy rain fell for half an hour
after the tornado saved the mass of
wreckage and dead bodies from being
burned
The Webster street telephone sta
tion containing loo or more girls was
one of the buildings struck by the
storm and in a moment wns twisted
and torn. Several girls were killed
outright and many were seriously In
jured Mayor Calls for Militia.
Mayor Dahlman of Omaha wired
Governor Morehead shortly after mid
night for several militia companies to
prevent the residences and the dead
bodies from being looted. The gov
ernor left on a special train for ihe
scene of the disaster shortly after
midnight
Omaha's suburbs suffered greatly
from tb storm. Kalstou. sOUthwefO
of Omaha, was rated to the ground
and a score or more are dead. Fn?t
Omaha, which felt the tall or tha
twister, reported houses demolished.
DO lives lost Council Bluuffs, la.. I
suffered nine dead, a score or more
Injured and great damage to property. J
The worst damage was done and
the largest toll of lives was exacted sBH
In the western part of Omaha and In
the vicinity of Twenty fourth and mbbh
Lake and from there northeast to Six- jsLtfl
teentn and Binney. This Is the rest- jH
d( 1 1 e portion and the damage if
wrought was well-nigh appalling
Whole blocks of homes were picked
up and dashed into a shapeless ma??
Street cars were hurled from the lisl
track and demolished.
A moving picture show at Twenty- IbI
fourth and lake was destroyed Ten I
dead and eight injured have thus tar tH
been removed from the ruins. Abou' I
50 persons were in the theater at th1 jH
time of the disaster and it is feared
that most of these are burled in the
debris. Bemis park, one of the pre,- jfH
tiest residence districts in Omah i.
was razed and fires dotted the park,
completing the destructive work of bLbh
the tornado.
Among the show places of the city
damaged was the Joslyn castle. Thf
roof was lorn off and the trees and
shrubbery uprooted.
The convent of the Poor Clares at 'H
Twenty-ninth and Hamilton was u ;i -roofed
anrl the grounds were littered
with debris An unverified report
said that the Sacred Heart academy
at Thirty-sixth and Burt streets was
demolished.
Messages Via Lincoln
The storm so paralyzed the tele
graph service that no reports of the
disaster could be communicated to
the outside world. The Omaha tele
graph office sent their piled up mcs
sages to Lincoln on an early train.
At 1:30 a. m. Omaha presented a
sorry spectacle. Prom the Fie! club fH
in the western part of the city to the
Carter Lake club at the northeast
a distance of eight miles and from
two to six blocks wide was a mass
of debris. Federal soldiers from Fort
Omaha assisted the police in keeping
looters and morbidly curious at baj
The presence of the soldiers gives
the city the appearance of being un
der martial law. J
FIRST SURVIVORS
REACH LINCOLN
Lincoln. Neb.. March 24. Stories of
the disaster reached Lincoln on early
morning trains from Omaha. Sup'.
Kobinson of the county poor farm,
where the first damage was done, de
scribes the situation as follows:
"The storm came up on us from
the southwest. It was a black fun
nel shaped cloud. It blew down both J
of our barns and took the roof off
the engine house. Pieces were blotn
off the roof of our sleeping rooms
in two places, but fortunately no one
at our institution has been hurt "
J. F. Traynor of 513 North Thir-ty-sixth
street rushed home to find fH
his bouse in ruins. His wife, her fH
aunt. Mrs. Edward Baggot of Chicago.
vlBlting them, and his three children !
were In the house, but only Mrs. Bag
got was hurt, how severely could not
be told. I
Mr Traynor said:
"It came like a rushing and roar-
ing torrent of water. It came from
the south and passed right by us to
the cast I went to my attic window
Immediately afterwards and saw fires
bursting forth from houses along the
path ol the storm. I could see five
l houses burning at once, three to the IH
south of me, one southeast, and on- I
I northeast. It was an Inspiring Sight I
that we will nover be able to forget." .
COLORADO GOVERNOR SENDS
MESSAGE
Denver. March 24 The Denver
Chamber of Commerce stands ready
to send aid nt a moment s notice. fH
Please advise If money, food or cloth- flH
ing will be acceptable In caring for ffffl
the survivors of yesterday's storm " flH
This was the substance of a tele- ; IH
, gram sent early today to Mayor Dahl- ffffl
man of Omaha h ihe Denver Ch em
ber of Commerce.
Governor B. M Ainmons of Colorado
today sent the followiug massage io ffH
Governor Morehead at Lincoln: j
I sincerely hope preliminary re- flH
ports of disable: St "matiii arv ex- PfH
agserated Tbe people of Colorado ! flH
extend sympathy and will cheerfully IIH
give assistance if needed." FH