Show Mr Smoot Detours Around Floods on Trip to Washington SIC Special to Th The rue W WASHINGTON ASHl OTO D. D C. C March vy 29 I 1 I was fortunate in being boInS' boInS boIng bo- bo Ing InS about twenty four hours be behind behind behind be be- hind tho ho tornado that struck Omaha Omaha Oma Orna- ha and other middle le west cities clUts said bald United States Senator Smoot tocla today in speaking of ot hi his return trip to Washington front from Salt Lake We Vo e arrived In Omaha at atti 9 ti o clock o'clock Monday evening We e re remained remained To- To thero there on only 11 a f few w minutes and und I had no opportunity to go outside outside out out- side sille the depot In th the vicinity of oC the depot however bo so O tar far farns taras a as I could s see sec e no damage had been dono by bj tho the storm Later I learned the force of or the tornado had struck the opposite opposite- SIde of tho the qi city It ty Tho The great eat floods In Ohm Ohio and Indiana had put tho lie main line of oC tho the Pennsylvania railroad to Pittsburgh Pitts Pitt- burgh h completely out of ot operation and trains were being detoured b by wn way of ot lh thi Lake Shore Shor railroad lu tu Cleveland and from Pittsburgh via In Alliance Our tr train ln was vas scheduled to leave Chicago at 30 p p. p m m. but Jt it was Impossible to get Pullman Pull cars until later Inter in inthe tho the evening so 80 we loft IoU Chicago several late lato Streams all alt along the tho line lino were over their banks and It was not an nn Infrequent sight night to see a a. house or a barn floating b by Our train did riot not of course pass 8 through h sections most severely affected b by tho floods and from Pittsburgh to Washington tho the streams to be he about ut normal It Wa was not until I reached Washington th that t 1 I learned definitely of oC tho the am done by thu the floods j |