Show 1 fl f i PIERCE GALE AT OMAHA I I l rl I I Half a Hundred Buildings More or rq i I Less Damaged fir 111 Omaha Jan 7Probably half a I hundred buildings were more or less I damaged by the gale which struck I r 11 Omaha last night The wind did not 1 f abate with the morning jut continued r I t to blow at a furious velocity Wires 1 C are prostrated In all directions and the I 4 I city was In darkness the latter part of the night because of the damage to I I electric light circuits There hay been L t 1 i no rain or snow and the temperature I Is barely below the freezing point Telephone Tel-ephone and telegraph companies report 4 I wires down throughout Nebraska and t 1 western Iowa with a strong gale from j tl i the northwest causing serious int r upI t up-I It f tion to communication |