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Show HALF-HUNDRED HOUSES ARE DAMAGED AT OMAHA OMAHA, Jan. .7. Probably half a hundred buildings were more or less , damaged by the gale which struck Omaha last night. The wind did not abate with the morning, but continued to blow at a furious velocity. Wires ere prostrated in all directions and the city was in darkness the latter part of the night because of the damage to electric light circuits. There has been no rain or snow and the temperature is barely below the freezing point. Telephone Tel-ephone and telegraph companies report wires down throughout Nebraska and western Iowa, with a strong gale from the northwest causing serious interruption interrup-tion to communication. it |