Show TWO TO HUNDRED DEAD FOUR HUNDRED INJURED AND HUNDREDS HOMELESS Death and Destruction Wrought Wrought- by Easter Storm Hundreds Homes of Being Demolished Omaha Neb More More than perSons persons per- per sons eons were killed and were injured In a windstorm on Sunday that demolished demol demol- homes damaged hundreds hundreds' of other buildings and caused a monetary loss of at least Most of the casualties casualtIes' were in Omaha w which ich was stricken as never before Nearby towns in Nebraska and across the Missouri river in Iowa also suffered severely Wires Vires were I snapped off in all directions and it took many hours to gather and circulate circulate circulate late the news of the disaster Fire broke out in the debris of ot many wrecked buildings in the Nebraska Ne Ne- Nc- Nc braska hraska metropolis and these were Menaces for some time as the fire companies were hindered by fallen walls and blockaded streets A heavy rain followed the wind however and drenched the hundreds of ot homeless persons but it also put out the toe flames Perhaps 1500 persons persons are homeless I Aside from this buildings were more or less damaged many of these being church edifices and school buildings Ei Eight ht of Omaha's public schools were wrecked All forms of communication were almost annihilated by the wind and only two or three wires were In working condition when daylight relieved relieved relieved re re- re- re a night of ot high tension which at times almost became panic Soldiers Sol Sol- diem diers state and national troops poured into the city during Monday to aid in bringing order out of what for Cor twenty hours had been chaos These guardians of the p peace ace are patrolling the residence districts aIding aiding aid aId- ing lag the police to maintain order and ami relieve such cases of or suffering as come to their notice The The greatest loss of at life occurred Three points in the path of the storm offered the greatest sac sac- These were at Fortieth and I Farnum streets where a crowd had sought refuge in a garage at Twenty- Twenty fourth and Lake streets where a moving moving ing fag picture theater was demolished sand and at Twenty fourth and Willis avenue avenue ave aye nue where a poolroom had a crowd In each of ot these places the fatalities were large The cathedral of ot the Omaha Episcopal Epis copal pal church was temporarily turned Into a coffee cottee house Catholic priests visited homes that had bad been destroyed destroyed destroyed de de- de- de in many cases administering th the last ast rites of the church and public public pub pub- lic lie bodies began the organization of relief committees Monday night had been subscribed for the relief of the destitute t I Governor Morehead arrived in the city pity early Monday and aid took personal charge harge of ot the policing of the city Three companies of ot the state state augmented the federal troops which were early sent to the city from Fort Crook and the wrecked portion of ot the city is under martial law i Mayor James C. C Dahlman opened negotiations with the gover governor or for tor the tie protection of the city and for the relief of those who nad aaa been made homeless with the result that not only the state officials became active in iii the work but a majority of th the members of ot the legislature In session at Linclon came to this city to secure secure secure se se- se- se cure such Information as might be necessary Jn n taking up the work worle of state relief i i Reconstruction was begun Monday night when at a meeting of the real estate exchange a committee was appointed appointed ap ap- pointed to take u up this work Insurance companies experienced heavy losses most roost of their fire policies policies poli poll cies des carrying a tornado clause The loss to the tho municipality itself will be great Five school buildings have been partly wrecked and eleven churches partly dC destroyed troyed The real resi dences destroyed in the restricted Farnum district averaged in cost from to Among the finest residences razed were those of George rA A. A Joslyn Howard Baldridge W. W F F. I Charles R. R Sherman C. C E E. C. C H. H Pickens Sidney D. D Barkalow Barkalow Barka Barka- I low E. E A. A Parmalee and G. G L. L Ham Ilam mer The storm appeared to have started at fourth Fifty-fourth and Center streets From there It traveled north veering slightly to the east to Leav Leavenworth street Then it took a a. northeasterly course course to Fortieth and Farnum streets sweeping Its way through everything Still traveling a little east of north it covered a course from tram Fortieth str street t east to o Thirty fourth street a distance Qt six blocks Striking Bemis park where th the homes of the do well ar are located the storm turned sharply to the east and passed along Parker arker and Blondo streets to Twenty fourth street I where its path was six blocks block wide In the latter section n the damage Is is complete Finally at Fourteenth and Spencer streets street the storm swept over the bluffs high above the Missouri river demolished tim the Missouri Pacific Pact Paci fie fib roundhouse leveled the big trestle of the Illinois Central railroad over Carter lake wrecked a number of I buildings near tear the Rod and Gun club a fashionable outing club and disappeared disappeared to th the northeast A number of ot people were seriously injured when a street street car was blown over at seventh Forty-seventh and Leavenworth Leavenworth Leaven Leaven- worth str streets ets Conductor John Cooper was seriously injured The motorman Fred Bentley Jumped Just as the car started to roll over The wind picked him up carried him fe feet t and set him down in a field uninjured but considerably shaken Conductor Cooper says there were at least fifteen people in the car at atthe atthe atthe the time time- All were Injured The pathway of the storm from three to seven blocks in width cut a a. aswath aswath swath twenty twenty four four blocks long first through an exclusive residence section of ot the city then through a graduation of dwellings until it expended its final energy in the wrecking of ot a a. pool halland hall halland halland and a moving picture show The total number of deaths in this part of ot the city reached almost fifty Within the space of this storm cent center r which if made rectangular would cover a quarter section of land 1200 houses were wrecked oo dead bodies have been recovered and aid workmen are still sun engaged in searching the ruins for tor bodies Several are known to be still In the ruins at the end of the storms storm's path Estimates of the value of property demolished by the storm vary between and Same of the themore themore themore more substantial houses can be partIally partially partial partIal- ly ly rebuilt but this number Is small and where the buildings have not been torn asunder they have been so twisted that even the material is useless useless useless use use- less for tor rebuilding Monday live five public schools were out of commission in Omaha Seven Seyen churches are partially or 01 wholly wre wrecked ked One private school for Cor girls Is a a. a total wreck although the students escaped The rest of the loss Is to homes |