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Show Omaha Qhe of the Frttiest Cities In Central West, ! Is- l3eftSadlyi Ipevastated by the Great Cyclone. iMfr3Rnj3BBB195iJDBBBBBBB?HnifiiriilrtBM HwKwEHMlrfllHHHHPw4IISIK2i!t lHElHHi f v CANADA Vi. o;CVCt0NE AND TORNADO jjffr ( 5SE 5UhSa J? Al TORNADO i) SffiKK HORHlt t OWW j T' mu5koceec : ? I ft.. - CYCUONE i f tqRhaoo.-. - ( I . XwH'f Mtf'nFJV K L J M ttja-'- t jJ3 m'FVi' jt vutvf? j Al tttJPi I m LftBHff Tl ffBBfcft mn Onmha, one of tho prettiest cities In the country, colled tho Gateway to tho West and ono of tho richest commercial centers of tho central western section, is sadly devastated. It wlll'ho many months before tho metropolis will have recovered from the wreck and ruin loft by the great cyclone whlcn swept across Its face. Above, at tho tap., Is a panoramic vlow of ruins in tbo wako of a storm, glv Ing an Idea of what the scarred districts of Omaha look like. Underneath that Is a mnp of tho course taken by tho "twister" that worked the havoc. Tho storm Is shown to havo started In Colorado and swirled easterly and northward across Nebraska, Iowa and tbo Dakotas, losing Itself In Canada.. The bottom picture Is a vlow of tho Sixteenth street viaduct In Omaha. This structure bridges tho great ralroad yards wth tho tracks of about fourteen roads. |