Omaha Tornado Kills Hundreds and Wrecks City
Omaha and surrounding areas reel from a Sunday night tornado. More than two hundred dead in Omaha alone, with about five million dollars in property loss and fifteen hundred homeless. State troops under Governor Moorehead deployed, relief funds issued, and rescue work continues as hospitals fill and debris blocks streets.
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Child Saving Institute
Amarillo Reacts To Omaha Tornado News
Amarillo residents and local business figures followed updates on the Omaha tornado with anxiety. Mrs. C. E. Forbes and her husband C. B E. Forbes, tied to Rock Island, awaited word. Lawrence Brinker in Omaha reported his safety for Santa Fe officials and relatives in the area.
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Omaha List of the Dead Aft . Peck Seeee
A compiled list names numerous individuals with many spouses and children including Mrs A Bigelow Cliff Daniels Mrs R Davis Mr and Mrs Hardy Cedar Creek Valley and others, indicating a memorial aggregation of casualties from a disaster or conflict in Omaha. The roster includes Andrews Herickson Ellen Hensman Van Deven and several Hansen, Davis, and Johnson entries with family references and addresses at Forty Seventh and Pacific Forty Eighth and Madison.
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W. Dillon-Ferguson
Joan Doyle
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William Fisher
E. F. Fitzgerald
F. G. Goodenough
Henrietta Grieb
J. G. Hansen
Whitman Fusion Candidacy Shapes New York Mayor Race
District Attorney Charles S. Whitman declares he will accept a fusion nomination for mayor of New York City. He joins John Porrey Mitchel and George McAneny as leading contenders, with Mitchel a young Democrat and McAneny a reform Democrat allied with Interborough, all seeking to oppose Tammany Hall in the fall election. Hearst may back either Whitman or Mitchel, or split with McAneny.
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Terrific cyclone devastates Nebraska Iowa towns near Omaha
Terrifying storm tales from rail passengers describe a tornado crossing the railroad near Benson and a half mile wide funnel wrecking houses, lifting debris, and sending wounded toward Omaha hospitals. Observers in Lincoln, Kalston, and Benson recount copper colored clouds, a rushing roar, and roofs torn from buildings as the storm moves toward Omaha.
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Pair of Brothers Face Trial for Alleged Fratricide
In Newark on March 24 one brother Ferrara faced trial on a first degree murder charge for a fatal quarrel with his sibling Joseph Ferrara near their home. The dispute escalated with blows and a revolver fired in what was claimed as self defense.
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Gale Strikes Chicago Area In 70 MPH Storm Toll Rises
A severe gale with hail and sleet hit Chicago and suburbs causing five deaths, 50 injuries, and 32 buildings wrecked. Fifty fires followed, property damage estimated at half a million dollars. Fanny Crosby marked her ninety third birthday in Whidgport celebrating hymns and public speaking.
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Battle at Nag Americans suffer casualties in clash
A chaotic fight left Marek dis, a Canadian linked figure and Northwest Mounted Police member, dead while handling a Howitzer. Robert Charlotte, a New York mining man, was severely wounded atop a building. Pablo Soto, an Arizona merchant, was killed by a stray bullet. Foster, a Minxtean, was lightly wounded.
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Storm toll rises after Iowa tornadoes
Reports from Mills County Iowa indicate multiple towns hit by last night’s tornadoes with deaths and extensive destruction. In Council Bluffs and Glenwood five and thirteen fatalities are reported respectively and a body found after a long search.
Tornado Devastates Terre Haute Area In Night Disaster
A series of four tornadoes struck Terre Haute and nearby areas injuring residents and destroying 27 homes while causing about a million dollars in damage. Officials report deaths and state troops patrol the wrecked district as search efforts continue and charities aid hundreds left homeless.
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House Votes and Vetoes Mark Busy Texas Session
The Texas House sent the redistricting bill back to a free conference committee and approved several measures including the Harris Burgess mining bill and penitentiary bonds. Governor vetoes blocked railroad hospital and school land bills as Washington reports describe Easter Monday crowds at the White House and a Dallas murder trial opening for J A Clopton in the Republic Trust case.
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