Hundreds Die at Event as Host Is Injured
A chaotic incident left hundreds dead and the host injured as emergency teams responded to the scene. Investigators searched for causes while authorities cordoned off the area and mourners gathered.
25 Mar 1913
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1913
Page
1
A chaotic incident left hundreds dead and the host injured as emergency teams responded to the scene. Investigators searched for causes while authorities cordoned off the area and mourners gathered.
Telegraph reports show about 205 dead and 400 injured from Sunday's tornadoes across the Middle West. Omaha and surrounding areas face mass homelessness as 200 buildings are destroyed. Government troops, militia and aid from Des Moines arrive as search and relief efforts continue amid widespread property loss estimated at 5 to 12 million dollars.
In Omaha on March 24 a street car was toppled by strong winds at Forty-seventh and Leavenworth. Conductor John Cooper and multiple passengers were seriously injured. motorman Fred Bentley leaped free as the car rolled, he was carried 200 feet and dropped into a field. About fifteen people were aboard and all sustained injuries.
In Columbus on March 24 the labor coalition in the House blamed Governor Cox and administration leaders for derailing the Green bill to bar the Screen method of coal weighing for miner pay. The House killed moves to fast track the measure and pushed the Thomas resolution instead. Labor lobbies crowded the chamber as operators warned the bill would ruin their business.
Omaha list identifies numerous dead from the Gale disaster with names and addresses across city streets. The report names A J Peck, Benjamin Barnes, Mrs A H Bigelow, Henry Bleauvelt, Marie Booker, Jean B Brooks, infant son of Mortis Christenson, Harry Cooper, Co F Copley, Mrs Cliff Daniels, Cliff Daniels, Mrs B Davis, Mrs Davis, George J Duncan, W Dillon, Ferguson, two daughters of Cliff Daniels, John Doyle, Do b Fields, William Fisher, Mrs E F Fitzgerald, Mrs F G Goodenough, Henrietta Grieb, J G Hansen, Mrs J G Hansen, Mr and Mrs Hardy, Miss Heine and sisters, Andrew Hendrickson, Mrs Ellen Hensman, Mrs Van Daven, B N Barnes, Larson, Lloyd Glover.
A violent gale in Omaha Nebraska hurled a two ton thrashing machine like a sheet of paper. The machine was carried roughly forty rods before crashing into a house that was blown from its foundation. Damage and danger from the wind are cited as the moment’s fearsome evidence.
A mother and her infant girl were found unharmed though trapped as a house rolled 300 feet away in an Omaha incident. Passengers on a train saw the home collapse and alerted rescuers who expected fatalities, but only frightful condition was reported for the mother.
Traveling salesman F G Elmendorf recounted his Omaha, Nebraska, tornado experience from a Chicago hotel lobby. He described a sudden darkness, a terrifying hum, and a storm that levelled blocks, killed scores, and left streets strewn with debris and lifeless animals as rescuers worked through the night.
A March cyclone struck Omaha and seven midwestern states, with Chicago reporting five deaths and many injuries. Milwaukee and Wisconsin faced heavy damage as fires broke out and rescue work intensified amid widespread destruction and evacuations.
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