Omaha Tornado Toll 300 Dead and $15 Million in Loss
A twin Iowa and Missouri storm system killed about 300 people and caused at least 15 million dollars in damage across nine states. Omaha suffered the heaviest blow with hundreds dead, many injured, and fires burning amid wrecked homes. Troops and relief workers swarm the ruined district as governors and mayors mourn and seek missing relatives.
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Neb
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Indiana
Witness
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Wisconsin
Kansas
South Dakota
Chicago
Milwaukee
Terre Haute
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Yutan
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Omaha Tornado Toll Reaches Mortality Hoard and Devastation
Omaha and nearby towns faced a catastrophic tornado with at least 200 dead and about 96 bodies recovered. Major Hartmann and 400 troops, aided by militia, combed wreckage across 47 blocks as property losses soar toward 10 million dollars. Fire, debris obstructed rescue. dozens of churches and schools destroyed. 25 missing including two babies.
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Ralston
Manes
de Hirt Necht
Partial List Of Dead From Omaha Tornado Toll
A March 24 Omaha report lists dozens of dead across the city and suburbs. Names include Willon Pisher Mabel Pride Nels Larsen G B P Copley Walter Peterson Sam Dengeler J B Harris and many others with many unidentified victims. Additional deaths are reported but not confirmed across Thirteenth and Ames streets and nearby areas.
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Willon Pisher
Mabelle Pride
Nels ‘Larsen
G. B P. Copley
Walter Peterson
Sam Dengeler
B Harris
Mary Morris
Thirteenth
Ames Street
J. Bo Norris
Benjamin Barnes
Newman
Sullivan
BE. F. Fitzgerald
Idlewild
Diamond Pieture
Jeap Brooks
Meury Blauvelta
A. B. Stanley
Hert
Wields
Morris Christenson
A. BE. Sawyer
J.&. Togg
Verg
Ynton
Henry Sebeele
Tales of Survivors as Tornado Wreck Kills Family
Omaha reports describe a tornado zone with multiple fatalities and dramatic escapes. A girl recalls her mother Mrs. John Newnan killed instantly as the house on 4244 Dewey Avenue collapsed.
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Neb
John Newnan
Michel Newman
Dewey Avenue
Mother
Myself
Young Mother's Plight as Tornado Destroys Home in Omaha
March 25 report from Omaha details a tornado that wrecked the Medlock home just as Mrs Medlock was due to give birth. G B Medlock and their two injured daughters survived the collapse, while the mother lay unconscious under a ruined bed as neighbors tended her and an arriving hearse signaled the tragedy. The newborn’s birth is described as perilous with the mother and child both in danger.
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Child Institute
George J Duncan
Parism Street
Duncan
Pico
Cecilia Bigetow
Fiternatis
Vignes
Thad
Goreaine
Essipig
Bla Crandeffd
Cecilia
M. Wilhelm
John Wright
Fie
Wrights
Norfolk
Nel
Tapers
Saber
O. HW. Smith
Signal Corps
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Omaha
Neb
G .B. Medlock
Medlock
Medock
Wenn
Blind Justice Exchange Dialogue
A brief exchange imagines blindfolded Justice as a comment on lawyers swaying judgments. The line juxtaposes Pa and Willie Say in a country humor tone. The joke critiques legal influence without naming people or events.
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Doctors Promote New Wartime Moisturizer For Eczema
A pharmacist claims a prescription remedy known as FT Fro serption provides relief for eczema. An expert writes that the DOS Prescription has long been sold as a cure all and promises results with a money back guarantee if it fails.
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