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Herman Neb Tornado Destroys Town Kills Ten and Injures Many
The Herman Nebraska cyclone destroyed most of the town, killing ten people including A B Hopkins and J E Hawkins, injuring twenty five, and leaving hundreds homeless. Relief trains from Blair Tekamah and Omaha aided search and care as the community opened shelters and a morgue at the Methodist church.
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Herman, Neb
Omaha Bee
Herman
Nebraska
A. B. Hopkins
Anderson Hopkins
Kelso
Pender
Hopkins
Louis Claussen
Missouri Valley
Blair
W. S. Richards
J. E. Hawkins
Thomas Hines
Plasterer
M. Davis
Earl Petersen
Farmer
Dane Hollow
Carrie Kelso
Ella Hopkins
William Anderson
Ed Tacket
E. G
Or “Caney
West
Tekamah
E. G. Pegan
John Klinkenbeard
C. Rankin
Pipher
Fred Christensen
E.A. Pegan
Nosler
Hawking
H.H. Herzog
George Buffington
Fred Hurrell
Spiker
Oliver Lowe
George Coyle
Louis Wachter
William Bree
Methodist
Tekumah
Omaha
Clifton Hotel
J. E Hawkins
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Hopkins
Peter Christiansen
Mr. Christiansen
Cig