Storm Devastates City With Near Hundred Death Toll
A fierce cyclone tore through the city from west to northeast, damaging two to six blocks wide. Homes were obliterated as debris littered streets. A moving picture theatre and telegraph service were wiped out, with about thirty deaths reported at the theatre.
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Lincoln
Neb
Omaha
Josplyn Castle
Boor Clares
Twenty-ninth
Hamilton Streets
Sacred Academy
Thirty-sixth
Bart
Field Club
Carter Club
Ft. Omaha
Ralston
South Omaha
Lake Streets
Diamond Theatre
Beat
Carter Lake
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Omaha Tornado Toll Rises Across Cities and Suburbs
Reports from Omaha and nearby towns describe a devastating tornado late yesterday. Deaths run into triple figures with hundreds injured and extensive property damage across Benson Dundee Florence and surrounding areas as militia and federal troops restore order.
Bank Examiner to Resume Inquiry at Keifer Savings Bank
Hazleton Iowa March 24 Bank Examiner Woelever will arrive from Des Moines tomorrow at 11 to resume the inquiry into Keifer Savings Bank affairs. Since the examiner left Saturday the bank has been locked and closed.
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Hazleton
Woelever
Des Moines
Kiefer Savings Bank
List of dead at Qmahu and nearby towns in major disaster
The partial list names Wm Fisher Mabel M'Bride Nels Larson C F Copley Walter Peterson Sam Dengsler P H Harris T B Norris Benjamin Barnes and many others including Mrs Nowman Sullivan Fitzgerald and Mrs Hogg. Hundreds more unconfirmed deaths and unidentified victims across Council Bluffs Ralston and Cedar Creek Valley.
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Qmahu
WM. Fisher
Mabel M'Bride
Nels Larson
C. F. Copley
Walter Peterson
Sam Dengsler
P. H. Harris
T. B. Norris
Benjamin Barnes
Nowman
Sullivan
E. F. Fitzgerald
Idlewild Hall
Jean Brooks
Henry Bleauvelt
A. B. Stanley
Burt H. Fields
Morris Christin
EH. A. Sawyer
J. D. Hogg. Ferguson
Bach
Hardy
Cedar Greek Valley
Peck
Blonde Street
Barnes
J. B. Brooks
C. B. Wesson
Henrietta Grier
Helen Nowns
Wise Memorial Hospital
Cliff Daniels
R. RR. van Bevan
Adas Newman
Freda Hasting
Child Saving Institute
Davie
Bary Thelma
Sam Riley
Roxie
Coralie Norris
B. Davis
C. E. Copley
Jimpson
Heine
J. R. Nichols
Council Bluffs
WM. Poole
J. R. Rice
Schools
Norgaard
Benjamin Benninghofp
Hollow
Ralston
H. E. Said
H. FE. Said
Bert Thomas
Mary Moran
Edith Kimball
Winnipeg
Can
Frances Kimball
Xyutan
Fred Heyn
Henry Scheele
Fred Ohm
A. R. Hammond
Herman Starman
Gilster
Will Babcock
W. H. Steinbaugh
Storm Wind Rips Marshalltown Causing Injuries
A severe windstorm struck Marshalltown Iowa at night, damaging thousands of dollars in property. The storm felled trees and damaged roofs, overturned barns, unroofed several buildings, and toppled awnings on factory structures. Six people were injured, none seriously.
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Fortleth
Farnamatreeta Waa
Tinois Central
Missouri River
Marshalltown
Washout Delays Illinois Central Trains at Galena
Heavy rains soaked Illinois and eastern towns last night causing a washout at Galena that delayed Passenger Train No 1 and Train No 11 for hours. Train No 7 arrived late and the fast road service reached town around noon.
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Ilinois Central
Galena
Winois
Tovelond
Tornado Damage Totals Over Twelve Million Dollars
Chicago March 24 Western Union reports Omaha office says tornado damage exceeds 12 million dollars and more than 60 lives were lost.
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Chicago
Western Union Telegraph Company
Omaha
Horrors of Galkhan War Describe Battle of Janina
A letter to Peter Mavrelis recounts the Janina battle in Epirus Greece. Emmanoil Hartoularos, sick in Athens hospital, notes mass Turkish casualties and Greek troops inflicting deaths with little mercy. Minor Greek officer Vartoutoros was wounded and treated.
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Peter Mavrelis
Hartoularos
Athens
Janina
Eperos
Greece
Vartoutoros
Poincare Plans Lavish Use of Presidential Salary
Paris reports President Poincare intends to spend every penny of his $240000 annual salary as earned. He says after seven years he will return to work as a lawyer, even joking he may teach at Yale like Taft, rather than save.
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Paris
Poincare
M. Poincare
Crown Prince George of Greece Wins Public Favor
Athens reports 23 year old Crown Prince George enjoys broad support from the people. He may become King George I if he succeeds King Constantine. The prince is seen as a favorite of the poor like his father and assassination struck grandfather. The young heir was educated by the late monarch in governance.
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Athens
George
George I
Greece
Constantine
Cyclone Devastates Woodbine Transit Scene Described
W. W. Miller of the Commercial National Bank recounts the Omaha section of train No. 2 delayed at Woodbine as a cyclone strikes 36 miles northeast of Omaha. Debris blocks tracks, depot wrecked, fires occur, but no loss of life reported. Passengers seek updates amid downed wires and frantic family reunions. Wild ducks roam the stormy sky above illuminated towns.
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Tlow
Darge
W. W. Miller
Commercial National Bank
Omaha
Woodbine
Mr. Miller
Iowa Falls
Storm Strikes Terre Haute Killing Seventeen
Press wires report a southern Terre Haute storm caused 17 deaths 76 injuries and 200 homes destroyed.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Third and Last Brother to Die Within Six Months
J C Munger the last of three brothers died at Parker Kansas and was buried at Danville Kansas. He is the third brother to die within six months following I C Munger of Florida and Carl Munger of Waterloo according to a telegram to a Waterloo nephew.
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Munger
Parker
Kan
Danville
Waterloo
C. 1. Munger
Mr. Munger
I. C
Florida
Carl
New Building Planned on West Fourth Street Annex
Dr G G Bickley purchases a 20 by 180 foot lot at 411 West Fourth Street to erect an 80 foot fireproof business building. The new annex will join Mrs Eliza J Bickley’s site. Potential furniture store opening cited after completion. ground price $6490 and construction cost at least $7960.
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G. G. Bickley
West Fourth Street
Eliza J. Bickley
Castro Reaches France Arrives in Cherbourg aboard Amerika
Gen. Cipriano Castro landed in Cherbourg from New York but did not go ashore. He proceeded with the liner Amerika to Hamburg after a delay caused by stormy weather.
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Castro
France
Cherbourg
Marc
Cipriano Castro
New York
Amerika
Hamburg
Cananea Mining Town Attacked by State Troops
State troops under Gen. Obregon and Col. Cabral attacked Cananea in Sonora at dawn with artillery and grenades, advancing from two directions in what reports describe as a coordinated assault on the American mining town.
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Naca
Ariz
Obregon
Col. Cabral
Cananea
Supreme Court Delivers No Major Interstate Rate Rulings
Washington dispatch reports the Supreme Court today did not rule on the inter mountain rate case or the state rate cases. Corina, queen of Tlavana cigars, tadyertiggmant.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Inter-Mountain
Corina
Tlavana Cigars
J Hildebrand Dies After Illness at 72 in Waterloo
J S Hildebrand died at 2:15 Sunday from heart failure induced by grippe. A Waterloo resident born Oct 19 1840 in Johnstown Pa he directed choruses and church music. Funeral Wednesday from First Brethren church with Odd Fellows in charge. wife six children survive.
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J. S. Hildebrand
Washington Street
Waterloo
la Grippe
Hildebrand
First Brethren Church
Fifth
South Streets
W. A. Beachler
B. 8. Harrison
Emma Strayer
J. G and
J. A. Hildebrand
M. Banton
Yankton
W. C
Odd Fellows of Waterloo
Firemen Hurt by Falling Wall in Baltimore Plant Blaze
A spectacular blaze at the Union Abattoir plant in Baltimore injures twelve firemen when a wall collapses. Damage is estimated at 190000 dollars. The report notes a serious incident with displaced workers and extensive property loss.
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Baltimore
Union Abbatoir Company
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