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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1913
Page
7
Stormy weather lashes Ohio and Indiana with heavy rainfall and flooding in multiple counties. State emergency crews mobilize to assist stranded motorists and secure stranded roads. Authorities warn residents to avoid flooded areas and monitor Weather Service updates. Local schools and transit services report intermittent closures.
Ohio and Indiana flood catastrophe reports floodwaters sweeping Dayton and surrounding cities. Levees breach as Governor Cox mobilizes National Guard. multiple bridges washed out and power, water, and rail services disrupted.
Cas sius Shimer a tenor of 116 South Forty-second street sang at Easter services in McCabe Memorial church and was killed when the tornado destroyed his home. The church was badly wrecked and mourners recalled his moving performance.
Heavy rain hampered rescue in Terre Haute Indiana as a southern Vigo county tornado killed many and injured dozens. Officials list nearly twenty dead with others feared dead. guards from Indiana National Guard assist rescue and shelter efforts while names of deceased and missing are reported from Gardentown Evansville Oblong and related communities.
Chicago March 25 Secretary of State Wm J Bryan arrived from Lincoln Neb after his train ran seven hours late due to western storms. He is to address the Union League club tonight.
Turbulent dispatches report Bulgarian besiegers capturing the first defensive line around Adrianople after hours of bombardment. Montenegrin and Serbian authorities clash with Austria over Scutari, with three powers urging Albania’s future state. In Omaha tornado aftermath, over 150 killed, 200 plus injured, as snows hinder rescue and relief surges surpass $50,000 in aid.
A violent tornado leveled Berlin Nebraska injuring seventeen and killing seven residents. The village, fifty miles south of Omaha, suffered total or partial destruction to all structures. Names listed include Brandt Mrs Koch Henry Koch Mrs Henry Koch Albert 15 John 9 and Tiede Sylvia among the dead. many others seriously injured.
Omaha residents recount vivid losses from the tornado that ripped through the residential districts. A girl at the Child Saving Institute described her mother’s death amid rubble while searching for her. another home party at 2704 North Twentieth Street ended with injuries to a granddaughter as the house collapsed during the celebration.
Springfield Illinois March 26 The end of the Illinois deadlock was forecast when L W Sherman Republican primary nominee offered to accept the short term and permit Col J Hum Lewis Democrat choice to the long term He spoke at a joint session as senatorship ballots were taken The roll call on the long term showed no change as Judge Sherman continued to be voted for by Republicans amid Democrat resistance
Desperate fighting rages on the streets of Santa Barbara a suburb of Parras Chihuahua as constitutionalists defend the town against federal forces from Parral. Reports from direct telegraphic advices received here say the clash began early yesterday morning and continues.
A westbound Pennsylvania train No 3 plunged into Mad River near West Liberty at dawn. The engine and rear sleeping car disappeared under swollen waters as the bridge was swept away. Passengers crawled through windows and waded to shore while six coaches clung to the remains of the rail line.
Mrs Lar In Heeb wife of A Jieeh died in Dubuque on Sunday. She was born May 18 1887 in Tinuyurn and married April 8 1880. Survived by husband two sons Low Mar and Anthony Jr a sister Mrs J Weaver and brother J A Rhombere. W S Davis of 1141 Randolph summoned to Sioux City for care of her brother-in-law FF Wiriek, longbanking ties in Iowa and Minnesota.
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