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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MATCH! 25, 1913. WIRES AGAIN SERVICEABLE Hundreds of Men Required to Re Establish Communication. LOCAL LINES NOT ALL IN USE Telephone- anil TclPKrnph Companies fsc Htv Hundred Workers In Repair Dniunne Done on Similar NlKht. Telephone anil telegraph officials rap idly ate brlngln gorder out of chaos and ir.;e.ntloii of communication with tlio outside world Is practically complete this l.-nrnlnj;. Yesterday and Inst night the telephone compr.ny brought In 500 llnemon and elec toral worker from Minneapolis, St. Paul, E.o ix City, Dos Moines and nearby towns. Thry were .divided up Into gangs and imn repairs and rebuilding. Attention f'.ict v, ce given to the long distance lines IJtics weTo world. ig last night out In the rtntn nnd over Into Iowa. The trouble Inst night was practically local. Outside nf a radius of flvo miles, with Omaha as the center, there was little. If any trouble. In the city the Webster station zone was In the worst condition, as there almost all the Instru ments were cut of business. This was due to the fact that the tornado drove diagonally across the territory, cutting the cables at points where the leads came up out of the underground system. The Harney station ozno was bad, but there the phones wcte far from all being out of service. The Western t'nion Telegraph company "as nble to restore some of Its lines through the storm swept area yesterday nnd was handling business to and from Chicago, Denver, Lincoln and over In Iowa. Except for a short time It was Impossible to get Into Iowa. Llko the telephone company, the Wee.-t-rn Union's trouble was within a radius of a few miles from the Omnha head quarters. Here i the city, the trouble Is where the wires come up out of the conduit system, at Hi being snapped off. or carried down by ! tho poles, felled by the wind. The West- ! fin Union has 100 11 limn (Mi uti.lfiH i. .. N lug brought In gangs fiom outsldo cities and towns. Ten Tliousnml Mensrutc Pile r(,. After tho storm more than 10,000 mes sages accumulated at the Omaha office, a great proportion of them being night and day letters and messages to friends, apprising them of conditions here. Yes terday -the company sent several thou sand of these messages to Des Moines. St. Joseph and other nearby cities The Postal company last night was able to open communication with Chicago. Denver and St. Louis, but was unable ntn M,aCr0f,f rher lnt IOWa' n into Missouri, or out In the state. This hur thl 1ry.,and WaS raPldly rebu'W- let TM.CS t,,rUE" the "t'ouble' ervL. , COmpy ll0Pd to restore KSnEft lnay 8 U,at bUS,ne!!8 C ue Handled to all points. Sioux City Brings Offer of Assistance T. A. Black, vice president of the d Wrttjr National bank and president ol the Sioux City Commercial club, with w arrived Monday In Omaha to extend to the mayor and Commercial club officials afcy aid they might need as a result of the cyclone disaster. Both officials vis Ited the Commercial club and later went through the storm-Infested districts. H. H. BALDRIGE SAVES HIS LIFE BY WATCHING TORNADO Howard H. Baldrlgc. 124 North Thirty ninth street, attributes tho saving of ,1s life, to the fact that ho was out of doors at the time tho cyclone struck his house Mrs. Baldrlgo went to the basement, but Mr. Baldrlge went to the front door to watch the progress of the storm. As he went out the cyclone entered and the next Instant tho roof and back end of the building disappeared in the cloud. Ho was left standing on the porch. Mrs Baldrlgo was lying In her boudoir when the storm came up. She hastened trom the couch and thereby saved her life, for this bed was covered with large rocks after tho tornado had gone. DEAD GIRL BLOWN FROM HOUSE INT0MAN'S ARMS The Incidents that occurred at Fifty fifth and Center streets during tho storm were remarkable. A 4-year-old girl t 8 blown out of a house and Into the arms of Charles Allen, who was in the center oflhe street In front of the building. She was dead, und it is presumed was killed by coming in contact with flyini? debris before hitting Allen. Another peculiar accident was that of Mrs. Rathkej who with hrr two grown sons were blown from their home to a field a quarter of a mile away. All were dead and when found hadn't a stitch of clothing on them. Fred Wahler, 70 years of age, together with his wife escaped from their home, hut were Injured by flying timbers aa they made their escape. EIGHT REPORTED KILLED ON I0WAJSIDE OF RIVER Between Bartlett and Pacific Junction on the Iowa side of tho river it Is re ported that Kd Lambert, a farmer, and two children were killed by a cyclone that fctruck there shortly after 6 o'clock Sun day night. Near Glen wood, la Bon Dean and his, thrco daughters, all grown, are eald to have been killed In their home, which nas destroyed. At Mynard in Cass county, touthwest jf Plattsmouth, eight persons are re ported to have been killed. Tnore are co wires into that section of the state nd It has been Impossible to vol If y the umor. RESCUE LODGE OPENED ON NORTH TWENTY-FOURTH llescue lodge No. 2S, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, has opened quarters at '4S3 North Twenty-fourth streot und an there prenare.l : n the way of medical attention and food, lohn Grant Pegg, city sealer of wclghti, h in charge. CYCLONE FIRST STRUCK MILE WEST0F PAPILLI0N Veports from Papllllon are la the af fect that the cyclone started about a ii' le west of that place An observer Itctl cd a lurpr rcuy r .-ud near i V varth truvtllns In a northeaeterly iJreCt -Photo by (The Bee's ,Stftff Artist. tlon, and Its heavy, greenish hue fascl nated and attracted him. Suddenly he noticed that It began to whirl, and tho first-place It, hit the earth was i ml'o west of Papllllon, where it gathered up ten telegraph poles alonn the Union Pa cific right-of-way, then after demolishing r farmer's barn It seemed to ascend and precipitated again at Ralston. From there on Its pnth'has been plainly marked. Storm Wipes Perth, Indiana, Off Map BltA'ilU Ind.. March 24. -Perth, a small town of 40J Inhabitants In the nor thern part of Clay county, practically was wiped off the map by a tornado last night, but only ono person was In jured. Tho homo of Hobert Foster was blown down. Foster und four children were In thcho'use u.t the time but all escaped un hurt except Louise, aged seven. Tho three story BChool house literally was torn to pieces. . DniunKf nt Anltn. ANITA. Ia.. March 24. (Speclal.)-In Anita llftle damage was done, but tho three large cattle barns of Sam Hansen, five mllos south of town, were totally de stroyed, with a small loss of cattle. I'urm HulIilliiK" Go. CASUY. Ia., March 24. (Spoclal.)-The damage In Casey was very light, but John Wilkinson, who lives two miles south, lost all buildings but his house, which was protected by a grove. Governor Morehead Commends City of Omaha for Its Prompt Action Governor Morehead, who has viewed the scenes of the tornado, has Issued tho fol lowing statement: "I received a telegram from the mayor of Omaha at 12:30 a. m. stating that a large portion of their city had been swept by a disastrous 'tornado. Arrangement!) wero made within nn hour for a special train with tho adjutant general and a number of his men who sturted for the scene of tho storm, arriving at Omaha ut 3:45 a. m. In hopes that the disaster had been overstated. "As soon us It was daylight In several automobiles we visited tho part of the city that had been swept by the storm and found It even worse than reported. To form tin Intelligent idea of the number of dead and wounded at this tlmo would be impossible, or to make an intelligent estimate of the 'financial loss, "Suffice It to say there are several miles of the residence portion of the city which is a complete, wreck and ruin. Some of tho district was the best resi dence district, as well ns a portion which was the homes of many of ordinary means. It was a pitlablo sight to see peoeple wandering u round apparently dazed, while dead bodies and crippled people wero beliife" tuken from the ruins. "All is being done that ctin be accom plished to make those without homes Telephone Girls Give Most Remarkable Heroism During Storm When the panic raged the fiercest dur ing the period of tho storm tho twenty five girls doing duty as night operators at what is known as tho Webster street station, between Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth and Lako street, displayed remarkable heroism. Every girl stuck to her switch board, while every window In the building crashed In, shotting the shattered glass across the room in everj; direction. Many of the girls had Jlielr faces and hands cut nnd gashed with the flying glass, but to a girl they stuck to their switch boards, answering calls, making connec Ten Bodies Are Removed from the North Eight bodies ' mure of Colored, wll known in tho north part of the city, were taken from tho ruins of tho Idlewild pool hull, making a total of ten. They are Scott Barber. George Hansen, Lloyd Glover, Tom Johnson, George Hamfat, Sciiny Ford, Charles South and a man named Dunn. The corpse of C. W. Dil lon, the proprietor, was found early in the morning. The bodies were all more or less mutilated and were removed at once to the Obee undertaking parlor at Five Public Schools Because of Five, pubjlc schools were out of com mission because of the storm. At the Lake kdiool, Nineteenth and Lake street there war not a whole window left in the structure, which Is one of the largest schools In the i lty Columbia sr hool had one corner of the roof lifted and then driven down through Just Like Cardboard Houses , . , -Photo by Tho Bee's Staff Artist comfortable, and the city authorities uro uslng'every means to prevent looting and cribbing. I desire to commend tho mayor and city authorities for their prompt action. "On reaching this section of the city by daylight I found It well patrolled by police" and It lequlred tho authority of the mayor before we were allowed to pass tluou'li on our trip of Inspection. "Mayor llartinau Is to bo commended as well for IiIp prompt action In render ing IiIr services', nnd 200 government troops are nldltlg the mayor In keeping order and preventing looting In the dis trict. Unfortunate as the city and peo plo are In this storm. 1 am receiving telegrams from different states, as well as from prominent citizens In the state, offering to help In a financial way tho unfortunate victims. The citizens are opening their homes and It would appear to mo that they will be able to tempor arily provide for these unfortunate peo pie. At the present time there have been recovered from the ruins more than 100 dead bodies and the hospitals and prjvate homes report something over 250 wounded. Property loss, In a rough es timate, is from $2,500,000 to J4,000,000. It Is also estimated that thero aro from 1.500 to 2.600 buildings wrecked. Exhibition of tions and with bleeding hands mantpu latlng the plugs with greatest swiftness and accuracy. Hundreds of people In the neighborhood rushed to this exchange building, think ing 'It appeared to be the most substan tial building In tho neighborhood. Thero was great panic among the people who took refuge there, and while women and children screamed and wept In wildest hysterln, the exchange girls worked patiently on at their boards, giving In formation and making connections ns bes't they could with the crippled wires, thus aiding wonderfully in the rescue work. Side Idlewild Pool Hall SMS Lake street. Men assisting in the rescue work say that' they expect to find at least twenty more bodies in the ruins of the pool hall. Bodies of three other colored persons weie found ut noon by searchers and re moved' to Obee's. They aro Mrs. Odes, Parks, 3310 North Twenty-fourth street; unidentified man killed at the Abernathy rooming house at Twenty-fifth and Bur uette streets, Marie Lindsay, 1413 North i Thirtieth street. Are Closed Damage by the Storm the second floor to the lowsr floor. launders school hfad one corner of the roof blown off. Beall school suffered the loss of the roof ami the chimney. School was dismissed at the Edward It'isewufr -r, n because the heating plant Could nut be pcruted an account ut i the electricity, beinx shut oft jf . Altogether Too Close for Comfort Committees Organize to Carry On the Relief Work for the' Sufferers According to CO. Itosewutcr, sccie tary of tho citizens' relief committee, the damage done and tho relief necessary will be ascertutued within tho next twenty-four hours. 7. M. Uulld of tho committee has been directed to secure the house numbers and names of tho Injured In tho cyclone district. Ho will be assisted by a large committee which will meet nt the Cum tnerclal club. A committee of sixty, organized In squads und stationed over twenty-three districts created In the wrecked section, will work under cuptalus to secure tho names of those living there. J. M. Guild will direct the work. Itohert Cowell will take charge of all funds. Police Commissioner ltydcr nnd Negro in' Theater Ruins is Dug Out Alive and Entirely Unhurt John Brown's body lay smoldering In down and found a colored man pinioned tho heap as the crowd went marching by. ! tight A little more digging and they had That Is what everybody thought until ' him out, safe and sound, not a bonu John Brown's body cumo rushing out ot the ruins and sped on down tlio street as fast as two good legs could carry It. John Bruwn was one of thirteen persons caught like rats In a trup at the little moving picture theater on Lake street near the corner of Twentyfourth when tho tornado came. The building crushed llko an egg shell and not n body was visible ns one stood casually surveying the mass. But at 6 o'clock this morning Just twelve hours after tho storm a man was; heard crying In subdued tones from be neath the brick and mortal' und lumhci. IlcBCUers rushed to the spot. They dug Homes Wiped Out Soon After Their New Owners Have Purchased Them Dwlght IC. Elllngwood, the wholesale lumber dealer residing at 124 North Thirty-seventh street, hud un exjterlenco almost the reverse of the one that befell Judge W. W. Slubuugh, who had sold his residence, which was tntully de stroyed lust week. 'Hie home In which the Hlllugwoods resided and the Gould Dletz home, a block away, weie converted Into kindling wood. And Elllngwood, like, most of the Beautiful Bemis Park is Now a Scene of the Most Dense Destruction The comer at Forty-socond and Hainey Is about as complete i let of ruins as can bo found along the entile length of the devastated path. But If one Is looking for the dttnsjty of destruction, lie may find It In beautiful Bemis park, nut as bud. of course, as on the north side. The tornado entered the park at about Thirty-sixth iind Cuming, gaining frosh Impetus, apparently, us It dropped frag ments of ruin in front of the Wltse resi dence there and leaping on over the forest-clad dwellings. ftuniilng on a dlagona' life frmn Thli ty-fourth nnd Cuming it torn It way throuxh the sukA lurlnx wute wfaaU TOWN OF YUTAN STRUCK BY STORM AND WRECKED ! Fifteen Ueportcit Ornd mill Forty PrrimiK Injured, nnd llrnvy Prop erty l.o" n Uelitt of TwUtcr Xenr nte. Tee n'o dei', RJil'tnbir InJ irctl and tho town wrecked by ft tr!ilte- that Pnssed o"r .f- io'Vii f-T"tm !at! StlmAy fter-po'i. TJi' jirtaict'W b"jrlnflfi'"hotter3 were thuwn IntD the reew tfful Intfay rrs!d. i cc-s were dwr.e'.itied. To mak ina't i wors. ,flre broke Oft in tfia nt.' -,i . r to'rt'i. Vu'ill 1 on the Vet l'liv fle rtkil. ntJ Vd Th i-.AJ-r M .. t MX-'A'.6Mv.ti'! bAay. M- f.a 0Uliatf. jt -.?:i .unjl. A.'ii. iUJiia.'D m' it!d-rii, , of the Wvhxii '.,." .( Jo' uiu:. htu;ujr ;ti:t fax i lir-" , . V I t -lnbRUisti. iuitC- iurt. Si '. :rv. fniOtUflf'd sKtll. . 1 t i Uavdeu, hMfi out i V" leyn. . , ... W- it- Kaydcn,, !eK Sroken. , M'. Krcd Hayilcn.bH'Hy liu;t. I.'ted Ohms' naoy, biUtv. ,hu-t., TN Vmivii dead Hlnewhete: BU1Y U.fUH,Ti:R OK m-:. N1 MKb. K.KL) OH.VK, Hilled' on ?arni near Mead C U. Itosewutcr will pure I ni no needed supplies. E. F. Denhlson of tho Young Men's ChiiBtluu association, will -seu' that thu, homeless arc housed. Health Commissioner It. W. Council and the entire city health department will have churge of the work of ca'rlnif for tho Injured. All heads of cotrimlttoes, with tho exception of Mr. Guild's, will have offices In tlio city hall, where head quarters havo been established In tlio offices of city commissioner. "Wo Want every ono who is sheltering nny citizen who was in tho storm to re port to the city hall at once," said Sec retary Itosewutcr. "Wo will iirrnngc a lost and found bureau In order to locate the missing and account 'for 'the dead and Injured." broken. "It was John Brown, or as he called himself, for . ho was too scured to stop uud parley about names and things. "What held you in there?" someone nuked. "The whole building," he replied, "the, whole thing was on top of me. That wan once when I was a white coon." And when told he .was the only one to get out alive, he lit out over the ruins and awny, shou(lng, "Guess I'se a lucJiy man!" Three corpses wero then excavated from tho ruins and tho search postponed till later. losers, had no tornado Insurance on cither house, making Ids loss toUil. Ilev. Julius Sch war hud u similar ex perience. He had Just completed pay ments for tho purchaso of his two-story home, tho old Powell residence. Nine teenth avenue and Locust streot, nnd was occupying It with his family, and tho roof and muoh of tho upper story wero removed nnd tho I'ousu otherwise demolished. And he had no tornado in surance. seems to be sooies of haudsuliio homes. One of these was the largo brick struc ture erectod by the lato Tolf Hanson, which crowned the Jutting hillock where Hawthoine avenue rounds Tnlrty-fuu'rtli street. From there along ihjqiifrh the thick cluster of houses out onto Thirty third, went the ravishing' wind. The mlrncle K not that a "few were kilted, but that hundieds escaped. Gaz ing upon the ruin. rucked ground one Is struck by that thought' It will be u long time hefoio Bemis pntk will be the complete forest that It wa". fo this path or drstrU' tlou spared not u tree, which hue b?tn the pride ot that beautiful district . Citizens Respond Generously to the Call for Aid for Tornado Sufferers City commissioners pated nn ordinance appropriating $.iXl for relief work Citizens present at the meeting orgnnlzed nnd Slfi.OuO more was donated. A citizens' telli'f committee was organized, composed of fifty citizens and an executive com mlttie of seven to work with the seven city cnuncltmcti. Governor Morehead notified Mayor Unhhimn that he would scud a special iimM'ige to the legislature asking for tho upproptlutlou of sutlli'tcpt funds to cam for the iiqinelrsn throughout the rtnte. Police OommlsMuner Ilyder Istucd or- f'lcrs for nit saloons In the vi.-tnlty ,f I he wrecked district to rciimln closed Un til further tiot're. Mayor tnhtiuan created the following control districts for the troop nnd mili tia now on guard about the ruins. Klrit district, along Sherman nvcuilo and V.uy strttt; Information s'atlons at Sherman dud t'orhy and Twenty-fourth and Ohio. Hecond district. Twenty-eighth street wot ujid south to California; In formation stations at Thirtieth and Sew ad and Tlilt t -third nnd Cuming. Third district. California, south und west, in format'eu fictions at Thirty-fifth and Dodsre and Thirty-eighth and California nnd Forty-third and Leavenworth. . Cots will be placed In the Auditorium und thosu without shelter will bo housed there. The city purchasing agent has arranged for enough beds to euro for all those who ran sleep In tho nudltorium. The KIKs rooms havo been thrown open to the homeless nnd the Union Gospel mission will provide seventy. five men with beds. The citizens' committee has asked the newspapers to accept donations nnd turn the money over to the committee for dlB trlbution. T. J. Mahouey has been named chairman of the committee, C. C. Itose water, secretary, nnd Hubert Cowell, treasurer. Following the meeting in tho council chamber tho executive committee, con sisting of T. J. Mahoney, K. F. Donlson. ltobert Cowell. C. C. Hosowater. J. M. Woman's Cries for Help Rescuers to Mrs. James D. Hogg, wife of tho local goneral ngont of the Jtitlesvlllo Machltio company, was suffocated by gas In tho cellar of her home at 3411 Cuming street Sho was pinned by tho neck by a piece of timber. A rescue party composed or T. J. Cro nln. A. O. Hclirocder. James Panooh nnd Fireman Joe Cohnell, worked dosper ately to roach her beroro she died, but wore prcvontod from doing1 so by the Ron which escaped from the broken pipes and by tho mass of timber which bnrred tho wa Mrs. Hogg's voice could bo heard by the rescuers and for fifteen minutes be fore she died she conversed with them. She begged pathetically for the men to savo her. "Something Is holding me by the neck," she cried. "Can't yon cotnn? Can't you save me? I nm choklnv. If Is tho gas." "The Strife is O'er," Sang Cassius , Shimer He is Dead Church is Destroyed "Tho strife Is o'er, tho battle lone; the victory of lite Is wo i." ijuntr Cuirjltls Shinier of lit! South Forty-second street at tho Baxter services In McCaho Metno. dlst churcji Sunday morning. Many in tho congregation afterward remarked that It was the best ho had over sung; that ho had put sentiment nnd earnest ness Into tho song. "The powers of denth have done the'r worst, but Christ their legions hath out burst," ran tho second verne, sod there wero some, because of tho enrnestness and the sweetness of his tone, who thought upon Its meaning. North Twenty-Fourth Very Much Like Lnke street and vicinity resemble a battlefield after a terrific conflict when daylight, gray and dismal, lighted up the destruction which followed In the wako of the awful onslaught ot the raging tor inn de Sunday night. Bodies stretched out side by side on tho ground, covered with strips ot tar pulln, soldiers patrolling the ruined dis trict and tho thousands upon thousands of people, crowded us near tho ruins and dead ns possible, greeted the dawn ot day. Distracted relatives, anxious friends and neighbors rushed to and fro In the ruined district, inquiring for brother, sister 'or close friend, who hud been in the storm, fearful of whnt might be their fate, hut hoping by some mlrncaln they escaped from the death dealing monster. Nearly 100 bodies were laid side by side on the floor of Coronor Crosby's under taking establishment. Many of tha bodies Freak of Storm Takes Hat from the Closet; Puts it on Prof. Hunt's Head The biggest freak story yet told of the storm's caprices was the experience of IYof. E. W. Hunt. 833 Cuming street, who, after the storm was over, found himself wearing a hat that was hangllis In tho closet before tho house was blown over. When ho arrived homo sh tiy before tho terrific wind began to blow he placed the hat and coat he had been wearing upon a chair and then went downstairs to tell the family of Mrs. Com His Life Saved by.Holding Onto One of the Doors of His Residence Oscar Curlson, night cashier ot the Calumet restaurant, residing at Forty fifth and Leavenworth streets, had his life saved In a peculiar way. When the storm approached und the wind began to blow o hurricane, he attempted to look outdoors and In resisting a sudden gust he Des Moines Sends Doctors and Trained Nurses to Omaha on a Special Train Forty-four surgeons and sixteen trulned, ports of the disaster Immediately dis nuraes with four newspaper rclmrtrrs are j patched on a special train all surgeons here from Des Moines to assist In the and nurses avalluble with Instructions to work of caring for the Injured The Des' placo themselves ut the disposal o( the Malnts CfliamctClal club, heorjmr xiret re-J div health department of Omaha Guild. T C. Bymo nnd Father Williams, met and began planning the system ac cording to which It will work. "Omahn never has been found wanting nnd her people will not fall nt this time." Fo snld a dozen prominent citizens In the rounclt chamber at the city hall to day. "Wo will meet the needs of our people, ' ltobert Cowell. "It you hnvo seen tho wreckage you know that thero aro many In need." said Senator J. II. Millard, as ho gave 2,t00 toward relief. In this calamity we should have r.o false pride, nnd If the Mute 'i tM to help us we should sincerely thank the legis lature and the governor," -said Chairman T. J. Mahoney. Many people are homeless outside of Omaha and tho people of Omuna, noV raising relief funds, will ask that th I legislature be most generous to thein, us Omnha Is more prosperous nnd her cIM zens nro responding nobly to the call. Oonntlons at the time of tho orgnnla tlon ot the committee were ns follows. Union Pacific. 15.000. Kllpatrick company, W0. Omaha Printing company, JM0. Gns company. J.VO00. Street railway Company. JMWO. Omaha National bank, 12,500. Merchants Nnttonnl bank, JEW. Mahoney & Kennedy law firm, J500. Byrne & Hammer company, $.V)0. World-Herald, 11,000. Sunder land Bros.. 1500. J. A. Sunderland. M. Mrs. K. W. Nash, J2.500. M. Levy. HJ0. Father Slelison, $.7). Nebraska Clothing company, 260. Ud Johnston, former mayor of South Omahn. $100. Peter !xch, $100. School bourd, 10,0O0. Other donations are being received rapidly and before the day Is out the executive committee will probably be In possession of from $150,000 to $200,000 for Immcdlato use. Spur the Unsuccessful Efforts Mrs. Hogg was In the back part of the house when the storm struck and she readied the collar, whlje her husband, who wus In the front room, was reported to havo been taken out, Injured, but alive Next door n similar scene with a fatal ending was being enacted and the mem bers o"f the little rescue party were, nearly distracted by pleadings for help from two places when their best efforts seemed so futile. In tho cellar of a new house at 8411 Cuming, which like the one next door was demolished, Mrs. Martha Sore.nson of Ma I ma. Neb., was found Injured, and was taken to tho Methodist hospital. But In this snmo house a boy about 12 ycuts old died. Ills body had not been recovered this morning. Mrs. Hogg's body was not recovered till 6 o'clock this morning, though tho rescuers worked an swiftly "ns possible, thinking she could be rescued alive. Cusslus Shimer was. killed when tho torriudo destroyed" his home. The ohuroh In which he had sung was badly wreckea. Friends arc now remarking how appro priate was his last song. "The Strife is O'er," the verses of which read! Tho strife Is o'er, the battle done, The victory of life Is won; The Bong of triumph has begun allelui. The powers ot death have done their worst. But Christ their legions hath dispersed; Let songs of holy Joy outburst alleluia. The three sad days aro quickly sped; He rises glorious from the dead, All glory to our risen head alleluia, nmen. Street Looks a Deserted Battlefield wero so badly mutilated It was hardly posslblo to Identify them. Many were burned, half clothed and disfigured. All through the day crowds upon crowds of people besieged the coroner's office. Inquiring for relatives or friends, for whom they had anxiously waited during; the long night to return and when day light brought no tidings of there where abouts, sought the coronor's office. Many viewed the bodies, but their fear of find Ink them among the dead did not ma terialize, and they loft the death chamber, hope kindled anew for the safe return ot thuso they sought. Women becamo hysterical, men broke down and sobbed and little children walled, us they discovered among the dead some relative. Tho coronor's of fice presented a patheilo scene Indeed, with the bodies strewn about the floor, more arriving each hour and Identified bodies being taken away by relatives and friends. Curtis that a cyclone was coming and to get Into tho basement. They preceded him down and Just as he was In the hall way of the first floor the second story wus blown off and when he came to from the shock he found his hair full of mortar from the brick wulls and a tan hat that had been hanging In the closet of Ilia room on his head. The house was ruined. The family members were all bruised, hut escaped serious Injury, clung tenaciously to the door. The next thing he knew he was out In the back yard with the door on top of him, and when he arose and looked around ho found himself strangely alone. There was not a house in sight as far aa ho could see In the semi-darkness, and out side of a few bruises, he was all right.