THE BEE: OMAHA', TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1919.
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TORNADO
INSURANCE
Old Reliable Companies
C. M. RYLANDER
854-5-6 Omaha Nat'l Bank Bldg.
II PHONE DOUGLAS 594
or Walnut 435
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Have You Enough
Tornado and
Windstorm
Insurance
If Not, Call Tyler 544
Peters Trust Company
Insurance Department.
, Alfred C. Kennedy, Mgr.
Low rates, cost $4.40 for $1,000 for 3 years
SMALL ARM OF
STORM SWEEPS
OVER THE BLUFFS
Telephone ' and Telegraph
Wires Leveled and Some
Buildings Wrecked; Iowa .
Farms Suffer Losses.
A survey of conditions in Coun
cil Bluffs yesterday morning indi
cates that that city escaped any
serious storm damage.
At the time when the tornado was
passing over the western portion of
Omaha, a small arm of it struck the
northwestern part of the Bluffs,
wrecking many outhouses, sheds and
small buildings.
So far as could be learned, no
damage was ' done to residences or
business, houses, aside from the
breaking of glass in numerous win
dows. In the western part of Council
Bluffs, telegraph and telephone lines
were leveled, the posts having been
snapped off close to the . ground
Sign and bill boardds were scattered
over the vacant lots.
Crosses Missiouri River.
Reports reaching the city indicate
that the tornado crossed the Mis
souri river a short distance above
Crescent, or about eight miles north
of Council Bluffs and moved in a
northeasterly direction into Iowa.
On the Woods farm, five miles
northeast 6i Crescent, reports re
ceived yesterday morning are that
practically all the buildings were de
stroyed, entailing a loss of $5,000 or
perhaps more. Members of the fam
ily went to1 the cellar and were un
injured. : A number of hogs and cat
tle on the place are reported to
have been killed.
Boy Hurt While Driving Car
Damaged in the Tornado
While driving an auto truck,
damaged in Sunday night's tornado,
to a repair shop yesterday morning,
Thomas Mallett, 19 years old, son
of W. S. Mallett, 613 South Fifty
third street, received a broken leg as
a result of the overturning of the
truck at Forty-fifth and Dodge
streets.
' Mr. Mallett and another son who
were also on the truck were un
injured. The injured bov was tak
en to his home where he was at
tended by physicians.
A damaged steering gear was the
cause of the accident.
Help for Victims of
City's Second Tornado
Omaha has just undergone its sec
ond . visitation from a destructive
tornado, and while all are thankful
the monster of the air passed with
no toll of life .taken, we must real
ize that property losses fall heavily
on the victims.
Many of the citizens whose homes
have been blown away will need
help to rebuild. This ought to be
provided, and promptly. It is not
charity, but simple justice, that this
be done Their faith in Omaha was
shown by. the fact that they had ac
quired homes here, and now Omaha
must redeem that faith by assist
ing those who need it to restore
their homes. "
Great physical suffering and dis
tress does not confront us this time
as it did six years ago, following the
Easter storm of 1913. But the fam
ilies who have been turned out of
house and home, whose personal be
longings and household effects are
scattered in bits and rags by the
raging wind, need shelter and must
start all over.
What machinery may be required
to provide the succor need not be
here discussed. Most of those who
served in 1913 still are residents in
Omaha and can give of the wisdom
born of experience then gained to
aid a similar committee. The mayor
or the Chamber of Commerce
should act without delay to estab
lish whatever agency is needed to
set up again the now broken homes.
Family Hurries to
Basement When Storm
Warning is Sounded
B. Ballard, 4806 Cuming street,
heard che terrific noise of the ap
proaching storm and hurried to the
basement. No one was injured. The
roof was blown from the structure
and the building damaged.
The foundation of the residence of
A. Norre, 1114 North - Firty-sixth
street, was blown from under the
house and the superstructure caved
in. Occupants or this house have
not been located.
The worst of the storm visited the
city between Center and Leaven
worth and Forty-ninth and Fifty
sixth streets.
Passengers were shaken up and
excited when a street car was lifted
from the tracks by the terrific wind
at Forty-ninth and Dodge streets.
No one was injured.
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Home Office: 1406 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebr.
CALL DOUGLAS 1683
OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING LOCAL AGENTS
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W. Lincoln Byrne
326-7 City Nat'l Bk. Bldg.
Douglas 860.
Compton & McFayden
540 Paxton Blk.
Douglas 3493.
Win. E. Davis
732 Brandeis theatre
Douglas 2092. .
Gus Dworak .
2425 So. 19th St.
Douglas 5404.
W. A. Ehlers
1517 Harney St
Douglas 7964, x
JohnT. Flack
Occidental Bldg, & Loan Ass'n.
Douglas. 3326. '
Guy H. Furness
co W. O. W.
Douglas 4570.
E. E. Howell & Son
217 So. 14th St.
Douglas 114.
Fred A. Klenke '
3710 So. 16th St.
Douglas 3560.
G. C. Meieryurgen
1315 W. O. W. Bldg.
Douglas 1185.
H. W. Morrow
815 Brandeis Theatre
Douglas 4960.
Mark M. Shaw
co Iowa Nebraska Inv. Co.
Douglas 7768.
Clinton B. Stuht
921 City Nat'l Bank
Douglas 937.
H.'C. Timme
4204 Miami
Walnut 2973.
W. O. Van Wyck
co Lion Bonding Co.
Douglas 678.
Frank Wilcox
601 Omaha Nat'l Bank
Douglas 1836.
O. B. Williams
3230 Hamilton
Web. 2962.
Walsh Bros. Co.
1317-8 City National
Tyler 532.
POLICIES IN YOUR HOME COMPANY INSURE PROMPT ADJUSTMENT
TERRIFIC WIND
SWEEPS STATE;
WIRES ALL DOWN
Hail Does Considerable Dam
age In Eastern Nebraska;
Blizzard With Heavy
Snow in West.
Violent windstorms Sunday night
are reported from practically all parts
of the state. Wire communication in
all directions is crippled and the
meagre reports received indicate
considerable property loss.
The greatest damage, reports in
dicate, was near Elmwood, where
the storm reached the proportions of
a tornado, several farm houses were
badly damaged and telephone poles
leveled. The storm was reported as
far south as Nebraska City.
Every building on the farm of
George Lenz, near Elmwood, was
destroyed. Mrs. Lenz was alone in
the house at the time. When she
heard the approach of the storm
she climbed into bed with her three
weeks' old baby. The wind picked
up the bed, carried it through the
air for 200 feet and deposited it on
a pile of brush. Neither Mrs. Lenz
nor the child was injured.
Hail Hurts Wheat
Hail, which accompanied the
storm, did considerable damage to
wheat fields and sonsiderable live
stock was killed. Douglas, Cass and
Otoe were the principal counties to
suffer in the eastern part of the state.
Western Nebraska, Wyoming,
Utah, Montana and western Colo
rado were swept by a blizzard, a
heavy snow accompanying the high
wind. From two to 12 inches-of snow
was reported to the Union Facific
along its lines in the western part
of the state. From Murdock to Den
ver and in the Black Hills country
the Burlington reports from 6 to 8
inches of snow.
The high wind drifted the snow in
the west but it has not interfered
materially with traffic.
The principal loss was to tele
phone and telegraph wires. Long
stretches of pole lines were com
pletely demolished. Crews of repair
men sent out have been unable to
make progress because of the bliz
zard. '. ., .
Underwriters' Offices
Swamped With Tornado
Insurance Seekers
Insurance offices were swamped
yesterday morning by hundreds of
property owners in the city seeking
to renew their policies for protec
tion against tornado losses. The
majority of the contracts entered
into following the disaster of March
23, 1913, provided against loss for
three years.
Many property holders failed to
renew their policies at the expira
tion of the first three years, while
many more, who did renew their
contracts, allowed them to lapse last
month, which marked the end of the
second period following the twister
of six years ago.
Insurance policies covering prop
erties valued at thousands of dollars,
which were damaged and destroyed
last night, were allowed to lapse
just a few weeks ago. Many of
th holders of policies allowed their
contracts to become void through
neglect to keep up their premiums.
Burlington Official Back.
S.B. Howard; Burlington immi
gration agent, is back from Mem
phis, Tenn., where he attended a
meeting of immigration agents and
of representatives of the govern
ment operated roads. More than
100 agents attended.
Byrne Bros.
HARRY S. BYRNE
W. LINCOLN BYRNE
326 City Natl Bk. Bldg. D. 860
Cyclone and Tor
nado Insurance
Reliable Fire and Tornado Insurance
Prompt and Equitable Settlement
Five out of 17 Losses on Sunday Storm
Settled Before Monday Noon.
O. C. OLSEN
103 McCague Bldg.
Telephone Douglas 1053.
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The Best Possible Protection
Is a Policy Written by
Thomas McG over n & Son
586 Brandeis Bldg.
Doug. 4269
Aft.r 5:30 Call Harney 910.
Commission to Study
Foreign Market Systems
Washington, April 6. In ihe gov
ernment's program for the extension
of American foreign trade promotion
the farmers' interests have been
placed entirely in the hands of the
Department of Agriculture's bureau
of markets, which announced to
day that several agriculture trade
commissioners as permanent repre
sentatives will be sent abroad to re
port on conditions and study the
marketing and distributing of Ameri
can farm products.
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INSURANCE
Payne Investment
Company
S37 Omaha Nat'l Bank.
Phona Doug. 1781.
TORNADO INSURANCE
ONLY $1.60 PER $1,000
JOHN W. ROBBINS
581 Saunders-Kennedy Bldg.
Doug. 529.
State Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.
Room 228-230 Bea Building, Omaha, Nab.
STRICTLY FOR FARMERS
A Policy Built for the Farmer and at Cost
FIRE, LIGHTNING, TORNADO
Organiied 189S. Refereneei Packers National Bank
DIRECTORS:
J. P. Mullen, Emmet
S. Jacobson, Lynch
W. H. Davidson, Springfield
Anton Dusatko, Clarkson
J. F. McArdle, Secy., Omaha.
fipo. firnM. Ansley.
John D. Hasik, Abble
J. M. Gates, Ft. Crook
A. E. Agee, Omaha
Henry Harstick, West Point
TORNADO INSURANCE
W. L. Selby & Sons
KeelineBIdg. " Douglas 1510.
After 5:30 P. M. Walnut 2479.
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Little Birds Sing
Competitors statements ; that I
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are untrue.
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INSUROR
Doug. 5101.
102-103 Bee Bldg.
"Protection on Every Insurable Hazard."
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