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| the Towa bluffs, blown down'or pi terrific force of were levelled, and smaller struc- tures were completely wrecked by the wind, which swept a path for "1 dteelf through the most costly resi- dead . Some eof y those, recently ©. erected by Omaha's wealthiest men, are to-day a mass of ruins, Hun: dreds of families saw their homes Swept away or damaged eo badly : they were uninhabitable, and the occupants were: forced to bear the torrential rain that followed the twister. After the tornado and the rain came. an even greater mendce in the firés that broke out in a 'score of * Places. - At least 25 houses were de- stroyed by flames, To add to the horror of the night, the electricity failed, wires went down, and not only the residence, but the street lights were extinguished, leaving only the fitful glare from hundreds of lanterns to light up the scenes of sorrow while the rescue parties were at work. Those sections of the city which have reported the © heaviest loss of life are the dis. tricts surrounding the county hos- pitals and the child institute, the i territory near Twenty-fourth and Lake streets, and from there east. But from every point in the path of thé storm, reports were received all night of people killed, or burned in the ruins of their homes, Bhortly before six o'clock last evening the storm signs were first noted. It appeared south-west of 4, coming toward the city with the epeed of an express train, The roar of the whirling, twisting wind could be heard long before the storm struck, and pecple in the southern portion of the city assert- ed they could hear the angry- yum. ble when it struck the village of Ralston, = The vanguard of the &torm was a huge fan-shaped cloud, dark and lowering, which gradually narrowed into a funnel-shaped cloud that dipped earthward, and wherever it struck it left a wake of death; injurice and wrecked homes. "Almost all over the city people stood 'and watched the storm ap- AFTER HE CUTWORM. Government Secures Services of E. H. Strickland for Alberta. A despatch from Ottawa says: Government has secured the services of 'E, H. Strickland, an English entomologist,~ to' condust an. investigation into an outhreak of cutworm'in Southern Alberts. A 'mew variety of this pest destroyed from 30,000 to 40,000 acres of grain in Bouthern Alberta last year, be- sides doing serious damage to gar- den and root crops. Mr. Strickland enfers the service of the Depart- 'ment of Agriculture as a permanent "official and . will 'go West: next month: * He is a man of mugh dis- i. tinetion in his line and lately re- v.Aused an offersof the position of Government Entomdlogist in Cey- - Ton, A Mr iniin, ; KING SHOWED GREAT GRIEF. 'Mecting Between Him and Dowager v Queen Olga, despatch" from: Balorika ays : Constantine arrived here on y and was acclaimed by the i, The foreign warships te of 31 guns. The King eat, grief, & him ings, turned into relief stations fo the injured, ard morgues for the Every underfaker's éstah- t in the city, and even in Omaha, was taxed nd yo missioners, headed by Mayor Dahl- man, took, personal charge of the |the sl 1 relief work. Every policeman and fireman jn | thon. Omaha, South Omaha, and Couneil was used in am effort to pre- looting of buildings and to aid Toxisintare in the rescue of the and the city officers in guarding the wrecked buildings and in searching the ruins for the dead and injured. est toll was exacted i the western part of Omaha and the vicinity of 24 from there north-east to 16th 'and Binney. This is the residential por tion, and the destruction wrought was well nigh appalling. Whole blocks 6f homes were picked up and dashed into 'a shapeless mags. Btreet cars wers hurled from' the tracks-and demolished. A moving-picture show at 24th and Lake was destroyed. Ten dead and eight injured have thus far been removed from' the ruins. About on downs s Ha elwaye delichts. in, th his - own hands. fifty persons were in the theatre ab the time of the disaster and it is |*™ feared that moet of them are buried 1h" the debris. At 1.30 a.m Omaha presénted a sorry spectacle as a result of last od? Ge night's terrific storm. = From the | meotion Field Club, which is-in the western | TB» part of the city, to the-Carter Lake | th Club, situated af the north-esist ex- tromity, is one mass of debris from two to eix blocks wide. = Federal eoldiers from Fort Omaha assisted morbid curiocity-seekers at bay. The presence of the soldiers gives the city the appearance of béing un- der martial law. LORD KNOLLYS. Private Secretary to the King, who asaired: for, nd will 's60n retire. won ~ PARIS PREFECT RESIGNS. _ Ae ; ey. x 5 of Louis Lepine Head of Polics for 20 Years. ; A despatch from Paris an : pular pr Louis Lepine, : the Po, . of Paris fe has to | 0d office after twenty j ~| vice; interrupted ri by of two 1 if it would apply to evi in the Provi escapes emasculation As far ax the Santtovarsy bets ng AD 0 anu! William h though his findings of the working. men. Sir William will now have is of 'hin life. There is probab u the Provizece who has. love for flowers, and his ho stands above the Rosedale ravine, Sumner 8 resl living home of flower c The Mystery Bisck. Toronto's "mystery Rook" still umors t the Sanadian Northern and the tmpression wtil tremendou location n Yonge Ste there is the keenest interest A in what will happen.- the police 'in keeping 'looters and sup case there will bi fresh activity in uto in thi ] tire block, consisting of hundreds of small | Where from pi agénts of a real estate firm withi That. was two years ago, and who fi a mystery as it 'was then. course, involved millions. Eaton's continue to make impr their present premises. Friedmann Was Pleased. sitians are gratified that _ attention to 'Toronto p: Jactory jhat he had h which Prova, and : ree, be Fd dw i to the effect that th drug finde ome of its chief tuberenl. atients, © sons 100 dinbolieal for belief. catised sensation by ; w roduc: ing the army estimates on ednes- ». For "British purposes, Col. 8réat problem had! Secure an aeroplane that 1%] vould' fly_both slow snd fast. The British y 'had' machines itionary forces. > Bepretary for War. said that the: mechanical problem of repelling at- "1 tacks on air craft had been solved s | DY experiments carried 'ont by the én army -service. x: wr ei Re EN FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED, rig! And Borty to Sixty Persons Buried Ruins at Medicine Hat. - despatch from Medicine Hat, on' Wednesday afternoon; bh f ) e | when the Malcolm Canneries blew "the | UP, burying in the ruins a large n r of people, estimated any- ty to sixty. Five are known t6b& dead. The en, asgisted: by a large number of 'citi- Zens, are now digging the ruins to 8ave any others that may. be alive, A nor more were taken out when the wreck first occurred, 'and were. rushed to the hospital. The" number of dead. cannot be this announcement in the Sar, ALE 10 14340 per fers and Srtinms : ) Tae A T1110 ow. . s Wide; tubk, 11.20: pails, d Way wn i 2 e - ony ; 5 Say Wires Down, Buildings Unrooted, and Many Nar ne ousante of dollucy . | age were Y & very des lied off alo that avert ove up-tooted. i tipped from &tofe-fronts 'were smashed. Bi \ eIr hangings. mt, hr all partsof the city, of 'gency repair gan utility companies w run'ailday. e- bay, wag piled into billows, by the | tremendous rush of the wind. On the streets it was with extreme dif- | | ficulty that pedestrians could make progress. $ Ee $ -- 2 ya] i . 'Among the injured rs.. Many had NATTOW escapes. ilding' was a three-story firemen and a few on: | © HQ Fab J. Brier, -gas inspec- | ton of aloot- | tor ; Win, Stewart, painter and vol: > Foxk One unteer fireman ; John Rimmer, paid fireman ; Harry Green, boy ©onlook- es of |r; 8n unidentified man. of on, : } b troubles' in | TWO Italians. 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