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                Dead       Injured   Property Damage

Yutan ………..           18              21            $300,000

Berlin………...            7              17              350,000

Mead…………             2                2                50,000

Red Bluffs…...           1                1                10,000

Fremont……...                             2                  1,500

Bennington…..                            7                  5,000

De Soto………           2              10                  6,000

Valley………..                              6                  1,250

Plattsmouth….                            1                  1,000

Nehawka…….            1              12                  5,000

Waterloo…….                            6                  2,500

Greenwood….                             4                  1,500

Tekamah…….                              2                  1,000

Craig…………            6                2                  2,500

                                _____    _____    __________

Total Nebraska     37              93            $737,250

Glenwood……           5              12            $125,000

Woodbine……                           8              300,000

Beebertown….         2              10              125,000

Gilliat………..           2               5                75,000

Weston………           2              11              100,000

Neola………..            3              4                50,000

                                _____    ______  __________

Total Iowa          14              50            $775,000

Business part of Ralston destroyed

   The entire Business district of the town of Ralston, situated not far from south Omaha, was destroyed through the frightening tornado. After the destruction of the houses, fire broke out in several places, which made the situation even worse. The horror and confusion of the people itself was indescribable. After the situation was more or less under control, doctors were asked to come from south Omaha, for the purpose of treating the injured. Provincial hospitals smaller than train-switching huts were used easterly of the Cudahn icehouses. The work of the doctors was difficult in the darkness, lanterns had to be used by them. Three persons fell victim to the tornado; the number of injured totaled at 12. The property damage that was caused contributed over $200,000. In the town

Yutan, Neb.

the demon of the sky caused death and ruins. Under the rubble that the tornado left behind in its tracks, 18 were found dead and 21 more or less badly injured. There were 40 houses, 2 of them churches, totally destroyed. Yutan had a strong German population. The town was in very bad shape.