1913 OMAHA NE EASTER SUNDAY MARCH 23rd TORNADO DEADLIST DAY RARE POSTCARD P5258 for Sale

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1913 OMAHA NE EASTER SUNDAY MARCH 23rd TORNADO DEADLIST DAY RARE POSTCARD P5258 For Sale

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1913 OMAHA NE EASTER SUNDAY MARCH 23rd TORNADO DEADLIST DAY RARE POSTCARD P5258:
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1913 OMAHA NE EASTER SUNDAY MARCH 23rd TORNADO DEADLIST DAY RARE POSTCARD P5258. THIS IS A VERY RARE POSTCARD THAT WAS PRINTED BY THE MEGEATH STATIONERY CO IN OMAHA NEBRASKA WHICH SHOWS THE DEADLY ACTUAL TORNADO CLOUD FROM OMAHA NE THAT STRUCK ON MARCH 23rd, 1913. THIS WAS AN EASTER SUNDAY AND THIS DAY GOES DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST IN NEBRASKA HISTORY.
HERE IS MORE ABOUT THE STORM:EASTER CAME EARLY IN 1913. MARCH 23 WAS EASTER SUNDAY, AND THE DAY PROMISED SPRING-LIKE WEATHER. BUT SPRING IN NEBRASKA IS ALSO TORNADO SEASON, AND THE STORM WHICH BREWED THAT EASTER DAY PROVED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DEADLY IN OUR HISTORY. CASS AND SAUNDERS COUNTIES WERE STRUCK FIRST. THIRTY-EIGHT PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE TOWN OF YUTAN, MEAD, BERLIN, ROCK BLUFFS, DESOTO, NEHAWKA, AND CRAIG. IT TOOK THE STORM ONLY 35 MINUTES TO COVER 40 MILES OF NEBRASKA.
BY LATE AFTERNOON, THE STORM SYSTEM WAS HEADED FOR OMAHA. IT WAS A BALMY SPRING DAY,WITH OCCASIONAL GLIMPSES OF THE SUN AND THREATENING OF SHOWERS, DEVELOPING INTO A HEAVY DOWNPOUR OF RAIN. THERE WAS LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. EXCEPT A SHARP FALL OF THE BAROMETER AND TEMPERATURE; IT CAME AND WENT WITHIN A FEW SECONDS, GIVING PEOPLE SCARCELY TIME TO GET TO THEIR CELLARS.
THE TORNADO HIT OMAHA AT ABOUT 5:45 SUNDAY EVENING CUTTING A DEVASTATING 1/4 MILE TO 1/2 MILE WIDE SWATH THROUGH THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF OMAHA FROM TWO TO SIX BLOCKS WIDE AND FOUR AND A HALF MILES LONG.
IT CAME FROM THE SOUTHWEST CROSSING THE CITY DIAGONALLY STRIKING THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED RESIDENTIAL AREAS, THE POORER DWELLINGS IN THE LOWLANDS, AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HOMES ON THE HILLS. THE HUGE, FASHIONABLE RESIDENCES OF THE DENIZENS OF WEST FARNAM HILL SUFFERED ALIKE WITH THE SIMPLE COTTAGES OF THE WEST SIDE AND THE SUBSTANTIAL HOMES OF BEMIS PARK AND NORTHERN OMAHA. CROSSING THE TWISTER TURNED SOUTH, CROSSING THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD BRIDGE INTO COUNCIL BLUFFS.
IN ITS WAKE WAS LEFT A DEATH LIST OF 103 IN THE OMAHA AREA ALONE. IT DESTROYED 800 HOMES, WRECKED ANOTHER 2,000 HOMES WITH A TOTAL MONETARY LOSS OF OVER $8,700,000 IN THE METROPOLIS.Here for your consideration is a great vintage item! Please see the images of the actual item for the best idea of condition.Be sure to check out all of the other great items that we have