Damage in Omaha, Nebraska, probably from tornado of March 23, 1913
Description
Black and white photograph (11 x 7 cm.) with a view of some of the destruction probably wrought by the Easter Tornado that hit Omaha, Nebraska on March 23, 1913. The reverse side has a note in pen: from Frank Hummel, probably Tornado 1913.
Few disasters have devastated Omaha as completely as the Easter Tornado of March 23, 1913. The storm descended with terrible force just after Easter services on Sunday evening. The tornado created a path of destruction seven miles long and a quarter mile wide. It killed 140 Omahans and injured 400 others.
