Tornado Series: Omaha Casket Co. 1905 Traditional Cache
Tornado Series: Omaha Casket Co. 1905
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This cache is a nano container, so please bring a pen or pencil to sign the log. While this may not be the neatest part of the city, it is rich in history. Please note the smoke stack of the former Storz Brewery, directly to the west of the cache location.
On May 9, 1905 Omaha saw a storm system that produced a brief tornado in the Near North Side area of the city. Damage was isolated to one building. Three persons were killed and six injured by the collapse of a three-story building at Thirtieth and Grace Streets. The building was occupied by the Omaha Casket Company.The collapse of the casket factory was due to a heavy wind storm which at a point near the factory assumed the proportions and action of a small tornado. The building was a substantial one of brick, three stories high. The collapse came without warning. The roof was raised into the air and dropped, causing the heavy brick walls to collapse.A terrific storm of rain and hail followed the destruction of the building, several inches of water falling in a very short time.
A hundred employes of a brewery located near the casket factory rushed to the building and at once began the work of rescuing the unfortunate factory employes. At the same time a call was sent to the police and fire departments, each of which sent a large detail of men to the scene. When they reached the collapsed building only one person had managed to extricate himself, but the cries of the injured and dying under the debris were plainly heard. It was an hour before the injured were rescued. All the windows were open at the time the storm struck the building, and to that fact is attributed the raising of the roof by the wind, which was followed by the collapse of the walls.
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