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TIIE MORXIXG ' OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1920
TORNADO IS TRAILED
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DEATH
Scores. Killed and Injured;
Towns Are Razed.
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OSS REACHES MILLIONS
rolnt,
Ind., and
Ga., Also
tlgin, 111., Is
Tart ot West
Wiped Out.
Taralyzed.
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injurad and 1000 were made home
less. While northeastern Illinois sus
tained the principal damage, the tor
nado. In its freakish career, swept
se'cral Indiana towns, killing: three
persons at Zulu, Ind., causing: me
death of one man and the injury of
several persons in St. Louis, and kill-
ins- itrs. Louis Brown at East Troy,
Wis.
Country Reports Meager.
Reports from some of the country
districts in Illinois and Indiana were
meaner and It was feared that the
death toll would be considerably aug
mented when isolated rural com
munities were heard from.
Telephone, telegraph and power
wires to nearly all towns in the
storm's path were down, and many
places were In darkness.
Outside of Chicago, Wauronda, Mc
Iienry, Woodstock. Algonquin and
Marengo felt the full effects of the
etorm, but communication with them
was cut off.
Edgerton, Ind., IS miles from Fort
Wayne, was reported virtually de
stroyed. -
Several persons were said to have
been injured at Ossian, Ind.
Heavy property loss was caused
in Evanston. Wilmette and other
north chore suburbs, while Bellwood
May wood, Edgebrook. Norwood Tark
and other villages west of Chicago
were damaged.
No fatalities were reported from
the latter places, but many were in
jured by the flying glass and tim
bers.
The tornado struck Elgin at noon
and swept northeast into the Chi
cago territory through the suburbs,
leaving a path of destruction 200
yards wide and a mile and a half
long. In ten minutes 175 houses in
the Chicago district were leveled and
400 were damaged.
Roofs Are Tor Array.
The wind tore into the business
quarter of Melrose Park, ripping
roofs from buildings, shattering win
dows and piling the streets with
debris. g
The church of the Sacred Heart
was 6everely damaged. The church
bell, weighing nearly a ton, was
thrown 100 feet away.
The roof of the parish house ad
joining was carried away and three
nuns were injured by flying debris.
Kiro for a time threatened to add to
the havoc, but the flames were con
fined to the wreckage.
The state hospital for the insane at
Dunning on the edge of Chicago was
converted into an emergency hospital
and a place of refuge for the home
less. More than 200 houses were de
stroyed at Dunning.
severe property damage in the bus!
ness section. Five persons were killed
at Agricola, Ala., which reported
many injured. The tornado also was
felt in Macon, where property damage
ran high and some persons were in
lured. ,
Wire service, both telegTaph and
telephone, was partially paralyzed and
it was impossible to ascertain exact
property damage or to get reports
from many sections of the state.
Many towns were in darkness. Heavy
rains fell throughout a great por
tion of Georgia.
The Red Cross here was preparin
tonight to rush supplies to La Grange
by army motor trucks as the Atlanta
& West Point railroad reported it
could not dispatch a relief train be
cause its wires were down.
EIGHT IX MICHIGAN KILLED
Seven Men Die AVhen Buildln
Acar Fenton Collapses.
DETROIT, Mich., March 28. Eight
persons were killed in a tornado that
swept over portions of central and
western Michigan today, according to
fragmentary reports reaching here
over damaged telegraph wires to
night.
Seven. men were killed when build
ings in which they took refuge from
the gale collapsed near Fenton, IS
miles from Flint, and a farmer was
crushed to death in his barn nea
Hart. "
It was feared extensive property
damage and possibly greater loss o
life would be shown by reports from
the storm-swept area with which
there was no communication possible
tonight
The gale swept Lake Michigan shore
cities, including Muskegon and St.
Johns, then took a northeasterly
course across the state to Saginaw
and Bay City. Battle Creek, Lansing,
Kalamazoo,. Ionia, Flint and Howell
were in its path and all these places
were isolated tonight.
It could not be learned whether all
lake shipping escaped the storm.
Medical Calls Poor In.
Calls for medical assistance from
the suburbs poured into Chicago.
Emergency Red Cross stations were
established in several of the villages,
and physicians and nurses from the
municipal sanitarium were hurried to
the stricken towns.
A swath 200 yards wide was torn
through the main part of Wilmette
and property damage was estimated
at near half a million. Among build
ings damaged were the town hall and
the Episcopal church.
A score of houses in Evanston were
demolished, but no fatalities were re
ported. The tornado was the first to strike
Chicago since 1S96. according to
Henry J. Cox, weather forecaster for
Chicago. The disturbance was a tor
nado and not a cyclone, he said, as
serting that the peculiar path was
characteristic of a tornado. The path
was just north .of Chicago, ending
in Evanston and Wilmette, adjoining
Chicago on the shore of Lake Mich
igan. The 11th infantry, Illinois national
cuard, was ordered out for patrol duty
tonight in parts of Chicago and sub
urbs hardest hit by the storm.
Soldiers from Fort Sheridan were
distributed over the north shore sub
urbs to guard property.
Several Melrose Pr k houses dam
aged by the tornado were destroyed
by fire tonight when gas from broken
mains ignited. The town's water sup
ply had been cut off and water had to
be pumped from wells.
All villages swept by the storm
were without fire protection. No elec
tric current was available.
Railway Watchman Injured.
George Mix, a watchman at a rail
Toad crossing in Wilmette, was se
verely injured when the storm lifted
his shanty and rolled it for more than
three blocks, carrying him as a pris
oner. One-half of the roof of St. Augus
tine's Episcopal church at Wilmette
was carried more than three blocks
by the wind. The parsonage nearby I
was noi damaged.
K A. Waidner, a Chicago commis
sion merchant, lost trees valued at
J50.000. One of the queerest freaks
of the storm occurred when a cow
was blown into a haystack in North
Evanston. The haystack had to be
torn down to free the cow.
MIXXESOTA WIRES ARE DOWX
Damage Estimated at $2 00,000 by
Telephone Company.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. March 28.
Damage estimated at 1200,000 result
ed to the property of the Northwest
ern telephone exchange company in
southern Minnesota in today's storm,
company officials said tonight.
Wet, heavy snow, driven by a 50-miles-an-hour
wind knocked down
telephone and telegraph wires, espe
cially in the vicinity of Litchfield.
Montevideo, Willmar and Luverne.
Five inches of snow was reported at
Litchfield.
WOMAX HL'RT; BABE KILLED
Trail of Death and Ruin Is Re
ported in Ohio.
TOLEDO. O.. March 28. Several
persons were reported killed and
more than a score of houses demol
ished by a cyclone which struck Ge
noa, a town 18 miles northwest of
here, tonight. Reports were brought
here by K. R. Pitcher, engineer of
a New York Central passenger train.
X)ur tram stopped at Genoa," said
Pitcher, "and brought three injured
persons to a Toledo hospital. Be
side the tracks I saw two dead wo
men, one with her clothing almost
torn off.
"We brought to the hospital a Mrs.
Pearl Yonker, who was completely
scalped. Her infant child was killed
in her arms.
" saw a dozen houses blown down,
one of the houses being on fire.
"In one house I entered there were
five badly injured children. . They
were being attended by physicians."
OXE KILLED IX ST. LOUIS
Many Buildings in Suburbs Dam
aged by Storm.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., March 28. One man
was killed, four persons are known to
have suffered minor injuries and
many buildings in St. Louis and the
suburbs were damaged in a wind
storm this afternoon. The wind at
tained a velocity of 68 miles an hour.
Louis Hellings, 23, Oklahoma City,
Okla., was struck by a falling cornice
that had been dislodged by the wind,
dying instantly.
4 KILLED IX. WEST POIXT, GA.
Northwestern Part of Town De
stroyed by Storm.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 28.
Four or five persons were killed and
the northwestern part of the town
of West Point, Ga., destroyed by a
tornado late today, according to
meager information received here.
All telephone and telegraph lines
into the town were down tonight.
EDGERTOX, IXD., WIPED OCT
Two Men Reported Killed When
Wind Hits 4u!u.
FORT WAYNE, Ind., March 28. It
has been reported here that the town
of Edgerton. 18 miles east of here,
has been wiped out by a storm.
It has also been reported that two
men were killed at Zulu, 10 miles east
of here, and that the town has been
destroyed.
LOXG STRIP IS DEVASTATED
Path li Mile Wide and Six Miles
Long Cut in Ohio District.
SPRINGFIELD. O., March 28. A
strip of territory one-half mile wide
and six miles in length between
Greenville and Union City, O., was
completely devastated by a tornado
late this afternoon.
Sixteen persons are reported dead
or missing.
DEVASTATED
TROOPS
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Brunt of Tornado Falls on
Illinois Town.
8 DEAD; MANY ARE HURT
Four Persons Killed When Church
- Collapses; Some Looting
is Reported. .
ELGIN. I1L. March 28. With eight
known dead, 100 or more injured and
property loss that may exceed 4,oou,-
000. Elein tonight was paralyzed as
a result of a tornado that swept over
this town at noon today.
This citv of 27.000 persons was In
darkness tonight and almost cut off
from the outside world. At 5 P. m.
the business district, which bore the
brunt of the storm, was cleared by
order of Mayor Erwin K. Price, and
national guards and volunteers began
patrolling the streets to prevent looting.
Mayor Price, in a proclamation is
sued this afternoon, called on com
pany D, 10th Illinois Infantry, to take
charge and asked ex-service men and
others to volunteer.
Volunteer Respond.
More than 200 volunteers, many in
the uniform of the army and navy,
with overseas chevrons on their
Heves, responded, supplementing the
60 men of the local guard company
and Elgin's regulaT police force.
Fifty uniformed boy scouts also an-
wered the call.
The storm, which swept a path 200
ards wide across the heart of the
city, took its greatest toll of life at
the Congregational and Baptist
churches where four women were
iiled and dozens injured.
The known dead tonight were:
Mrs. W. D. Kimball, 55.
Miss Elizabeth Mowat, 25.
Miss Zilla Foote, 21.
Isabel McConnachie, 12.
Sam Wyrick, engineer at the Elgin
state hospital.
Sam Beverley, actor.
Mrs. Ada Beverley.
An unidentified man.
Swanton and Raab's corners, 20
miles west of here.
Two ambulances have been sent
from here on a Lake Shore train. The
word was brought here by a motorist
who said he eaw men and women
lying in the streets with buildings
wrecked all about them.
GREENVILLE HAS DEATH TOLL
Ohio Town Hit by Storm and Trac
tion Service Cut Off.
DAYTON, Ohio, March 28. Several
persons were reported killed and a
dozen or more badly injured in a
storm which struck near Greenville,
Ohio, shortly after 8 o'clock topight
The storm centered about four
miles west of Greenville. Wires are
down and traction service has been
cut off.
A storm which apparently settled
on Nashville, a village ten miles west
of Greenville, tonight was reported to
have wiped out that village and was
known to have caused the death of
four persons and injury to a score
more.
Reports reaching Greenville late to
night placed the death toll as high as
20 and stated that every house in th
village had been demolished.
The known dead:
William Mote, farmer; George Sny
der, farmer; Mrs. Olweine; an uniden
tified child.
The body of the child was believed
to have been carried by the wind for
five miles.
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EAST TROY WOMAX KILLED
High Wind Blows Down Barn and
Other Buildings.
MILWAUKEE. March 28. A wind
storm which passed over East Troy,
about 20 miles southwest of here, at
noon today, caused the death of Mrs-
Louis Brown.
She was in a barn feeding cattle
when the structure was blown down
burying her in the debris. Several
other buildings in the vicinity were
wrecked. A number of cattle were
killed.
GEORGIA DEATH TOLL IS 36
Damage to Property Is Estimated
at Millions.
ATLANTA, Ga., March 28. At least
36 lives were lost, a hundred or more
persons were injured and property
damage possibly running into mil
lions of dollars was caused by torna
does that swept through Georgia and
Alabama late today.
La Grange and West Point, Ga..
towns near the Alabama-Georgia bor
der, suffered the heaviest. Twenty
one bodies, six whites and 15 negroes,
were found.
West Point reported ten dead and
KAXSAS WHEAT BELT IS HIT
Snow Storm and Heavy Winds
Cause Property Damage.
CONCORDIA, Kan., March 28. A
snow storm, accompanied by wind.
swept across ' centra: and western
Kansas today, covering the wheat
belt.
From several points a 45-mile wind
was reported which razed silos and
small buildings.
MACOX, GA., IS DAMAGED
Several Persons Injured and Build
ings Are Unroofed.
MACON, Ga., March 28. A' storm
of cyclonic intensity struck Macon
tonight, causing heavy damage.
Several persons are known to have
been injured and several buildings
were unroofed or destroyed.
Five Killed at Agricola, Ala.
OPELIKA. Ala., March 28. Five
persons were killed and a dozen or
more injured by a tornado at Agricola,
Ala., a small settlement near Camp
Hill, 20 miles north of here, this aft
ernoon, according to reports reaching
here tonight.
Four in Church Killed.
The first four were killed when
be Congregational church collapsed
Services had been completed a lew
moments before and the majority of
he congregation had gone home. A
few remained waiting for the rain to
abate, when, without warning, the
torm struck and the brick edifice
collapsed, burying the victims in its
wreckage.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Beverley oi mii-
aukee, were in their dressing room
at the Grand theater preparing ior
the matinee performance when the
lage collapsed. Their presence m
the building was forgotten lor more
han two hours. When search finally
was started the bodies were uncov-
red. Both apparently had been in
stantly killed.
The G. W. Peck department store,
three-story brick structure and the
Landburg and Sulf store were the
rincipal business district stores de
stroyed.
Fire Breaks Out in Stores.
They carried no tornado insurance.
Fire broke out in three places follow
ing the tornado, the flames adding to
the terror of thousands who rushed
I into the streets when houses and
stores came tumbling down.
AH street car service has been sus
pended.
The storm struck Elgin from the
southwest during a torrential down
pour of rain. The tornado was fol
lowed by a terrific hail storm lasting
15 minutes.
Towns which felt the full effect of
the storm include Wauconda, lie
Henry, Woodstock. Algonquin and
Marengo, III. Dundee is said to have
been passed over by the storm, but
damage in the surrounding farming
country was heavy. Scores of horses
and cattle were killed.
Hospitals Are Fall.
Sherman and St. Joseph hospitals
here are filled with injured tonight.
Two reports of looting were re
ceived by the police. Window dis
play of a jewelry store was carried
away.
Girls were reported to have looted
the window of a millinery store,
carrying away a display of spring
hats.
To prevent looting Mayor Price is
sued a proclamation tonight placing
the business district under military
law.
Stories of the freak sjunts of the
storm are legion. The families of
Louis and Charles Henning were
seated at dinner when the cyclone
lifted the house from over their heads
without injuring any of the party.
Ten houses in a space of three blocks
in that neighborhood were destroyed.
Train Halted Ontafde City.
The first train into Elgin, leaving
Chicago at 2:05 P. M., reached here
shortly after 4 o'clock and was halted
in the outskirts while workmen sawed
and chopped away scores of trees
which had been blown across the
tracks. It proceeded west after a de
lay of more than an hour.
William McClure, city assessor, esti
mated tonight after a survey of the
wrecked district, that reconstruction
would cost $4,000,000.
SLEET CUTS TELEGRAPH LIXES
Southern Minnesota Storm Halts
Communication.
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 28. South
western Minnesota was hit by a sleet
storm this afternoon which cut off
communication by wire with points
west of Litchfield and St. James and
to the Iowa and South Dakota lines.
No other disturbances were report
ed in this vicinity. -
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ILLINOIS GOVERNOR REPLIES
TO BORAH DISPATCH.
Candidate for Presidency Ready to
Make Statement and Suggests
Others Do Likewise.
SPRINGFEELD, 111., March 28.
Governor F. O. Lowdeii last night tele
graphed an answer to the dispatch
of Senator Borah today suggesting
that he would be glad1 to meet Gov
ernor Lowden's campaign manager in
Washington, April 5 or 6, and would
read into the congressional record
any statement as to campaign expen
ditures which the Lowden manager
cared to make. The governor asked
for a complete congressional inves
tigation of campaign expenses of all
presidential candidates.
The governor, however, in his reply,
stipulated that he will consent to this
plan only on condition that the rep
resentatives of other republican can
didates be present at the same time
and make similar accounting of cam
paign funds. If not. Governor Lowden
suggests prompt congressional inves
tigation. His telegram follows:
"Your telegram received. I stand
by the proposition made in my tele
gram of yesterday. My manager can
be in Washington April 5, the date
suggested by you, if the managers of
ail other candidates will be there at
the same time and be prepared to give
full details of all contributions and
expenditures. If the other candidates
are unwilling to join I suggest
prompt congressional investigation."
Kelso Mill Starts Run..
KELSO, Wash., March 28. (Spe
cial.) J. W. Butterworth has com
pleted construction of his shingle
mill on Owl creek near Shanghai, a
few miles southeast of Kelso. Mr.
Butterworth purchased a supply of
cedar timber that will keep the mill
in operation for several years. It
will cut about 25,000 shingleB on a
shift. The shingles will be hauled
to Carrolls for loading.
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