Las Vegas optic., 1909-04-30
TERRIBLE STORM DESTROYS
whole TOWNS And brings
DEATH TO MANY HOUSEHOLDS
Five Hundred Feet of Wall Of Northern
Indiana Penitentary Blown Down
and Troops are Ordered Out
to Prevent Trouble.

Chicago, April so. Six persons
were killed and fifty injured in Chi
cago and environs during the storm
last night according to reports receiv-
ed by the coroner and police, The
list Of dead includes only those off
cially reported. 1t is believed as
many more were taken care of pri-
vately.
The storm conditions somewhat inn
proved early today, although showers
and thunderstorms turning to snow
flurries are predicted for the next
twenty-four hours. The telegraph
lcompanies expect to have their wires
repaired but the extent of the dam
age is still in doubt. Reports from
the south and southwest indicate d
great loss of life. stock and property.
Wires are down in Iowa. Missouri.
and Kansas. Telegraph service be-
tween the great news centers is
greatly hampered and early improve
ment is probIematical. In the south
the snow has held up trains and the
gales on the lakes has hampered ship.
ping. The report that the town of
Horn Lake, Miss, was wiped out by,
storm is uncqnfirmed. 1t is hoped
that the train wire service will be
mended, before night,
The storm which seems to be al
most co-extensive with the country
has apparently broken all records in
and variety Of freakish aistur-
Dances. The following are some of
them:
The tornado has blown down 500
feet of the west wall Of the northern
Indiana state prison at Michigan City,
and troops are mobilizing to prevent
trouble; a tidal wave ON Lake Michi-
gan has done great damage at Wau-
kegan and Kenosha; scores of dwell
lings in Chicago have been demolish-
ed by the wind; in the height of the
storm child was born in base
ment in Chicago and carried seven
miles to safety, though the mother.l
was knocked down repeatedly by the
storm, but always falling SO as to pro-
tect the child. Six persons were kill |
ed in the vicinity of Memphis, Tenn. |
Four lost their lives at Golden, Mo.
A blizzard is raging on the great |
lakes and the snow plows are out in |
The northern tier of states. Little i'm
is expected in the next
"a hours.
Twelve Killed.
Memphis, Tenn, April 80. The
storm broke here shortly after night
'all after a sultry afternoon. The
first reports came from the tornado
1elt of Arkansas, the scene Of the
recent Brinkley storm. The wind cut
| pathway half mile wide and de-
stroyed buildings and trees. In north
,rn Arkansas 80 persons are known to
rave been hurt. The storm passed
within two miles of Horn Lake, Miss,
md ripped buildings from their foun-
Iaticns. The killed is placed at ~.
so far as could be seen by railway
farm houses and cotton gins
ire mass of wreckage.
Big Death Rate. i
Atlanta. Ca. April 8o.-Between 20
md 80 persons dead in Tennessee,
and Arkansas and scorest
INJURED. are the toll last night in the
eries of tornadoes. Although more
atal to life than the northern storms, u
he southern tornadoes covered only |
small territory. They struck at !
widely scattered points at intervals |
throughout yesterday and last night.
The death list at an early hour was
IS follows: 3a'icmsf L
Youngs Crossing. Tenn, 5; Medina,
renn.. 2; Horn Lake. Miss, II; For
st City, Ark. 2: West Marion. Ark,
During the night the telegraph Il
wires went down all over the south
xcept the south Atlantic states.
4, Town Blown Away.
Louisville. KY. April so.4- Several