The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-04-01
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IN GREAT STORM
OVER & STATES
Hundreds Injured and Millions
of Dollars In Property Loss
Two distinct Storm Cen
tiers Formed.

Tornados which swept eight
states on Sunday claimed toll Of
approximately 1876 lives. destroyed
millions Of dollars worth of property
and left hundreds of families home
less.
Reports today showed there were
two distinct storm areas--one in
Georgia and Alabama and the other
in the middle west. Fire followed
in the wake of the storm In some
cities, adding to the suffering.
Food hospital supplies. physicians,
nurses and clothing wer. rushed to
the stricken reas ..cdsay;. Injured
were cared for in temporary build
ings. The debris was combcd in the
hunt for missing.
Lagrange, Ga. appeared to be the
hardest hit by the storms. Between
40 and so were reported Killed there
and 300 were homeless. West Point.
Ga, reported Ave dead and Agricola,
Ala, FIVE dead
The western storm appeared first
near st. Louis where one was killed.
1t swept northward, branching out
over Indiana, Ohio, Illinois. Michi-
gan and extending into Wisconsin. 1t
finally swept itself over Lake Mich
igan.
Reports reaching the outside world
over, badly crippled wires showed
the following Indiana cities hit, with
the toll of dead:
West Liberty, five dead: Union
City, 6; Monroeyille. 49,; Edgarton.
l, and Zulu. g. In addition Geneva
reported six lost. The towns of West
Liberty and Edgertor were reported
practically wiped out.
The storm Travelled northward down
the Indiana Ohio line Van Vert,
Ohio, was hit. Two persons were
killed by fire which followed the
windstorm. Greenville. Ohio, re-
ported two dead and 10 hurt. Nash
vile, reported five dead
Practically all buildings in Nash
vile were .eveled, dispa tches said.
The storm reached the Chicago
district near noon, just as the
crowds were leaving churches. Seven
were killed in Elgin, seven in Chi
cago and Ii in the Chicago suburbs
of Melrose Park, haywood, Piainfield
and Evanston.
The number of injured in the eight
eldleS was estimated at more tnan
500.
In Michigan eight were reported
dead and in Wisconsin one.
The storm cut swath 200 feet
wide in Elgin, ILL.,, destroying the
alter, two department stores two
churches and many residences.
National guard troops, former
service men and armed citizens pa
trolled the streets in the stricken
cities all night, guarding property
from looters.
Three persons were killed in Ell
gin when the steeple of church col
lapsed. Another was killed when the
storm demolished the Elgin Baptist
church.
Nearly all cities hit by the lorna
does We're without light, water or gas.
Chicago, March Equatorial aug
mentation of the known death list Of
7S and property damage estimates Of
many millions of dollars doomed to-
day when restoration of wire COM
munlcation would permit compilation
OF accurate reports from the six cen
trail west states hit by a series Of tor
nadoes yesterday.
Inc most -foreboding rumors early
today were from the southern Michi-
gan peninsula and the rural districts
OF Indiana and Ohio. In those states
wires were Frustrated in every direc-
ton and it was said it might be DAYS
before some of the communities were
heard from.