New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-29
Heaviest Loss of Life
and Property Damage
Reported From Chicago
andNeighboringDistrict
Troops Called Out
To Guard Elgin
Deaths in Storm Also
Occur in Missouri, Ohio,
Indiana and Wisconsin

Occur in Missouri, Ohio,
Indiana and Wisconsin
Tornadoes that struck in eight
states to-day caused death list that
already has passed eighty-four dead
and may total many more, caused
property damage reaching many
millions of dollars and played havoc
with wire and railway service in
widespread districts. The greatest
damage was done in Chicago suburbs
and Elgin.
Atlanta, Ga, reported that the
death list in Georgia and Alabama
was at least thirty-six. Apparently
there were three distinct storms, one
driving northeastward into Illinois
and dying out on the shores of Lake
Michigan, just north of Chicago;
one striking in Georgia and Alabama
and another striking in Indiana and
passing into Ohio and Michigan.
A list of points suffering greatest
damage follows:
81 Reported Dead
Chicago suburbs, l5 known killed,
hundreds injured, dozen or more
missing and damage of upwards Of
a half million dollars done.
Elgin, Ill.,, eight known killed, sew
eral missing and scores injured,
property damage estimated at
s4,ooo,OOo.
LAGRANGE, Ca, a death list re-
ported as high as thirty and heavy
property damage.
West Point, Ga, five reported
killed.
Near Fort Wayne, Ind, three
killed, heavy property damage.
Agricola, Alabama, five killed.
Greenville and Union City, Ohiot
sixteen reported killed.
St. Louis, one killed.
East Troy, Wis, one killed.
I Swanton and Raabs Corners, Ohio,
a number reported killed.
CHICAGO, March 28.-At least twen-
ty-eight known dead, hundreds of in.
jured and property loss of several
million dollars were left in the wake
of tornado that swept northeastern
Illinois and portions of Indiana, Mis-
souri,, Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan
to-day.
Elgin, Joliet. the western outskirts
of Chicago and North Shore and vest
ern suburbs were in the path of the
storm, which destroyed hundreds Of
buildings, uprooted trees and demoral-
lied railroad traffic and telegraphic and
telephone communications before dying
out on the shore of Lake Michigan. just
north of Chicago.
Several persons were reported killed
or injured at Swanton, Roob's Corners
and Greenville, Ohio, twenty miles west
of Toledo
The fury of the tornado in Chicago
and vicinity was felt chiefly at Elgin
and Melrosc Park, Chicago suburb.
! Eight were killed and more than one
hundred injured at the former city,
thirty-six miles west of Chicago, and
the property loss there was estimated
at S4,000.000.
At Melrose Park seven were killed
and four were reported missing. In
Chicago proper two persons were killed
and score injured, while at Dunning.
a northwestern suburb, four deaths
were reported, more than a hundred
were injured and one thousand made
, homeless.
Indiana Towns Swept
While northeastern Illinois suffered
the principal damage, the tornado Ir it's
, freaklsh career swept several Indiana
towns near Fort Wayne, resulting in
three deaths, caused the death of one
man and the injury of several persons
in st. Louis and killed Mrs. Louis
Brown at East Troy, Wis
Reports from some of the country
districts in Illinois and Indiana were
meager, and it was feared the death
toll might be considerably augmented
when isolated rural communities were
heard from. Telephone, telegraph and
power wires to nearly all of the towns
In the path OF the storm were down.
and many OF the places were in dark.
ness.
:, Outside of Chicago. Wauconda, Nc.
Henry, Woodstock, Algonquin and
Marengo felt tho full effects of the
storm, but communication with them
was cut off.
Edgerton, Ind, eighteen miles from
Fort Wayne, was reported hard hit.
Three persons we're reported killea at
Zulu, Ind, near Fort Wayne, while
several were said to have been injured
Heavy Loss in Suburbs
Property loss running into the hun.
dgeds of thousands Of dollars was
caused in Evanston, Wilmette and other
north shore suburbs, while Bellwood.
haywood, Edgebrook and other villages
west OF Chicago were damaged. No
fatalities were reported from the latter
places. bat many were injured by Ay.
ing glass. and timbers and broken
trees.
The tornado struck E.gin at noon.
coming from the southwest and swept
northeast. In the Chicago territorv
the tornado first passed through the
village Of Bellwood, and sweeping from
'thsre through haywood and Melros1