The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-03-30
DEATH LIST III;
NOT YET FINAL
Relief for Thousands of Home
less and Injured Well
Under Way.
65 DEAD, TOLL IN SOUTH
Stricken Communities in Eight
States Emerging From
Wreckage.
S. DEAD, TOLL IN SOUTH

OF Sundays tornadoes, which ripped
paths of destruction through sections
of eight states, stood early today at
161, with fears expressed that reports
from Isolated regions and deaths
among the injured might increase
the total
Stricken communities We're emerg-
ing today from the wreckaEe wrought
by the storm and relief measures for
the thousands of injured and home
less We're well under way.
Wire communication in the affected
areas were being extended and this
was expected to aid in clearing up
the extent of the damage and the
total number of those who lost their
lives.
Tabulated Reports.
Tabulated reports by states today
gave the number of deaths as fol-
lows:
Indiana, S6--Adams county, 2; Al
len county, II; Jay county, II; Steu-
ben county, 1; Montgomery county,
/; Union City, 10.
Illinois, S0-Elgin, r Irving Park,
6; Melrose Park, 10; haywood, 4;
Plainfeld, 8.
Ohio. SO--Greenville ANA Nashville,
s; VanWert, 8; Moulton, g. Reno
lette and Brunerburg, 8; Genoa, o,
Raabs Corners 4.
Michigan, 12-Fenton, 4; Hart, 1;
Maple Grove, 3; Coldwater, .; kala-
mazoo, 1; Yankee Springs, /.
Georgia, 3S-LaGrange, 20; West
Point 10; Macon, /; Miner, I.
Alabama, 12-Near Alexander City,
g. Agricola, 81 Cedar Springs, Il all
iE Tallapoosa county.
ST. Louis Mo. /.
East Troy, Wis, l.
An unverified report that fifteen
white persons were killed at StovalI,
Ga. a village near LaGrange was
being investigated If true, the death
list would be increased to 176.
A number of persons were reported
missing in various localities hit by
the storm and it was feared some
might have been killed.
1t is estimated that the property
loss wifi be nearly $30,000,OO0. In
t Illinois it was estimated that the
, material loss wes S6.000,000 in west
ern Ohio, S2,e9O,000: Michigan, So
00000O, and Georgia more than
. $1,000. 600
State troops patrolled the storm
onNpl dlbuS Vi lillllhlS lOudH ana lllt
Red Cross and civilian committees
aided the injured and homeless.
Hundreds of carpenters began re-
construction work yesterday in Ell
} | gin, haywood, Melrose Park and IrV-
ing Park, around Chicago, and had
= cleared away most of the wreckage
today. All of the refugees had been
: placed in homes or tents,
) But one death occurred yesterday
7 among the injured in the Chicago
2 district and hospitals reported that
most of the hundreds of the patients
[ ! would recover.
: Pathetic Scenes.
| The scenes in the wrecked area
were almost as pathetic today as
e during the moments Immediately fol-
Y lowing the ripping, tearing progress
of the storms through the affected
districts. Many persons continued
e 10 llnSer near the tangled, spintered
{. wrecks of what once was their homes
| all they had in the world--refusing
/ to so to temporary shelters provided
S for them. Others gathered in
n morgues and wept beside their dead
n Relief measures were practically
s completed in most districts Homes
not affected by the storm were
thrown open to them everywhere
agencies provided plenty of food
, Plans were made to assist in the re-
building of homes.
} TOLL IN SoUH.
+ Atlanta, Ga, March 30.-(A.
o P)-With the known dead in
II Georgia and Alabama from Sun
n days tornado estimated at fifty,
t belated reports early today from
a Stovall, Ga, small town near
4 the stricken LaGrange West
= Point section, apparently brought
[ the fatalities up to sixty five.
- The report regarding StOvall came
9 TO Columbus Ga, over private wires
but could not be verified early be-
a cause of interruption to the CONNER
?. cial telephone and telegraph lines
: that was general throughout the dew
10 hstated area. Stovall is not on a rail-
road and this made it appear pos
V siple that the report might be true
d Loss of life i'm other Georgia commu-
t. mites was estimated today at twenty
G six at BaGrange, ten at West Point
4 and one each at Macon and Miner
e There were twelve deaths in Ala
l. bama, according to latest reports. all
j. IN Tallapoosa county Several hum
v dred were injured In an.
C Chattahooehe on Rampage
j. Heaviest property damage in th'
south was IN LaGrange and West
n Point. and the swollen Chattahoo-
II chCc, which inundated the greater
20 part of West Point last December
If with loss estimated at around 81 600
IS 600. was sweeping over certain resi-
= dcnce sections there again. The tor
e nado that struck LaGrangc Sunday
.e caused damage estimated at from
o Sl.o00,000 to S1,250.000. while al wcst
Point the loss was said 10 bc about
j. $3.50. 900.
" Passes Flood Stage
La Crosse. WIS. March 30-Tlood con
dtiou In fhe upper rcnchcr OF thi
II Mississippi river today had assumed
L serious aspect Tho river had pagac,
the 13-foot mark. food stage. here. an,
ID was rising at The rate OF three foo
4 every twenty -four hours AZ Winon1
Mimi. thirty miles up tho river. ~,
& interstate bridge was closed because %
ft fear Of Wsshoui. Tho lovlau uds on th
m Wisconsin side were flooded for uflr
Z aud the west end of Wioun was urd,
81 water.
ig RESIDENTS of north la Crosse us.,
- ruwboats 10 remove household ofrDi.
y Thousands of acres Of farm lands wer
- under water today iu tha t. Cross
river valley. because Of the brCalin'
of dam az Perch Lake Srl~fp. tcro.
= the Jake three daNe and "a bridge arros
/ the McVomluer river were carried Hvf'
no. Of Meuomince. Mich. by food water
~ released wh % six milo iCr jam hroh
mp The waters Immediately rccedcd
re hnwer .r In the MHuiFtiqle river Fal
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