Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-29
IN VICINITY OF CHICAGO
 2s PERSONS WERE KILLED

Chicago March 2S.-At least twen- tv-eiEnt deau. nundrsds Ol inIureu id property loss of several million dollars were left in the wake of a tor nado that swept northeastern Illinois and portions of Indiana, Missouri and Wisconsin today.
 Eieln Joliet. the western outskirts Of Chicago and nor.a shore Nnd western suburbs were in the path of the storm which destroyed hundreds of huiidings uprooted trees and de- moralized railroad traffic and tele- graphic and telephonic communica- ton before dying out oR the shore Of Lake Michigan just north of Chi caFo.
 The fury Of the tornado was felt cficfv al Elgin and Melr0se Park. a Chicago suburb. Eight were killed and more than 100 injured at the former city. 36 miles west of Chicago. and the property loss there was es- timstsd at more than s4.000,0oe.
 The Elgin company of the state militia was placed on duty 10 guard property. laid olen to the public by the unroodng and upsetting of stores Aleirose Park. a suburb of Chicago reported six dead and Dunning, an other suburb. anu Wilmette. a North shore town each reported two dead. Al MelrOse Parls on the western edge of Chicago, sixty houses were destroyed. the devastated area cover ing four blocks. The tornado follow cd in the wake of severe hail storm Tonight seven dead had been iden- uhed at Meirose Park and it was pre- dicted the fatality list would reach F Scores were injured.
 Fires followed the collapse Of build ings end tho fire departments of sev. erai suburbs were summoned.
 A score of houses in Evanston, ; northern suburb. were demolished an' a number of persons injured, but n' fatalities were reported. Roofs werl carried from houses and trees wer uprooted and carried a half block il some instances.
 The damage in Wilmette, anothe North shore suburb. was estimated a .t5eO zoe Many buildings in the bus mess quarter were damaged, alon With the town hall and the Episcopa church The storm tore a path tw hundred yards wide through the mai part of Wilmette.
 Mrs. H. Hansen and Edward Jame son were killed. several hundred in iured and 900 made homeless a Dunning a northwest suburb. Nor than i5o houses. most of them fram structures. were destroyed there.
 Mrs. Hansen and her four childre were in thelr nome when the oulldln was blown over by the wind. Tn children were uniniured. Jameso was buried in the debris of his cot tase-
 The Chicago State Hospital at Dun ming was not damaged, but sever; smaller buildings on the hospital farm were destroyed. The injure were taken 10 the hospital. which als was converted into a barrack for tn homeless.
 Al Piainheld. a small town west Chicago. two persons were injure' probably fatally, when their home wa blown down. Twelve other person were less seriously hurt and damag estimated at s25 900 done in the tow One of the injured was Mrs. Joh Denver Of Joliet. whose automobi was overturned by the wind. Mol than a score of barns in the .neighboi hood of Piainfield were demolished.
 Among nearby towns damaged | the storm, according to reports, wei Wanconda, McHenry, Woodstock, A renquin and Narengo. Dundee W; reported 10 have been passed over | the storm but damage in the SUI rounding farming country was heay