The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-29
SCORES KILLED IN
STORM SWEPT AREA
IN NE|GHBORH00D
D F GREAT LAKES


Toledo, Ohio. March 29--Casualtles
resulting from the storm which swept
western Ohio yesterday afternoon and
last night totalcd twenty.six dead
I and probably several hundred injured
/ according to information available AZ
! 1890 a. m. today The property dam.
/ age done win run into millions OF dol.
lars, it is said
! Twenty dead have been reported in
/ tho vicinity Of Toledo, several vi
/ lages in that community having been
completely destroyed. The villages Of
, Reuolettc and Brunersburg, near De-
| flaucc, are total wrecks, fire consum-
! Ing the wreckage in the former. Six
! are dead in these two villages, threc
are dead at van Vert; three at Moul.
toni two at Toledo, one at Lima. ;tlr
NJ Nashville and Grccnyillc, and orc
/ no Cleveland. tnr,o n RaahS Corners.
w. at Genoa and ono at sidney
Only m,lttr reports have bocn r..
rrivrd from villages IN the Toledo tor.
r.tory as practically ali commuricl
ton Is cut OF It ia estimated that
property damage IN and about Toledo
will run into millions. though /,
has been impossible so FAR 10 get
any accurate figures. Damage In the
city 10 telephone wires VIII run into
many thousands and ut swanton. near
here. damagc OF close to 81 100000 ia
reported Reports of death and de-
struct0n are steadily coming to the
city from surrounding points "a com.
muIcation Is partially restored.
More complete reports are exprct-
ed when communication IS re.cstablish
cd with points swept by the hurri.
cane.
Chicago, March 29.--Reports rocciv.
cd today from tho states in the mid
dle.west swept by yesterdays lorna
10 indicate II persons lost their lives.
while thousands were rendered home.
less, and millions Of dollars worth oc
damage done
Chicago and its suburbs show the
greatest toll of llfe-2s persons being
rose Park. O., where wire communion
ton gradually is being restored, r..
ports "a known dead. 1t Is Thought
when the rural districts are hear,
from this nrurc will be increased. In.
, diana reported II known dead and
! Michigan reported i've Wisconsin and
Missouri, each reported one rersoi
Killed
Material augmentation OF the known
s Death list W "a and hundreds OF in.
! jurcd. and property damage estimates
p of many millions OF dollars loomod
today when restoration OF wire com.
, munication would permit compilation
Of accurate reports II IN the six cen
, tral west states hit by series OF
, tornadocs yesterday.
The most foreboding rumors early
r today were from the southern Mich-
: gan peninsula and the rural districts
Of Indiana and Ohio. In those states
+ wires were prostrated In every dlrec.
ton and It was said 1t might be
5 days before some Of the communities
were heard from.
The Chicago district, with % deaths,
was the heaviest sufferer, accord
ing to reports early today The re.
mainder of the known death list fol.
lows:
West Liberty, Ind. 7; Fenton. Mich,
Z; Zulu, Ind. s; Nashville, Ohio. !;
, Greenyille, Ohio, 4; Geneva, Ind. 3:
, and one each at Monroevlle, Ind,
o Towney, Ind, Hart, Mich, East %rou-
. Mis-. and St. Louis, Mo-
Thousands of persons were made
homeless by destruction OF dwellings,
throughout the six states and outside
relief was necessary for number oc
places.
Elgln, H.. thirty niles west of
J Chicago. where eight persons were
killed, suffered approximately S.-
100000 damage when the tornado
wrecked large portion OF the bust
" ness quarter and part of the resi-
s dence section.
, Military law was declared in FL
gin, and former service men volun-
). teercd to preserve order and preven,
p looting.
From Elgin. the tornado swept
, northeastward around Chicago. smash.
ing through Melrose Park, Evanston.
- Wilmctte. and other suburbs with
a trail Of wreckagc and deaths. At Mel
rose Park and Wilmettc fire added to
havoc Soldiers of n national guard
, regiment which was called out when
= the extent of the damage became
, known also assumed control at Mel
, rose Park and Wilmettc.
!. The twisters which swept through
;. Michigan and Ohio, and Indiana ap-
p parently were distinct from the II.
linols storm. In each instance how.
over, II was tho same tale--wrecked
houses, prostraton of wire commun-
=, ication and a death list. A dozen or
more Michigan cities were cut Off
from the rest Of the world, and 4
g was reported they were in the path
) Of the twlster. which swept north
9 eastward across the state from Lake
= Michigan.
The storm was said TO have been
: particularly severe In the vclnlties
! Of Kalamazoo. Battle Creek. Lansing.
Il Fay City and Saginaw.
II In Ohio, and Indiana, however thc