The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-04-08
8 STATES SWEPT
BY TORNADOES
Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Wis
consin and Georgia Suffer
Heavily From Storm.
DAMAGE RUNS INTO MILLIONS.
Chicago Suburbs Are Hit Hard-Many
Houses Razed in MeIrose-Farm-
ers' Losses Large-Looters Ac-
tive in Several Towns.

Iornadocs swept over northern
Illinois and parts of Indiana, ohio,
Wisconsin, Missouri, Michigan and
Georgia, killing scores of persons
and doing great damage.
Chicago.-At least 2S dead, hundreds
of injured and property loss of sew
eral million dollars were left in the
wake of tornado which swept north
eastern Illinois and portions of In
diana, Missouri and Wisconsin.
Elgin, Joliet, the western outskirts of
Chicago and north shore and western
suburbs of this city were in the path
of the storm, which destroyed hun
dreds of buildings, uprooted trees and
demoralized railroad traffic and tele-
graphic and telephone communication
before dying out on the shore of Lake
Michigan just north of Chicago.
The fury of the tornado was felt
chiefly at Elgin and Melrose Park, a
Chicago Suburb. Eight were killed
and more than 100 injured at the for
mer city, SO miles west of Chicago,
and the property loss there was esti-
mated at $4,000,000. At Melrose Park
seven were killed and four were re-
ported missing.
In Chicago proper two persons were
killed and a score injured, while at
Dunning, northwestern suburb, four
deaths were reported, more than q
hundred were injured and 1000 were
made homeless.
While northeastern Illinois suffered
the principal damage, the tornado. in
Its freak 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.
Wauconda, McHenry, Woodstock, AL
gonquin and Marengo, outside of Chi
cago, felt the full effects of the storm
but communication with them was cut
off.
Edgerton, Ind, 1S miles from For
Wayne, was reported hard hit. Three
persons were reported killed at Zulu
Ind, near Fort Wayne, while severa
We're said to have been injured at Os
sian.
Property loss running into the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars was
caused in Evanston, Wilmette and 9th
er north shore suburbs of Chicago
while Bellwood, haywood, Edgebrool
and other villages west of Chicago
were damaged.
At least II persons were killed in 8
tornado that struck Lagrange. Ga A
telephone report said some estimate,
placed the dead as high as 30 The
courthouse and churches were beins
used as hospitals.
Four or five persons were killed anC
the northwestern part of the town o.
West Point, Ca was DESTROYED by 5
tornado, according to meager informa
tion. All telephone and telegraph
lines into the town are Gown. Tn,
Presbyterian Church. RAILWAY round
house and many other buildings a
West Point were partially wrecked
The pontoon bridge thrown across tn,
Chattanooga river after the December
floods was destroyed.
A storm Of cyclonlc intensity strucl
Macon, Ca, causing heavy damage
Several persons are known TO hav,
been Injured and several building,
were unroofed or destroyed.
A tornado struck Washington. Ca.
damaging many buildings, but causin.
no fatalities so far as known.