Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-30
THOUSANDS
IN storm
- 7F
Illinois Hardest III
States in CasW
DamageM
LATE NEWS ADIs
Chicago District
100000 Loss
$4,000, 1000 Al
CHICAGO. March

Sah <HH
tornadoes that tore an
way across the United
took toll OF approxIHH
according to reports ~
night. 1t was cxpec&
be additional deaths&
Jurcd In hospitals .wSE
to recover. The prop63
estimated at from SEE
100000. fs
The storm. accordinE8
Bureau tonight. waS
OFT the east Canadia3#
force had dim.nishetsa&
of the Chicago stat{
squalls in the EasEs$
Dectcd.
The storm" Mr.. o.
directly eastward and
st. Lawrence ValleH
general precipitationH
The property dana
try at large mountT
In Illinois 1t was est
would be from S2O,00|
GOO. and the loss In %
was estimated at fr
$4,000, 600. PropcrtYS32
South was not so grS
The known deadls6
Western States nuntk
fifty-ive were killedSH
Alabama. The propS g.
Chicago area alone 1W
S6.OO0.000. while in
affected the materiaf
Elgin, ILL.,. suffered az
erty loss. the damG
Si.000.00O.
Illinois Is H
Illinois was the hS
Central States, withI
than 1000 injured
homeless. j,t,3a
Indiana reported I'll
ties and Ohio twet
We're Killed In -Mjphi11
In Wisconsin and ~
The death iist Y
placed at thirty.eiR
bama at seventeen.
At Joliet. Ill, thf
probably fatally III
were seriously hurt91
loss was estimateds.
Troops DatrolledsS9
Elgin. Melrose Parh3
today. ~
Health Commissioner
Chicago, mobilized
surgeon ana nursoFS
to the stricken areRs;k
son acted with theS
raising funds by Dill
and Red Cross hH
opened. a
In several places 1
posts sent volunteeT3
looters and assist I'M
Heavy Death ToD#
Latest reports frH
swept areas of n@
place the number ofS
of Sundays tornad6&
Hundreds OF personszZ
ten counties in the4
though property dar
estimated. ii will baS
of thousands of dolE
sons have not bcent
Two additions tot
came from Adams
where no reports OH
ly had been reportad
Eleven dead were
Allen County, Indian
Wayne Is located, a.
ported killed in jay
Steubcn County. ona5
County and ten fr6
which is located in III
on the Indiana-Ohi94
those killed Mt Unfo
the Ohio side of thea
Communication
Because of the d.
tele graph and telepH
the almost impassa
many roads. full RED
rural districts In
storm have not been
the list of injured Is
hourly. 81
Several counties in#
of life was reported
property dana Se. ~
st. Joseph and La1
which South Bend az
lively. are the prina
ports OF damage nav
from more than twe
Ohio Suffers
Columbus. Ohio. E
persons are knownSH
killed. more than al
property loss runnfH
s2.G00.e00 mark. caui
Ohio during Sunda ~
Dark County, in
OF Greenville and M
Gated. suffered the
Eight were Killed INF
and more than a sco{
Loss in tho Upper
estimated to be 1T 1e
Three persons areA
been killed in Van
others at Moulton. 81
the villages of ReuH
ersburg.
With their dead
lieved fully account
latter receiving cvsr3
ton. Genoa. RaabH -
Swanton. in the Tdt
gan tonight to emer
ris and wreckage cS =,
nado which struck
night. Two were kt
seriously Injured
Raab's Corners foSr
more than n score
There were no caS1
ton. although moro
Injured.
Government oaS
WASHINGTON, Nj
building equipment H
by the War Departing
today to Dties devH
storms. L.. C. Nh
sales. telegraphed
masters OF more
municipalities suggS
to the mutual advat
ernmont and the 81
of those places I'd;
communication cond
struction which til
DO. Reasonable n
gency considerations
were promised.