Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-29

MISS ISABEL MCONNACHIE.
SAMUEL WYRICK.
SAM BEVERLEY.
MRS. ADA BEVERLEY.
AN UNIDENTIFIED FARM
HAND.
MelrOse Park,9:
WILLIAM SELK.
PHILIP KING,
FRED FIPPINGER.
ANTO1NETTE LESANSKI. ,
MRS. AND MRS. WILLIAM
TEKMEYER.
AUGUST SWANSON.
MRS. NELLIE BUTTS, so years
old.
JOSEPH IVANSEK.
Dunning, 4;
MRS. HANSEN.
EDWARD JAMESON.
ALFRED HANSE.
ELIZABETH LAUFENDERG-
Err.
Chicago, Q:
LEO SIMONS.
AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN.
Zulu, Ind, g:
ALL UNIDENTIFIED.
st. Louis, !
LOUIS HALLIGS.
East Troy, Wis, |
MRS. LOUIS BROWN.
The Eleventh infantry. Illinois
National Guard, was ordered out
for patrol duty tonight In parts of
Chicago and suburbs hardest hit
by the storm.
Soldiers from Fort Sheridan
were distributed over the north
shore suburbs to guard property.
Several Melrose Park houses
damaged by the tornado were de-
stroyed by fire tonight when gas
from broken mains ignited The
towns water supply had been cut
off and water had to be pumped
from wells.
All of the villages swept by the
storm were without fire protection.
No electric current was available.
Elgin, ILL.,, March 2S.-With eight
known dead, 100 or more injured
and property loss that may exceed
100000, Elgin tonight is par
alyzed as a result of a tornado thai
swept over this town at noon today.
Tonight this city of $1,000 per-
sons is in darkness and almost
cut off from the outside world AL
5 p. m. the business district, which
bore the brunt of the storm, was
cleared by order of Mayor Erwin
f. Price and national guards and
volunteers are patrolling the
streets to prevent looting.
DY.ia IN, n rarnnI q a I inn
issued this afternoon, called on
Company d, Tenth Illinois infantry,
to take charge and asked ex-service
men and others to volunteer. More
than 200 volunteers, many in the
uniform of the army and navy, re-
sponded, supplementing the sixty
men of the local guard company
and Elgin's regular police force.
Fifty uniformed boy scouts also
answered the call.
The storm, which swept path
200 yards wide across the heart of
the city, took its greatest toll of
life at the Congregational and Bap-
tist churches where four women
were killed and a dozen injured.
The known dead are
MRS. w. D. KIMBALL, So.
MISS ELIZABETH MOWAT, 20.
MISS ZILLA FOOTE, 21.
ISABEL M'CONNACHIE, "12.
SAM WIRICK, engineer at the
Elgin state hospital.
SAM BEVERLY, actor.
MISS ADA BEVERLY, an actress.
AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN.
The first four were killed when
the Congregations church col
lapsed. Services had been complet-
ed a few minutes before and the
majority of the congregation had
gone home. A few remained wait
ing for the rain to abate, when
without warning, the storm struck
and the brick edifice collapsed,
burying the victims in its wreck
age.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Beverley of
were in their dressing
room at the Grand theater pre-
pairing for the matinee perform
ance when the stage collapsed.
Their presence in the building was
forgotten for more than two hours.
When search finally was started
the bodies were uncovered. Both
had been killed in
stantly.
The G.. w, Peck department
store. a three-story brick structure.
the Landborg and several of the
principal business structures were
destroyed. Fire broke out in three
places following the tornado, the
flames adding to the terror of
who rushed into the
streets when business houses and
stores came tumbling down.
All street car service has been
The storm struck Elgin from the
during a torrential pour
of rain. The wind storm was fol-
lowed by terrific hail storm, last
ing fifteen minutes.
Towns which felt the full effect
OF the storm include Wauconda,
Woodstock, Algonquin
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