Evening star., 1920-03-30
FLOOD CONDITIONS
SERIOUS IN UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Death List From Tornado
Totals 153, With Likelihood
1t Will Grow.
BY the Associated Press.


LA CROSSE. Wis. March so-Flood
conditions in the upper reaches Of the
Mississippi river today had assumed
q serious aspect. The river had passed
the thirteen-foot mark, flood stage
here. and was rising at the rate OF
three feet every twenty-four hours
AT Winona. Minn.. thirty miles up the
river, the interstate bridge was closed
because of fear of a washout. The
1owlands on the Wisconsin side were
flooded for miles and the west END
of Winona was under water.
In the Manistique river property
was damaged amounting to s1.5oo.ooo
Seventy-fve families were made
homeless.
Use Royvboats In La Crosse.
Residents of North La Crosse used
rowboatS to remove household effects
Thousands of acres of farm lands
were under water today in the La
Crosse river valley. because of the
breaking of a dam at Perch Lake
Sparta.
Across the lake. three dams and a
bridge across the Menominee river
Mich. by food waters released when
a six-mile ice jam broke. up. The
waters Immediately receded. however.
153 Deaths Reported.
CHICAGO. March 3o.-The death
toll of Sundays tornadoes which
ripped paths of destruction through
sections of eight states stood today
ports from isolated regions and
deaths among the injured might in
crease the total.
Stricken communities were emerg-
ing today from the wreckngee
measures for the thousands of in
jured and homeless were well under
way.
Wire communication in the affect
ed areas was being restored and this
the extent Of the destruction and the
total number Of those who lost their
lives.
Tabulated List Of Dead.
Tabulated reports by states today
gave the number of deaths as follows:
Indiana, 36-Adams county. 2: Allen
county, II; Jay county. IL: Steuben
county 1: Montgomery county. 1;
illinois. a7-Elgin. Z: Irving Park. s:
Melrose Park. 10: haywood, /.
Ohio. 2s-Greenville and Nashville.
s; Van Vert, 8: Moulton, 3: Renolette
and Brunersburg. s.: Genoa, 2: Raabs
Michigan, Fenton. 4: Maple
Grove. 3; Coldwater. 3; Hart, 1: Kaia-
mazoo. / Yankee Springs, l.
Georgia. 3s-La Grange. 26: West
Point. 10: Macon. 1: Miner, 1.
Alabama, 17-Alexander, 6: Agricola,
y; Cedar Springs. 1.
st. Louis. Mo-, 1.
East Troy, Wis, I.
A number OF persons were reported
missing in various localities hit by the
storm and IL was feared some might
have been killed.
No accurate estimate of the total
property damage. which runs into the
millions. had been made TO-DAY. In
Illinois 1t was estimated that the ma
terial loss was $6.0e0,oo0: In western
Ohio. $2.000.000; Michigan, $1,000. 600.
and Georgia, about $4,000, 900.
Reports From Three States.
Heaviest loss of life in Ohio was in
vicinity of Greenville and Nashville.
where eight were killed and tvenx4.
four hurt. eight of them seriously and
several OF whom may die. Six ersons
Were killed In Renolette and Bruners-
burg. towns near Defiance; four were
killed and twenty hurt at Raabs Cor
ners; two were killed and fourteen In.
1ured at Genos, and Vanwerf and
Moulton each reports three fatalities.
The greatest part Of the $1,000 ,000
estimated property damage In Michi-
gan was sustained in st. Johns, Clin-
ton county. property loss there being
estimated at 100000. The loss in
Genesee county (Flint) Is placed at
$2bo.000; that in Branch county (Cold-
water) at $250,00o. and in Calhoun
county battle Creek). 100000.
According to latest reports rural Sec
tions of Jay. Allen. Adams and Ran
dolph counties suffered the greatest
loss in Indiana.