Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-29
MANY HOMES RAzED;
HUNDREDS INJURED
Cyclone Lifts Roof of Illinois
Church. Leaving Congrega-
ton in Open.
ELGIN PROVES STORM CENTER
Twister Carries Trolley Cars Into
Open Field and Overturns
Touring Party.
ELGlN PROVES STORM CENTER

~ '>''' hdFch -S.--.Nt Ieast twcu-
ty-e!=ht deaA. hundreds of injured and .
a property loss OF several million dol
lars wcro lei: in the wake OF a. tor
HHdo that swept northeastern Illinois
and portions o: Indiana. Missouri and
Wisconsin today.
i;!2in. Joliet. the western outskirts
@. Chicago, and North shore and west
ern suburbs were in the path OF the
storm. Which destroyed hundreds o.
D".idi"gS. ul-oote,l trees and demoraI-
iHrd Eailroal traffic and telegraph and
tcicphone communication before dying
3ul on The SHORE o; Lake Michigan.
1HS' n"Eth y: Chicago.
Eight Killed at Elgin.
c,,!.H, i!tT 'nfI %! tn" tornado was felt
Chicago sunurh l.;shi wore Killed
-. ana ] n,or" tnan l"c Injured at tho form
esi.matcd at $i,onr.0u0 '"''e WIS
~ Melrose Park seven were reported
sons We're killed and u score ini,ired.
Nnlie AT punninE. u northwestern
Sn"f": ,nnrr -, i""r n !eains We're reported,
i,ren made homeless.
While northepst,ern Illinois sustain
.h It's Lrt!EiS!l career. SUcDt several
iniiana towns. near Fort Wayne, rc-
SuIiine IN three deaths. caused the
Ssvers perHons in st. Louis. and killed
Mrs Louis Brown at East Troy. wis!
Fears Death r"ls VIII Mount.
TRss, trH is?n5 Ss1s 2s 55n tfs oouns;y
menEtr aad il was feared the death
t"ii might he considerably augmented
Wien Isolated! rural communities were.
beard from. Telephone telegraph and
power wires 10 ,lcnrlv Mi OF ths .ovns S,,,
IN the path of tn. storm were down,
and many OF The places were in dark.
:, Outside o: Chicago. Wauconda. Me-
Henry, Woolstock. Algonquin and Ma
E rtnT", ioli ihc ful. effects OF the storm,
nut communication with them was cut
Fire followed i'll the wake of the
storm II! a number OF villages.
NJ .Nidison Heights. Charles Hansen
ms wife and their three children. were
Killed wien their Rome was blown
~. w. E.ms, superintendent of tn.
SunG"H Scnoo! It Addison Heights, was
!Md9idins services in the BAPTIST Church.
NE 'hH'Gh wiSS blown away.
Lifts Ro"f From Church.
'|rhr body OF the church was lifted
right W and hurled down in a rnasc of
Wrccln:.c "a fen yards away" Mr. EiIns
I,;1- Ihe i'o"r rcmainod on tho toun-
ed without a roof over their heads or
Nails around them. Thrcc wcro in
'"EGT Nih.ri nut yoI,;dys- 2y9hIH1y was Killed"
t,ciephohsd 10 Chicago tonight that hun
drrdS OF peorie there were homeless
and rGlicI must hc sent
our. people have lost their homes"
he SAID, and. We muss have help"
,l,sr,i rh' hurricane came 60 quickly
tinued Wa!lius. People were buried
IN the wroc..cc or their homes.
or injured" $50"
An electric car on the Aurora, Plain
!ieid ana Joiiet Railroad was hurled
rom ihr tracks and landed in a field.
\ nur'hcr OF pusscngrrs wtxa Injured
l.;,i!H, t.;a,if!H rsr4rts said several had been
Killed az Joliet. although the Dana 81
l." property was small.
~ i!ainiicii, u small town west OF
pronanIx oG fata, Tn prrTvns i,m .; were Injured.
"'owh down. TWciy" other persons
Wr!r less seriously hurt and damage
estimated at $1,000 done in the town.
hf""s over Automobile.
one OF tic injured was Mrs john
Was turned upsd. down by The wind.
MGrs ,,,, thnn score Of harms in ihe
mmi;Snhorh""d of i'a.mhcld were dc.
Edg...ton. Ind eighteen miles IRON
Ir,!i rn!i WayMc, was rcpor,cd hard hit
Zulu. Ind nc.u. ro:t WAYNE. Uni
sY't;n! We're said to have been injured
,i'rop"r,y loss running into tho hun.
dreds Q: tn"usand.i 6t dollars Was
%%:iused IL Evanston, Wilmette and othSr
M"ywn"d. I.dechTook and othcr III
,.EcS wc!. of Chicago we're da,na,ad
~ 'a'a!.i!|. were reported from the
.'tiHf p.ao"S. bu. ,raay were. ;niurrd
ny hy!"s glass ana t:mbcrs and hroscn
Path of Tornndu 200 Yards Wide.
rnr tornado. scruoiz l:lrm a, poen.
c"IiinS FROM the southwest. and sTenf
,m,";tnras; In the Chicago territSry
,HT We t"rn@1" ii"s; PASSED through the
Vl.1a@c OF l;cllwocd. and svrepins. rrn,,,
pnrn ipnvIS inronSa Maywood ana Moirose
,'.th ,,i, ~ pain of destruction 2N0
IN ten minutes l16 houses in ~,
damaged. 80
Quarter Of Meirosc PARK ripping roofs
ir";n buildings Snattcrlas windoSs
a'ld ptinS the streets with debris
~ W!imctte property damage vas
n,nonE the buildings damaged were
ne T"wn HtN and the Episco paI
Church. \ score Of houses in Evan
Stoi were demol ed. but no fatalities
were reported.
Tho Church % the Sacred Hear. was
seroTsl! damaged. the chu-ei, hell.
Weighing nearly atom, being depos,te,i
i0o feet away.
Three Nuns Arc Injured.
TIL" roof Of the pnriah houao. adjoin.
rE. wa1 carr.ed away and three nuns
cn"d .'" 70 ada to tho hnvoe' Ono eus ,sfoI, tss
flames wsre eonnnod 10 tho wreokaRo,
The state unsrita, AT nunnins. On
!nS sass o. cnisago. wss cenVs..e'l
Of 'S ssinxa IN ar,,.FSnoS 70. FNa n"1s.ss Sn pias
3I0 Aoryes we're destroyed az puRaintt
CnUs zoe T~dLat AS.;A.n.o,.
Ce,.. Gar ,,a.;.l4j aa.34iaseS craas t..,S
suharon poured into Chicago. NmstS.&
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