The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-18
Tho Tornado Is Nearly Thru,
Flood Menace Rises.
End of Disaster Not Yet Near
Anywhere in Valley.
EAST PEORIA THREATENED
Three Hundred Fight River,
But Fear Break Is Sure.
Crowds Flee From Rushing
Water-Camp on Hillsides.

Mcclure. Ill. April 1s.-The levee
in this section broke in three places
today. and water from the swollen
Mississippi is flooding the lowIands.
Farmers are rushing their families
and livestock to high ground and the
| streets of Ware. a nearby high point.
are reported crowded with livestock.
Chicago, April 1s.- Thruout tho
vast basin drained by the Mississippi
river and it's tributaries an inventory
is being made today of the toll Of life
and property taken by wind and flood
in the most severe visitation of the
elements this section has known in
fifty years.
The record this morning showed
% known dead, more than 300 in
tured, hundreds homeless and in some
sections menaced by famine and dam
age to property almost inestimabie
but certain to run into the millions
The death list and the damage are
exp ected to grow as wire communica-
ton to stricken areas is restored and
relief agencies complete their inven-
tory.
The tornado that bounded across
Illinois and Indiana took the heaviest
toll of life and property damage. Best
available records today show the fol-
lowing fatalities:
Irvington, Ill, 4 Walnut Hill. Ill. L:
Lake Centralia, III, 1 ; Hildalgo, Ill. 2;
Rose Hill, Ill. /; Newton. Ill, 2; Og-
den, Ill, 2; Fithian, Ill. 1; Hedrick.
Ind, Z; Alexandria, Ind, 2; Brook.
Ind, 2; Orestes. Ind, 2; Summitville.
Ind, 4; Williamsport, Ind, 2; War
saw, Mo. 2
In Nebraska, western Kansas and
Colorado, a blizzard ragged. As far
north as Regina and Moose Jaw. in
Saskatchewan, the blizzard covered
the ground with a foot of snow that
will delay planting Of crops for sew
eral days.
Flood Danger Not Over.
Floods in Iowa, Illinois, and Mis-
souri, still menace many communi-
ties and have inundated vast areas.
Railroad facilities are crippled and
a tangle that will take days TO
straighten out.
While the fury Of the tornadoes ap-
larently has passed, the flood danger
is ever increasing. Reports from
Bea rdstown early today said water
of the Illinois river and flooding the
country for miles in every direction
Every building in Beardstown Is
flooded and the danger of famine be-
came a very serious one today because
of the blocking of railroads and high
ways to traffic.
At East Peoria, H.. fear is felt that
the dixie there will break today. flood
ton of industries employing thou
sands. Three hundred men are fight
ing the tide of a river that is stin
rising.
Appeals for aid have been sent from
the village Of Liverpool, H.. which Is
menaced by rising waters; residents
of Naples, H., have been forced 10
flee from tents in which they had
taken refuge from earlier flood
and are camped on a hillside.
Scores have been forced from their
homes at Carrollton, Ill, and the river
there is still rising. Nsuncie, Ill. has
appealed to Evansville. Ind, for sand
bags to build a Ievee about the town.
1t is feared the Wabash river near
Nauncie will pass the high flood stage
of 1913. Thousands Of acres Of farm
lands near Vincennes. Ind, were in
undated when the ievee on the Illinois
side of the Wabash, ten miles north.
gave way.
Further south along the Mississippi
flood danger also exists. The Arkan-
sas and White rivers are on a RAM
page and levees along the lower Mis-
sissippi are reported to be feeling the
tremendous pressure Of flood sweep
ing down from the north.
Relief organizations and hundreds
of volunteers are at work today en-
deavoring to alleviate suffering.