The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-03-13
Toll of Life
in South
Nineteen Perish When Gale
Sweeps Tennessee Town
* Chicago Hit by Raging
Blizzard.
Trains Stalled by Snow
ByInisersal Service.

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Chicago. March IA storm that
tore acros the continent from west
70 east took heavy toll Of life ard
property Sunday night and today.
Thirty-five dead and approximately
200 injured told the story in casualty
figures.
Sweeping out Of the upper reaches
Of the Missouri valley. the storm
spread out. fan1ike. until il covered
the country from the Canadian border
TO the gulf states. Tonight it was
continuing in an easterly direction.
bearing TO the northeast. Storm warn
ings were posted over the North At
lantic states.
Down in the southern states the
toll Of life was greatest. The little
town Of Pinson. Tenn. was literally
swept away in the night. Nineteen
perished and 30 buildings were wreck
ed. Nearly hundred were injured.
Heavy Damage in MiddIewest.
The middlewest vas engueed IN
sleet and snow. driven before terrific
gale that carried away telegraph and
telephone wires. stalled trains and
caused heavy damage in scores Of
cities and towns
In the accounts Of the storm no
story overshadows that Of TWO men
swept away in the Missouri river near
Omaha
Harvey and Tom Mcintosh. farmers
OF Mondamin. Ia. were caught on
an island. Their cries for help were
{ I. En
filled water rose about them. For
seven hours heroic efforts were made
to reach them. and failed. They
olung to an ice floe and were swept
down the river For miles down the
river scores OF farmers and towns
people were watching the flood this
evening. believing the men might be
+ cast ashore on their ice buoy.
Chicago Hit by Storm.
Chicago staggereA under the harfi
cane. Binding snow filled the streets.
The Garden Home Community church
was wrecked and hundreds Of build
ings damaged. Plate glass windows
We're smashed.
Fire broke out as the storm ragged.
destroying a six.story building in the
heart OF the business district. The
building had been occupied so years
ago BY the old Chicago Times and
was a landmark Two hundred tele-
phone operators in Bell telephone
exchange building adjoining We're in
a panic.
The city was In darkness from mid
night until dawn, when high tension
power circuits that feed the street
lights went down. Two men were
found dead in the snow this morning.
Trains Stalled in Snow.
Gigantic snowbanks gave sections
OF Iowa. Illinois and Wisconsin the
appearance OF the arctic regions.
We saw snowdrifts 20 and Is feet
high" said Chicago Northwestern
railroad conductor who reached here
late today from s. Paul. Branch
line trains are stalled in snow and
the whole fight IS being waged 10 keep
main lines open"
Transcon,inenial trains from the
Pacific coast fought their way into
Chicago hours late. The temperature
was only a little below freezing and
railroad division superintendents re
ported traffic would be normal in
few hours
Fishermen Rescued.
\ fishing boat. with four men
ahosrd was saved hy life guards or
Chicago. Lake Michigan was laShc,l
turiouslv5 for a hours. but shipping
had been warned and no less OF lie
has been reported
Five lives were reported los, IN a
cyclone near Richmond. Ky. Three
lives were reported los; in Ohio.
Rivers aud small streams were re-
ported running hank rull in every
part Of the country and danger Of
flood damage increased as The ws,er
continued 70 rise tonight;
The property loss could no; he ~.
curately estimated because os the
great spread ~ the storm. Est mates
ran as high as Sseae GOO.