Show MAY CuRES TELL OF- OF f THA TRAGEDY 01 I IB Brief B ie Reports From the hel Storm Sw Swept pt Towns R Reveal v l Ev ri I. si 1 List List of f al ties J i l. l s c J INDIANAPOLIS Ind March Mardi MarchI r. r I J. J I 29 Twenty seven Twenty seven even dead and anti at least missing was yas the toll t U taken in in the tornado which swept through northern Indiana yesterday yes yes- yes according to reports reaching Indianapolis I Particularly heavy toll was as t ta taken t. t 1 Irr in ken at and Townley I Allen cou ty West Libe Liberty ty in tn J Jay y yI I county and Geneva in Adams county I At West Liberty the members of the family of ot Frank Fank Smith were killed when their home was wrecked by the tho wind I J ST I Small towns were practically wiped d out More Moie tI than an one hundred persons i were Injured It was was was' impossible lo to es estimate m property r damage s sIn In the pl Fort Fott Wayne a ag district fifteen n were reported killed killed with f t West Vest Liberty Ind md six at Union City ity one at Mop several at Geneva and three at Zulu Union City Is on the Ohio Indiana-Ohio line Une and most of those killed th there re lived In ln Ohio DE DEATH TH TOLL IN OHIO I II I I COLUMBUS O 0 March larch 29 Casual 29 Casual Casualties I ties resulting from the storm which t swept western Ohio yesterday afternoon afternoon after after- noon and last night totaled two thirty-two dead and probably several hundred injured ln In in- in according to available at 10 1030 30 a a. a m m. m today The property damage damage will run Into millions of dollars dol dol- lars It Is said Twenty dead have been reported In Inthe inthe j the vicinity of Toledo oledo several villages In that community having been completely com corn J destroyed The villages of Re olette and Brunersburg near Defiance De De- fiance fla are are total wrecks fire tire consumIng consuming consuming ing the the wreckage In the h former ormer Six Sit are dead In these two villages Three are re re dead at Van Wert three at Moulton Moulton Moulton Moul- Moul ton two at Toledo one at Lima four at Nashville and Greenville and one oneat oneat rat at Cleveland three at Raabs Corners two at Genoa and Sidney oneAT one AT T CLEVELAND Ohio Oho March 29 More than twenty dead a at least a b hundred hOndred hun hOn n- n dred Injured d and a a. dozen villages In ruin this according to fragmentary reports reaching here wa was the toll of ot ota a a. cyclonic storm which swept the western western west west- I em ern border of ot Ohio yesterday esterday I the storm was severe all along th the w western ste n border of f the et state te tebe the he be most damage was reported ported r from tram a a half mile wide and six miles In itt length between Greenville and Union CIt City near ne r Dayton Scores of I homes were razed and many people were killed and injured I I Telegraph poles have been piled plied high on railroad and Interurban tra tracks ks II I completely tying up traffic In man many I Instances AT DETROIT DETROIT Mich Mar l March h 29 Ag Ac According IC- IC cording to meager reports reaching here this this' morning at least eight persons persons persons per per- sons are believed bellev d dead and many Injured In in- In Injured injured as a 0 result of last nights night's tornado tor tor- nado nude which swept over portions of south Michigan George Malburg a farmer of ot Hart Hart Mich l was wa crushed to death when his barn collapsed before the gale Seven men were killed and a young woman seriously Injured west of ot Tenton Ten Pen ton Mich Four Tour of the men w were re seeking seek seel- ing refuge In an old cement ent plant when the building was v blown down down dowmon on them Three men were reported killed and a I I girl seriouslY Injured when a a. farmhouse farm house four miles wet ot wet west o of Fenton tarm-I tarm was was s 's I I wrecked and nd then t c fire tire m N TH THE SOOTH SOUTH A ATLANTA A. A Ma March tarch As 2 23 As the I news began to to In this morning JI Continued On page pae 3 3 1 oJ M MANY Y CITIES Continued from page 1 1 1 from the storm swept districts of ot southwest Georgia Georia and southeastern Alabama it was estimated that the number of ot dead in the path of the cyclone would reach eighty and perhaps perhaps per per- haps with the injured between ZOO SOO and While the damaged districts cover coyer a a. wide area area- the most severe loss centered centered centered cen cen- around La Grange Ga and West Point Ga which a short time ago suffered extremely as the result o of floods At La Grange the most mos severe I damage w was s inflicted in m the thereside residence 1 e district where it is Is' Is reported forty to fifty are dead dead- to injured bid kd residences razed At West Point the center of the he recent heavy flood twelve are reported dead The terrific wind here did much damage in the business area Five Flye fatalities are reported at Agricola Agricola Agricola Agri- Agri cola Ala and reports of ot loss jot of life throughout the country districts are coming in in Wire communication this morning continued badly demoralized miles o ot of poles being blown down in several districts districts districts dis dis- dis- dis swept by the cyclone At At Montgomery Ala co considerable damage was done but there has hass been no tio report of ot loss of life lite this morning Washington and Williamson Ga re report report report re- re port heavy damage with light telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone and telegraph wires wires' razed FROM TOLEDO TOLEDO TOLEDO 0 O March 29 Three 29 Three per persons persons per sons eons are dead at Raabs Raab's Corners and two at Genoa according to reports early today following last nights night's tornado tornado tor tor- nado which swept through northwestern northwest northwest- ern Ohio Thirty-five Thirty were reported injured red at Raabs Raab's Corners where many buildings including the Catholic church were de demolished demolished de- de Forty persons persons were injured red at Genoa Ten were Ten were hurt at Richfield Tf t t is est estimated that property damage in n and about Toledo will run into millions millions mil- mil lions Ions though it has been Impossible so far farto to get any accurate figures Damage Damage Damage Dam Dam- age in the city to telephone wires will run into many thousands and at Swa Swanton Swan Swan- iton i- i ton on near here damage close to to- 1000 1 Is reported Reports of ot death and destruction are steadily coming to the he city from surrounding points as communication is partially restored More complete reports port ar are expected when communication is reestablished with Bowling Green Liberty Center Swanton Martin and other points I swept wept by the hurricane Interurban service out ou ot of Toledo was wasI I practically at a standstill this mornIn morn morn morning ing In and only about a fifth filth of the normal normal normal nor nor- mal telephone service was was' available Casualties in the storm which swept Toledo and the surrounding district yesterday afternoon and arid late last Jast night numbered twenty killed and hundreds Injured as far as could be learn learned d today today to to- to day with communication to surrounding surround surround- ing points badly Impeded by fallen wires AT PORTLAND IND IMD MUNCIE Ind March 29 Reports Reports reaching here early this morning from Portland Ind twenty five miles from here give the known dead as nine inthe inthe in inthe the tornado that swept over this section section section sec sec- tion of Indiana Sunday evening West Liberty Ind Is reported corn com completely om- om wipe w off ort the map AT NASHVILLE DAYTON Ohio March n.-Indica- n. 29 Indica Indications here arly today were th that t at least three persons were killed and twenty hurt huit at Nashville in the tornado which swept this section ye yesterday te Scores of ot houses were demolished inthis In Inthis Inthis this district AT ST. ST LOUIS ST sr LOUIS Mo March 29 One One ne neman man was killed and several persons were Injured In St St. Louis during d a sixty-mile sixty gale which swept this city the state of ot Missouri southern Illinois and parts part of ot Arkansas Several Mis Afis- Missouri towns were raked by tire fire Dam Damage age here ran into thousands of dollars dol dol- larsIN lars IN INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS Ind lad March 29 More than a a. score were killed in a tornado which swept northern and I central 1 Indiana last lut night according to reports reaching here over badly rippled crippled wires s today toda i t |