Show TORNADO SWEEPS OVER CHICAGO wind makes a path of rum damage heightened by floods and rain many casualties occur situation serious chicago march 23 further details ot the damage caused by last ni glite etona in the suburbs of chicago were obtained today at washington heights several persons were injured and houses were blown down or in morgan park and fernwood the storm reached the proportions ot a tornado five house were unroofed another blown from ite foundations dat ions and miles of telephone and telegraph poles were blown down thial ed telegraph wires blocked the roch island and pan handle railway trades sidewalks were wrenched their place and thousands 0 yards of fences scattered through the streets among the injured at washington was mra S who aa badly cut by flying glass the of peter mellan and sirs it ay had narrow escapes mel ial and her daughters were ln bed when the storm 1 in an instant the root was rrb idaway and the women re drenched by the rain ae hay cottage was feet awai mr ray and several friends were in abe parlor when the roof of aba mcl 4 len bouse crashed upon their dwelling wrecking the upper story A number of other houses and stores were badly damaged traffic on the calumet electric street railway and the chicago electric traction company operating between blue island and auburn park was tied up for hours almost every house in burnsides Burns ldes was damaged in the storm chimneys were blown down roots torn away and there was scarcely an unbroken window left in the suburb no one was injured far ae the police were able to learn the water covering this portion ot the city rose about six inches in the storm in south chicago the storm continued through the night sweeping down telegraph poles and covering part of the town fred brunk of south chicago and hie wife rebecca were severely injured when the roof of their dwelling waa blown oft both were struck ay bricks at seventy fifth street and railroad avenue the wind blew the root from a budding occupied by brown co coal dealers and burled it against a car the calumet electric line filled with passengers the car was knocked from the track appe of the passengers was seriously injured at dauphin park the illinois central platform and root were torn off by the wind and thrown across the track stopping traffic for some time the situation in dauphin park Is serious acres of land are under several ft of water already and in the bouth end of the town are submerged last nights storm added materially to the gravity of the situation the total damage there Is put at the wind put an end to the rogers park street car service in north dark street between devon and greenleaf Green leat avenues fallen trolley and arc light poles and tangled and broken wires stopped all traffic during tho night and caused the calling of policemen and firemen to prevent fatalities throughout lake view considerable damage was done by wind and rain in evanston the wind blew down a number of trees and trolley poles and all traffic was suspended until the wrecking cars could string temporary wires chicago march 23 reports today from the storm swept area in and about chicago indicate that the storm is greater than at first believed the property loss from the wind which was of a tornado character in several districts was augmented later by a heightened flood which had but partially receded from previous heavy rainfalls rain falls in daupin park and vicinity the water ha risen until the first floors of many homes are submerged ani families are fleeing in panic by boats the business part of east chicago was flooded and much damage from wind and water la reported in the residence portion of the town communication by wire with the affected points Is baday crippled and trolley lines are practically tied up no care are running over the calumet system south of ninety fifth street incoming trains on the railroads bring only stories of ruin in the city environs A large building used as repair continued on page 6 TORNADO continued from pago 1 wrecked the root ba was partly shops building hurled into an adjoining ins number about the were a largo of these were many care 0 freight walle others thrown from the tracks were jollet march isa score of by the unroofed here were houses buildings collapsed email and many at White heath the universal and a small hotel ast 1st church an elevator were blown down the methodist unroofed an 1 several church wae bouses were lifted off their foundations ST LOUIS TOO east st louis march 25 the wind and rain storm that swep tover thia aty last night caused a large amount of property damage injured many persona and seriously crippled street car traffic thirteen persons were injured most ot them receiving slight bruises only one mrs thomas dorels was injured seriously A landmark known as the custom mill aej occupied as a boarding house by a dozen miners was blown down but tha occupants escaped with bruises the home of philip riplinger was overturned and and his six children were rescued from the debris at the aluminum works ol 01 the pittsburg reduction company one building was demolished thirty homes were damaged |