Chicago, Mar. 20.
Between rows of dead, many ich are school children, som babies, long: queues of people from he tornado zone yesterday evening parsed through improvised mor. naries searching for missing natives and friends, while reseus parties delved incessantly: in mou tine of debris under the glare of seureh-lights and bonfires, hoping to find survivors or extricating the dead.
The havoc along the course of the urnado from Misso useful. Some small towns have been virtually obliterated, while entire larger places have been lev Fires broke out in places inevraseing the horror of the situation.
The deaths are estimated still at well over 800, with 3,000 injured, many perhaps fatally.
It is impossible yet to attempt to estimate the damage, but it is tainly millions of dollars, Relief work is proceeding everywhere under the control of the Federal and State Governments.
Red Cross soldiers are patroliinz various places because it is feared that disease, especially tetanus, may break out in the stricken districts.
The Red Cross has asked for 600 tubes of antitetanus serum to be despatched by _xeropl te Murphysboro. without delay—Reuters's American Service.
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