Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 28, “1896-SIXTEEN PAGES. 11 IN CYCLONE’S TRACK (Continued from First Page.) east is just extends east for about 300 feet. The en- tire upper portion, traversed by cars and carriages, is carried away, while the tracks beneath are buried in the debris, in some Places eight fest deep. Nearly a Panic at the Fair Grounds, Captain Pat Carmody’s presence of mind Prevented a panic at the fair grounds. When the crowd appealed for protection from the tornado Pat corralled the fright- ened people under the stand, and forced them to remain there. He held a mob of about 300 in check, and it was lucky for them that he did so. Everybody was trying to get oux, and wanted to make a break for the south side of the stand. While Carmody was holding them back the roof of the stand was blowa out, and the debris fell just where the people wanted to go. Carmody’s xood judgment saved many lives. The roof of the stand was blown in all directions. Part of it landed on the Natural B road, and several bodies were buried beneath the debris. In the crush a num ost part of their had a seramble for rs. Charles Van Dus»n, wife of the well- knewn jockey, was caught in the stampede and knocked down. She lost her pocket book, ing 0 Another woman from Sun Francisco lost a purse, which it is said co! i se undred rs’ worth of diamonds. One of tho supporting pillars of the stand fell through the first floor whén the roof went off, and a number had nagrow esc apes from being crushed to Gate Johnnie Goebel, one of the bookmakers, was nearly killed. dolla On the River Boats. The passengers on different river boats relate many acts of heroism performed by roustabouts. On the Libbie Conger, when she was ground to pieces on the Illinois Shore, was Captain Seaman, his wife and hild, a little boy who is five years of en the storm frst appeared a negro, = name is unknown, took the child up in his arms, and plunged overboard, bear- ing the captain's boy safely through the s waters to the Illinois shore. Cap- eaman rescued his wi morning J e. McDowell, a roust- e, which is per- ig the beats which R g great work amc Ulinois bank for miles down the re to the He s bur- © loved ones in this ‘others, telling of I that the Ma-| > pieces, that He said he thought man of crew -d with that the ferries at the foot t anc st Carondelet had to piec gone to the bot- crews and passengers. but th sen- at such was the is almost vidence was Her rudder, her ‘kK are gone. No News of the St. Paul. ket Com- arted for ck the ¢ s ity card of since. h, d broken up. harbor boat, was the river, and was al Island. It is thought ton this boat. Harvester of the Mis- y Transportation Company was 2 from its dock and carried down down » City of Monroe had listed away wharf there were ssengers on board and a full the boat was just making ready trip to New Orleans. When the moorings finally gave way the boat lurched over on its starboard side and nearly cap- sized. The movement threw nearly all the freight to the starboard side, and served to hold the boat in Its perilous position. Capt. Viegler made a reassuring speech to the crew, for the Passengers, which slightly quieted the ex- treme excitement. He said they were all safe. When the boat struck the Illinois bank the captain was not to be found. The crew of the tug Dolphin, No. 2, had @ marvelous escape from drowning when the boat was blown from its moorings at the foot of Washington avenue. On board Were three men and two n, the latter Jennie Mitchell, cook, and Emma Nolan, chambermald. When the storm broke the men were on deck and the women below. The m ‘aw the storm was to be a hard and began to ring the alarm bell. m the steamer Dragon, which left its moorings, was blown out into the stream. ‘At the same moment the Dolphin’s rop parted, and the tug began to ship water. The wind blew her against the bridge. While this the upi % going on the women and nh on the boat climbed to the When the boat struck the on board had to dodge to » ironwork of the structure. The there was no hope If they stayed on boar Jennie Mitchell was the first to climb onto the ironwork. She was isted by two of the hile the mate stayed on deck to hel na Nolan. As she swung her: boat drifted away > eyes of the herrified crew. with the wind blowing at a force caused the big structure to rock like the three brave men assisted the 2 on the laborious climb to the road- Several times they were nearly blown y finally reached the railroad track se, where they lay down until t. Then Washington avenue Slowly, that of the storm was 1 to the Seventy Thought to At midnight a reporter penetrated the mud and oris to the burning St. Louis re- frigerator and gutted warehouse. Several Be Buried. injured firemen had been taken from the wreck, and three more were known to be im the cellar dead. Three brothers named Hardy were dangerously injured. Peter Hardy, the elder, was expected to die. A man named Ruddy was internally in- gure While this was the only intelligent tement obtainable at the works, another man informed the reporter that probably seventy more men were still buried in the ruins. The large warehouse of the com- pany was burned to the ground. The other Dbulldings were damaged by the tornado. ‘The losses will probably amount to over $200,000. The company employs over 300 hands, of whom over fifty are girls. The latter had left their work fully an hour be- fore the tornado struck the building. As the storm was at its height, the gas holder at ISth street collapsed. People were terrified by columns of burning gas! leaping high in the air. The tank was Mearly full at the time, and the force of the wind caught it and turned it over. As the immense columns which supported the tank Froper fell the gas was ignited and burned for a few moments at a fearful rate. Damage at the Poor House. The poor house, which ts situated at the extreme southeast limit of the city, suf- fered severely from the storm. The entire roof of the female building was torn off THE EADS BR IDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI and flung yards away. Large posts were twisted away from the walls. The damage was done at the big institution, however, and was caused by the destruction of the tower which stood on the top of the cen- tral building. The tower was blown down and crashed entirely through the building down into the basement. There were elght columns supporting the roof, and the fall- ing of these carried the floors of the butld- ing beneath it. There were cight inmates of the poor house who received numerous wounds from flying glass and bricks, but it was not thought that their injuries are in any way dangerous. Several of the at- tendants were cut slightly by splinters of 33. ‘The dead house was completely demolish- ed by the furious wind. The building, which was a weak one, was entirely ob- literated, and two dead bodies swept away with the wind. Incredible as it sounds, with 1,080 patients in the building, 750 of whom are insane, not a life was lost at the poor house during the storm. The in- sane patients in their ward gave the at- tendants a great deal of trouble during the spell of erce wind. They could not be controlled, and filled the building with their shrieks and cri After the storm had abated a litule they wn. insane of Th a new nts, Duild- the in induced to quiet Iding for the male which is the most weste ings out there, was not dam least by the The eng the other br Ss Was wr . and sut- 1 the loss of its smokestacks, which blown aw room was to the u room storm. ha dam age hosp! ped with but the reof of the west wing with numerous small holes building. There not a single was singly, some- mass. er, with bo black smoke- nd pilot house going do Was no sign on her. were rumo} € Re, mbian Exeursion bottom with five h r of the company denied this ft St. Louis at noon to go to . Where she was engaged for an ex- sion at § o'clock last night. The storm might have blown the boat away, but in that case only the crew would have been imperiled, and these men could have swam to safet; The wires in the city are dangling from the poles, but every electric light circuit is shut off. The Postal Telegraph Company were the first to secure communication with the outer world, and now have seven wires working to Chicago. Grand Republic Safe. Many inquiries were made last night about the steamer Grand Republic, as nothing could be found of it about the river. The Grard Republic, It is now known, Is safe, having gone to Alton yes- terday morning to run an excursion out of there last night. It was not in much of the storm last night. It was not generally wn that she had gone to Alton. Every street car in St. Louis was tied up by the hurricane. At midnight several of the western lines were running, and two of the cross-town roads were operating part of their lines. Fire added much to the loss account. Down wires, wild currents of electricity, crushed buildings, all contributed to. this element of destruction. The alarm s tem was paralyzed. Approaches were blocked, and a $200,000 conflagration on the St. Louis side was supplemenied by a dozen smalier fires. In East St. Louis a mill was burned, and two others sustained consid- erable loss. To the enormous total fires added at least $500,000. FATALITIES AT ST. that the excursion belonging to the ny, had gone ed excursion- LOUIs. List of the Dead in the Center of the Storm. ST, LOUIS, May 28.—Among the dead are: Sophie Demartina, killed by falling building at 12th and Spruce; Robert Wil son, killed by falling of Liggett & Meyers’ tobacco factory; Katie Claypool, Wallace adshaw (colored), Charles Nee, Jullus Gault, William Winkler, killed by a street var rolling on him; Max Weiss. driver Beerle & Evans’ Livery Company; Jose- phine Martin, Wallace Bradshaw, lied at Ewing and Scott av »3; —— Jones, en- etna Iron Works; Frank Fisher, pstein, Fred. Zimme chief eng!i- Union depot power house; unknow about five years old, California ave- lemke, manager St. Louis Bar- y Company; unknown man at broom factory; Josephine Mar- fifteen unknown men, one unknown John Rafferty, tini, woman, one unknown gir Harry Hess, two unknown boys, two un- known men at 1428 Menard avenue, un- known woman and child, between Lafay- ette and Emmett street, in alley; child was clasped in woman's arms; Fred. Rennell, 1830 South 13th street; unknown boy, ap- parently seventeen years old, 1830 South 13th street; at Bivadway and Boulevard streets a four-story brick collapsed, bury- ing several families; twenty-fve employes St. Louis wooden cutter factory; Malachi McDonald, aged thirty, single, > Clarke avenue; unknown baby, two years old, picked up at 22d and Market streets; John Pandy, child at 1944 Papin street; two at 27th and St. Vincent, woman at 13th and Soulard streets, unknown man at Dolman street and Park avenue, janitor In ruins of St. Paul's Church, two children at 1728 South 9th street, William Ottewad, John Burgess, Wallace T. C. Butler. Unknown man found at midnight at foot of Couteau avenue; butcher, living at 2654 Hickory street, at Kennerk’s sausage fac- tory; Robert Miller, Blair and Benton ave- nues; unknown, picked up at 3d and Rut- ger; Mr. Martell and three servant girls, at Martell House; Mr. and Mrs. Davis 8S. Sage; George Woods, clerk in Vandalia office; Henry Sprickler, Vandalia; J. EK. Hein, Vandalia; Dr. C. E. Hull, dentist; two children of Mrs. Horace Trump of Litchfield, IL; Mrs. Ryckey, Joe Frank, Joe Mitchell, Phil. Strickler, Miles Mitchell, Charles Carroll, barber; John Kent, Mrs. Scott Hayward, Frank Ross, O. Kay- anaugh, Jacob Kurtz, Vincennes, Ind.; Mrs. Bruce, Mrs. Emma Sullivan, Robert Bland, John Reames, Charles Waite, 1519 Collins avenue; William Surber, Henry Winterman, —— Anderson, Peter Walms- ley, Miss Conley, Mrs. Slide, a flagman of Air line, name unknown; John Hayes, Mrs. Wm. Hayes, Mrs. Pat Bean, unknown boy, J. A. Porter, Broughton, Ill.; unknown traveling man, supposed to be connected with the Cincinnati Cigar Company. In addition to this, the bodies of four RIVER, WH Ihe unknown men and two unknown women are awaiting identification at Hanners’ lvery stable and undertaking rooms and Kurwus’ morgue. The body of an un- known woman was found lying under the Holsoy residence, Broadway and Rock road. ‘The following have been added to the death list In St. Louis: Watchman on board of the Dolphin, name unknown, drowned; Benjamin Desilva, unknown man at Lon- rum’s University, Alex. Chruchinger, driv- er for Western Star Dairy Company; Jas. Dunn, Francisco Roderiguez, Fred Wells. three years old, Theresa Wells, eight while In others nigh, jagged walls stand, a constant menace to passers-by. very hospital in the city ts filled with ictims, and there Is a lack of nurses, phy- aus and med! 3, but as soon as the people get their wits about them again the work of alleviating the suffering of the in- Jured will be proceeded with In a sys- tematic manner. The only telegraplic advice had here of the origin of the storm is from Milan, where late in the afternoon the dark, fun- nel-shaped cloud was seen, which descend- ed a little later upon this city. The city authorities at midnight were months old; Mrs. Carter and child, un- | sending mounted police through the city in known man, driver; Peter Deldrich, em- | an effort to ascertain, if possible. what the ployed at bagging mill; Max Weiss, Ma- | }, of life and the number of injured real- Iychy McDonald, superintendent Waters- | ly 1s. So far as absolute facts are concern Plerce Oil Company; —— Jones, engine-r | ed, nothing definite can be learned before Aetna Iron Works; Frankie Fisher; Emma | tomorrow. Cheney, Isabella Horin, Sawyer Manutac- Among the houses known to have been turing Company; Charles Tandy, destroyed are the furniture store of Fred- Manufacturing Compan. erick Otten: t the corner of Broadway man, killed at union depot, and Katie Clay- | and Soulard et, in the southern part of pool. the city, where six men are reported killed; " a saloon at G04 South 7th street, where VIEWS OF THE WEATHER OFFICER. | pine mea are reported in the ruins; St. Sopa Patrick's Church, at the corner of Gth and Piddell s What ix Said H.W. Frankenfleld at St. Louis, = ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 28.—H. W. Frank- enfield, local wea offi was a busy man during and after the storm. In an In- tervlew with the reporter of the 4 ated aid the past week the weather in the | ¥ of St. Lon work of tak- the injured 2 light w i er the various parts and the town being in absolute ork of rescue is going on commun of the eit is has been character'zed high rature, ex- THE CONVENTION HALL, me it Contrac hinks It Can Be igh in the s my acquaintance with A ylor, who is in charge of th 1 the con r Who did the build- that t ying the and ready xtend- | th of June. ing in irregui pan orating is cone handle, Kansas a | have i y on time, and I the sta cl high | car 1 decorations from ¢ a morrow night to rep those damaged by the storm.” hough r ports a Tonthionw: SURROUNDING ST. LOU destruc it is evident the storn E = moved east during the Efforts to Ascertnin the Extent. of Larome iced to fall at noon, the storm, by noon it had fallen .1% of an inch. 3 tim am overad ated sirata a mass of str i to as the northeast. 7 r. LOUIS, Mo. received here by sible to give an May 28.—No reports were yh. and it is impos- it of the extent of the jock, forme which comme: color in “cou storm in the country surrounding St. Louis. en | is green slowly The storm did not vent ail its fury in advanced from the northeast, spread more | Louis. After working its chaos of destruc. to the west and north at the same tem-} tion in South St. Lijuial lt Broved w ered perature and commenced to fall. The| — asain nae normal cyclonic circulation thus brought | @#d out in the country, leaving another winds of different temperatures and hu- | trail of ruin In its wake. It is Impossible midities In the one upper position, with the | to get the full list of killed or of casualties results that a deciled instability wes pro- | at this writing. Guced In the atmosphere and a violent Ch Goan Ey saeDe secondary, storm Cente: was crested. nine | _ At Clayton, the county seat, a new Pres- byterian church was leveled to the ground and another church was wrecked. Part of the- court huuse at Clayton was also torn away. Hous-s were unrvofed or totally de- stroyed in the path of the storm. The following is a list of killed and in- Jured in the covnty, as far as asvertamed: Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. William Beckman, crushed to death under wrecked dwelling ‘bcuse. Willem Beckman, badly cut and bruised and injured internally. Willem Dovsman, threwn from and badly cut and bruis barometer continued to fail rapid! 5 p.m. it had fallen .25 inch sin The wind was becomi variabie, with a tendency toward a northerly direction un- til Nghtning and thunder had commenced i p.m. the storm broke forth in all the wind changed suddenly to its fury northwest, with rapidly increasing velocity, and the rain fell in torrents. The er cloud still remained in the west and nort but the storm moved toward the southeast, ith large, angry, detached masses. of mulous clouds crossing each other. At buggy p.m. the wind changed from the north, Mrs. James Creveling, found in uncor having the greatest velocity in the his‘ scicus corcition in her partly wrecke of St. Louis. About 5 p.m. the wind had | home. reached about 68 miles, and later on it Charles Denn, head cut and internal in- changed In its direction to the southeast. From p.m. to 6:04 p.m., 1.33 inches of rain fell. When the rain ended at 9:05 p.m., 1.53 inches had fallen in all. The electrical storm was of unusual yolume. The sky was almost one coniinuous blaze of light and the clouds extended far into the south." CAME WITHOLT WARNING. juries received in a wree Unkuown man, by flying timbe INJURED ed barn. head and face badly cut AT ST. LOUIS. Sufferers From the Crashing of Stone and Timber. ST. LOUIS, May 28.—The following: Miss ay Walter, gashed on head and urins, not serious; Miss Josie Walter, bruised on shoulders and head; John Bulkins, Frank Benson, — Holkamp, unknown man, James Conway, infant of Mrs. Hamilton, wlil die; Daniel Heitner, serious; Mrs. Daniel Heit- ner, severe injuries; Mrs. serivus; Gusiay Leitner, Chris Smith, William Swanett, engineer Terminal railroad, badly hurt; Fireman MeGentiss, hurt about nead and shoulders; Henry Althaus, employe St. Louis wire mill, crushed, will die; Too! same, internal injur — O'Brien, arms broken; Theo. Riss, aged eight, fractured, otherwi-e injured; T. A. Berson, skuil iractured; Geo. oeiz, head hurt and Ladly bruis.d; G. Veper, iniernally injured; sate Lennett, both arms broken, one ear tern off; Edwin Hyke, at SU6 Olive street, badly cut by falling glass; three unknown The Cyclone Raged for Half an Hour and Dixappenred. ST. LOUIS, May 28.—Yesterday’s cyclone broke soon after 5 o'clock, coming directly from the west, destroying first in the city proper, then crossing the Mississippi to East St. Louis, and, after raging for half an hour, disappearing in the direction of Alton. There was little warning for the helpless people in the streets, the thousands on their way home from work, or the inmates of tha great mercantile establishments of the city who had not yet left their posts of duty. The storm was circular. The day had been very hot, with clouds in the west, and no wind. About 4 o'clock the m: the clouds, one upon the other on t both Kull ern horizon, gave some warning of what | dead at gas house, on Convent street. near Nas coming. but not one has been found | Main; six unknown men, found in front today who apprehended at that time any-| depot railroad power house, badly lac- thing worse than a hard thunder storm. | erated; bookkeeper for Joe Ogde, La Suddenly out of the cloud bank came a| Salle and Jefferson ay for whirling funnel, which dipped to the earth. | Hart & Back; Joe scalp The storm was then east of Clayton, a| WCunds at a falling building at 2d and Val- small town a short distance from St. Louis. In the incredible time of five minutes it had traversed the distance from the west ern limits of this city to the heart, an there it raged. The high buildings served to confine it, and until they were destroyed there was no chance for its escape. The river was literally raised from its bed, with the hundreds of boats that were plying up and down it, or were moored at the wharves. Where the crossing was made to East St. Louis the river is almost a mile in width, but the leap was taken with all the fury with which the cyclone had struck the city proper. Once over the immense destruction of railroad property began. Cars went rolling one way, depots the other. while the vale uable cargoes of freight were scattered beyond any possibility of future discovery. It is evident that the tornais pursued a track of many miles in length. Scattered reports indicated that between Moberly and here various small towns have been wiped out, and many persons killed in them. entine; Mike Dowd, internally injured; Katie Filsenger, broken leg; Abbie’ Burke, St. - | Louis street; ©. Kalb; Julius Shaefer, injured Internally, not expected to live, in a serious condition; Harry Smith, Nokomis, Ill, badly injured about head ‘and body, serious; Chas.Street,Newport,Ark., head and arms cut, In a serious condition; Louise Mill- er, Burneville, Jefferson county, Mo., badly hurt; Peter Hall, seriously injured; Maud H. Tinker, Danville, Wis., serious’ cuts on head and body, believed to be fatal; M. L. Tinker; J. L. Tinker, all of Waterloo, Il more or less injured, M. L. Tinker, serious- ly; Patrick McMahon, serious bruises on body and head; Ben Brennan, badly hurt; John Balkins, badly hurt, unconscious; Pedro O'Connor, aged eleven, 2808 Brannoy avenue, run over by coal train driven by wind, leg crushed. Following are laborers working in four-story iron frame, at Lig- gett & Meyer's cigarette factory who were injured: Patrick Tracey, aged forty-fivi right hand torn off; James Lahey, twent; cight, hurt internally; John Toomey, aged fifty, internally injured: Joseph Boyd, thir- ty-five, leg broken, spine hurt; Mike Lloyd, At the time. the storm struck the town forty-five, internally injured; Patrick and created such havoc the accompanying | Reuegg, forty-eight, inteenane injured; noise was terrifying. People were picked James L. Fahan, thirty-five, internally in- jured; Michael Muldoon, internally injured’ James Leinthus, twenty-eight, eyes put out and scalp wounds; Thomas Griffith, twen- ty-three, hip Injured; David Lewis, thirty- five,yhead and body cut. Many others injured. Caroline Roland, internally; Albert Platz, leg broken; Albert Schulte, leg and arm broken. At City Hospital—Harry Oteson, badly cut and bruised; Laurence Childress, badly cut and bruised; Mary Finan, badly cut and bruised. Sixty paupers at hospital more or less in- jured. A driver of Penny & Gentles’ wagon named Fechtenmeyer was thrown from his wagon at Choteau and Jefferson and had his skull fractured. Tom Moss, secretary of the fire depart- ment, was picked up unconscious at 10th up in the streets and dashed to the ground or against the buildings as though they had been the merest straws. One thing which aided it In its course of destruction was the valley which separates North and South St. Louis, aloag which the railroads entering the city from the east and west have their tracks and yards, and through which they have access to the Union station at 2ist street. This depres- sion is some forty or fifty feet in depth, a regvlar valley, in fact, and had the to nado confined itself to this channel the loss of life would not have been so great. But at this point the streets slope down, thus effording a means of egress for the great destroyer. The city bears the appearance of having been shelled by an enemy. In some places structures have been entirely destroyed, ne 16. “r notes A. Gorman, the ‘er in suspense t 13 mntract for the | | the hur n convention om day H WAS PARTIALLY and Clark avenue. after the storm, and was sent to the City Hospital. Two men—Tom Carroll and Joseph Ire- land—sought shelter in a doorway at Bridge and Beach on Poplar street, and were tn- jured by flying wreckage. rroll’s leg was broken and Ireland was struck on the head, receiving a serious wound. M. F. Crawley, with three others, wi: standing in the doorway of St. Paul's Church, 9th and Lafayette avenue, when the building collapsed. They were bruised by falling brick, but escaped without seri- ous Injury. THE DEVASTATED DISTRICT. Buildings at St. Louis Destroyed or Damaged. ST. LOUIS, May 28.—Among the buildings destroyed or damaged are the following: Sirger Sewing Manufacturing Company, building almost totally destroyed, four people injured. he Eden Publishing Hovse, building unroofed and stock dam- aged. The Hayeock Carriage Company's build- ng unroofed and stock badiy « ged. John's Church on Hickory street lost its steeple. Liederkranz Hall, Choteau avenue and 13th street, unroofed and en- re building flooded with water. Brown puth wall of Louis Wire Co. out and destroy- Tobacco Co., lost top story. nail department of ed, fire break s swept up thi demolished St. Engine No. Louis any from_ the at Gratiot street. foun- building w: t -d into the t, while of the Burlington road suffe p fate. AUsth and Mills uilding occupied 1 Was blo ight front of Allen while that on North Bro y damaged. remains e and tele- water spouts, Ss, while wires rminable net- broken glass and broken lie over the whole in an in ting. ) South 2 fresh where J. T. Swift establishment is lo- not a single window In the build- mains intact, the whole place being fleoded. ‘The stock of $300 worth of meat “i with water, bits of broken gl ying mud ard’ sand. The 1b cupied by & Burnsiein, sale liqvor 208 South Broadway was blown down; Julius Call, bookkeeper, was killed, and Mr. mn was internally injured. No. ISIS Choteau avenue, occupied by Sawyer Manufacturing Company, was blown own. Those under ruins are Em- ma Chaney and Isabella Howe. Ch: a) Tandy js now buried in the debris of St. Louis Cracker Company, at 18th and Cho- teau avenue; store at 2102 Clark avenue wrecked. one’s almost brewery at 22d and Clark avenue totally wrecked. Scandinavian Church, southeast corner 2d and Clark streets, wes picked up and turned com- pletely over. At Gates’ wire mill, 21st and Gratiot streets, a scene indescribable was met with. An immense portion of the roof of the building lies piled up hign on the south end of bridge, while ill around a mass of wires, poles, roofing and tons of other debris makes vicinity ut- terly impenetrative. Mr. Lipps, who was employed in Gates’ mill said that four persons were badly hurt, two fatally. Mr. Lipps could not explain how it happened that of 300 or more boys and men who were in the building only four were hurt. The old three-story building on the south- east corner of Main and Pine str a cupiel by East St. Louls Commission Co. is a total wreck. The fate of the employes could not be learned, as the place was abandoned. Wreckage Ten Feet Decp. Pine street 1s filled with wreckage and goods to the height of ten feet. The storm visited ihe store of Penny & Gentles at the corner of Broadway and Franklin avenue. The massive plate glass windows and all si were completely de- molished and the windows on every floor {blown in, while the water deluged the street in torrents, The firm estimates its loss at $20,000. The immunity from loss of life and injy to employes in the Iron Mountain ra: yards is a little shert of marvelous. The contents of lumber yards in the acighbor- hood were strewn over the yards like hail In some switch targets were struck by fly ing timbers and biown down. Planks were driven into the earth and broken, freight cars were demolished and merchandise scattered in all directions. The wind lifted the roof off Ch Peck’s new building to thee nort the Wall Paper Company, and blew down the wall of a new brick building two doors further north. It almost demolished the building of William Keonig & Co., agents of Aultman & Co., agricultural implements. The roof and ceilings to the first floor were wrecked and the occupants of the office saved their lives by taking refuge in the vault. ‘The buildings of the American Refriger- ator Transit Company at the Levee and Cedar street are demolished. ‘The terminal elevator, Middle and Main, was robbed of the south end wall on the first floor. The fourth story and roof of McPheeter’s dry goods wareho.ise of the Levee, between Biddle and Cedar, was blown off. The front and roof of Fisher & Davis’ three-story brick saw mil] ma- chinery house, 1824-26 North Main, was wrecked. The roof and smok:scacks of the Fulton iron works and machine shop, Ful- ton and Carr, were blown off. The roof was blown off of a vacant bulld- ing belonging to the Dr. J. H. McLean es- tate, Collins and Biddle. About Levee and Carr str>at the wind played sad havoc. The immense freight shed of the Chicago, Burlingtoa and Quin- cy railroad, two blocks long and one wide, extending from Carr street to Franklin avenue, is a total wreck. FIRST REPORTS EXAGGERATED. rles H. Yet the List of Dend and Injured is Appalling. ST. LOUIS, May 2 ‘By midnight re- porters of the Associated Press had visit- ed all of the stricken portions of the city and suburbs. The list of the dead dis- covered fell far below the first estimates, but it was long enough to be appalling. Crushed beneath falling walls, hurled against the sides of buildings, struck by flying timbers, cut by the shattered glass, shocked by the network of down wires, hu- ‘menity suffered in ways innumerable. ‘Yhe names of all the injured will never be known. Enough were recorded at the dispensaries last night to show how wide. spread were the tornado’s effect. Of the destruction of property there can and | the | Buggy | of | DESTROYED. be no satisfactory estimate given. The loss in extent and in character is beyond con- ception. In the flash of lightning last night the City Hospital looked like a ruin. The new surgical ward was partially de- melished. Portions of the othr buildings were unroofed. Walls were cracked. Even in the darkness the physicians began the Temoval of patients to temporary quarters. fearful that the strained structures would go down in a general collapse. There were 450 sick people in the hospital when the storm came. Some gathered strength in their fright and ren shricking from the place, finding shelter on the outside. Thirteen were injured in one ward. Convention Hall and the four courts were in the path of the cload as it pai from the City Hospital toward the river. Con- vention Hall lost a part of the roof at the eastern end, which was punctured In sev- eral places by flying embers, and sustained some derangement of the interlor. Ten days’ work and the expenditure of $5,000 will rake the hall good agatn. A portion of the brick wall of the jail went down, and the prisoners were panic- stricken. In the district between river northward from ¢ ith street and the eau avenue th distr ana Walls were le The panes of of telegraph and tele; work on the gre the streets are pred in | | Along th ped, and dow seen | of the i here the tornado deait with stone nry. It mbled down upon t cut off the as if it had of a structure What the tor- age will not be be- t. WORK OF THE FLAMES. of werld-famed m: nado did to the E: lieved unless the Water Works Destroyed and Firemen Worked With Buckets. ST. LOUIS, May 28.—After the wind and rain had done their work, fire added to the destruction, Hetzel’s miil was the first to become igi ited and it was totally destroy- ed, at a loss of $15),0"). Harris’ barrel factory, nearly fifty loaded cars in the ter- minal yards, Lynch's boarding house, Beard’s feed store, Lee's blacksmith shop and other places vere burned. The destruction of the water works early in the storm cut off the water supply, and Chief Purdy and nis men fought the fire with a bucket brigade as best they could. The vhole central portion of the city was threatened by the burning mill, but all hands werked with such a will that its fur- ther spread was prevented. The fire caused great consternaticn. Hundreds of people hurried to the scene,bel'eving that it meant the complete destruction of the desolated district. Pussengers on Bridge Trains. The passengers and tvainmen of the two trains on the pridge were taken to private places in East St. Louis. There was not a singla fatality or injury reported in these two trains. which were passing along at a rapid rate when the wind struck them. The whole top abutment ef the first pier, as well as the big recks and iron girders of the approach, were picked up and thrown upon the roadbed just behind the train. In front two laggage cars picked up and placed g s the t The upper roadway was torn down thrown upon the train, along with four Wagons loaded with merchandise. A sud- dep slip was made, and although the cars careened, the passengers d through the wreckege and were taken care of. All the way down the approach every pole, signal wire and apren were tern away, and in many places p'ied on the tracks. There were pale faces and sinking hearts in more St. Louis homes than ever known before in its history. In St. Lou's the de- stroyer seem: a course that lay chiefly bet » railroad tracks and Lafayette avenue, although it swept the entire city, cutting a wide swath wherever it did any ‘damage. Caring for the Injurea. The complete suspensnon of the tele- phone communication and street car traffic multiplied the inconveniences and obstacles that beset the police department, and add- ed to the general discomfort. There were few means of summoning ambulances for the removal of dead or injured persons, and many of them were carried to different places in wagons or on litters. The city dispensary was overcrowded. A number of physicians tendered their ser- vices to the city, and a score of volunteer doctors worked for hours. The demolition of the city hospital prevented the use of that institution, and hundreds of persons hastened there to aid the unfortunate pa- tients ceught in the ruins. It was first in- tended to utilize the armory or exposition building for the injured, but the old House of the Good Shepherd, on 17th and Chest- nut streets, was pressed into use, and every available cot and blanket was hurried there. PASSENGER TRAINS RUN iG. First Reports of Disaster Are Con- tradicted. ST. LOUIS, May 28.—The officials of the Alton road report not @ passenger hurt, ror even a passenger car damaged by the cyclone. All passenger trains are now go- ing forward on time. CHICAGO, May 28.—The report of cy- clone with serious loss of life at Kewanee, I. is untrue. KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 28.—A special to the Journal from Moberly, Mo., states that today’s storm did no serious camage at that point. A special to the Journal from Mexico, Mo., says: Audrian county was visited by a terrific tornado this afternoon at 3:30. The total number killed at Bean Creek and Rush Hill ts about eight. More than twen- ty-five were injured. At the Dye School . house, six or eight miles further southeast, not a pupil escaped uninjured, and five cniliren were killed. DAMAGE TO SHIPPING. It Will Run Up Into the Hw Thousands. ST. LOUIS, May 28.—The following boats are known to have been sunk: 8. C. Club, Henry Stockman, Tug Rescue, Milliken, reds ot Christy, Wiggins, Medill and all the wharves. The Church ferry was the only boat not damaged, and it was far up the levee and immovable. Mayor's lumber yard was completely car- ried away, as was the upper Louisville and Nashville freight depot. All streets are lined with debris of buildings. It is as- serted that there is not a whole line of wire between any two points in the west- ern section. The wharf was the scene of the devestation on this side of the river. Be- fore the storm, along the river, steamboats and wharf boats and barges were moored from Biddle street to Choteau avenue. These were swept from their fastenings almost in a solid phalanx and cast adrift. Some were overturned and sunk, and oth- ers-blown across and crushed against the other side. The Anchor Line wharf boat and the excursion wharf were the only craft left between the bridge and Spruce street Both were shoved upon the baak, indicat- ing that the storm had a rotary motion, as all other craft were blown in the other di- rection. Some were seen fioating when the brunt of the storm had passed, but in nearly all the upper works were torn away. The damage to shipping alone will run up into the hundreds of thousamds of dollars. worst AT EAST ST. Lov Reports of the Casualties im thy Hinois Tow: ST ST. LOUIS, IL, May fhe Sis- ters of St. Mary’s Hospital have kept no record of the injured received, but believe the number is over fifty. The doctors ha all been busy since the sterm sewing up and dressing wounds, The pa¥ents had sustained various kinds, but, fortunately, only a few were considered in a critical cofdition. Two or three died after being received at the hospital. W. H. Williams, assistant superinten- dent of the St. Louis and East St. Loui Raliw: « injuries of seriously in jured r € hurt about the he 1 ken and the cords of his left arm so severely injured that t is a possibility of losing it. Mr. William: Was cating supper Relay Retreat and saw the stor did not think th any dang building caving in, and they exerted their strength to keeping the doors and «their work. St. Louis i Emma Sul Cramer, Charles uber, Henry Winterm » ——— Palmsiey, or . flagman of Air I Hays, Mrs. Wm. Hz Pat man. The bodies of four unknown men and two unknown women are awaiting {dentifica- tien, Missing—Eddie Bland, supposed to bh der wreck of Vandalia depot: Ci k Jerry Kay, Frank Bland, Frank Mecor- taick, Albert Volkman, Earl Keene, George Woods, Mike Kildea, W. E. Kiefer, Alvin Mate, Will Murray, Dan. Kelly, George Romer, W. Frelink and W. Hanford, all employes in Vandalia depot, and believed to be in its ruins, Dead Estimated at 150. In comparison to its size, the fatalities and losses suffered in East St. Louls greatly exceed those on the other side of the river. The larger part of the central portion of the city is razed to the ground, while on the flats along the river bank to the north of the Eads bridge not a house is left standing. In the latter portion the loss of Iife is terrible. Scarcely a family seems to have escaped without some member being killed, while In many instances » households were wiped out of existe: A conservative estimate of the dead placed at 150, The Catholic muk, at str is Church St. John of Nepo- the corner of 12th and Soulard Pts, Was razed to the ground, except the front, which stands Nke a tower, all the side and back walls being completely de- stroyed. It was a large and handsome Injured at Enst St. Louis. The following includes those seriously in- jured ut Ecst St. Louis: Jokn Bewiger, houseman at St. Clair Ho- tel. H.C. Hall, engineer, Baltimore and Ohio, Mrs. Ellen Hennessy 2 St. nu st crushed; will ¢ Louis ave- c W. H. Williams dent of St. Louis tric railway, right arm head and imternally injured; probably ¢ Patrick Kennedy, internal injuries. D. Bender, clerk, Big Four, internal in- juries. Se: injuries, K. H Buchsnan, Howell, Ind., internal McMan T. P. Elam, } roai, ‘nternal injuries. W. C. Vaenmeter, Baltimore and timber througa thigh; w i cut. lacksraith in the Vandalia Ohio, 1 probally die. Williem Hope, Big Four, legs badly frac- tured. yor H. F. Bader, } ad by flying timt ily injured about 1 injuries 1 off at thigh. Dar Kelly, crushed by falling building. Joe Duffy, same. William Price, Baby Brower, brckea. John Block, Internal injuries. Joseph Reed, internal injuries; Ambrose Hormon, both legs and left arm broke James Ramsey, same; four memb Armour family; Frank Roff, Venice, Tl, internal injuries: Wm. Hops, thigh frac. tured: Ed. Cull, thigh broken, Peter Har- ris, shoulder broken: Mrs. L. Hientel, 513 Missouri avenue, thigh broken. The missing: City Clerk Jerry Kane: cddy Bland, supposed to be under ruins Vandalia depot; Frank Bland, same; Frank McCormick, same; Albert Veakman, same; Carl Keene, same; George Wools, same: Mike Riddea, same; W. E. Keefers, same: Lavin Mote, same; Will Murrey, same; Dan Kelly, same; George Romer, same; W. B. Freelink, same; Link Handford, same; John B. Wiger, H. C. Hall, engineer B. and O.; Mrs. L. Hennessy, chest crushed; Mr. Wil llams, assistant superintendent St. Louis and East St. Louis electric railway; Pat- rick Kennedy, internally injured; D. Bax- ter, internally injured; J. H. Buchana O. O, Howell, internally injured; J. 1. Me- Mann, head cut; T. P. Flam, internally in- jured; W. C. Van Meter, thigh badly hurt: probably die; W. M. Hope, legs badly frac. tured; M. F. Bates, badly injured about head by flying timber; Mrs. Horace Trump, internally injured. More Deaths, The following have been added to the East St. Louis death list: Charles Waite, William Surrer, Mrs. Stock, Jemes A. Porter, a Cincinnati drum- mer, name not known; L. Richardson, flag- man for Vandalia railroad; Amelia Suierer, Jchn Reams, Peter Walmsley, Jacob Kintze, P. J. Strickler, unknown woman and two children, near Drury ice hou: (Continued on Thirteenth Page.) me. 506 West Broadway, leg of