The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-14
nAuAaE TO TIE ELEyAroR.

The upper portion of the East St. Louis
elevator was blown completely on, anu
landed two hundred yards away from the
building. There were eight thousand par
rels of flour and forty live thousand bushels
of corn in store. The estimated loss Is
$4,000. .
LOSS OF GRAIN. .;.sz-.
Twelve cars loaded with grain, standing
on the trestle work Of the elevator at the
time, were blown from the track and por-
ton Of their contents strewn on the ground.
one car was blown in the river and IS o
total loss. The cars were owned by the
indianapolis and st. Louis Railway Com
pany. .>'.snw
FREIGHT OFFICE UNRooPED.
The roof of the freight Office of the
Indianapolis Company was blown on, as
also was q portion of one of the frelgnt-
houses. The loss of the indianapolis Com
pany is probably $4,000. ....
TWO BUILDINGS GONE. ss
Two buildings in course of construction
were blown down, which were owned by
J. 3. Livingston. Loss probably 1920.
THE FREIGHT-HoUsE OF THE yANDALIA RAIL
ROAD.
This was blown down, and four cars were
blown from the track. The loss of the VAN
dalia Railway Company probably will reach
SO, 900. -.
UNRoorED.
The roof of the house occupied by MIR.
Harry Elliott, master mechanic OF The ONO
and mississippi railway, was blown of, but
fortunately none Of the inmates injured.
THE OFFICE OF THE VIRGINS FERRY COMPANY
was blown down. At the time Dir. Edward
Newkirk and Sam. Gilbert, master carpen-
| ter, were in the building, and, strange 10
say, they all escaped unframed. ID.
TEAM OF MULES IN THE RIVER.
A four-horse team of mules, which was
approaching one of the ferry-boats, was
blown off the apron, and three of them
! drowned.
THE FERRY-BoAT EDwARDsvILLE,
which was crossing to the east side, had her
pilot-house carried away.
The ierry-boat
aULIPKIN
had her smoke-stack carried away, and a
portion Of her upper works injured.
| STILL ANOTHER.
The tug-boat Ram, owned by the Wig
gins Ferry Company, had her deck swept
clear of every movable object. The loss OF
the Ferry Company is estimated at $4,000.
FIVE TENANT BOATS,
owned by fishermen, were unroofed and
! the occupants left to the mercy of the Wea-
Their.
BOARDING HOUSE GONE, ETC.
A clearinghouse owned by Mr.. Patrick
| Conway was blown down, and several small
dwelling-houSes owned by the Ohio and
Mississippi Railway Company. The loss OF
Mr.. Conway, including personal property,
is probably $1,000.
TUE SOUTHERN FREIGHT-HoUsE.
The freight-house on the Southeastern
railway is total wreck. .
Two passenger cars and eleven box cars
were blown from the track. The car-house
was also destroyed, and one engine buried
in the ruins. The loss of the Southeastern
Company will probably reach $780, 900.
DESTROYED.
A boarding-house and saloon owned by
| Mr.. Charles Schaffner was partially de-
stroyed, and saloon and dwelling-house
owned by MIR. Frank Dunnigan, was COM
pletely destroyed-loss, probably $1,000.
LOSSES TO CHICAGO RAILROAD.
The passenger depot, two freight de-
pots, the round house, and Water-tank, of
| the Chicago Railway Company were blown
down. The round-house took fire, and all
| the wood work burned after it had fallen.
Isaac Evans, an engineer, was killed in the
building. One engine was in the house at
the time, and it, too, is total wreck.
Seven freight cars We're thrown from the
track, and all out-buildings destroyed. The
loss Of the Chicago Company will probably
reach S35O,000.
TIE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD LOSSES.
This road suffered severely. Three freight
houses, the passenger-car house, water
tank, Adams Express office, were blown
down, and twenty-five cars were blown
from the track. The loss of the Ohio and
mississippi will probably reach $500, 1000. A
number of small tenement houses owned
by the company, lying north of the depot
grounds, were also blown down. -
THE TOLEDO AND WABASH ROAD.
The round-house, Wabash Railway Com
pany, was blown down, and two engines
were buried in the ruins; three passenger
coaches and one Pullman palace car, and
also an engine, were blown from the track
into the slough. Seventeen box cars were
blown from the track all the out-buildings
Of the company were destroyed. The loss
| of the Wabash Company will probably reach
| $780, 900.
THE GRAND HAVOC.
Here the amount Of dest -uction occa-
stoned in East st. Louis terminates, so far
as ascertainabe last night. The tornado
passed on, and left the evidences of its
| Irightful visiting behind. But these par
| ticuars do not sum up the general havoc
! wrought and the individual suffering occa.
| stoned.
LOSSES ELSEWHERE.
| Late last evening reports reached East
| st. Louis that the town of Brooklyn, about
two miles north-northeast of st. Louis, had
been visited by the same storm, and large
amount of property destroyed. Some pro.
| perry, also, in or near Venice is reported to
have been destroyed. sg
| THE SUFFERING Il,
among the unfortunate families in East ST.
Louis is really pitiable. About thirty fam.
| lilies were rendered homeless, and many
poor people had their little all buried in
the ruins of their once happy homes. The
good people of East St. Louis did all in
their power to alleviate the suferings oil
the wounded and homeless. The ferry.
boats, up to u late hour, were thronged
with people from this side of the river, all
| anxious to learn the fate of their friends.
Some action on the part of citizens on this
side Of the river looking towards assistance
to the sufferers will doubtless be looked
for, and we hope not in vain. '
THE WRECK AT THE EAST ABUTMENT.
| One Of the most extraordinary results O
the storm was shown at the east abutment
pier. at the time of the outburst about
| twenty-five men were at work in the air
chamber, and over one hundred Others