The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-09
SPRINGFIELD.
LEGISLATIVE NEWS.
Market Reports.
REPORTED Expressly for the Argus

Reported Expressly for the Argus.
Special to Daily ARGUS.
ST. LOUIS, March l0.-A terrible hurri
cane passed over East St. Louis last night
The destruction of life and property could
scarcely have been exceed by An earthquake
large number of policemen provided with
axes and bars detailed by the chief of police
to render assistance to the suffers. Tho
first object on which the wind seemed to
vent its fury was the East st. Louis Elevat-
or. The whole upper portion of the build
ing was blown to the ground and quantity
of grain swept into the river or deluged
with rain. The ferry boats Mulliken and
Edwsrdsville were struck at the same time,
and the pilot houses and smoke stacks were
torn off and the decks strewn with fallen
tim bers. The storm next struck the works
of the new bridge at the east abutment piers
where large force of workmen are engaged
in sinking q cassion. Here it seemed TO e1-
ert it's full power crushing and piling in one
mass OF ruins the huge tImbers of the vast
floating derricks, the engine houses and the
scaffolding. One workman, James Halpin,
was killee outright and many others serious
ly injured mum Der are said to
be missing, but whether drowned or
not it was impossible to say.
The blast then swept into mass of shape
less ruins the depot of the St. Louis, Terre
Haute 4 Vsndslia. by far the largest and
finest depot in East ST. Louis, besides
crushing to fragments a large number of
railroad cars and destroying the water tank.
The Chicago and Alton depots are also
badly wrecked. The round house after
being blown down took fire and was con-
sumed. Frank CarwRll, an engineer per
ished in the flames. The freight and pass
snger dspots of the o. d NJ and the St.
Louis & Northeastern railroad, and the
freight depot aud round house of the Toledo,
| Wabash l. Western were also sacrifice to
| the furry of this resistless hurricane.
The Wisconsin lumber yard, John B. Liv-
ingston proprietor, was scattered, and the
roof of the planning mill blown off. The
boarding house of Patrick Conway was
entirely demolished, and his wife escaping
with broken leg, and several of his chill
dren and bosrders being badly injured. A
complete wreck was made of Maye's lum
Der yard, his office blown down and the safe
transported distance Of 200 yards. Ths
steamer Mollie Able had her texas swep
away and part of the cabin, and q ran
; belonging to Virgins ferry company los
r roof and smoke pipe, the latter being blowI
r across the street. The killed and injured
as far as it was possible to ascertain wer'
6 as follows:
James Halpine, boiler maker employed
on the east sbutment pier, John Bockil
. O'Niell, section master of the St. Louis
Southeastern railroad, Edward Drum, EN-
ployee of the Chicago d Alton railroad
Isaac Evans, engineer burned to death II
the Chicago & Alton round house, Jno
Mussey, employee on the I. W. d W. rail
: road, blown with train of cars into tn
" slough, and an unknown transfer drive
were killed. The wounded were 30 numei
GUS that il will be impossible for day o
two to give ell their names. The followin
are the most Of them: Daniel Meyers an
Daniel Collins, lsborers on the bridge
Frank Dannalan and wife, Charles Dsssare
!. q stranger, we're fatally wouned. The dan
e gsrously and seriously wounded are Captai
Montgomery, of the bridge company's tn
e boat, Hewitt, James Clark, laborer, Get
Shown, foreman of Chicago & Alton roun
= house. The slightly injured are Wn. Groom
! Patrick Cannon and another laborer on th
bridge, Louis Perrin, harness maker ft
|. transfer company, Frank Harrison. clerk