The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-03-23

NTerraae Hurrieene-Immense Damn
age tbtREopery-NunaerOua Rail-
Road Depots DestrOyed-WhOleTrains
sueptrrOm the Track-Seven Persons
KElSa and Eorty Wounded Loss
1o3sF eLe9ooqo- SIN III W.
st. LOUIS, March S.-A most terrific
hurricane passed overa portion of East st.
Louisrbetween two and three O'Clock this
afternoon. fhe wind first came from the
southeast, accompanied bya brisk shower,
but suddenly veered to the southwest
and came with a fury and force never be-
fore witnessed in this latitude. 1t first
struck the elevator on the bank of the river
and took part of the roof of, and passing
on in a due northeast direction it totally
demolished the freight depot of the st.
Louis and Vandalia Railroad, 800 feet long
by 100 wide. and a water tank so feet
high.
The freight and passenger depot of the
Southeastern Railroad, two freight depots,
a portion of the passenger depot and ticket
Office and the large r~ound-house of the
Chicago and Alton Road; the ~car-house,
scale Office, freight Office and part of one
of the freight depots of the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi Railroad; the freight and passen-
ger depots ofthe Toledo and Wabash Road
and a number of dwelling-houses in the
xieinity; the rooGof the Terre, Haute and
Indianapolis depotwere blown off. Nearly.
all the derricks and other appliances used
in the construction Of the bridge were torn
from their places andblown into the river.
-EReRy thing within width of from two
or three hundred yards was actually torn
to pieces. A whole tram Of cars, includ-
ing q thirty-ton locomotive, was blown
fromthe track and hurled some forty feet
Mt6A Slough. Another train Of thirteen.
cars, laden with grain, was overthrow
and smashed and onec car was blown into
thefiYer. a train coming in on the TerFe
Haute Road, when at Brooklyn, three
miles north of East st. Louis, was blown
from the track, and some forty cars, stand
ing on the side-track of the Illinois, Wa
bash, Chicago and Alton Railroad, about
nine miles out were ~overthrown. The
round-house of the Chicago and Alton
Road, after being blown down, caught FIRE
from an engine inside, andits ruins burned
The engineer Of the locomotive was burned
to death.
The number Of killed and wounded can
D not be rstateF Tonight but seven are
> known-to be-kiHed, and between thirty
and forty seriously, and some dangerously
wounded, and a great many more slightly
injured. 1t is believed that there are a
|, number of persons still buried beneath the
ruins. The scene is frightful. Some houses
are torn to fragments, Others are unroofed
or upset, and still others carried bodily
from their foundations. Scarcely q build
ing or tree, or any thing else within the
track of the storm is standing. The wreck
and ruin are complete.
The ~pecuniary Losses are estimated as
follows: Chicago and Alton Railroad,
$780, 600 Ohio and Mississippi, $500, 900
9 Toledo and Wabash, $125. 900; st. Louis
and Vandalia, $4,000; Southeastern,
$50, 900 SWiggins Ferry Company, $4,000;
Two or three steamboats, lying on the east
err side Of the river were also very seri-
ously damaged. =
ST.. LOUIS, March s.-The deaths caused
bYthe tornado3which passed over East st.
Louis yesterday afternoon, so far as known,
sursseven, as follows John Halpin, en-
ployed on the lbridge 4 John b. O'Neil,
purchasing agent for=the Southeastern
Railroad John Vogel, Daniel Collins, III
notify Drumm, Isaac Evans, engineer
rChieagopnd kAltonr Railroad, burned IN
SfpundAdnse aohn EisleS. brakeman To-
1edo and Wabash Railroad, and a teamster,
name unknown.
81 Here follows a long list ofthe Wounded.
The Immense mass of frame work inland
a~round-the eastern abutment of the bridge,
-ennsisting ofderricks and massive supports
forosber hosting apparatus, was blown
down like so many reeds.
Some thirty families were rendered
homeless by their houses being blown
down. q Mostof the latter are totally dss-
atroved. -st
The steamer Mollie Able lost her CHM
neys and texas. All her upper workssare
of Iron.
The ram VlndieatoB owned by the ferry
Se0mpanys@wasf swept away. The tng
Heyett. belonging to the bridge company,
1obbkeBupperEvgrks, and Captain Mont
goneyy was blown into the river, but