Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-03-23
TERRIFIC TORNADO AT ST. LOUIS.

TERRIFIC TORNADO AT ST. LOUIS
4 A Million Dollars worth OF Property
Destroyed-severalPe Persons Killed and
Many Wounded.
ST.. LOUIS, March 8.-A most terrific
hurricane passed over aportion of Eas,
st. Louis between two and three. p. m
The wind first came from the south
east, and came with q fury. and force
never before witnessed in this latitude
It first struck the elevator and took 9
part of the roof of, then totally de-
stroyed the freight depot of the St
Louis and Vandalia railroad, 800 feet
long by 100 feet wide, and water tank
depot of the Southeastern railroad, two
freight depots, a portion of the pas
senger and ticket Office, and the round.
house of the Chicago 4 Alton road; the
car-house, scale-office, freight-office,
and portion of the freight-depots OF
the Ohio & Mississippi railroad the
freight and passenger depot Of the
L. & w. railroad, and a number OF
dwelling houses in the vicinity. A por-
tion of the roof of the Terre Haute and
indianapolis depot was blown of, and
nearly all the derricks and other appli-
ances used in the construction of the
bridge torn from their places and
blown into the river. Everything with
in width of from 200 to 800 yards was
actually torn to pieces. A whole train
of cars, including 30-ton locomotive,
was blown from the track, and hurled
40 feet into a slough. Another tram of
thirteen cars, laden with grain, was
overthrown and smashed, and one car
blown into the river. A train coming
in on the Terre Haute Road, when at
Brooklyn, three miles north of east St.
Louis, was blown from the track, and
some forty cars standing on the tracks
of the Toledo and Wabash and Alton
roads, about nine miles out, were over
thrown.
The round-house of the Chicago and
Alton road, after being blown down,
caught fire from the engine inside, and
its ruins were burned. The engineer
of the locomotive was burned to death
The number of killed and wounded
cannot be stated tonight, but seven
are known to be killed and between
thirty and forty seriously, some dan
gerously, wounded, and a good many
slightly injured. II is believed that
persons are still buried beneath the
ruins.
The scene is frightful. Houses are
torn to fragments, others unroofed or
upset, and still others carried bodily
from their foundations. Scarcely q
building or tree, or anything else with
in the track of the storm, is standing
The wreck and ruin Is complete.
The pecuniary losses are estimated
as follows: Chicago & Alton Railroad,
$500, 900; Ohio & Mississippi, 5000,
600; Toledo 4 Wabash, $125, 900; st.
Louis & Vandalia, $50, 900; South
eastern, $50, 900; Wiggin's Ferry Co.,
$25, 900. Two or three steamboats,
lying on the eastern side of the river
were also seriously damaged
ST.. Louis, March 9.-The deaths
caused by the fearful tornado which
passed over East St Louis yesterday
afternoon, as far "a known, Ms fol-
lows: John Holpin, employed on the
bridge; Jno. b. O'Neil, purchasing
agent of the South Eastern Railroad !;
Jno. Vogel, Daniel Collins, Timothy
Drumm; Isaac Evans, engineer on the
Chicago and Alton Railroad, burned in
the round-house; Jno. Eisley, brake
man on the Toledo and Wabash Rail-
road, and teamster, unknown.
Of the wounded, the following were
were most seriously hurt Henry
G. Creveling, Supt. Wiggins Ferry Co.,
right shoulder fractured and head
cut by the chimney of the ferry boat
falling across his carriage; Geo. Schone,
master mechanic, of the Chicago & Al
ton road, terribly cut on the head and
one leg badly crushed; Margaret Con
way, both legs broken; Michael Con-
way and two children, fearfully cat
about the head and body; Louis Par.
ron, head badly cut; L. Marks, OF
Nashville, ILL.,, head shockingly cut
Chas. Parry and Thomas Hamilton,
seriously cut; Peter Flynn,
leg broken; Frank Donnegan, and
wife, badly hurt; Milton Mcfarland,
seriously; Aaron Tanner, agent Ameri.
can express, head badly cut Harvey
Westman, yard master, Toledo & Wa
bash road, head terribly cut; Timothy
Donahoe, of the same road, head badly
cut VIM. Bennett, fireman, on Wabash
road, shoulder dislocated; VIM. Hill
blacksmith on Wabash road, head ter
ribly cut, and probably will not recover;
Peter Philpon, Conductor Pullman
Sleeper, seriously; Leroy Glasgow and
Barbara Sii.c.-oit, seriously, the latter
will probably die; Margaret Richard
son and child-the latter fatally; Mar.
garet Nalan and child, badly cut-the
latter cannot recover; Ellen Dalton,
seriously; Timothy Howard, Chicago
Railroad, terribly cut about the head
Stark, pilot of the ferry boat, seriously
Mat Quinn, Vandalia Railroad, arm
broken; Frank Edwards, engineer Van.
dalia Railroad, terribly scalded; W. F.
Carney, foreman Vandalia round house,
arm broken. The less seriously and
slightly injured will outnumber the
above.
The immense mass of framework in
and around the eastern abutment oi
the bridge, consisting of derricks and
massive supports for other hoistire
apparatus, were blown down like SC
many reeds. Some thirty families were
rendered homeless by their houses be-
ing blown down. Most of the latter
were totally destroyed.
The steamer Mollie Able lost her
chimneys and texas; all Of the uppe,
works of the iron RAM Vindicator,
owned by the Ferry Company, were
swept away. The tug boat Hewitt,
belonging to the Bridge Company, lost
her upper works, and Captain Mont
gomery was blown into the river, but
was saved with slight injury.
4 At the sectional docks, this side o.
the river, below the city, the storm
struck slightly, carrying away the
chimneys Of the steamer w. b. Dance
and displacing her. cabin several inch
es, and forcing the steamer Rubicor
and several others from their moor
ings. - r4T-
At the Pittsburg coal dyke, on tn,
Illinois shore, the ferry boat Americ,
lost her upper works, aud her pilot
Richard il hnson, was very badly hurt
Several smi. u houses were demolished
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