The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-03-15
Terrible Tornado.
ST. LOUIS, March 8

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The deaths caused by the tornado
which passed over East ST Louis yes
terday afternoon, as far as known, are
seven, as follows: John Halp'n. EN-
ployed ON bridge; John b. 0 Mel,
purchasing agent South Eastern Rail
road ; Tohn Voggel, Daniel collins,
Timothy Deaumm, Isaac Evans, en-
gineer Chicago and Alton Railroad,
burned in round house; John Elsly,
brakeman Toledo and Wabash Rail
road, and a teamster, name unknown.
OF the wounded the following are
the most serious hurt /; Henry q. Grew
cling, Superintendent OF the Virgins
Ferry Company, right shoulder frac
tured and head cut by a chimney of
the terIy noat falling across his car
riage; George ScIone, Master Me
chanic Oh The Chicago and Alton Rail
road, terrible cut on the head, and one
leg cru he'd ; Margaret Conway, both
legs broken; "ichael Conway aud two
children, teariully cut about the head
! and body !; Louis Parron, head badly
| cut; L. Marks, OF Nashville, Ill head
shockingly cut; Charles Parry and
Thomas Hamilton, seriously cut Pc
ter Flynn, leg broken Frank D,nne-
gar and wife, badly hurt Milton Nc.
Farland, seriously hurt; Aaron Stan
nus agent for Adams Express, head
badly cut Harvey Stockman, Yard
Master of The Toledo and Wabash
Railroad, lead cut; Timothy Donohue
same road, head cut; Wm. Deunett.
fireman same road, shoulder di~l"ca-
ted; Williams, blacksmith on the Wa
bash road, head terribly cut, h, proha
bly, will not recover; Peter Philioupe,
conductor on Pullman sleeping car Sc
riousIy Lucy GLASGOW and Barbara
Sincralt seriously, the latter will prob,
ably die; Margaret Richardson and
child, the latter fatally ; Margaret NJ
len and child, badly cut, the latter
cannot recover ELLEN Dalton serious
" Timothy Howard of the Chicago
RAILROAD, terribly cut about the head;
Eliza Powell. head badly cut William
Stark. Pilot of a Ferry boat. seriously;
| Mat Quinn of the Vandalla Railroad,
arm broken Frank Edwards, engiu-
eer on the TandalIa Railroad. terribly
| scalded, W. T. Gainey, foreman OF
the VandalIa Round House, arm bro
ken The less seriously and slightly
injured will out nu Der the above.
The immense mass of frame work
in and around the eastern abutment OF
t e bridge, consisting of derricks and
massive supports for other hosting APP
%paratus, was blown down like so many
reeds. Some thirty families are rem
dered homeless by their houses being
blown down ; most of the latter totally
destroyed The steamer Mullie Able
lost her chinneys and texas. II the
upper works OF the iron ram Nindi, a
tor, owned by the Ferry Company,
was swept away. The tug boat Hew-
lit. belonging TO the Bridge Company,
lost her upper works, and Captain
Montgnme y was blown into the river,
but he was saved with slight injury
At the sectional docks OIL this side
of the river, below the city, the storm
struck slightly, carrying away the
| chimneys of The steamer Dance, and
d,splacing her cabin s We al inches,
and forcing the steamer uubicon and
several barges from their mornings
At the Pittsburgh Coal Dyke, on the
Illinois shore, the terry boat America
lost her upper works and h~r pilot,
Richard Johnson, was very badly
hurt. Several small houses were de-
molished at this point