Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-18
WRECK AND RUIN
Wrought by Wind and Water at St.
LOuis-The Seyerest Storm that
Has Visited that
City for Years-Great Damage to Steam.
boat PrOperty-One Vessel Sunk,
Others Badly Injured.

ST. LOUIS, June 1.-THE severest storm
that has visited this region for very long
time passed over this city between II and
o'clock this morning. The wind attained q
velocity OF sixty-six miles an hour, and did
very great aggregate damage, but so far
as now known no single injury of magnitude
occurred. Trees and fences were prostrated
in all sections of the city, shutters, signs,
chimneys, etc, were blown down, and gene
raj havoc among small things prevailed.
A very heavy rain accompanied the wind,
and the streets and sewers and cellars in
many parts of the city were flooded. Several
steamers at the wharf lost their chimneys,
or had some part of their works carried
away, and barges and small craft were
bounced about a good deal. Every tele-
graph line in the city was prostrated, and at
this writing Communication Is restored to
only a very few points. A good deal OF
plate glass was broken in the business part
OF The city, and a great many windows OF
-resideaees blown down.
IN EAST ST. LOUIS.
The storm seems TO have been more severe
river. Nearly all the southern part OF that
town was flooded with water, and some fifty
houses, occupied by poor families, were more
or LEES injured and several were blown down
entirely or twisted out of shape. Women
and children left their homes and waded
round in muddy m ater for hours seeking safe
shelter from the storm, filling freight-cars
and occupying other places of refuge. The
roundhouse of the Narrow Gauge railroad
was nearly blown down, and Kohley's mill,
near by, lost its roof, most OF the upper
story and the enginehouse. About l50 feet
of the Vandalia line freighthouse was car
ried away; the East st. Louis elevator, the
Advance elevator and Elevator B lost
smokestacks or part of their roof; the Hszell
mill also suffered severely. score or more
OF other buildings, some of them business
houses, lost roof or part OF their walls, and
considerable stock was damaged or destroyed
by the rain. The total loss cannot fall short
of $50, 900, and maybe more. The telegraph
wires were all Frustrated and communication
eastward is only partly restored, while all
the Western Union Telegraph wires west Of
this city are still down.
The steamboat Champion No. 8, the pro-
perty OF Captain Woodward, was sunk at
Gartside dump, East st. Louis, and is total
loss. She was valued at $4,000; fully in
sured. Captain Dan Silver's boats, the Bright
Light and Annie P. Silver, sustained dam
ages respectively of $1,000 and $500. The
sOIo han nfM
aid Brothers, lumber dealers at Lacrosse,
Wis. valued at $4,000, was sunk at Pitts
burg dyke, on the Illinois shore; she is a
total loss; no Insurance. The Charles P.
Chauteau lost her. boom; damages, $500.
The Grand Pacific, of the ST. Paul packet
line, was damaged $3.50. The City of Helena
lost both of her chimneys. The total loss
on the river by the storm is over S25, 5000.
AT KANSAS CITY.
A brief dispatch WAS received over an
other line from Kansas City to the Post
Dispatch, saying a terrible tornado Wis.,
overturned houses, blew down trees and
fences, and shook up things generally. Fowl
er Bros cooper shop and the Western paint
shops were blown down, and Thomas Mad.
den, who was in the latter, was killed. The
Howell Hotel, at Rosedale, a suburb, was
blown down and William Reese killed and
Fred Howell had leg broken. At yam
dotte, across the Kansas, the operahouse wa
unroofed. The loss in Kansas City is esti
mated at 100000.
AT LEAvENwoRTH.
A brief dispatch from Leavenworth ray
the storm there was terrible Five ladie
were killed in one house, and great damsg,
DONE Reports received here indicate tha
the storm was general throughout Kansas.