The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-14
DEATH IN A BIG WIND
Great Damage Done BY Terrific Storm
Sunday Night.
several Person. Killed In ~. Loui.-Fasai-
ittes R~port~d From kentucky-Ths
seorm Travelling Eastward at the
Ieate of IL Mtles an H0ur.

ST. LoCIs, Jan. 13.-At I'D yesterday
afternoon n cyclone struck the south
western section of the city and swept ON
through the northern limits, making u
pathway nearly a quarter Of n mile wide.
and leaving death ana destruction in its
track. In addition to dozens of buildings
and storss in the southern, central and
northern sections OF the city more or less
wrecked. the following biR buildings were
Anchor mills, Goodwin candle
factory. Pullman shops, Van Brocck's
furniture factory, kingland & FcrR,ison's
farming implements works. Missouri Pa
cilc hospital, Holden school, German
Evangelical church. Second Presbyterian
churSh and other buildings.
The weathcr an hour before the cyclone
was close. murky and oppressive, the air
be ng charged with electricity. During
the foreIrson the day became dark and
lowering. being of sprinGtimc mii,lness
and almost debilitating I'm its langtior.
Toward the afternoon heavy and incrcas-
ing rain began falling that was accom-
panied by fltful bursts OF snow and gusts
of wiirse suggestive OF stormy March days.
About o'clock the skies tlarkencd per
ceptibiy. Shortly after that hour flash
of lightning illumincd the scene and n Sc
we're peal OF thunder followed. Hardly
had the echoes died away W hen tine cy-
:i.s"sns;nn ss' sS ss S''y ns S sas "a ~n
over people ventured from their disman-
tied homes.
AZ vn8 BtOftn 9tlIl COutlutl4u IN u nSNlt-
fletl form and n severe wind prevailed
throu9hosrt the remainder of the evening
and night with the temperature steadily
nsn .Ss.s ss-nes "ioSs .Ss track e "
the cyclone and the streets looked as 10 nj,
earthquake hsd raked the city. Debris Of
oa. inso until
siees storm last Tuesday, night, the elect
phouc scrvSce was dianxtroass and Rot more
wire taneled, The effect OF the storm q!
every foot Oft pcogre.. indic:tes how u
northeassesn portion of 81. Louis II
approaclbe0 the river. Any estimate oi
the = l.nSnssi io.. ;.;,.; Sa%.s ny , The cyclone
Tbe -.y.,one -eemet tn have entered ths
city in IT'S full force at Twcnty-thirsl stree,
and Chotcau avenue. passing northwes,
until il reached Seventeenth and Olivs
streets where IL again turned tn the north
| river just north OF Tyler street. The onl,
! announcement OF its approach WAS % dul
and s,lllcn roar quickly followed 10y "a tor
rent of rain which in turn was succeeded
| i,y slcct. and before the victims had real.
| izc,i what had happened the storm has
swept by leaving wrcckagc and mangicd
| humanity I'm its pathway. Trees wcrs
| torn mp by the roots and broken of. te!c
| graph poles were swept down, while
""f and i",o buildings ,hs sr.s wer Mr. f'" n,r nn.
| Miller who resides with her his
| hand at Twentieth street and Eagai
| aven,s. was sitting i'm ~ chair with hs.
| babe i'm her arms when the roof was lifted
| from the house. She rushed tn the wir,
| dow and just then the wall gave way ans
Mrs. Miller and her babe were buries
under the debris. The babe escape.
| without "a scratch. hut the mother VIA,
| badly hurt and may not recover. Mr.
| Miller escaped without injury. This u
| one OF { q dozens of instances of the ter
| rits1e storm.
| Willie Marks. aged q years, who's
| parents reside IN the northern part of tli
| city. was i'm bed sick with u fever. Til
| storm blew the roof oil Marks house. an
bricks came crashing into the room. re
| sulting in the death of the hoy from shcs.
| fright. is usual i'm such eases.
| messenger from the east side OF tn
| river says the storm, i'm Stcarn county, III
| nois, was unusually severe, brooklyn.
village Of about 800 people. seems to hav
| suffered most of the damage east of -
Louis, which was largely coniin me-
to railroad pro- ty. weak dive
| linps and telegraph and tcls
| phone poles. Brooklyn is abo,
| three miles north of 81. Louis. The pop,
lation is largely composed of colorcd pee
lives were lost. A number Of dwelling
are i'm ruins. The Ba ptist church il 81
tircly demolished and turned clear aroun
| on it's foundation. At Belleville. Illinois
| several public buildings were unroofs.s
| hut no one is reported injured. A La,
| Wabash train arrived at East ST. Lou
| about s:l5 %. sp. The. engineer and col
| ductor report that during the storm the
| feared their train would bs, thrown fros
| the track. Nd terrific was the force OF ti
1 wind.