Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-13
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FROM ALL QUARTERS.
ST. LOUIS CYCLONE.
Several Persons Killed and
Injured.
DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE.
Houses and Factories In
rooted and Demolished.
LIVELY IN CONGRESS.
Senator's Butler and Ingalls,
to Cross Swords.
LIVELY IN CONGRESs.
A oxoLoNEIr ST. LOUIS.

"A CxCAONH IN .S1s AOO1Ss
several Persons Killed and Others
Injured Houses and Factories
Unroofed and Blown Down-Several
Storms at other Points.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 12.-About 4:30 this
afternoon cyclone struck the southwestern
section of the city and swept on through to
the northern limits, marking pathway
nearly quarter of mile wide and leaving
death and desolation in its track.
It entered in it's full force at Twenty-Third
street and Chouteao avenue, passing north.
east until it reached Seventeenth and Olive
streets, where it swerved, taking direct
easterly course to Fourteenth and then again
turned to the northeast. leaving the city and
striking the river just north of Tyler street.
The only announcement of the approach
and progress Of the storm was dull, sullen
roar, quicly followed by torrent of rain,
which in turn was succeeded by sleet and
before the victims could realize what had
happened the storm bad swept by and on,
leaving wreckage and mangled humanity in
its pathway. Trees were torn up by the
roots and broken off, telegraph poles swept
down as though mere sticks, while the
roofs of buildings were lifted from their
moorings like feathers and tossed into the
streets.
Mrs. Charles Miller, who resides with her
husband at Twentieth and Eugenia streets,
was sitting in rocking-chair with her babe
in her arms when the roof was lifted from
her house. She rushed to the window and
just then the walls gave way and Mrs. Mil
Ter and her babe were buried under the de-
bris. The babe miraculously escaped
without scratch, but the mother is badly
hurt and may not recover. Mr.. Miller was
unhurt. This is but one of dozens of incidents
of the terrible storm. The list of victims
secured up to this hour (9.30 p. N.Y. are az
follows:
Mrs. Maggie Connors, aged 40 years.
Bernard Mcconnell, aged 40 years.
Joe Weaver, aged years.
INJURED. .-
Teresa Weaver. aged 6 years, both legs
broken and will probably die.
Mrs. Charles Miller, seriously cut and
bruised.
Annie Connors.
Maggie Connors.
Francis Connors, badly hurt.
In addition to dozens of dwellings and
stores in the southern, central and northern
sections of the city more or less wrecked the
following buildings were damaged: The
Anchor mills, Goodwin candle factory, Pull.
man shops, Van Brooks furniture factory
Kingsland & Ferguson Farming Implement
company, Missouri Pacific hospital, Hodger
school, German Evangelical church, Second
Presbyterian church and many others yet tc
be heard from.
The losses on property are roughly esti
mated at 800, 600, but will likely prove more
Tba uopn o1n q nj fNn
suffered loss of So, 900 on their club nous,
on the corner of Olive and Eighteenth street
A messenger has just arrived from the eas
side Of the river and says that the storm ir
st. Clair county, Illinois, was unusually
severe. In Brooklyn,a village of 500 people,
largely colored, number Of dwellings are il
ruins. The Baptist church Is entirely de-
molished, and the Methodist Episoopa
church, a frame structure, unroofed and
turned clear around on its foundation.
Litch6eld. ILL.,, 10 also reported as having
Miller of No. 30 Eugenia street, who was &c
badly injured in to days storm, tells the fol
lowing story:
"When the storm struck the house I wa
sitting with my babe In my arms. In an In.
slant the roof seemed to be lifted off abov,
me, the window came in with crash, tn
back gallery and stairs were blown away ant
had time only to see that the air was allied
| with parts of the wreck that seemed to b,
whirling around, when was struck on tn.
head aud fell to the floor. When l recovered
| consciousness the storm had passed."
Willie Marks, aged six years, who's
parents reside In the northern part of tn,
city, was in bed sick with the fever TIL,
storm blew the roof off the Marks home ant
bricks came crashing into the room, brighten
| ing the boy to death.
The cycione was of not longer duration
than Eve minutes time, but In that shor
buildings, unroofed houses, shattered walls
dismantled churches aud school-houses
wrecked factories and mills, streets heapet
with debris, telegraph poles blown down b,
the Thousand and the wire service of the cit,
temporarily destroyed.
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