Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-13
St. LOUIS SWEPT
By q Destructive and Death.
Bearing Storm.
Several Persons Lose Their Lives iu
Wrecked Buildings.
Heavy Damages to Property Through
out the City.

Sr, Louis. Jan. is.-This afternoon
little after four perfect hurricane struck
the city unroofing houses. tearing out trees
BY the roots, blowing steeples of church
es, levelling telegraph poles and doing con-
siderable damage generally.
$50 T. Mt has been sscertained that
several lives were lost during the after.
moons storm, Reports from surroundirfy
country are delayed by telegraph service
being crippled by the storm.
About 40 this afternoon a cyclone
struck the southwestern section Of the city
and swept on through to the northern lin.
its, marking = pathway nearly quarter Of
. mile wide leaving death and dssolation in
its tracks. Itentered the city in full force
at Esd and ChoutAu avenue passing north
east until 1t reached 18th and Olive streets
where hswerved taking q direct eAstcrly
course TO 18th, then again turned to north
east leaving the city, striking the river just
north Of Tyler street
The only announcement Of the approach
and progress of the storm WAS a dull, sui
len roar, which was quickly followed by u
torrent Of rain and in turn WAS succeeded
by sleet. Before the victims could realize
what had happened, the storm had swept
by. Trees were torn up by the roots and
broken of, telegraph poles were swep.
down, and the roofs Of buildings we're lifted
from their moorings and tossed into the
streets.
Mrs. Charles Miller, goth and Eugenia
streets, vas sitting in rocking chair with
= babe in her arms when the roof was
lifted from the house. She rushed to the
window and the wall gave way. Nrs. Mil
Ter and the babe were buried under the
debris. The babe miraculously escaped
without scratch, but the mother was
badly hurt and may not recover Mr.
Miller was in another part of the house
and escaped unhurt,
The following list Of victims secured up
to $50 +. NJ Dead. Mrs. Maggie Con
nors, aged 40; Bernard Mcconnell, 40;
and Joe Weaver, =. Injured.-Terres
Weever. aged 6. both legs broken, will
probably die; Mrs. Chxs. Miller, seriously
cut and bruised Annie Connors, Maggie
Connors, Francis Connors, all badly hurt.
In addition to the dozen dwellings and
stores in the southern, the central and
northern sections Of the city are more or
less wrecked, the following big buildings
are damaged Anchor Mills, Goodwin Candle
factory. Pullman shops, Van Brooks furni-
ture factory, kingsland Ferguson farm
implement works, Missouri Pacific hospital
Hodgen school, German Evangelical church.
and Second Presbyterian church. Losses
on property roughly estimated at 4lO0, 900
and likely to prove more.
Harmony Club, a Jewish organization,
suffered = loss Of $4,000 on their club house. |
A messenger just arrived from the east
side of the river says that the storm in st.
Clair county. Ills, VAS unusually severe. |
In Brooklyn, village Of about 500 people,
largely colorsd, = number of dwellings are
in ruins. The Baptist church 10 entirely
and the NJ. church. frame |
building, unroofed and turned clear around
on its foundations.
At Belleville, Ills, several public build.
ings were nDroofed, but no one 10 reported
injured.