Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-01-16

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tit. LOUIS, Jan. 12.-About $50 this
afternoon cyclone struck the south
weetCrn section OF tho city AID swept on
through TO tins northern limits, making
pathway nearly quarter Of mile wide and
leaving death ard desolation in its tracks.
Ehere was scarcely any warning OF the
sppruachinR storm, owing to the fact that
the sky had been oya~clst for several
hours before the full force OF the wind
was felt, and it was all over in au incred-
IDLY brief period of time. those residing
in ard noar the path OF the Cyclone
scarcely realizing what had happened
until it wac all over.
In addition to dozens of dwellings and
starea in the southern, central and north
era sections o. the city, more or lesa
wrecked, the following big buildings
were damaged: The Anchor mills, Good
win candle factory, Pullman shops, Van
RronA'a furniture factory, Kingsland Il
Ferguson farm implement works, Mis-.
scuri PGeific Hospital, Eodgen School,
German Evangelical Church, Second
Presbyterian Church and others yet to be
heard from. Three fatalities are re-
ported, but the names Of the victims
have not yet hsen ssoertainsd. They
comprise an entire family, father, mother
| and child, residing on Mound street near
Tenth, md they met their deaths by the
falling OF building on thair dwelling.
The Losses on property are roughly esti.
mated ut 300, 900, but will likely prove
| more. The Harmony Club, Jewish or
Ganization, suffered q loss of $4,000 on
their club house, on the corner Of Olive
and Eighteenth streets.
The cyclone entered the city in its full
| force ut Twenty-third Htreet and Ohouteau
avenue, passing north. east until it
reached Seventeenth and Olive streets,
where it Bweryed, taking direct easterly
| course TO Fourtesnth and then again
turned to the NORTH eost, leaving the city
and striking the river Just north Of Tyler
street. The only announcement of the
approach and progr0as of the storm wGs
a dull, Hullen roar, quickly followed by
o torrent Of rain, which in turn was sue
ceeded by sieet, rad before the victims
could realize what happened the storm
swept by and on. Trees were torn up by
the roots aud broken off, telegraph poles
swept down as though mere sticks, whils
the roofs Of buildings were lifted from
their moorings like feathers and tossed
into the streets.
Mrs. Charles hitler, who resides with
her husband at Twentieth and Eagenia
streets, was sitting in the rocking chair,
with her babe III her arms, when the roof
was lifted from hsr house. She rushed
to the window and Just then the wall
gave way and Mes. Miller and her babe
were buried under the debris. The babe
wonderfully escaped without q scratch,
but the mother was badly hurt and may
not recover. Mr.. Miller was in another
part Of the house and escaped unhurt.
This is but one of dozens OF incidents Of
the terrible storm.
AL sorts Of reports are now coming in.
A telephone message from Venice, ILL.,,
opposite the northern part OF the city,
says the storm was very disastrous there,
and THAT several lives were lost. 1t il
Just reported that number of paeEep-
ger cars were blown from the t-ack in
the upper part of the Eill Greek valley,
the western outlet Of the Union depot
yards.
The list Of victims by the storm &C.
cured up to this hour, $50 p. m, are as
follows:
Dead-Airs. Maggie Oonnors, aged 40;
Bernard Mcdonnell, aged 40; Joe Weaver,
aged 8.
Injured-Theresa Weaver, eyed 6, both
legs broken, will probably die; Mrs.
Charles Miller, badly out and bruised.
Seriously injured--Annie Connors,
Maggie Oonnors, Francis Oonnors.
a messenger just arrived from the cas-;
side Of the river says that the storm in st,
Clair county, ILL.,, was unusually severe,
and that the CRY OF "4ood Lord, save US. .
was heard frequently outside the church
walls. Brooklyn, village of about 50l
people, seems to have suffered most, o,
the damage at East st. Louis and al
Venice was largely confined to railroad
property and small dwellings and tele.
graph and telephone poles. Brooklyn il
about three miles north OF East st. Louis
Its population is largely composed Of
oolored people. AT 8 o. M, it was re
ported In East st. Louis that the little
village had been swept off the face of tbs
earth. Il proved net quite SO bar
as that though bad enough snt
though several we're Injured, no liveI
were lost. A number OF dwellings are in
ruins. The Baptist church is entirely
demolished sud the Methodist Episcopa
Church, frame building, unroofed and
turned oleRr around ON its foundations.
At Bsilevillr, ILL.,, several public build
ings were unroofed, but no one reported
injured.
A late Wabash train arrived OF tn,
Relay depot IN East st. Louis, about 8. IL
p. n. Tbs engineer and conductor re
port that during the storm they fearet
that their train would BIS thrown from
the track, 80 terrific was the forcs of thu
wind.
ST. LOUIS Jsn. 13.-Among the Ions
list of damages entailsd by the cyclon
the following have been reported as tn
mont disastrous: The HodRen school Of
California avenue near Lafayette; Lis
souri Pacific Hospital, California AM
Esds avenues; German Lutheran Church
Fourteenth and Mczgan streets; Secont
Presbyterian Church, Seventeenth stree
and Lucas Plaza; GoodWin's candle fac
tory, Twentieth and Poplar streets
anchor mills, Twenty. first MD Randolph
streets; Pullman cas shops, Twenty-firs
street and Scott avenue; house No. 200
! Eugenia street.
at Twenty.third and GrRtiot street
the entire SornGr OF an upoceupied briol
house was Ont away 6s if wish an axe.
John CHARLES was hurled from a wagol
which was overturned, and thrown acros
the street end against the front OF
.. house. Charles Reed was severely in
jursd about the head; Mrs. Cabmsnn,
: lady living at 2Gl4 Gasoline street, hal
her arm injured by being struck by
heavy pisce Of flying timber. The hoas
!, was badly damaged by the wind. A resi-
dence on Pspin street, just east of Jetfer
sou avenue, had the entire roof blow
sway and the side wall crushed in. Mr.