Telegram-herald., 1890-01-14

nFe houses 4z1 killing eleven people
al solltlng tfty three Tie klllsa
srs 5 fellows.
j. A. Rhodes sni two children, Ms.
William Bone. Blrnstt Bone, Walter
Nance. John W G4ddie and infant y
Ju1ge Z C. Hedges snd one other aot
ves ideuuaed- Assistance Nss sent
f1oa here sunday might The storm
also visited Wicklide, by. doing con-
sl1eEsblo damage - property, but thers
Was no loss q lita-
RUIZ At 81. LOUIS.
ST LoUIs, jan. IS - A. 4S0 Sunday
afternoon = cyclone struck the south
western section OF the eity and swept
through 20 tbs northern limits, mark
ing = pathway nearly quarter Of a mile
w-2s "a leaving death ana desolation
r. .esck-
Wlllo Marks. aged 8, residing with his
TareaLs IA the northern part OF tho
city, Was killed lie wes IN bed sick
with a fever The storm blew the root
OF the Marks home and bricks came
crashing into the room. resulting In the
death OF the boy from sheer fright
In the tvo-story brick house at 922
Mound str lived the families OF
Bernard OConneu and John Conners.
A children's party was IN progress az 1
o'clock, and about dozen children were
present. celebrating the birthday Of Miss
Frances Conners. aged years AL was
happiness and gayety when the death
dealing cloud came down on the house
and crushed 1t 70 the ground. Bernard
oConnen. sged 40; Mrs. Maggie Con-
nors aged 20, and John Weaver, aged Q,
were killed. The following were taken
out badly injured Maggie CoDnors,
aged IS, Anne Connors, Is; Frances
Connors. .; Teresa Weaver. 6. Mrs.
OConneu was carried OF with the roof
aud taken out from underneath 1t. She
was dangerously hurt
All along the line OF the storm bricks
we're torn of tho outside OF buildings
and carried for blocks and dashed into
the windows, in many instances injur-
ing those who chanced 20 be sitting
there. The number OF buildings which
were damaged will probably reach $50,
with loss ranging all the way from
ElNus NHt 10 Epto'u uub. L itf AollbA Allk ID
list of injured so far as is known:
Miss Maggie Cornors, Miss Mamie Connors
william Brady FRS Roberts Mis- Charles
Miller and child, Nh. Charles Miller employees
Of verhevdeu Lumber Company. Mrs. Nc
Quadr Mrs. T. Ryan and daughter Mrs Ben-
iamin VERIFIED NJ. J. Alderman an unknown
lady James McCosh Wenzel Henzel, Frank
Kohler.
Mrs. Charles Miller, who resides with
her husband AZ Twentieth and Eugenie
streets was sitting in a 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 wall
gave way and Mrs. Miller and her babe
were buried under the debris. The ba be
miracuously escaped without a scratch,
but the mother is badly hurt and may
not recover. Mr.. Miller was in another
part Of the house and escaped unhurt
The path Of the cyclone was not more
than three blocks wide, and. owing TO
the eccentric motion Of the cloud, many
houses directly in line escaped. The
work OF destruction was begun by lift
ing off the roofs of a row of houses on
Lafayette and Park avenues. For four
blocks TO the northeast walls, corners OF
houses, fences, sheds and telegraph
poles we're leveled. In crossing Chou
teau avenue a street-car was picked
up and carried across the street,
but tho passengers escaped without in
jury. A dozen stores on Chouteau ave-
nuo were badly damaged. The wind
passed on and LAID hold of three Wa
bash passenger coaches and knocked
them of the track. On the north side
of Mill Creek valley the destruction was
heavy. The Anchor mill lost its roof
and a side wall A score OF houses were
unroofed in the next three blocks.
On the TOD Of the hill az Seventeenth
and Lucas place stands the Second Pres
byterian Church, a solid stone structure;
the steeple was carried away and por-
tions OF tho roof blown of. The First
lutheran Church on Morgan was next
| in line, and its massive steeple was
| leveied
The family OF Charles w. BarstoE
lives in an elegant mansion opposite the
| Second Presbyterian Church, The top
| o. the splr. struck the residence and the
concussion was such that for . minute
,he family was stunned. IN the portion
of The west wall struck b. the spire
was FIRE place and mantel This was
knocked completely across The room
and The clock and ornaments broken
and scattered about The jar shook ths
house from its foundation. A mum Der
Of windows were broken and he chan
doUors knocked from The gas letS and 4