Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-13
DEADLY CYCLONE AT ST. LOUIS.
Several Persons Killed and Many In
jured.

A severe cyclone struck st. Louis at 4:SO p. M
yesterday sweeping through the southwestern
section Of the city and on through to the
northern limits, making a pathway nearly
quarter Of mile wide. There was scarcely
any warning Of the approaching storm owing
to the fact that the sky had been overcast for
several hours. In addition to dozens of dwell
mgs and stores in the southern, central and
northern sections Of the city, more or less
wrecked, the following big buildings were
damaged: The Anchor mills, Goodwin candle
factory, Pullman shops, Van Brooks furnitVe
factory, Kingsland 4 Ferguson farm imple-
ment works, Missouri Pacific hospital, Hogden
school, German Evangelical church. Second
Presbyterian church and others to be heard
from. The losses on property are roughly esti-
mated at 100000, but will likely prove more.
The Harmony club. a Jewish organiza alton,
suffered loss of $1,000 on their club house, on
the corner of Olive and 18th streets.
The only announcement Of the approach and
progress of the storm q dull. sullen roar,
quickly followed by torrent Of rain which in
turn was succeeded by sleet, and before the
victims could realize what had happened the
storm had swept by and on. 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.
THE VICTIMS.
Mrs. Chas. Miller, who resides with her hus-
band at Goth and Eugenia streets, was sitting
in the 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 beneath the debris. The babe miracu-
lousy 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
A telephone message from Venice. Ill, oppo-
site the northern part of the city, says the
storm was very disastrous there and that sew
eral lives were lost. 1t is Just reported that
number OF passenger cars were blown from the
track IN the upper part of the Mill creek val
ley. the western outlet of the Union depot
yards. The list of victims by the storm Sc
cured up to $50 pm. were as follows: Dead
Mrs. Maggie Connors. aged forty; Bernard Nc
Council, aged forty; Joe Weaver, aged nine.
lnjured-Theresa Weaver, aged six, both legs
broken, will probably die; Mrs. Chas Miller,
badly cut and bruised; Annie Connors, Maggie
ConnOrs and Francis Connors.
The storm in St Clair county. ILL.,, was
unusually severe Brooklyn. village of about
5OO people, seem to have suffered most as the
damage at East st. Louis and at Venice was
largely confined to railroad property and small
dwellings, and telegraph and telephone poles.
Brooklyn is about three miles north Of East st.
Louis. Its population is largely composed OF
coiored people. At SPIN. it was reported in
East st. Louis that the little village had been
swept of the face of the earth. 1t proves not
quite so bad as that though bad enough. and
though several were injured no lives were lost.
A number of dwellings, are in ruins. The Bap-
tist church Is entirely demolished and the NJ T.
church, frame building unroofed and turned
CLEAR around on its foundations. At Belleville,
H., several public buildings were unroofed,
but no one reported injured.