The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-11
A FURIOUS STORM.

Baton Rouge, La, Visited by the MOST
Terrific Storm In Its HIstory-A Vast
Amount of Damage Done Throughout
the City-The State Prison Partially De-
stroyed-Ten Persons Killed and Thirty
Six Injured, Some Fatally-The Tow
Boat Smoky City Wrecked.
NEW ORLEANS, July AT $50 yes
terday morning terrific wind and rain
storm struck Baton Rouge, La, and in
a few minutes had almost wrecked the
town. Great damage was done to
buildings in the eastern and southern
portions of the city and many persons
were killed. The governors mansion
was demolished. Also the large brick
yard and factory with wing of tho
three-story brick building in the peni-
tentiary known as the hospital and
commissary, with pantaloon factory
on the upper floor, were blown down
and totally destroyed Forty persons
were at work in the factory and of
these six were killed and twenty-five
were wounded and horribly crushed.
On the second floor was the hospital.
where twenty-six persons were under
medical treatment. Four of these
were killed and fourteen seriously or
fatally wounded.
Inc alarm oei'S "cre ,uns an" .ne
nre "ePar r''nen' i1Spo""I'- an" WIN
citizens went to the work of rescue.
The scene was one of great horror. A
violent rain was falling. but the men
worked hard and soon had the dead
and injured out of the debris. The
names of the killed are:
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In the soutbern norton of the city
several persons were injured by fIying
,;mhars
The drup store of Mr.. r.. A. Dav was
completely demolished and the con-
tents DESTROYED. Several grocery
s,ores and small sbops in this vicinity
| verc demolished. The loss on Carrie,
Raddv e. Co : brick yard is covered by
insurance. II is the only place in the
citv covered bv a storm policy.
In tho c;,v ft,v bopses Mt least were
unroofed or destroved. J. II. Young
,nd members of his family were seri-
| ou>v burt by the COLLAPSE of their
bouse on st. Charles street. Mr.. Col
ton. son and two daughters. living in a
| brick nopse on Main street. were in
;ured nv n falling buildinp Mrs. Col
ton received n dangerous blow on the
bacl, of the head and also internal in
iuries. while one of the girls was cut on
the leg. Mrs. Cotton NAV recover.
Tho storm .nnroacbed from n soutb-
western direction and swept a path 300
foe, mr. moro in width diaponalIy Across
the civ. lcvelinp everything as it went.
r;s;t q, tho c,n;,ol and other state
hr;Id;ngs showed them unbarmed bv
the winds as was also the business por-
tion of the town on Main and Zero
streets unaHected oy the sIorIh- Inc
southern portion OF the city, styleu
Catfish town, suffered great loss ana
damage OF property. In TINS section OF
the city several persons were seriously
hurt and bruised by flying timoers from
falling houses and fences
The extent of damage done through
out the city by the storm cannst ac-
| curately be estimated at this time, but
it can be said that this is the greatest
loss Baton Rouge has ever sustained.
either from a cyclone or fire. The
total damage done will reach several
hundred thousand dollars.
A number of very narrow escapes are
,ba-,s drro store whom II collapsed and
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down and the timbers twisted in every
direction. he escaped with slight bruise
on the forehead. Jacob Baum, Sr., and
family were covered by the ruins Of
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