Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-04

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176. AT East st. Louis 127-Property
Loss About $4,000 O00-Contractors
Overwhelmed with Orders for Re-
buildjng Republican Hall Repaired
81 Louie May 3O.-There exists
ahout as much uncertainty as TO The
actual humber of people killed and the
amount Of property damaged DS
/ Wedresday's tornado as On the mrs.
morning after the disaster. scores OF
: ,icod are unidentified but no one Il
willing to venture a guess as to how
many bodies may yet be in the ruins o.
The hundreds OF buildings as yet uheN
nlared The total number OF dead In
/ st. Louis, as Identified, is l76 and III
East st. Louis VT. There are twenty
Two bodies 1ill unidentified. 1t is BE-
heycd the death Of the injured and the
future recovery OF bodies Will bring
The 81. Louis dea,h list well up to two
hundred. In East ST. Louis the city
officials hope that the death roll on that
side will not exceed $50, but ruins upon
gun work may swell the number.
The estimates upon property loss
have grown larger The most pop
ular estimate Is in the neighborhood OF
twenty five millions ioI both cities, in
Guiding railroad buildings damages.
building contractors OF the city have
been overwhelmed with orders for re
building ard The work of wlping out
the havoc Of the storm will be pusneG
with all energy. The committee III
charge announced last night that the
auditorium to be used for the repu3-
lican national convention has been re-
paired and now shows not The slight
est eject of the storm.
Although thousands OF men have been
at work night and day clearing away
wreckagG, they scarcely have made any
perceptiblc impression towards restOr.
ing the chaotic confusion to anything
like order. Passage ways have ueen
made through some of the principal
lh"roughIarrs, but for the most part
the streets are still choked with the
scattered remains Of homes and "ac-
tories, hospitals and churches. The
path OF the storm was fully mile and
half wide. 1t starts away out in the
suburbs where the beautiful homes Of
the wealthy are located. Taking zig
gag course, it extends down through
where the densely populated tenement
houses are located, fully six miles, and
then crosses the river. Many magnifi-
cent residences are wiped off the face
of the earth Trees are uprooted, and
pictures of beauty entirely destroyed,
All California avenue In Compton
Heights, is strewn with wrecked homes
roofs, trees and masses OF rubbish
whirled into the city from the farms
The same Is true of other thorough
fares.
The business mcr's league issued an
announcement last night with rctet.
ence To the offers OF aid from cities
throughout the United States. rha
league endorses the action of Mayor
Walbridge declining outside aid. L
feels grateful for the many evidences
of generosity in these help offerings
but 1t is It's deliberate Judgment that
the city will be amply able to fully
provide for all needs of the afflicted
Two companies OF the Illinois state
militia patrolled the lcVee district OF
east St Louis all day Dead lines are
established about which no one Is al
lowed to pass without permit Over
sixty suspects are already arrested and
sent out OF tGwIi or locked up. In adj
dition to the militia and police force
the chief swore in fifty deputies
Late figures rather tend To reduce the
estimates of the number killed and The
probabilities are that ii will not run
much over one hundred and fifty. The
bodies of Mike Ki'day, George luCkev
and VIII Farrell were recovered from
the ruins at the Nandalia general of
fees last night and this morning One
feature of the storm was the large mum
Der of horses killed The police WAS
busy all day removing carCasses and
none tee soon considering the warm
weather. At least four hundred
freikht cars were overturned and Who'll
~ or partially demolished, and tile
work of clca1 ing the tracks will ncceS-
sarilN he slow \ ladies relief corps
has been organized and committees ap.
pointed from AZ the churches to rem,
der aid, Tirncts are distributed .
needy ones for food, clothing and sh"l-
ter. Mayor Rader estimated al least
fly" hundred families left entirely Dies
tttutC, many without clothing
MI. Vernon, III May 80 -lnvestiga,
tioh shows that Mrs. Margaret Cornell.
her son Charles ana Charles King and
Robert Foster were killed In Jefferson
city by the late tornado
TO WE'D SOON.