New-York tribune., 1896-05-30
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appeared and volunteered to assist in the search.
During the night four bodies were taken from the
ruins and laid side by side. Then. according to
a local citizen. who told his story at the Morgue
to-day, the volunteer. availing himself OF what
he though. was a favorable opportunity, proceed
ed to rifle the clothing OF the dead He was
caught In the act by Of the searchers. and
who. without warning felled him with a brick
Then with cries OF Lynch the thief" the entire
party Of searchers fell upon him with kicks and
blows from boards and scantlngs. and when they
paused for breath the ghoul was dead A pledge
Of secrecy quickly passed around. the ambulance
was sent for and fhe body conveyed to the
Morgue under the suppostion that it was that Of
a victim Of the power-house wreck.
LIEUT. coNRADs DAUGHTER MISSING.
Miss Minnie Conrad, twenty-five years old.
daughter Of Lieutenant Conrad. of Jefferson
Barracks is believed to be among the killed.
She left home Wednesday afternoon and has
not been heard from since.
While workmen we:e digging in the ruins OF
the tenement houses at Seventh and Rutger sts..
where so much havoc was caused, an infant voice
cried out: Please don't be so rough!" An open
ing was quickly made in the wreck above the
spot whence the voice issued and through It's
depths ten-year-old boy. leading three girls
about the same age appeared. All were unin-
tured although they weak from hunger
and confinement for nearly forty hours shout
of Joy went up from The crowd. and before the
police could ascertain any names the little ones
had been carried away. Somebody asked the
little boy he disappearing how he came
to be so lucky and he piped in childish accents'
I'VE just fell In soft place"
Among the missing reported are George How
ard Of Minneapolis, Mimi, and EDWARD Ray
,.,I, man nj
Robinson Ill. Their bodies are not among the
unrecognized dead at the Morgue.
The steamer City Of Quincy recently pur-
chased by the River Club composed Of st. Louis
milionaires, is reported sunk. with watchman'
engineer and cook.
An alarming rumor prevails that priest ana
several nuns are still under the ruins OF st.
Eenry's Roman Catholic Church. at California
ave. and Caroline-st.
The damage to ST. Louis theatres by wind
and rain is estimated in the aggregate at Slo-
OOO The principal sufferers are the olympic,
Havlin's and Germania theatres and the Grano
Opera House. The loss is mainly caused oy
buildings being unroofed and scenery destroyed
by water.
TRAINS OVER THE EADs BRIDGE.
General Manager E. p Bryan, Of the Terminal
Association, announced at noon that all trains
are running as usual over the Eads Bridge. ana
that the Upper pedestrian roadway VIII De
in shape for travel by Wednesday He adoe
that the loss Is not great as at first reported
end that the total damage &c buildings, roillng-
stock and bridge will not exceed slOOVOo. NO
fault in construction. but purely the frghtful
velocity Of the wind at that particular point. was
responsible for the damage occasiored. ..-
COMPUTING THE PROPERTY LOSS.
Forgetting every personal interest that clashes
with the work Of mercy, the people OF this city
who escaped the fury OF the storm have inces-
sanity minister's to the sufferings Of the luck
less ones. Since the dreadful twenty minutes OK
disaster Wednesday evening no thought mas oeeA
given to property losses. The worst Is now
krown however. and the work Of computing ma
terial losses has begun. AS the world knows, the
greater number Of sufferers small property
owners These individual losses arc small, but
they aggregate the larger part OF the whole.
survey of the district. made to-day, shows that
over 5000 houses have been damaged or wholly
destroyed There were many dwellings or smaN
shopkeepers and mechanics The damage to
church property particularly severe. Fol-
lowing are estimated losses TO churches: st.
John Nepomuka. $4,000: Lafayette Park Pres
byterian. S16O 900; Lafayette Park Methodist $lO.-
600: Lafayette Park Baptist $1,000 Church OF
the Unity $4,000; Mount Calvary Episcopal.
500 900: Memorial German Methodist Episcopal.
$4,000, Holy Cross (Saxon) $4,000; Compton
Hill Congregational. $1,000; Compton Heghts
Christian, $1,000; ST. Henry's Catholic, Sl0,OOO;
St Pauls Evangelical, $4,000; Trinity Luther
an. $4,000: St Vincent, Catholic $1,000; So.
Peter and Paul. $4,000; ST. Johns Episcopal.
S13. 900; Annunciation. Catholic 100000.
irresponsible correspondents and sensation
mongers have telegraphed to the outside world
preposterous estimates OF the losses here. some
reaching the absurd figures OF $6O.OOoOoo. Inc
estimates of good architects and reputable real
estate dealers place the loss at about S22OOO,OOO
HOW THE LOSS is SCATTERED
An inspection made to-day gives the following
results: In the territory along the levee, Main.
Second and Third. from Washington TO Market
sts. the loss will figure up fully S1.OOO.OOO.
From Main to Eighth and from OFallon south
70 Franklin the loss is 100000. class OF hard
working people occupy this territory. The dam
age here is pathetic.
In the territory south from Market-st to Cho-
teau-ave. along Broadway and east to the river
front 81. 100000 will hardly cover the loss. This
is mostly manufacturing and business property.
Southwark. along Broadway from Choteau-ave.
to Lafayette-ave, and embracing territory east
ward to the river property has been destroyed to
the extent of S750000 This includes mostly re-
tail stores and manufacturing plants
From the Lafayette Avenue Bank south to Sou
lard-st the storms fury was awful The loss
sustained was $3.50, 900. Hardly building on
either side OF Broadway spared. They were
occupied by prosperous retail stores
Embracing all the district south OF Soulard-
St from the river west to city limits. the loss
to residence and business property Is estimated
at 81 100000.
Going north again and taking In all the terri
tory up to the City Hospital, the damage figures
81 600 900. In the immediate vicinity of the
hcspitaI another 81, 100000 is reached.