The herald., 1896-06-01
The CYCLONE At SENECA
Furnishes Another Long List of
Dead People
THE COUNTRY DEVASTATED
Neighb0riDg Towns Report Deaths aud
Property Damage
Every Railroad Runs Excursion Trains, sd
Muititudes Throng Into st. Louis
to View the Ruins
HE COUNTRY DEVASTATED
Associated Press Special Wire.


cial to the Journal from Seneca, No.,
says:
The scenes in and about the district Of
Seneca, brief dispatches OF which were
sent out yesterday, presented a picture
of desolation. Cherokee avenue, Sem
eca's principal business street, is divided
In two sections by the loss of the splen-
did iron bridge, which Spanned Lost
creek. Hundreds of citizens are view
ing the ruins, while searching parties
are constantly beating either side of
the stream in search for missing citi-
zens VINO are evidently drowned. or
the eighteen thought to be drowned,
fourteen have been taken from the
water
The dead are: Henry Andre, aged 60:
Ida Andre. aged 60; Leo Andre. aged z;
Henry Andre, aged 10 Mary Andre aged
IL: Mrs. White, wife Of Rev. Harry
White; Willie Doebler, aged 5; Archie
Williams. aged 8; Mrs. Robinson and
baby; Carl Smith, wife and five children:
- Floyd, a child.
AT Dayton. nine miles east. a man
named Reynolds was drowned.
The streets today presented a scene
of darkest gloom. Searchers are return.
ing frequently with the bodies Of the
unfortunate victims. and cofflns hurry
ing here and there to receive the dead.
The funeral expenses of the victims will
probably have to be met by public char
ity as well as the immediate wants Of
the llNlHS Q6StItute. ANY dlQ contrib
uted to Seneca in her dark hour of dis
tress addressed to Mayor McGannon
will be most thankfully received and
properly expended. The storm which
precipitated the awful flood from which
Seneca has so severely suffered spent
it's fury at a point about ten or fifteen
miles east of here. The waters came
down in a mighty wave, precipitating q
rise of Lost creek five feet higher than
any recent high-water mark on this
stream.
Every merchant on Cherokee avenue
which embraces fully nine-tenths of the
business interest of the town has suf-
fered more or lass direct loss to stock
The loss and damage to stock in stores
alone is fully 100000, while the total loss
including the inundated residence dis
trict and loss of buildings brings the
total above $4,000 at very conserva-
tive estimate. Among the heaviest prop
erty losses by the flood are:
Seneca Dispatch, equipment and
building, $4,000.
| Mrs. Emma Frantz, dry goods and
millinery, building wrecked and stock
damaged, $4,000.
l.. Is. Campbell & Co., dry goods, stock
| damaged, $4,000.
p. G. Browning & Co., lumber DEAL
ers, lumber swept away, $4,000.
score of other merchants and busf-
ness men sustained losses ranging from
$1,000 to $4,000.
No accurate conception of the loss to
private residences can be given, but
probably 100 homes were inundated with
four to six feet of water, resulting in
losses of from $3.50 to $500 each. Two Of
these, the homes of Messrs. Andreas
and Schmidt were carried down the
stream and every member Of the famil.
les drowned A number of families have
lost all and are destitute.
Many farmers along the course of Lost
creek lost their crops. The merchants
themselves having met with serious
losses, are in 10 condition to respond to
the wants of the destitute, and unless
some aid is received from outsfda
sources much suffering will result.
An appeal for aid was issued today
by Mayor McGannon in form of a tele-
gram to the mayor of Kansas CITY, The
message states that any aid given will
be acceptable
The bridge at Dayton, station on thu
Frisco railway, seven miles east of here.
ana considerable stretch of railroad
track and grade was washed out and
trains will probably be suspended ex-
cept for transferring traffic around tha
break for some days to come, and no
mail mas been received at this point
since the flood.
Rev. Harry White whose wife was
drowned had a narrow escape from
deatn. Rev and Mrs. White We're mar
RED IN New Jersey only q few months
ago. When he came here to accept the
pastora te of the NJ. r. church they rent
ed rooms in the Dispatch building. Rev.
and Mrs. White Were asleep when the
torrent struck the building and carried
1t away. Just before the building went
to pieces they crawled out Of q window
and plunged into the stream. Mr. White
is q powerful swimmer and managed to
support his wife until q floating log
struck him in the head and rendered
him momentarily unconscious. Just
as he regained consciousness he heard
the shrieks of his wife as she went down
in the torrent for the last time. Yhe
waters swept him on through the dark
ness, but he finally managed to reach
shore and CROPPED his way back to town.
THE COUNTRY DEVASTATED
CARLYLE, Ill, May 31.-AdditionaI
reports received here of the havoc
wrought by the terrible cyclone We'd
nesday evening continue to swell the
list of dead and injured. The number of
deaths is appalling, and eclipses any
disaster that ever befel this vicinity.
A rumor was af1oat here that Rich-
| view, a, small place situated on the Illi-
| nois Central, had been entirely dema1-
| ished and twenty psrSors lar ',-'el
| killed, but it escaped with small injury
| in comparison with neighboring towns
| northwest. The full extent of the loss OF
| property cannot be aScerrained for
/ weeks to come Many orchards have
| been destroyed, thus entaiing a loss OF
| in the vicinity OF Ashley. three miles
| south of Richview, and demolished
! houses, barns and orchards. 1t seems
| the storm parted before reaching this
| place, one-half going north of it and the
| other south. The farm house of William
| Howard, three miles southeast, was
| blown away.
Oakville, eighteen miles south of Car
| lyle, was visited. Rain fell in torrents.
| swelling the small streams to rivers.
Shade trees We're strewn in profusion
| over the town.
Large trees are twisted and matted
together. The destruction Of the resi-
dence of John Maxeinars and John
Ruckle is the only damage. The main
part of the storm passed south of Oak
| Vile. where the route of the wind Is
| marked by twisted trees and broken
| fences
| Emma Krause, aged 10. died yesterday.
| Her parents were killed. This makes
| the total number of dead fifteen. The
| storm came frosn the northwest at New
| Baden and went southeast toward Mas