The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-05
EAST ST. LOUIS, TOO.
Scenes of Ruin That Simply
Beggar Description.
Dead and Injured on Every Hand
by Hundreds.
Fire Added to the Nights Horrors
in tho Destruction Of Hot
zels FIGURING Mills
The Eas, Approach to the Great Ead's
Bridg. is Nothing But a
Ragged Wreck.
The Shore Strewn With the Wrecks
Of River Graft.

ST. Louis May IS. East st. Louis
suffers equally with st. Louis The
cyclone that struck 81. Louis first did
not seem to gather its full strength
until il reached the city across the
river Then the havoc wrought was
terrible
Fully hundred lives. it estimated,
have been lost The manner in which
reports are coming in tends To confirm
I the worst
The destruction was a II ACCOMPLISHED
within few minutes The force Of
the storm struck at 500 o'clock. Ten
minutes later hundreds were dead.
many hundreds were injured. and the
entire remaining population was on
the streets looking for relatives and
friends
The scenes were those of desolation.
No section of the city entirely escaped
the winds work
The city was terrorized Women
tainted and men lost their senses.
Finally. when their reason returned.
hurried provisions for caring for the
dead aud injured were made.
Many buildings were turned into
hospitals. and Others were used as re-
cep.aclcs for the Il lead
Every physician in East -. Louis
was pressed into service.
Hundreds OF willing women. whose
families had esca ped Jury. and whose
homes had not been destroyed. assisted
in caring for the injured Many OF
these were taken 10 hospitals Others
were removed To their homes.
ENTIRE FAMILIES KILLED.
In several instances men rushed 70
their homes to ind them gone and
their families either killed or injured.
The scenes following Immediately
after the storm had wrour Fit its horr.-
bic work were Of the most narrowing
Character.
The city was left in darkness. Every
electric plant hal burned out. and the
gas works Were paralyzed. Under such
conditions the work of finding the
dead and caring for the injured was
extremely slow
WHERE THE STORM STRUCK.
The storm struck the levee near the
big elevators The Virgins ferry |
wharf was destroyed and two or three |
tug boats with their occupants were
turned over into the disturbed waters
OF the river.
Every house on the lcvec was either \
completely demolished or badly dam
aged.
a Louisville & Nashville and an Al
ton train standing on the bridge were
overturned.
The east approach Of the bridge was
given q wrench. twisted and blown
from It's moorings. and is at present an
impassa BILE wreck
The Vandaia freight house was
next torn to pieces and everybody
within is supposed 10 have been killed
EVERYTHING LEvELEp.
Every building south OF old Cook
street was leveled to the ground. In
I'll Of these there were persons killed
or INJURED
Early during the storm the water
works were destroyed. Lightning
struck in number Of places. and the
horrors Of fire without means To com
bat IL were added to the other awful
conditions. Eetzcl's mill was burned.
AZ loss OF Si5OOOu. and thrcatc ned the
entire business portion Of the city with
destruction. I'uclsct brigades were
formed. and they fought molly. confn-
ing the fire 10 the mill
JUDGE FotLKE KILLED.
The center Of the tornado seemed TO
be between st. Clair avenue and the {
siadnct. Many dwelling houses in
,ther parts Of the city were demol-
she'd. but in this district there were
lew buildings that escaped. a law '
;asc was being tried by Judge Foulke 4
y the courthouse The jury had heard 4
most OF the testimony. and according !
% usual custom, were not supposed d
o be allowed to depart except '
n the custody Of u bailiff When The I
torn clouds began 20 gat her the FORE $
nan of the jury irnplorel the Judge TO r
discharge them The courthouse at Il
hat time was being shaken by the I
Wind. Every moment its destruction {
vas threatened. Judge Foullxe at q
'ngth decided 70 let the iuryInen 70.
I'VE minutes after they departed for n
heir homes that portion OF the court o
ouse in which they had been sitting h
fas torn away. d
Timbcrs and bricks were piled on d
ach other, and IL is highly probable
hat had 1t not been for the fore !.
bought Of Judge Foulsc every jury
IAN would have been killed. Judge II
oulkc himself succeeded in making OF
is way to the Relay depot. where he l.
ms struck by timber that was blown b,
trough the air and killed instantly. Sc
J the confusion that prevailed his ju
,dy was allowed to lie on the plat ar
run for several minutes. men we're q.