Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-06-06
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ST. Louis, Mo-. Msy 28-The suffer
ing Of the injured and homeless people
throughout the districts where the
cyclone passed is today almost beyond
description but no concerted action con
yet be taken to relieve it. Both houses
Of congress today passed resolutions
allowing the secretary OF war furnish
the mayor tents for temporary homes
and hospitals. Telephone. telegraph,
electric lights, gas, and street cars are
useless. Some streets are filed with
debris ten feet deep.
BOATS SWEPT AWAY.
ST. Louis, May % The steam boats.
wharf boats and bsrges were moored
from Blddle street to Choteau Aven ,e
These were swept from their fastenipgs
almost in solid plalanx and cast adrift.
Some we're over turned and sank, others
we're blown across and crushed against
the other side. Many lives we're lost in
the rushing waters but it is impossible
to tell how many.
ToNs OF MASONRY TUMBLED DOWN.
Perhaps the most impressive evidence
OF the storm clouds force is seen in the
| wrench of the eastern end OF Fad q
bridge. There the tornado death with
stone and masonry. It tore off and
tumbled down tons upon tons of mason
~. Beginning with the big eastern pier
and extending to the foot Of the incline
the cloud cut off the upper part of the
structure as il it hsd been f1imsy tres
tie instead OF world famed masonry.
Fire added much to the loss on account
OF the alarm system being paralyzed
THE STORM STRIKES INDIANA.
ANDERSON, Ind, May 2s-The storm
struck this city last night iniuring
several people and doing $250,0 dam
age. The buildings ct the American
Straw board Co, Anderson Bicycle Co..
National Type Co.. and Presbyterian
church were blown down.
P1TTsBURG, Pa, May 2S-The second
days session of the prohibition coDven-
tion began at $50 this morning. The
committee on platform submitted two
reports. The majority report adheres
solely to the main issue. The minority
report declares all money should be is
sued by the government without the in
tervention OF banks, and demands free
silver at 16 to /. A motion to table the
minority report was lost by 1872 to 80.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 28-The tele-
graph operator at Carondolef, four miles
south of st. Louis, ssys: "a railroad
man just walked out from st. Louis
and reports the town almost complete
ly wrecked aud hundreds OF lives lost,
street cars stopped, lights all out, and
everything in great confusion. He
says several OF the city buildings. in
cludiDg the hospitals, are wrecked;
streets almost impossible from debris
| and great volumes Of water" The Pos
tai telegraph companies lost every wire
outof the city, which is in total dark
mess. 1t is impossible to get # any
more from here at present.
KANSAS CRY, Mo, 27-All wires are
down between Kansas City, st. Louis
and Chicago.
ST. Louis, Mo-, May pa tornado
blowing at the rate OF so miles an hour,
struck as.St. Louis at 5:l5 this evening
and ragged for half an hour with great
fury. As a reeult hundreds of lives
have been lost on both sides Cf the
river. Many buildings were blown
down and several river steamers sunk
with all on board. At present it is im-
possible to estimate the number of lives
lost. The hospitals are full of injured
and the mOrgus contains many desd,
while numerous slain lay everywhere
among the ruins of demolished build
grounds and the womsn's portion of
the Jail we're blown down. The Waters
Pierce oil works are burning and build
ipgs in various sections OF town are on
fire. The Plant -four mills and ST.
Louis Iron and Steel works are demol.
isbed and the immense Cupples block
is partially destroyed. The dead and
injured are being taken from the ruins.
At East st. Louis the destruction seems
greatest. The National hotel, fremont
house, Martell house, OeWolf cafe,
Hazel Mining compsoy's mill, Horns
copper shop and great many dwell>
.ngs east OF there as far as Fifth street
are gone and many people killed.
The Baltimore & Ohio and Vsndalia
roundhouses, standard Oil Works, Eas.
st. Louis AID Crescent elevators ind
twelve freight houses on the levee are
destroyed. The Grand Republic and
several more excursion steamers with
all on board are reported sunk in the
river and all steamers on the levee have
gone down. The CITY hospital is full
OF woInded and the morgue contains a
great number OF dead. A rough esti-
mate would place the number of killed
and wounded at 1870.
TIE center of the city IS wreck. |
The streets are utterly impossible to |
street cars and in many places progress
on foot is matter OF great difficulty. |
To add to the horrors OF the pigbt the |
electric light plants were rendered ip-
capable of service and the gas lamps |
are also shut off leaving the city in |
total darkness. A fire also broke out |
in several portions of the city and the
fire department was unable to make any |
effective fight because of the choked up
condition of the streets.
CHICAGO, May 27-It is reported that
the limited train from Chicago to ST |
Louis over the Alton road was blown |
into the river with a section of the |
bridge and 200 liveslost
KANSAS CRY, May 27-The train
along the road has q report |
from the operator at Rood House that
at Drake, Ills., the tornado this after
noon demolished the big schoolhouse |
and that so children perlshed in the