Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-06-04

of the military companies called out To
assist ia he work oi rescue ana 10 pro-
trct the city from vandalism and hong
looted hv swarn,S of thieves who are ie-
ported tu hc on their Way L. East II.
Louis One hundred special policemen
were sworn in Friday morning and are
now patroling the fire and wind swept
territory.
The damage IL church property in
ST Louis is estimated at S25u.ooa The
ln~-,., agc about equally divided he
tween these DENOMINATIONS: Prcshy-
tcriln>. Methodist. baptist, Unitarian,
Episcopal. CuuErrgatioualist, Chris
tian. Evangelical, Lutheran and Roman
Catholic.
Three boats oi the Anchor inc were
in port. These were tia city Of Mon
roc, which WAS ready To leave for New
Orleans. She had "A large crew and
about thirty-tive passengers. She WAS
badly wrecked in her upper works.
taken across the river where She
lodged at Chotcau avcuuc. 1t was
reported that her passenger, and
crew were safe. The other two boats
were the City or Cairo and the
Arkansas City. They were moorcd at
the foot of Chutcau avenue and Carroll
streets respectively. They were torn
loose and no intelligence was received
from them up To midnight Being
temporarily out Of co -,iSsiou, they
had hat few employees aboard. Tins
company also had number nf hargcs
torn away and probably sunk. The
II. Louis and Mississippi Valley Trans
portatiou Go. had two boats. the Tx
porter and Harvester. the best of the
line, sct adrift Onc of the boats was
reported To be- sunk Mt the foot az Ar
scnal street. The Henry Lowrcy. of
this line. was left "a the wharf, h3I IT
il damaged. No mi, NATION concern
ing the employees could be obtained.
The tug Rescue No. -. belonging To the
Virgins Ferry Co, was rcportcd To be-
sunk at the foot Of Olive street
Hundreds of residences all over the
city were either totally wrecked or
badly damaged, and even the StauHch-
est buildings in the city succumhrd tn
the fury of the gale. Every flagstaff
on the Auditorium building. where the
republican convention will he held was
broken and the pole ON which the stars
and stripes 50 proudly waved an hour
before was blow off and the flag ripped
i into shrcdS he east roof ~ the build
ing WAS blown of. The flynn" boards
shattered windows within "A radius OF
l5o feet The plaster on the roof WAS
carried away. This caused many holes
aud creviccs, through which the water
poured and submerged the lionr of the
building. There is not much left of
the roof at best. and il will have to bc
rcplastcred and rrpapcrcd. A couple
I of roof ioistS went through the south
wall of the building. tearing in their
path a space nf four 10y fifteen feet
aud this WAS not through windows.
but the solid portion of ia" wall.
/ Almost a reign of terror prevailed in
| East IT. Louis Thursday night. Save
/ for a tug and a few Nboats. placed
at the service of officials. physicians,
newspaper men and others whose du-
| ties called them to the scene. the place
has been cut off from communication
with this city since Wednesday night.
a section VI the upper or railroad
portion Of the Eads bridge having been
]
/ toned NJ either end to prevent pedes-
| trians using the foot bridge. The
J thieves and toughs of the city. how
ever, reinforced by scores from the
country surrounding started in Thurs
/ day afternoon To pil.age ms overturned
trucks in the street, and the freight
, ears on the sldings, and which
were filled with valuable merchandise.
groceries and provisions. The small
police force had been detailed To aid
the injured and assist in the task Of
searching the ruins. and realizing that
/ they were powerleSS to preserve order
or prevent pillaging. Mayor I'adcr
called up Gov. Altgeld for aid. He
responded by ordering two companies
of militia tn the scene. The first COM
pany arrived from Bcllcville at nine
o'clock. and the second was en- route
from Grcenville on a special train, and
were on the ground at one N. The
| governor himself arrived late Thurs
day night, and directed the detailing
of the troops about the various proper
ties to be protected Prior to
his arrival meeting of lead
ing citizens was held in the
First national bank building in
response 10 Il call hurriedlv issued by
ex-Congressman W. :. German and
others and, after full discussion of
the situation, il was decided to issue
an appeal to the people of the United
States for aid. Paul W. Abt. president
of the First national bank of ST Louis,
was selected rs treasurer, to whom all
contributions can be sent,
ST. LoUIs. June 1.-The thousands of
men at work in the ruined district are
bringing order out of chaos, and il will
be but a few days before nearly every
trace of the material wreclla,.e caused
by the tornado of Wednesday night
has been cleared away. Saturday
morning the following table was conf
piled for the United Press by the city
coroner;
known dead in st. Louis, 1874.
Unknown dead in st. Louis, s
Fatally injured in st. Louis 50
Missing in st. Louis. Sc.
Known dead in East ST. Lou 1873
Unknown dead in East St Louis, 3
Fatally injured in East st. Louis, 1.
Tot.l fatality az
Some r1"rr's "a ruins remain not
fully explored, but those best acquaint-
ed with the localities express conf
dence That all bodies have been re-
moved.
The injured are being cared for in a
manner which should make every cit
izen feel proud of the hospital facilities
of St Louis. Some are under the i'm
mediate care of the city department
Others are in the college and church
hospitals. All are receiving the best
that surgical skill and professional
nursing can give. st. Louis will not
need the tents offered by the govern
ment. All along the path of the storm
} Friday boys distributed long
lists of houses. flats and rooms
: to be had at the same rentals
that prevailed before this new demand
was created. There are fifty jobs
, awaiting every carpenter, briclSlayer,
roofer, plumber and glazier in the city
The supDlV of material will proba bly