The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-28

for many miles eastward, Is enormous.
Ofucl1ls OF the WanaeI and Chicago.
Peoria and st. Louis roads have gone 10
the scene, ana Wrecklng tr1.us are being
sent down the Alton 10 repair the track.
which is badly damaged from Carlinvile
southwark.
Bridges ana culverts are washed away.
and az Bessell station, q landslide has
blocked the track so that no trains have
been able 10 get over Tonight, The miss
ing Chicago and Alton train, due here at
9.l6 o'clock. has been found. IL was over
turned on the east END Of the Eads bridge.
but il Is reported the passengers escaped
with their lives.
Evansville, Ind, May 2s. 2.30 a. m.-,
This city got the tail-end OF the storm
that did so much damage through Ili-
nois. No serious damage tn this city
A report from Oakland City. Ind. saws
that city was nearly destroyed. and an
other from Mount Vernon, Ind. SAYS that
town was badly damaged. and TWO and
Pernaps more people, We're killed All
abandoned.
Alton. H., May 2T-An unprecedented
aloudburst and cyclone struck below this
city in North st. Louis ana East ST.
Louis tonight. Six inches Of water fell
IN few minutes. The Burlington tracks
We're washed out ana covered with land
slides. and all southbound trains on all
railroads We're stopped IN this city
Mexico, Mo-, May 27.-This county, Ran
dolph. was swept by a cyclone this after
noon. Both telegraph and telephone wires
We're prostrated. The damage to prop
erty and loss Of life Is very great. Seven
people have been Killed and twenty-five
wounded. Details are uno5talnable.
Kansas City Mo-, May 27.-sennick
Randolph county, Mo-, was blown away
this afternoon and several persons We're
Lebaddie. Mo-, was also destroyed. Ten
persons were killed at the latter place.
Rood House, H., May 27.-It is reported
that eighty children were killed In a
school house at Drake, near this city, by
the cyclone.
Decatur, H.. May PA conductor Of
the Vandalia railroad, who reached here
at o'clock tonight, received a message
at the crossing Of the Vandalia and the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, thirty-five
miles from Decatur, stating that 100 peo-
pie had lost their lives In the Eads bridge
wreck at East st. Louis. The message
stated that train was about TO cross
the bridge, when II was struck by the
cyclone and carried down in the wreck
1t Is learned from Wabash railroad of
hcials that at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon
a terrible cyclone struck East ST. Louis
blowing away one span of the Eads bridge
and also the east approach of the same
Five hundred box cars in the yards were
turned over and blown away The Wa
bash and Vandalia freight houses were
blown down, together with many other
buildings.
At Efingham, ILL.,. the water Is run
ming over the depot platform and the
whole country is flooded.
Des Moines, Ia, May q. p. m.-iRe-
ports of serious storms this afternoon and
much damage throughout Iowa are being
received here, but the wires are down,
and there win be delay in getting infor-
nation. In this section there was heavy
rain and wind.
Chicago May 27-Word has been receiv-
ed by wire at the union depot that the
Vandalia freight house at East st. Louis
was blown into atoms and all the em-
ployes at work inside, except four clerks,
were killed.
At the Chicago and Alton telegraph Of
flee the operator was unable to get a line
from the division office in Bloomington,
explaining that the officials were no doubt
too much occupied with serious business
west of that city TO attend to the Chicago
office.
AT the freight office of the road arrange
ments were made to send a special train
to ST. Louis at 1890 a. m, with two car
qoads of Western Union supplies and a
party of linemen to repair the wires east
Of st. Louis.
Indianapolis, Ind, May 27.-Railroad Of
fclals say the best estimates on the num-
ber killed at st. Louis put it in the
neighborhood of 1000. The cyclone Is
moving rapidly almost due east. The
Vandalia started a special train filled
largely with surgeons and newspaper men
at 10:30 o'clock tonight.