Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-06-05
WORST OVER.
No More Deaths Reported or Bodies
Found at st, Louis.
Many Are Still Missing, However,
Feared That Many Deaths Oc-
Cured on the River.

ST. Louis, June 2. - No additional
deaths as result of the storm last
Wednesday evening have been reported
either in this city or East ST. Louis
since five o'clock Monday afternoon.
Up to ten o'clock Tuesday morning
carefully revised list of the dead from
the storm in ST. Louis foots up 141
names, and SO persons are at present
unaccounted for.
In East ST. Louis the death list has
crept up to 90, and II persons arc re-
ported missing.
The city rescue corps dug for bod
les Tuesday in the ruins of the build
ings at Seventh and Rutger streets and
at the ruins of the Sawyer manufacture
ing plant ut 1919 Chouteau avenue.
The buildings on three corners of the
former location We're totally wrecked,
and it is said that several bodies are
buried in them. One of these struc-
lures, at the southeast corner, was a
tenement house. The work of rescue
will be carried on until all of the larger
ruins have been searched.
Additional gangs of laborers were
placed at work in the ruined districts
of ST. Louis Tuesday morning and order
is rapidly being wrought out OF chaos.
Systematic Relief Work.
The relief work has assumed MAR
moth proportions, and it is now being
prosecuted on systematic and thor
ough basis. 1t now extends to every
section of the affected district. Agents
of the charities-men and women-ar:
making thorough canvass of every
street, searching for destitute cases
Splendid results We're had Monday, and
many cases received attention. The re
lief fund is growing handsomely, as
are also the donations.
The relief fund Tuesday morning
had crept up to nearly $4,000, and by
night at least $4,000 more had been
subscribed.
The public schools in the tornado dis
trict were reopened Tuesday morning
with nearly the usual attendance.
Peculiar Feature of Cyclone
A peculiar feature of the effects OF
the cyclone is the total disappearance
of the house boats which lined either
side of the Mississippi river. For dis
lance of four miles along the river
front it is estimated that at least IS
of these fiat boats We're anchored
and were occupied by about 300 per-
sons. Not one of the boats is left and
the fate of their occupants is mystery.
1t is believed that they may have de-
serted th,>m at the first blow of the
storm and sought refuge among the
railroad cars and elevators. Levee
workers who were familiar with this
class of nondescripts, however, scout
this belief, and say that within a few
days the finding of dead bodies at lower
river points will swell the death list
at least 100.
Estimate of Building Commissioners.
| Building Commissioner Randall Tues
day said:
Our inspectors will not report for a
week. but from what they say around the
| Office. would say that the total number OF
| houses totally destroyed would number 10,
| 600. The damage, 1t can safely be said, will
average around $1,000 to each building
This l think. will cover the entire loss on
buildings"
Need Funds in East st. Louis
The work of relieving the tornado
sufferers in East ST. Louis is threatened
with sudden stoppage from lack of
funds. The committees treasury has
been heavily drained. Although there
are yet some money and provisions on
hand, the supply of both is decreasing
faster than subscriptions are beirg re.
ceived.
The committee has been assured that
ST. Louis will do all it can to alleviate
the sufferings across the river.