The record-union., 1896-05-29

hunting for his father. He was pale
and sick, but kept at 1t. His father
William had been in the saloon, he said,
when the building fell.
The crowd about the corner was
| enormous and hard to handle. The
| curious throng pushed in over the
| broken bricks and shattered timbers,
| hemming in the rescue corps, and TAX
| ing desperate chances Of breaking their
own legs. Even the policemen's clubs
could not keep them back.
Across the street on the southwest
corner the wreck was as bad, but the
number of people in the building was
not so large. Several dead bodies and
a half dozen sorely injured have been
removed, and others are still thought
| to be there.
One block below this the house Of
| the Sattigs was crushed in, and
August Sattig and his wife were badly
hurt. Up Barry street half block,
at No. 716. Mrs. Rux, her daughter
Tina and her brother John Loeing
were crushed to death in their home.
Mrs. Clara Feiscke and her two
daughters, Stella and Edna, at No.
1885 South Seventh street, were
mashed out of shape by the fall of
their home
Fred Staltman, Mrs. Schmidt, Millie
and Harry Killian and their mother
| were dangerously hurt and James
Kallian, the father, was killed at 1901
| South Eleventh street.
The Soulard Market was blown to
pieces, killing George Hubert with the
falling bricks and another man whose
name has not been learned.
So it ran along this ill-starred street.
The excursion steamer Grand Repub-
| lie, with it's load of several hundred
| children, reached its dock safely this
afternoon. It had not been within the
storm limit
THIEVES AT WORK.
Almost a reign of terror prevails in
East ST. Louis tonight. Except for a
tug and a few rowboats placed at the
service of officials, physicians, newspa
per men and others whose duties called
them to the scene, the place has been
cut off from communication with this
city since last night, section Of the
upper or railroad portion of the Eads
bridge having been carried away, while
guards were stationed at either end to
prevent pedestrians using the foot
bridge
The thieves and toughs Of the city,
however, reinforced by scores from the
country surrounding, started in this af-
ternoon to pillage the overturned trucks
in the streets and the freight cars on
the sidings, which were filled with val
liable merchandise, groceries and pro-
visions. The small police force had
been detailed to aid the injured and as
sist in the task of searching the ruins,
and realizing that they were powerless
| to preserve order or prevent pillaging
Mayor Bader called upon Governor
Altgeld for aid He quickly responded
by ordering two companies of militia
to the scene. The first company ar
rived from Belleville at o'clock, and
the second is en- route from Greenville
or special train, and will be on the
ground at l a. m The Governor him.
self arrived late tonight and directed
the detailing Of troops about the vari-
Gus properties to be protected.
| APPEAL FOR AID.
| Prior to his arrival a meeting Of lead
Ing citizens was held in the First Ma
tional Bank building, in response to a.
call hurriedly issued by ex-Congress-
man w. S. Forman and others, and
after full discussion Of the situation
1T was decided to issue the following ap-
peal, and the United Press was re-
quested to give it circulation:
| TO the People Of the United States:
The city Of East st. Louis has been vis-
lted by one of the most terrible and de-
jstructive cyclones in the history of
the country. AS a result Of its fearful
work at least 200 lives have been lost.
While the number of manned and in
Jured we are unable yet to estimate.
but 1t will probably run into the thou
sands. The amount Of damage to prop
erty is very great and is impossible at
this time to ascertain, but it is safe to
say that at least 900 families are rem
dered homeless. A great number of
them must depend upon charity for
shelter. While the loss appears to fall
upon the poorer classes of people, al
most every citizen has directly or in
directly suffered damage
While we regret exceedingly to call
upon the country at large In this ex-
tremity, we feel utterly unable to sup
ply the absolute necessities of these
afflicted people, although our own citi
|
and are contributing as literally as
their means will allow
I'VE therefore appeal to the generos-
ity of our sister cities and other COM
munities for help IN this, our hour of
trouble. We will be pleased to receive
| subscriptions and assistance in any
form which may be deemed advisa-
BILE
THE Executive Committee has ap-
pointed Paul W. Abt, President of the
First National Bank of this city,
Treasurer, to whom all contributions
can be sent.
"(Signed H. F. Bader, Mayor; w. S.
Forman, H D. Sexton, B. H. Candy.
Joseph Nestor ]. J. Reader, Paul w.
Abt, Leo Scherrer, Louis Moser, Ex-
ecutive Committee
The roadway of the Eads bridge was
cleared of wreckage at IL o'clock to-
night, and test engine and car passed
over in safety.
In addition to the injured in the two
Schoolhouses there are ninety-four
manned women, children and men in
st. Mary's Hospital. Women and girls
from the farms of the surrounding
country poured into the city in droves
this afternoon and evening with bun
dies of old linen, clothing and other
necessaries, and proffered their serv-
ices as nurses. The Good Samaritans
were needed by the hospital people and
city authorities, and nearly every
workman in the public or extemporized