The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-02
LATEST FROM ST.LOUIs
Chronicle Fixes the Number Of Persons
Killed at -Four Hundred and Ninety.
THE TOTAL LOSS OVER TWENTY MILLION
Tho Situation One of Gloom and
Misery-FeRr of mn Epidemic OF
DiseaSe Among the Homeless Near
the Rtvcr-The Sufferers Weak
From Exposure cstilence About.

St. Louis. June 1-At 2 o'clock this
afternoon the Chronicle compiled the fol-
lowing table as the latest Est of fatali-
ties: Known dead in ST. Louis, 1876; un-
known dead in st. Louis, s; fatally IN
jured in St. Louis IS; missing in St.
louis. 1lS; known dead in East ST.
Louis. 2; total fatallyM ETAOIN SIR
Louis, 145; unknown dead in East ST.
Louis, 3; fatally injured in East ST.
Louis. 2; total fatally, 400.
The railroad yards on the east side of
the river are being rapidly placed in
good condition. On this side the dam
age to railroads was considerably less,
and the repairs are going on.
Plans for reconstruction OF round and
freight houses that were blown down
and crushed to pieces, are being made.
The footway over the Eads bridge will
be ready for pedestrians this afternoon,
1t Is thought, and the driveway for wag-
ons by tomorrow or next day. The cleo
trical line over the bridge will not be
ready for traffic for several days yet, but
trains will run over the bridge every
twenty minutes.
Professor, Bauman, an expert insur-
ance adjuster OF Chicago. Is in the city
and after looking over the field he said
the total will foot up over $4,000 600.
Professor Bauman adjusted the losses
caused by the Louisville! tornado about
five years ago. a mass meeting of
citizens has been called for to-marrow
evening TO consider the advisability OF
appealing for outside aid for the relief OF
the storm sufferers. 'One of the pc
culsar features of the storm IS the long
list of missing persons reported at police
headquarters. Up 10 this morning l24
pers ara reported missing. The police
Incline TO the belief that many of these
VIII be found With rclativ in other por-
tions of the CITY
The situation In East st. Louis Is one
OF gloom and misery. There Is some fear
expressed of an epidemic OF dlseas
among the homeless near the river Un-
Ger the ruins Is vast quantity of de-
cdying animal and vegetable matter,
which Is sending pestilential clouds
up through the debris. The sufferers
are weak from exposure and exert!on.
ana are in no condition to fight the
malaria that is breeding on the island.
Another problem is the almost unani-
nous refusal of the sufferers to leave
their belongings and occupy the mill
tary tents which have been pitched at
Brighton. In spite OF the presence of
the militia 1t is feared their goods are
not safe, and they refuse to leave un-
protected all their earthly belongings.
Oh!ef OF Police Ganey has taken ex-
IRENE precautions to prevent vandalism,
and early this morning $50 trnmps
We're rounded up and driven out of
town.
The chairman OF the four relief dis
tricts established in the southern nor
lion of st. Louis each received from
neadquarters this morning $1,000 for
immediate distribution.
The situation as to street car service
ls steadily improving. All lines are now
running running except Scullins. Cherokee.
nd ralf
branches of the Union Railway Depot
Company
ne convention auditorium has been
repaired and was turned over to the
Business Mems League to-day.
AL the Poor House temporary repairs
nave been made. The ruined chanel Is
boarded up, and male paupers quar-
,eieu .here and the female paupers
nave been transferred to the mems
ward. >
Ihe pauper hospital has been aban-
doned and the sick transferred to the
insane hospital
Much to the surprise of the police.
there has been less crime In ST. Louis
since the tornado than before. not
withstanding that the city has been in
darkness, and 1t was reported that hum
dreds of crooks from foreign cities ha Il
focked to ST. Louis
Chlef OF Detectives Desmond. I'm an
interview to-day. said that during sun
uav nisht there was not one rrepot of a,
theft In the wrecked district.
me liver gives UP its dead slowly.
ana ana the statisticians a work on the
list OF cyclone fatalities have not vet
reached an estimate OF the number lost
IN the great waterway. They know GER
tainly that five We're lost on the steamer
d: j. ON. and know of others whose
identity remains a mystery who were
positively seen to disappear during the
tornado. The river captains and pa
aIoiinen along the levee say that CON
servative estimate of the number OF
roustabouts, shanty dwellers and fiat
Doat dwellers who lost their lives in
the storm Is less than twenty