Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-30
ST. LOUIS DISASTER.
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The number Of identified dead in st
Louis within the police observation II
ia. in East st. Louis. 1853, and 20 per
sons reported missing in the city OF
tbis side are put In the death column
Many OF the injured in both cities VII
a,e Hundreds have already been re-
Icorded. From 500 TO 800 East st. Louis
PEOPLE are homeless and In dire need
The work Of distributing relief money
has already begun.
In other Illinois and Missouri towns
the extent of the storms work Is still
| in doubt because OF the broken tele-
graphic communications. 1t IL known
that the storm touched breckenridge
| Pinckneyville, Irvington. Rich View
| Drake, New Baden and New Minden.
| H.. and Rush Hill, Mo. Many lives
are reported to have been lost in those
places.
| Additional dispatches from Indiana
| show that the fury of the elements was
not dissipated until Albany. Benton
and Princeton had been attacked. do
ing great damage to property by wind
and water Crops were destroyed in
the intervening country.
| The Governor OF Illinois Is at the
| woeful scene at East st. Louis, and
two companies of the National Guards
are on duty to prevent pillage and
keep order among the lawlessly in
ciined. call for help has gone forth
from the stricken Illinois city.
| The storm damage to dwellings is, Of
course, heavy. but the chief loss viii
fall On the street railways, electric
light companies and the river and rail-
road interests The municipality itself
suffers loss of $3.50, 900 on public build
| ings streets, etc.
| The street railway systems loss is
probably $500 900. The steamboat men
| may be put down for another $500 900,
and the steam railways for $500. 900
| more.
! None of the large hotels were in the
| injured section of the city that felt
| the brunt of the storm. 1t includes
| but Il handful of the houses that have
| been placed In the list OF contingent
| extra accommodations for visitors.
Coroner Wait has held so inquests. In
| each case Il stereotyped verdict setting
| forth that the deceased came to his or
| her death by injuries received as a re-
| suit OF q tornado. About the same
number of inquests We're held IN East
| st Louis the verdicts being In SINH
| lar terms.
| Al tine regular meeting of NUM-
| cipa assembly. tonight. Mayor Wal
| briee submitted a special message ask
| ing the assembly to appropriate $780,
| 900 for the relief of the storm sufferers.
| This proposition was fayorably re-
ceivcd, but the exigencies of Legislation
viii delay conclusive action several
days The committee report will be
made. tomorrow. An informal discus
sion was heard and il was agreed that
| every appropriation for public i'm
provements not pledged on contracts
already made should be diverted to the
relief fund. The disbursement of this
| fund will be under municipal control
and independent of other relief meas
ures.
| The injured in st. Louis is estimated
| at loco. The injured in East St Louis
| Is estimated at 800. The lists of dead
hitherto printed have of necessity, been
| fun Of errors. There are still many
persons missing. some are undoubtedly
still in the ruins. The work of the dis
covery is now progressing somewhat
more slowly owing to the complete ex-
haustion Of the workers and the neces-
| homes. There are unquestionably many
| persons killed whose disappearance
| has not been noted