The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-30
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among the citizens.
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Partial Resumption of street-Car
Service in the Mound City.
A partial resumption of the street-car
service has been effected at st. Louis. The
east-and-west roads north of Market street
are in operation. and also the Broadway
and the Grand-avenue of the north-and-
south lines The southern division OF the
Scullin system is the most badly crippled.
owing to the destruction Of the power
house and the officers venture no prediction
as to when cars will be running. partial
restoration of the electric service Is prom
ised in forty-eight hours, but it will be a
corple of weeks before all of the circuits are
in order. The destruction of poles and wires
along the path of the storm was complete.
James Wilson, second engineer on the
George A. Madill, of the Virgins ferry fleet,
who was reported missing, has turned up
Except for a broken arm he is unin5ured.
He tells a wonderful tale Of his escape
and the destruction he witnessed during
his wild ride down the river. ''The Madill
was in midstream when the storm struck
u.s." said Wilson. I'VE We're crossing the
river TSs with wind bew tpssn off the top
the boat while was in the
engine room. / ran out on the marrow gang
way and got on the bumpers OF the cars,
near the stern. When the steampipe fell,
picked up a bucket plank and jumped into
the river and drifted with the debris down
to where the Providence is stranded: Here
/ reached the shore. On the way down j
saw the Belle of Calhoun, of the st. Louis
and Clarksville Packet Company, go down in
were fifteen or twenty persons aboard. the
Calhoun. whom l saw jump into the river
They alighted in the eddy and were whirled
around and around / do nos know Il. any
of them escaped.
II saw the Christy sink. She carried a
crew of five men and had sixteen teams
aboard. At least one man was with each
team, and sometimes more, and so there
must have been at least twenty-five persons
on the boat when she sunk; 1 SAW, saw none one
escape. The last / saw OF the Madfl she
was floating rapidly down the stream on
her side, with the water pouring into a
hole in her hull All the crew managed to
save themselves In manner similar 10
myself. l did not know I was injured til
after mad landed"
OF all the thrilling experiences the st.
Louis river front that of Miss Clara is CIV
en- a distinguished position IN the list. She
was employed as a typewriter in the Office
OF the Diamond 10 line, which has its Of
fees on the wharf boat. When the Pitts
burg was swept out by the storm the wharf
boat went with it. and likewise Miss Clara.
who had been looking out the window a;
the clouds which betokened the tornado
In an instant there was a rush and roar.
and the Office, boat and all were of at once.
The wharf boat caps,zed when II reached
| Arsenal island. and Miss Clara es-
saped to h rafs as,s reselvins @ tnoroug1 a,
she was assisted by Captain Boland, Of the
| Pittsburg, to that steamer, which had
stranded in the willows. The young lady
! find her hcme at Seventh and Gratiot in
| ruins. The memory Of Wednesdays storm
will never fade from her memory.
There is a probability tha. cne man whose
| horribly mangled body was taken to the
| St. Louis morgue was not killed by the
| storm. A man who was in the neighborhood
of the Union Depot power house just after
| the storm asserts that some of the crowd
there assaulted a ghoui caught thieving and
| beat him to death His story Is that while
men me 'j jump 20 on a msn who had been ,oafins
about in the crowd. Some one hit the mar
with club. telling him to the ground. Their
hm nnsii Re was % Some ons
| cried lynch the thiefv Then the crowC
picked up his limp form and carried 1t Z
| Russell avenue, where they PIT IL in dir
wagon and carted II OF.
The officials of the ST. Louis Board Of
Education are busi,y figuring out the enorm
| Gus loss which the schools suffered. Al
the South End schools between ChouteaI
avenue and Arsenal street were badl,
| damaged. Some had ro,fs blown away and
| walls caved in. and others got off with
ruined windows and cfimneys The schools
! which suffered most are the Clinton branch
| Peabody. Charles Hodgen, Pestalozzi
sani Sei Lafayette. faye sa YongfelIow and Madison
| The School Board cannot repair the dam
age for less than $4,000, and perhaps 9
| larger sum will be needed. Several OF ths
schools y1iil not be opened again unit
| Sept. l.
General Manager Bryan. of the Termina
Association. said yesterday in reference t
the Eads bridge: "All the trains are nov
running as usual over the bridge. Th'
| bridge. as a whole. We do not think i
injured. After a survey OF the ruins wouls
l say our actual loss OF property, includ-n;
| buildings rolling stock and the damage q
| the bridge Will not exceed 100000. Our los
| Of time and business will run the amount VI
| to two or three times that amount.
Thomas Griffin, an ex-policeman who wa
killed at his hcme In ST. Louis. was one o
the six hundred who survived the famou
charge Of the light brigade at ralak.ay'
police force ne won the title OF the "oi,
Slcuth Of East St. Louis:
East ST. Louis has issued touching ap
peal for aid and the committee which pre-
pared the manifesto estimates that two hun
| dred persons were killed and that the mum
ber Of injured VIII foot up IN the thousands
|
Inquests on the bodies OF many OF tn
slain in ST. Louis have been he'd by ccrone
Waite. A verdict of "shock and injuries
| Accidental" was rendered in each case.
The st. Nicholas Hotel In ST. Louis &
intact. Much apprehension was causes
abroad that tais hostelry had been demo.
ished by the storm.
NJ Hanotaux. French Minister for Foreisl
Affairs. called on United States Embassado