The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-29
AMID WRECK.
st. Louis Emerging From the
Gloom Of the Storm.
List of Dead Discovered and
Identified $50.
Loss Of Property Estimated as
High as S5O,OOO,OOO.
GANGS OF LABORERS
Cleaning Away Wreckage and
Twisted Wires.
City Can Not BE Lighted For
Two Days.
MILITIAMEN on DUTY.
state Guards Assist Police in
Patroling Streets.
Coroner Holding an Inquest On
Every Dead Body.
MILITIAMEN ON DUTY.
state Guards Assist Police in
PatrOling Streets.
Coroner Holding am Inquest on
Every Dead Body.

St. Louis. May 2s.-Tne day opened
.lear and cool Every where was seen
gangs of men delving in the ruins for
buried victims. clearing the streets of
dismantIed poles. wires and general
debris. repairing the damage done to
thousands of buildings and relieving
the injured and homeless 1T becomes
more and more evident that the torna-
Go is the worst that ever visited this or
any other city on the North American
continent
One hundred and thirty dead bodies
have been rescued lin ST. Louis; over
900 persons are known to have been in
5ured DIangled cadavers are found in
innumerable places along the path of
the storm. Tt viii be a week before q
complete list of those killed can be
made. AS to the temporary loss on both
sides of the river. the mercantile agen-
cies say that it may reach S50,0o0,0o0 in
this city alone. while in East st. Louis
it win be several millions more
only a single dwelling was left stand
Ing on what is called the island in
East st. Louis and six hundred families
are homeless. The citizens estimate
the dead at fully 200 on the east side
PROTECTION OF THE CITY.
In the wake Of the tornado came
grave problems to meet. one of them
the protection of the city ia the abb
sence Of the electric lights
The First Missouri regiment has gone
on duty for patrol service and the po-
lice commissioners will add $50 men to
the force.
rrl t,--f,,.-, -.,, e c+ r -,7fs have
taken up the work of relief An earnest
meeting on change yesterday was the
beginning There are thousands who
can pull themselves out of this trouble.
There are other thousands who have
lost ALL and must be helped. a partial
resumption of the street car service
has been effected.
The southern division of the Scullin
system is the most badly crippled ow-
ing to the destruction of the power
house.
A partial restoration of the electric
light service is promised i'm forty y-eight
hours.
CORONER GETTING IN HIS WORK
Inquests ON the bodies of forty
two of the slain ia st. Louis have been
held by Coroner Wait. A verdict Of
"shock and injuries; accidental was
rendered i'm each ease
EAST ST LOUIS ASKS HELP.
East ST. Louis has issued an appeal
for aid. and the committee which pre-
pared the manifesto. estimates that 200
persons were killed and thatthe number
of injured Will foot up into the thou
sands lit is known that q number Of
persons are stin buried i'm the debris on
the southwestern end of the island. and
in the ruins of tine Eallesey and Aartell
houses. the relay retreat ana the Dur
ant house. However. some conservative
persons assert that the LIST viii not
reach the estimated total of 200. though
enough persons are now missing to ere
ate q fear that the fatalities viii ap-
proach that number. Many of those
who have not been seen by their fami-
lies since Wednesday. are supposed to
be stopping with friends. or are detafn-
ed from returning 10 their homes by in
iurles that may NOT prove fatal
All business is virtually suspended in
1-ast ~ LOUIS FROM the surrounding
country thousands of men. women and
children hocl1ed into the city to view
the scenes of the ruin
The officials Of the board of educa-
tion are busy figuring out the enormous
loss between Chouteau avenue and
Arsenal street suffered Some had
roofs blown away and walls cavad in
and others got Off with ruined windows
and chimneys. The schools which suf-
fered most are the Clinton. Clinton
branch, Peabody. Charles Hodgen. New
Sheppard, Lafayette. Longfeu0w and
Madison The school board cannot re-
pair the damage for less than $4,000.
DOCTORS TAKE A BRIEF REST.
Some of the doctors took their first
rest after midnight Thursday. but they
We're all up and busy by o'clock this
ttrday) morning. There are nearly,
300 sick i'm the emergency hospital
transferred from the Ci+v bosD5+s1
after it was demolished.
The clerk Of the hospital has checked
up his list. He thinks that fhera ara
not more than four or Eve unaccounte5
for Some patients who We're prisoners
from the jail. warehouse and elsewhere
are known to have escaped during the
confusion The miliuamen We're ON
duty all night i'm watches. They have
been OF great assistance to the police.
AT St. Johns hospital on TWENTY
third street and Lucas. the wounded
are being well cared for. One patient.
Wm- Blank, Of ices Lafayette avenue
died
The boatmen tody began the ar