The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-06-06
ST. LOUIS MISSING
Work Being Continued Among the
Dead and Suffering Ones.

Work Being Continued Among the
Dead and Suffering Ones.
ST. Louis, June Shorty before 2
o'clock this morning the Two stricken
cities OF st. Louis and East st. Louis re-
ceived a thorough scare. "A storm came
up from the southwest. accompanied by
low rumbling thunder and almost con-
tinuous flashes of lightning. Then few
minutes later big clouds appeared on the
northern horizon and rolled up until they
covered the city There was considera-
BILE wind but nothing approaching a bur-
ricane. It lasted nearly an hour and
| then became a slow drizzling rain, which
had increased to downpour at 10 a. M.
The work of clearing away the ruins
! is being carried on in a more systematic
manner today but the rain makes the
work all the more difficult. Prot. Bau-
man, an expert insurance. ad1uster OF
Chicago, is in the city, and after look
ing over the field, he said that the total
! loss will foot up over $20, 100000. Prof.
Bauman adjusted the losses caused by the
Louisville tornado about five years ago.
A mass meeting has been called for to-
! morrow to consider the advisabil1ty OF
apepaling for outside aid for the relief of
| the storm sufferers.
One of the peculiar features OF the
storm is the appalling list of missing
persons reported at police headquarters.
Up to this morning 1874 persons are re-
ported missing. The police. incline to
the belief that many of these will be
found with relatives. Y ..a..
The situation in East st. Louis is one
of gloom and misery. THERE'S some
fear expressed of an epidemic of disease
among the homeless near the river. I'm
der the ruins is a vast quantity OF de-
caying vegetable and animal matter
which is sending pestilential clouds up
through the debris. The sufferers are
weak from exposure and exertion and are
in no condition to fight the malaria that
is breeding on the island. Another prob
lem is the unanimous refusal of the suf-
ferers to leave their belongings and &C.
| cupy the military tents which have been
! pitched at Brighton. In spite Of the
presence of the militia they fear their
| goods are not safe and refuse to leave
| unprotected all their earthly belongings.
Chief of Police Ganey has taken extreme
precautions to prevent vandalism
The chair1nen of the four relief districts
as established in the southern portion of
St. Louis, each received $4,000 from head
quarters this morning for immediate dis
tribution. i. Such clothing and supplies
as were at hand were divided among the
wagons and sent to the district headquar-'
tiers, thereto be given out as called for.
What is MOST needed is bandages, chill
drens clothing and ladies' underwear
Necessary furniture and cots, together
with dry bedding are also much called
for
The additional damage of continuous
wet weather resulted in the issuing OF
another order prohibiting the operation
of any electric lights in the district south
of Elm and west of the levee.
The work of recovering bodies from the
ruins is being pushed by the police. The
situation as TO street car service is stead
lily improving ALI lines are now running
except Scullins, Cherokee, Tower Grove
and California avenue branches OF the
Union Depot. company.
l.. The convention Auditorium has been
repaired and was turned over to the bust
ness mems league today.
No additional bodies have been recov-
cred from the ruins up to o'clock p. m
The death rate at the hospitals in both
cities has not been increased since yes
terday At the poor house temporary re-
pairs have been made, The ruined chap
ell is boarded up and male. paupers quar-
tered there and the female paupers have
been transferred to the mems ward. The
pauper hospital has been abandoned and
the sick transferred to the insane hospi-
tai.
The funerals of 127 tornado victims in
st. Louis have taken place so far, and it
is expected that at least 20 more will be
inferred this afternoon.
At noon today the gang of so Workhouse
practically abandoned search for the dead
in the city hospital ruins. Not body was
taken from the debris and every part OF
the wrecked structure was thoroughly
from the city hospital unaccounted for
are VIM. Bleicher, Patrick O'Connell and
I Arthur Stetern1us. Coroner WaNe's OF
flee has held 11O inquests. In all instances
the verdict was, death due to shock, &C
cident." There were eight bodies in the
n1orgue at noon tiday awaiting an inquest.
The only two deaths from injuries since
Sunday are those Of Thomas o. Neil and
Julius Lancey. Both are infants:
Much to the surprise of the police there
tornado since the tornado than before.
Chief of Detectives Desmond, in an inter-
view today, said that during Sunday
| night there was not one report Of theft
in the wrecked district. - - 8se
The river gives up it's dead slowly and
statisticians at work on the list Of cy-
clone fatalities have not reached an .esti-
| mate Of the number lost in the great
veterinary. They. know certainly that
| five were lost on the steamer II. y: Odill
| and they know that others whose identity
remains a mystery r disappeared during
| the tornado III 81
The railroad yards on the east side are
being rapidly placed ingood condition.
| On this side the damage to railroads was
considerably less and the repairs are go
ing on Plans for the reconstruction of
round and freight houses are being made.
The footway over the Eads bridge will be
| ready for pedestrians today, it is thought
| and the driveway for wagons tomorrow
or next day. The electric line over the
bridge will not be ready for traffic for sew
| eral days yet. 555is II 5ts1s.-sss12
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the Chronicle
| compiled the following table as the latest
list OF fatalities: known dead in St louis,
| 1876; unknown dead in st. Louis, 5; fatally
| Injured in. st. Louis, 18; missing in St..
! Louis, 118 known dead in East st. Louis,
.145 4 unknown dead in East St. Louis, 3;
fatally injured, 8. Total,s4s0 s .s1
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