The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-28

Al CLOCK tonight no wire can be OBJ
tained 10 the surrounding territory In the
northern and western portion of Nissou-
RI, but II Is feared that the loss of life i'm
these sections viii be very large. The dam
age 70 property in ST. Louis is estimated Il
SI,0o0,0O0, and the loss in East ST. Louis is
already S2.O00O00 and the fire is still raging
There were really two cyclones. One
came from the northwest and the other
from direct east Both met on the Him
ois shore OF the Mississippi river and join
ed in whirling cloud Of death and Ce-
struction. The list Of dead in St. Louis
is beyond present computation.
A startling report has just reached po-
Ice headquarters that 200 girls are in
the ruins of Liggett Myers cigar
cite factory at Lower Grove park. Alarm
ing reports Of great loss of life in the
southern portion of St. Louis from The
afoat.
The wind swept a way through the expo
sition building and that structure is bad
~ damaged by the flood Of water.
The greatest anxiety Is felt for the safe
ty Of passengers on the different excur-
sion boats which were on the river when
The steamer City Of Florence. with an
excursion excursion party, is reported lost below
The steamer St. Paul. with thirty pas
sengers, left for Alton a o'clock and il
is believed to be wrecked.
The levee is packed with people, CROP
ing through the darkness and eagerly i'm
ploring information from loved ones on
the river.
The destruction to property in this city
will not be learned until daylight
The Annunciation church, at Sixth and
Lasalle streets, was totally destroyed
rather Head, the pastor, was fatally in
The middle span of the roadway above
the railroad tracks on the Eads bridge
was blown completely away. 1t is not
known whether any persons lost their
lives while crossing the bridge.
The Plant flour mills and the works of
the st. Louis Iron and Steel Company
We're destroyed and the big Cupples block
Of buildings was partly demolished
The dead and injured are being taken
from the ruins of the various buildings
and manufactures.
The Waters-Pierce oil works were de-
stroyed by fire, and buildings in several
parts of the city have been burning all
night.
H. c. Rice, the manager of the Western
Union at the relay depot on the east side,
reports a wreck of terrible proportions. He
says the National hotel, fremont house.
Martelle house, De Wolfes cafe, Hazel
Milling Company's mill, Horns cooper
shop, and a large number of dwellings
east of that section were swept into the
The Baltimore and Ohio ana Vandalia
round house, the Standard OIL works, East
st. Louis and Crescent elevators and a
dozen freight houses were caught in the
vortex of the cyclone and reduced to
debris.
1t is reported that the Grand Republic
and several other excursion steamers
all the passengers and crews have gone
down.
A cyclone, destructive of life and much
property, visited East st. Louis in June
1872. The principal destruction was along
the water front, and in the railroad yards
Between sixty and seventy-ive lives were
lost, boats were blown from, their moor
ings and sunk with all on board, persons
We're picked up on the levee and hurled
to their death, and buildings were scatter
ed to the four winds
The cyclone happened the same time of
the day as to-days awful second vista
ton as well as nearly the same time Of
the year.
from outlying districts is increased by
an order from Mayor Walbridge ordering
al the electric light circuits to be turned
on. Ihis IS TO prevent death to persons
coming in contact with broken electric
light wires.
Later reports from the city hospital
state that only two were killed and six
injured, as a result of the roof of that
institution being blown off
as Carondeet. the wind p,iSaStd I9 havoc Ioe
with the residence and business houses
in that territory. The streets are filled
with the wreckage of demolished houses
over an area Of fifteen blocks The
number of bodies already found indicates
that the loss of life in that section will
The body Of a wen dressed man was
found at Marion street and Parke avenue.
Peter Diedrfch was killed in the col
lapse of big mill, at Ninth and Marion
streets.
William Ottendale, proprietor of fac
tory at Marion and Eighth streets, and
Benjamin Burgess, an employe, were kill
ed in the wrecking of the building.
An unknown dead man was found under
the bricks of fallen chimney at Second
street and Chateau avenue.
Fireman Joseph Carpenter of the st.
Louis Railing works on Menard street,
together with his wife and child, We're
crushed to death in the collapse of the
factory.
The body of an unknown man was
found badly mangled in a quarry on De
Alexander Schutinger, a daryman, was
struck by failing tree and killed on Third
and Marion streets.
Fred Wells, II years of age, and his
sister Theresa, 13 years of age, were
found dead in the ruins of their home at
No. 1928 South Ninth street.
st. Pauls German Evangelical Luth-
eran church, on Eighth and Lafayette
streets, and St. Hugos Catholic church,
on Kansas avenue, were totally demol-
ished.
Epstein & Bernstein's wholesale liquor
store at 229 South Broadway, collapsed
from the force of the wind.
julius Marano was killed and three
others seriously injured.
The power house of the Sculling line,
at Jefferson and Geyer avenue, was to-
tally destroyed and dozen employees re-
ceived serious injuries.
The Gem theater building on Walnut
street was badly wrecked by the wind.
In the suburbs dozens of frame houses
tonight no fatalities are reported there.
In addition to the river disasters noted,
later reports add to the loss. All the
wharf boats on both sides were swept
away and sunk. The steamers Medill,
city of Pittsburg, Belle of Calhoun and
City of Providence were all driven on the
Illinois shore and wrecked. Eleven of
the vessels crews tried to swim ashore,
but were caught in the eddy of the Pitts
burg dyke and drowned.
The river front is a, mass of wreckage.
From the Eads bridge south for two miles
every building is damaged that is not in
ruins The loss to shipping Is estimated
1t 100000.
over in East st. Louis the loss of life is
now placed at $50, and the damage to
property exceeds 100000
The fire in East st. Louis was not un-
der control at midnight.
In this city the building, formerly occu-
pied as st. Nincents Asylum, al Southard
Street was totally demolished
In the collapse of the Sculler line power
house Frederick Zimmerman, the chief
electrician, was killed.
The Llggett & Myers cigarette factory
at Lower Grove was destroyed and seven
men engaged in placing new machinery
were killed. The story that 200 girls are
in the ruins Is untrue.
The telegraph wires are prostrated In
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