Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-29
HORRORS MULTIPLY.
Tho ST. Louis Tornado The Worst Ono
Oh Record for Years.
SEARCHING FOR BURIED VICTIMS.
East ~. Louis Issues q Touching Appeal
for Add thousands ltlurtd
There.

Fl. LOUIS, May a0.--The day opon'
ed clear and cool. Everywhere could
be seen men delylng 10 the ruins for
buried Victims, clearing tho streets Of
diamantled poles, wires and general
debris, repairing damage done to thou
sands Of buildings anu relieving tue
Injured and homeless.
IL becomes moro and more evident
that the tornado IA the worst that ever
visited this or any other city on tue
North American continent. The hof.
rofs multiply every hour More than
a hundred ana thirty dead bodies have
bton recovered In H. Louis, and over
four hundred persons are known 70
have been Injured.
Manglcd cidayoH ore found Ia In
Vulnerable places along the path u tue
Storm and arc being taken o. impra'
yiscd morgurs. 10 will be- weeks be-.
fore Tho complete let OF those killed can
be made, but tho list Of dead " climb
iug " the 200 mark. OHly mctc
guctors can be- made az 10 the property
l0ss on both sides VI the fivuE
La East 80. Louis tho ditastuf was
complete, tho western section Of that
railway town being one vast chnrnel'
house. Ouly a single dwelling was
lcit bturdlng on what was called The
islnuun ana 600 families nfn homeless.
Tho citizens estimated dead are fully
200 on the Esat Side. tu the wake Of
the tornado came grave prouiums, one
being the protection OF iho city In the
=
Missouri regiment was gone on patrol
service, sud police com mission.
ore will add 100 men " the force.
Besides this, all previous calgmitlcH of
the kind peum trivial Ia C0si. Man.
ully, The businJBa men OF 81. Louis
have taEeu ~ the work OF relief An
earnctt meeting on 'chHngc yesterday
was tue beginning. IhuIu are thou.
sands who can sui themselves cut Of
thia trouble. There acc other thou.
sands who have Lost all aud must 10
helped. a partial rgsump,iOn OF the
street car service has been Effected.
| Toe southern division OF the 5gulliu
| systum 10 most badly crippled, owing
| 10 tho destruction Of tho power house,
/ and tho OnlCuls venture no pfodic.
/ ton whom cAfs will DO running. A
partial roatorhtiou Of the electric light
service IL promised In ioTty.eight hour.
but II viii bo a couple OF weeks before
al circuits ata Ia order. Ihn doatfuc.
tlon Of poles anu wiros along the path
Of the storm was complete. lnqucsit
GU fouy.lwo Of the aluin nj East ~.
Louis have been held by C0fouor
Waite ana that work continues. a
verdict Of shock ana injuries, acoidou.
tai, was rendered In curh case.
East ~. Louis has issued a touching
appeal for aid. Tho committee which
prepared the manifesto estimates that
two hundred people are killed aud thai
the Injured number thousands. 10 II
known thata number OF persons btil
are buried In the debTis ut the south.
western ond OF the islsnd and ia IA,
ruins OF Hallosy hotel, Mertoll house
the Relay Retreat aud Durant house
Many have not been souu by thuil
families since Wednesday and arc sup
posed 10 be stopping with irlgrds or tC
DO detained from returning 20 thei
homes by Injuries that may not PROV,
fatal. The street car tfAtilc, tolephon,
and electric light facilities are outiTel!
suspended.