Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-28
ture is damaged badly by the f cd of wa

boats. which were on the river wien the
storm broke. The steamer City OF Flo
renee. with an excursion patty. is re-
ported lost below Carondelei. The stclm-
er ST. Paul. with thirty passengers. left
FOR Alton at 4 O'Clock. and is believed to
be wrecked. The levCo IS packed With
people. cropping through the darkness and
eagerly imploring Information about loved
ones on the river.
The destruction to property in this city
Will not be learned until dayli;ht
The plant OF the nour-mills and the
works Of the St. Louis Iron and steel
Company were destroyed.
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
The dead and injured are being taken
from tho ruins as fast as possible.
The Waters-Pierce On-works were
burned, and buildings in several parts OF
the city have been burning al night
II. G. Rice. the manager Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company at the relay
depot on the East Side. reports a wreck
Of terrible proportions lie says the Ma
tional Hotel. the Martel House. the De
Wolf cafe. the Hazel Milling Company's
mill, Horns cooper-sho2, and a large
number OF dwellings east Of that section
were swept into wreckage
The Baltimore and Ohio Oendalia)
roJnd-housc. the Standard On-Works.
East St. Louis elevators. and dozen
freight-houses were caught in the vortex
OF the cyclone and reduced TO debris.
a cyclone destructive OF much property
and Ife visited East St Louis in June.
1S72 The principal destruction then was
along the waterfront and in the freight
yards. Between sixty and seventy lives
were lost.
ELECTRICITY TURNED OFF.
ST. LOUIS. MO. May 27.-The difficulty
I'm getting information from outlying dis-
tricts Is increased by an order from Mayor
Walbridge. ordering all electric-llght cir
cults turned of. This is 10 prevent death
10 persons coming in contact with broken
electric-ight 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
of.
From Soulard street southward as far
as Carondelet the wind played havoc
with the business-houses. The streets are
filed with the wreckage Of demolished
houses over an area OF fifteen blocks.
The number Of bodies already found in
dicates that the Joss Of life I'm that sec
ton viii reach at least thirty. The body
% a well-dresssd a man was found At
Marian street and Park avenue. Peter
Diedrch was killed in the collapse Of
a big mill al Ninth and Marion streets.
William Oucndale. proprietor Of fac
tory at Marion and Eighth streets. and
Benjamin Burgess. an employee, were
killed in the wreckage Of the building
An unknown dead man was found under
the bricks of a fallen chimney at Second
street and Chouteau avenue.
Fireman Joseph Carpenter Of the St
Louis Railing-W on Menard street
together with his wHe and child, We're
crushed to death in the collapse Of the
factory. The body Of an unknown man
was found badly manglcd in quarry
ON De Soto street. a dairyman was
struck by a falling tree and killed at
Third and Marion streets. Frederick
Wctts. aged Il. and his sitter. Theresa.
aged l3 years. were found dead in the
ruins Of their home, at 40. 172S south
Ninth street.
CHURCHES DEMOLISHED
St. Paurs German church. at Ninth
street and Lafayette avenue; the Luthe-
ran church. on Eighth street, and the
Catholic church. on Kansas avenue, were
totally demolished.
Epstein & Berns,ein's wholesale liquor
store, at 229 south Broadway collapsed
in the force Of the wind.
The Dower-hodse OF the scullng-L!ne.
at jefferson street and Grier avenue was
totally destroyed, and a dozen employees
received serious injuries.
The Gem Theatre building. on Walnut
street. was badly wrecked BY the wind.
In TIE suburbs dozens Of frame houses
were blown down, but up TO II o'clock to-
night 20 fatalities are reported there.
TWO TOWNS DESTROYED.
KANSAS CITY. MO. May 1.-Rennick.
Randolph county. Mo. was blown away
this afternoon. and several persons were
killed
Labgdic. Mo. was also destroyed. Ten
persons Were killed at the latter place.
ROUND-HOUSE DISASTER.
CHICAGO. May 27.-Word has been ro-
ceiycd by wire at the Union Depot that
the Vandalia freieht-house at East St.
Louis was blown down. and all the eri-
ployees al work inside except four clerks,
were killed.
At the Chicago and Alton telegraph
Office the operator was unable 10 get
line from the dlvsion-ofice In Booming
ton. explaining that the officials were, no
doubt. too much occupied with serious
business west Of that city TO attend to
the Chicago office. At the ffeight-oiiice OF
the road arrangements were made to
send "a special train TO 81. Louis at l2.S),
with two carloads OF Western Union sup
plies. and a party Of iInesmen TO repair
the wires cast of ST. Louis.
EIGHTY CHILDREN KILLED.
ROUND-HOUsE. ILL, May FIT IS
reported that eighty children were killed
in q school-house at Drake, near this
city. by the cyclone.
FIFTY CHILDREN KILLED.
BLOOMINGTON. Ill. May 2L-Word
reached the Chicago and Alton railroad
omc.a's this evening that a cyclone had
demolished the village OF Rush I'm. Mo.
twelve miles from Mexico. in Audran
county The cyclone struck the town
few minutes before O'Clock. and blew
down the school-house. crushing its in