The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-29

continued on to Coliinsville avenue, then
lifted and dropped again at the National
stock yards. Nothing whatever remains
of Broadway from the river to the via
duct. and on the east side for a width Of
probably 600 yards there is
ABSOLUTELY NO sEMBLANCE
to house, freight shed or cars left stand
ing. Cars in the yards were blown on
their sides, ends on top of each other,
into the ponds Astounding on the island
and completely wrecked. The Big Four,
Vandalia and Louisville & Nashville
freight sheds are RACED to the ground. not
so much as a stick remaining in an up
right position The Office force together
with the freight handlers at the latter
shed, sought refuge in box cars in the
north of the platform, on the approach
OF the storm, and owe their lives to that
fact. No one was hurt there beyond a
lew slight bruises.
AT the Vandalia the loss of life and the
number of injured is very great. Nothing
remains of the relay depot to mark where
it stood. The National hotel at the Ma
uonal stock yards is wrecked, the whole
front being torn out, roof blown off, and
every window on all sides blown in. The
Nelson Morris Packing company plant is
minus its two upper floors and the new
sale stables, which were only recently
moved over from st. Louis, are leveled
to the ground.
THE RIVER FRONT
for over a thousand yards is one great
mass of wreckage. Steamboats,, ferry
boats transfers and tugs are piled up in
an indiscrminate heap, some partly sub
merged, others high and dry on the shore.
The very stone masonry on the east side
of the Eads bridge was cut off clean with
the railroad tracks, while the approaches
are twisted and wrecked Trains are
passing over very slowly and carefully.
Every undertaking establishment in the
place is an fmprovised morgue and the
hospitals are full of injured. At St
Mary's there were probably sixty patients,
cannot recover. One little sufferer lay
moaning and unconscious. She was picked
up in front of house without a stitch
of clothing on her little body. She is
injured internally and will die. Her
mother lies badly hurt in another ward.
At the police station little could be
learned but what could be seen at
THE HOSPITALS AND MORGUES.
1t will be several days before the exact
situation is known. The search for the
dead is still going on but it is slow work.
There is yet too much confusion to pro-
coed systematically.
The only mode of travel between St
Louis and East st. Louis is one ferry boat
making hourly trips, and it is loaded down
to the waters edge with people coming
and going.
The East st. Louis dead:
Charles Waite.
William Surber.
Mrs. Sock.
]. A Porter, Buffiin. III.
l.. Richardson, flagman, Vandalia.
Amelia Surber.
John ReamS
Scott Hayward.
Peter Walmsley.N
John Anderson.
Mrs. Bruce
William A. Sullivan.
Jacob kintz.
p. J. Stricken.
Unknown woman and two children near
Drury's ice house.
Messenger boy on bridge.
Seven unknown dead in Dublin house.
Michael Kindea, chief way bill clerk,
Vandalia-
Thomas Keefer.
! Bert Farrell.
William Farrell, route clerk, Vandalia.
! Frank Mccormack, cashier, Vandalia.
| Joseph Franks, general yard master,
Vandalia.
Unknown man about 40 years old.
J Unknown woman about 80 years
Ex-Policeman Thomas Griffin and
Frank Roose. foreman at Elliott's
/ works.
| Robert Bland.
John Valentine, city collector.
David S. Sac and wife.
Philip Stricken jr. and mother.
Judge Faulke, of Vandalia, Ill.
Mrs. NJ. Martell.
All of the boarders at the Martell house
except Judge Hope, of Alton, Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hayes.
Will Hayes.
All boarders estimated at sixteen at the
fremont hotel.
Miles Mitchell.
William Mitchell.
Irene Ciendennin.
Two unknown unidentified bodies al
Bridge tower.
Six unidentified bodies at Electric rail-
way station, two of whom are supposed
! to be William Sullivan and WIFE
Mrs. John Reed.
Patrick Dean and family or six.
John BuchaneS.
Two boarders at Slaceys boarding
house.
Edward OBrien
John Breen.
Ida Gladdue.
Mrs. Roof.
Albert Volkman.
Joseph Mitchell
John Sullivan.
William Hickey.
Unknown man on Collinsville avenue.
Son of Mrs. Ira Kent.
Henry Wintermann.
Winstan Park
Jacob Kortse.
! w. ]. Murray.
Manifest Clerk Vandalia<
| Elvin Cole.
- Frawley.
Andrew Anderson.
Henry Gladdue.
John Reed.
Matt Keefe.
Mrs. Barr.
Mrs. Brewer.
Mrs. Joseph F. Sullivan.
= Windley.
Mrs. Kemm.
Mrs. Seller.
c. C. Carroll.
Mrs. Scmicke.
George chatham.
Guy Avery.
Joseph c. Brown.
John A. Hearnie.
W. E. Smith
r. C. Simmons.
Mike Brucker.
Unidentified man about 50.
Unidentified cab driver about 90.
Dick Anderson.
Mabel Trump.
T. ]. Mccain.
Mrs. Mary Lee.
Sandy Hook, drowned.
Eight unidentified dead at Bremen S
morgue.
Walsh Captain.
Charles Whicher.
Mike Vogt.
Martin Speilman.
DR.. Num-
Ollie Kent.
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