The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-05-30

crossing was made to East st. Louis the
river Is almost mile in width, but the
leap was taken with ali the fury with
which the cyclone here struck the city
proper gsy " ~,
Once over the immense destruction Of.
railroad property began. Cars went roll
ing, one way depots the other. while
valuab cargoeso freight were scattered
beyond any possibility of future recov-
cry.
At East St. Louis the whole western
portion Of the city suffered severely.
| It is impossible to even approximate
the loss Of life. 1t is yariously put at
from so to $50. Judge Foulk, of Wanda
lfay is said to be among the dead.
The storm struck just north of the
East ST. Louis elevator, and passed up
the levee, in northeasterly direction
along the same path as the memorable
cyclone Of March, 1871.
In its course it struck the Big Four
freight house and office, then the blocks
in which the stores front on the levee,
destroying all back to C street The
swath cut was three blocks wide and
four long. ...s.,.
The top Of the bridge was knocked off,
as well as the big abutment. Four trains,
including the wagons, contents, and the
horses were piled up on the railway near
the abutment. Hundreds of cars are
rolled from the tracks on the south side,
and Broadway is completely blocked up
with parts of houses.
The Martell House, with all its guests,
was blown into Cohokio creek, and no
one but Judge Hope, of Alton, and Mr..
Martell were saved.
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in Collinsville avenue. Burke's Hotel,
the livery Stable and other places are
filled with the injured.
In that portion of the city Of St. Louis
south of the Iron Mountain tracks and east
of Sixth street to the river the scene was
frightful, but it was nothing to compare
and the side streets. Every house had
relatives and friends among the dead and
injured. Husbands, fathers and brothers
worked at night in the freight houses, Oh
the boats and cars, and as these could not
be. found the anguish of mothers, sisters
and other relatives was heartrending.
They would run from one temporary
morgue to another and in some instances
push aside dead bodies in order to attempt
to identity their relatives and when found
the cries would melt heart of stone A
mother would behold the distorted feat
ures of an only son, while at another place
some other member would find a missing
father, brother or daughter Miss Dean
sat speechless in the car stables while her
dead father lay on some straw at her feet.
Her mother was not far away, and her two
younger brothers lay mangled upon door
near by. 1t was an awful spectacle, but
1t was duplicated over and over again. To
add to the distress there was no light of
any kind to be had. Several men guarded
number Of bodies in the roadway and
CA street, and ofttimes the sole survivor
Of the family watched over the remains of
the mutilated dead Of some neighboring
family in darkness and all alone. Mothers,
sisters, fathers and brothers, some crying,
others suppressing all emotion, dug for
hours through The debris at the Vandalia
freight depot and other places in vain
attempt to extricate some loved one buried
there.
Hundreds of people worked about the
yards south of the bridge, and many waded
through water and slush in the ruins in the
Martell and fremont Hotels. At nearly
every step they encountered dead bodies,
but in their anxiety they passed them in
their search for the wounded. At o'clock
this morning it was estimated that 200 are
dead and 400 are wounded in East st.
Louis amt SIS, are dead in the city of st.
Louis ggThe slist.of dead and injured on
the east side of the river will not be COM
plete until hours of daylight permit effect
i've search of the ruins. Enough is known,
however, to show that more lives have
been lost than upon the west sode. The in
jured range in the hundreds.
Perhaps the NOSE impressive evidence
of the storm clouds force is to be seen In
the wrench OF the eastern end Of the Eads
bridge. There the tornado dealt with
stone masonry 1t tore off and tumb.ed
down tons upon tons Of this masonry.
What the tornado did to the Eads bridge
will not be believed unless the eyes see it.
Fire added much to the loss on account Of
down wires, and wild currents of electric
ity crushed buildings. All contributed to
this element of destruction. The alarm
system was paralyzed. Approaches were
blocked. A 100000 cont1agration fol-
lowed a dozen lesser fires. In East St.
Louis mill was burned and other con-
siderable losses were sustained.
The hurricane from the Northwest came
before the business center Of the city had
begun to send it's workers to thei, homes.
Service Of most Of the street car lines
was suddenly suspended. A thousand ell
ectric cars stood dark and deserted on the
tracks while men and women toiled home
ward through the rain. Three boats of
the Anchor line were in port. Among
these were the City Of Monroe, which was
ready to- leave for New Orleans She had
a. large crew and about IS passengers.
She was badly wrecked in her upper works
and taken across the river where she
lodged at the Choteau avenue. 1T was re-
ported that her passengers and crew were
safe, The other boats were the City of
Cairo and the Arkansas City. They were
mooreG at the foot of Choteau avenue
and Carroll street, respectively. They were
torn loose and no Intelligence was re-
ceived from them until midnight. They
had but few employees aboard. This COM
pany also had a number Of, barges torn
away and probably sunk. THE st. Louis
and Mississippi Valley Transportation
Company had two boats, the Exporter
and the Harvester, the best of the 1ine
set adrift. One of the boats was reported I
to be sunk at the foot of Arsenal street. |
The Henry Lowery Of this line was left |
at the wharf but little damaged. No in
formation concerning the employees could
be obtained. The tug Rescue No. 2, be-
longing to the Virgins Ferry Co. was re-
ported to be sunk at the foot Of Olive /
street.
The Mckinley Campaign Catechism.
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