The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-06-04
DEAD Az ST. LOUIS
OYER TWO HUNDRED BODIES THUS
FAR RECOVERED.
In East ~. Louis About One Hun"re"
IL Thought That Many Bodies
viii D.. Found when the Rnins
Are Cleared Away-Estimnsrs Oh
the Property Loss.

ST. Louis. May 3I.-DesOlation still
rniruS supreme in the tornado->trlck"h
districts of East 81. Louis ana TINS
CITY. The day Ourn"d up clear ana
cool and everywhere could b" seen
aaurS nC mru driving into th' ruins
for buried victims. clearing IN" streets
of diSmantlri poles. wires ANA general
debris. repairing the damage don" 10
thousands Of buildings ana relieving
the injured ana homeless.
As the time goes on il become more
ana more evident that the orniao IL
the worst that ever visited this or any
other city on the North American con
tinent. Horrors multiply every hour
and the list of dead is appalling. More
than l:D dead bodies have been rrcoV.
cred in 81. Louis and over 400 DcrN1nS
are known 70 have been injured.
Mangled radayrrS are still found along
the path of the storm ana are To
the imDroviSed morgurs. 1t VIII De
weeks before 4 complete list al those
killed can be made. but the list Of dead
in -. Louis alone is climbing up 10 the
200 mark.
Only mere guesSeS Can be- mad" a> To
the property loss Oh both sides oi III"
river. but mercantile agencies say that
it may reach SJo.OD 900 in this city
alone. while in East -. Louis it WI
be several millions. III East -. Louis
The Disaster Was Complete.
the western section Of that railway
town being one vast chnrnrl house.
only a single dwelling was left stand
ing on what is called the "lSlaEt. ana
600 families arc homeless. Citizens eS-
innate the dead ut fully 300 on the
| East side. In tn" wake of the tornado
care grave problems. To meet II
Of thpm-the protection of the city in
the absence Of electric ~lightS-the First
Missouri regiment has gone on duty
for patrol service and the police com
miSSionerS will add ltD men 10 the
force.
The business men Of 81. Louis have
taken up the work of relief. An ear
| nest meeting on change yesterday was
the beginning. There are thousands
who can pull themselves ont of this
trouble. There are other thousands
who have lost all AMI must be helped.
A partial resumption of the street car
service has heen effected. The east
and west roads north OF Market street
are in operation and also the Broad
way AMI Grand aveuue division Of the
north and south lines. Within the
southern division tn" Scullen system
is the most badly crippled. owing TO
The destruction of the power house.
and the officers venture no prediction
as to when carS will be running. A
partial restoration Of the electric light
service j. promised in forty-night
hours. but il will he II couple of weeks
before all nj the circuits nr" in order.
The destruction Of poles and wire
along the path of the storm was COM
plete. lnqneStS on tn" bodies OF "
Of the slain in ST. Louis have been
held. \. verdict of shock and injuries:
accidental" was rendered in each case.
East ST. Louis has issued
\ Touching Appeal for Ala.
and the committee which prepared the
manifesto estimates that 2p persons
were killed and that the number 81 in
jured will foot up in the thousands.
1t is known that Il number Of persons
are still buried in the debris on the
southwestern end Of the island and in
| the ruins Of iIal>ey'> hotel. She Mar
tel house. the Relay Retreat ana the
Durant house. Conservative people as
Scrt that the list will not reach the eS-
| timairIl total of 200. though enough
PERSONS are now missing to create 4
fear that ia" fatalities will approach
that number. Many of thOS" who have
mn' '"'', S''h -! 'h'I' ''h'''i'> since
N'''''~i'E ar SuTGuS'u I'D "" sup
pliS WIN lr''htS OF "r'a'neh rom r"-
'"'''n! I" '"''L "'i''S wy ~'hluri'S 'uht
tol,,,hn, .,,,;., nr, ,i,,..;a ua,nn.
facilities arc entirely srspnndnI All