The Progress., 1896-05-30

oeaD HAS REACHED FOCR
? D,uINDRED ALREADY

|, More Bodies are Thought t." Be m HID, .,
r,der the Debris Property Loss " III -
,tsvwenty Mnuonat Leaat-"ork "
rssbaildi"- begun
/. Louis, Mo-. May a'.-N a.:, dark. TX, .
sra for storm victims to-n'sn& 80
v. we're known to be dead on BON
# the river, and although ,ne
s,ls,e death list will never %
-, it is believed that It Will APP
Innate 400 in the two totI75 me
Iahsr of injured is even larger, and
~ il the MANNED cannot survive
| : property loss will reach we'll mo
millions, but insurance people
tsnen and police alike refuse %
I,nh even a guess at accurate hs-
- The uncertainty regarding 'o7'
gfe and property is due mainly %
wide extent OF the havoc wrought
tha storm, the miles Of wrecked
,rpngs as YET unexpIored and the
.msrous collapsed factories towards
!, Investigation Of which little pro
rss has been made may hide Amos
~ number OF bodies, as the 2oLI27
.,s baen unable to secure anything
10 an accurate list Of the mLs5inS'
the factory districts many d Tue
noleyes on duty at the Time ~Il7
.o,m broke were without relatives III
- city and their disappearance "ou'a
.,.oinry be noted even though they
) buried in the ruins. 1t Is oeI'7'oo
Nv the police, too, that owing 10 IN'
.,sao,ress with which the crasn cam
uorv tramps or homeless ones sough
.,oltsr among the buildings, ana 'na
nothing will BE known u '- y,, tho;
until perhaps, weeks hence, Wnen onel
bodies are found. The hist at D o CO,
II known deaed in st. Louis Is -
and in East St. Louis 146. .
The city is in darkness to-hs5n
M ovar the stricken district the Il
h,is-cboked streets are crowded VII
a,bt-seers and through the Jim gas
uorgues through the east end OF q
,itv and morgue at Twelfth stree
constant stream Of people Is nrse' It
ward by aisles Of ploice. HunoESo'
,,uos arc in ruins, dozens OF men d
so7ars If business houses are Wrec"
ua,v steamboats, are gone to me y
tom of the river and others are q
mantIed Railroads OF all KINDS Id
suffered great loss, and wire anu p'
using companies have weeks u
and large expenditures OF mone5
sace before they will be in sa-!91"''
shape again. ., -.
The most furious work OF 5he 81
was along Rutger street., Lafayette
cboteau avenue and contigo
tboroughfares east of JeneN9ou
nue. The houses are In the st,
with the roofs underneath Our'e'
h.,cL and mortar. Under the D
o,5 mortar are household good
every description and on top o.
aro r,ro,tsd trees and tangled III.
| of wires.
There is not tree or building St
ing In Lafayette park. Inc
! of the city hospital is so 5urFou
by wreckage that it is barely pos
- roach ri. BY far the mos rem
ohio freak of the storm WIS d.
many winged house. ABOUT C"o
red patients were scattered JIM
1 mo vards when the tornado 81
eue va" ,', 20 tho entire upper
Jul a''no ona ono wing !
was cut OH clean "l'u o ',,, ~,
burt one inmate was Kli'eu'
tim was located in one OF 'n'
stories and was killed by d
br;o,, in the demolished wing.
~, sou o,n, the rect came s.
"@''' '''' 0 w., Sa,n5otfoD and
GOWN upon wv SI, ,,-.;r5
resting upon soohu oeo '"'''' ,
abled the patiets to be :e5c"eo
I ort serious injury. The entire
ta rvas render.l useless and Il
Ing was -, - .o., do,y,