New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-28

destruction in the three States point to the loss
of over seven hundred human lives anu '"e
nrohahilities are that later reports VIII sven
tho total death list TO appalling proporuo"S'
,ooord,ng 70 places. the death roll is divided as
,,uo,ys IN ST Louis. 300: Fast 81. Louis ''o"'
nr,ko III 50: Rush Hill. Mo, 10; RenicK' MO-
=; Iabaddie. Mo, 10.
The number Of injured is estimated to De IN
the hundreds
The scene I'm East ST. Louis is appalling Inc
tornado struck that city with terrible erect and
:. q, .,v, estimated that 900 persons are dead
l.. .Aa, ,locs alone ac result Of the wind food
ard namee
The tornado was followed by an ou'orea~ o'
arA caused hy lightning. and before 'he harhe'
were got under control property to the Va'ue u
rearlv $4,000 OO0 was destroyed
Tho ,ornad, rassed in An easterly direction and
=, - re,,r,od that Vandalia and Caseyvle. in IL
unol. suffered severely. One report states that
tho railroad station in vandalia was blown away
and thirty people were killed
\ 4 Y H.
c,,v since noon broke into a furious STORM
within ten minutes the wind reached velocity
of eighty miles an hour. sweeping with II u'"sc
,,a,,s ~ rain. The highest speec of wind pre-
.,.,,.,,. ~ocordc, here was seventy-two miles an
hour IN August. 1879 The screeching OF the
wind through electric wires the crash OF wreck
o0o ,ba, Il swept in every direction. the electric
e,obos from tangled wires and crashing thunder
made scene indescribable
TIL. loss Of life is appalling. AT p m 'he
lowest estimate OF fatalities In Eas' 81. LOUIS
WAS placcd at 300 East st. Louis suffered prop
ably The greatest Messengers came AT p H.
from, ,boro asking for physician, and nurses
Tho steamer d. H. Pike with thirty passer-
cers ON board. bound for Peoria. was bowr bot
tom. side up in the middle Of the river and
number OF persons were killed
The steamer Delaphin. with crew OF six and
,re,tv women passengers on board. was blown
against a bridge pier and broken In two The
women and two OF the crew clung to the oridge
stonework and were rescued.
Seaman. his wife and crew Of three aboard.
w.,, odrift. The wreck OF boat opposite
Corondelet II supposed to be the Conger
Ot,eneds furniture store. at Broadway and
cou,ord.s, was demolished and six men are re-
ported killed A liquor-store at No. Qua SOUTH
seventh-st. fell. with nine men In the ruins.
st. Patrick's Church. at sixth and Blddle sts'
fell and the wreckage fills the streets
The electric railway line is burned out as we'll
os o,a,trIc plant. Fourteen fire alarms were
sounded within an hour and three alarms were
can, IN from the Poor House which building had
900 inmates The roof OF the Poor House was
blown off and the fatalities are great.
n,r,,p the last race at the Fair Grounds the
roof was blown off the randstand. The crowd
had gone to the open field for safety, and but
four men were killed
The armory. at Seventeenth and Pine SITS. Is
be,ng used as a temporary hospital
At 7:3O D. m. the rain. which had ceased for a
time began afresh and fell in torrents At y
.o.c,ock the eastern sky was ahame with the
light Of fires in East ST. Louis. The metal roof
-, ,ho Merchants Exchange was rolled up like
q scroIl and fell into II, street. The LOUISVILLE
and Nashville eastbound local passenger train
had inst reached East st. Louis when the storm
s,ruck that city. The train was overturned out
,,,raculously only a few passengers were Injured
r,ov were taken from the cars by railroad
yardmen.
The Chicago and Alton eastbound local pas
senger train which left St Louis at o'clock
wss ON the east span Of the bridge when the
wind picked ,he cars up and turned them over
on their sides The ircn spans and trusses held
the cars from topping into the river lOo feet