New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-29


property and water flooded the western portion Of
the upper floors Dr. L. BrokaW y. was was an IN
sisted by DR. l.. +. PIN. DR. a. G. Endere and pr
Williamson Other surgeons came IN ~ do what
they could toward the alienation OF the sunerlngs
OF The ysms r ~ se ad poce% BY
siders and members the 81 ResH,sP' under the
bore ings Of sttusge with The storm The d9c
barred In the nckerng light Of candles and rev rev
Sandases without number were deity fashioned and
adjusted L looked like fled hospital IN "a'
some terrible cases brought in. co'9red
woman Addie Anderson. was found under the door door
every vestige OF clothing stripped from her body;
In his shape she was brought 10 the nospi'a eo,n
over her body Several men were brought IN wth
Tqsn scees suproundng the hospital weird The
about 1t were as dark as s a., d ih
4rmory near by. Ambu.ances with Gathering bells
came from every direction. and big vans loaded win
age while the horses neIghed in terror at the cries
OF the wounded About the S Tss ksenns
guard the door for news OF rea,ves n ana b os
supposed TO be inside sh IL %as "'' "'s"' at
The roof OF the Merchants Exchange was ripped
,to' an s Great sheets OF tin were hurled UP in
the air and twisted into shapeless passes ns.SS
was not SQUARE foot Of the roof LEFT smooth ana
he -FOUR streets surrounding the building
pANDEMoNIUM At THE FAIR GROUNDS.
At the Fair Grounds the races were In progress
and the storms approach was almost unnouced
until Il burst upon the crowd. the people were III
the erandstand and the Jockeys and the horses
am warm when the wind came. Almost instantly
the curtains and sunshades surrounding the grand
stand and clubhouse were torn 70 shIeus' , ne,'
banchel and women shrieked All maze stS Va !,
nede Tor the lower floor. Right in the midst OF u
a terrific wind lifted the entire ROOF ana thisw Il
o. 'i reigned chairs were overturned
and men tramped on each other nan i , ot ~, me
track and stood the merciless peng OF 'ne 1,hase
and wind without appsrsn9 a 9St By miracle
Large timbers OF the roof torn OF 10y me d hur,ed
tho wind plunged through both noors a noor No
one. so FAR as could be learned. was Killed
THE CITY HOSPITAL A WRECK.
The city Hospital Is a wreck. 1t Will have 10 DC
abandoned temporarily at least. ana perhaps IL can
never be used for hospital purposes AGAIN " "o'o
divisions have been RACED 10 the ground ana VIII nave
N be rebuilt, before they be occupied Inc scenes
a, the Institution last night were bewilderins Inc
bou and the basement were flied with cots. and the
stick and Injured patients were grooming ana moan,
ing with pain Or Suffer was everywn say hut one
patlent was killed. John Dunn was crushed o 10
death by nying bricks Francesca Ga,iego, al or
The MEXICAN Consul. died from fright during me ,9r-
I nna9 T was OF B1on In the darkness as'
night the hospital presented desolate appeaId'
Ia o~crv lew moments a crash Of falling plaster
caused the inmates OF the institution 70 snu h "a
fear While DT suffer was ppzzilng his BRAIN as
brothers Hospital arrived and rendered t"e Use "a
nr Sa " soah Side nS Wiped The
grandsand ia huge pile OF b kng gro1,nd Bright
o0 0a on ee the horses @ blown through
the air b Snq rn ato the middle Of H the 'n
Five people two OF them women. had tner LEES egs
s slIeSty II Injured BY Aging tmbers Max Weiss
driver for s r. Keyes, was killed IN sineu mas
arriving closed carriage when tall telegraph poie
snapped and fell him but ne horses sn away
Weiss was for years employed as coachmah lot
Adoiphus Busch. the brewer -,or.ss =, Nos SIS
and s7 south Jeerson-ave were c9mpledie e,,h IN
%osnsd Three nS 5 ps0Re weTs The bodies Of
four people supposed buried in the wreck ne a.
tie Claypool her granddaugher aged sev s
known be dead The bodies o, ' Me- M2 Wal
lace Bradshaw Cco.ored) was caught beneath fai,
ing roof and horribly mansled he was aeaa 0e'0''
Al midnight a reporter penetrated through the
I%d af Re TseTa and an" Gutter
house where the solitary engine hat reacne er the
p9t was Of s what as few hours before ne
brick bu SG n wai s'a,eq had been
taken from the wreck and that three more were
be there The H., large yond SS other OF
huIldIngs were damaged by the tornado only The
losses will probably amount to over 36noo IN. Inc
COMPANY employs 3C0 hands, or whom forty
or 3ftv are girls The latter had left their work
Slv an hour before the tornado struck the factory
As night c.os-d In on the wreck wrought py me
tornado hundreds of people hurried down TO the
ieyee attracted by the red glare on the low,hanghg
clouds which denoted that that other feared visitor
oation and ruin. In East ST. Louis the tongues OF
flame were lcaping high into the air, ana were
casting long shafts of light across the waters OF the
'' Perrin Smiths printing establishment, on the
blown into the middle OF the street. being demo-
lshed. . ~, eoo c.-- -,
was blown on - Il. Colombanis bakery;
At Seventh and Chateau ayes. a cabman was
blown from his cab. and almost instantly Killed
He was carried into Bruins drugstore but IL was TOO
late to help him. ,,.
building at Ninth and Gratot stsr and nearly hat
~ The Wainwright brewery were blown down.
The engineer OF the Aetna Iron WORKS. Iwenty-
nrst and Papin SITS. was almost Instantly killed
The walls blew In and he was scalded TO death py
steam The Consolidated Wire Works. Twenty FIRST
and Papin SITS was almost totally wrecked. One OF
the boilers blew up and the cylinders did the rest
Seven people are known TO have been injured seri-
ously there ard a workman who accompanied them
10 the city dlspersary says that many more were
crushed by falling walls. The great plant was
almost wholly demolished
WATCHED THE STORM CLOUD FROM TRAIN
Decatur. ILL., May 2s-Passenger train Ne. 10. on
the Wabash due here $50 .ast evening, arrived
at u:4O The other trains could not get out OF st.
Louis, owing to the wrecked bridge. No. 10 left