The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-31

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ST. Louis. May se--At midnight the to-
tai dead. miss.ng and fatally injured IN the
two cities is - This estimate IS made up
as follows:
s.. : rs
Unknown dead -........----..- y :
Fatally injured -......->....-... y
Missing ..-..-..--. .s..-..*.ss..s ~ -
Total dead. missing and fatally injured.
both elites. "a.
This Will undoubtedly be added 70 when
all the ruins shah have bean uncovered.
At East ST. Louis the following names
have been added to the list Of known dead.
Their bodies having been iientiaea today:
Mrs. Rrohan. Charles Collins. George
Esher, Michael Flynn. Henry Pcss. Henry
yieehs. Mrs. Trump. I'D Werdiey. William
Walsh. Baby Winthorse.
This was Decoration day. but the recent
griefs OF the citizens OF tho town had for
the time being eiraced from their minds
the memories OF those who passed away
In the war of the rebellion. and there were
no services of any kind. although elaborate
arrangements had been made during tho
early portion of the week Immense
crowds OF people visited the ruins to-day.
and II Is expected that tomorrow there
viii be 75.eoo visitors here. as excursions
Will be run for 100 miles out. on the twen-
sy-three railroads entering the city.
81. Louis. MAY sa.-The storm has at
tracted to ST. Louis enormous crowds. The
hotels are taxed almost to their utmost ca
pacity Some big down town hosteiries
have TO put cots In the rooms. For three
days all the railroad trains into ST. Louis
have been loaded to the guards. The union
station is jammcd constantly. Among tho
visitors are about as many women as men.
Thousands throng the Lafayette park re-
gion and impede the work OF rescue and
repair by crowding around the wrecked
buildings and climbing over the tottering
walls and heaps Of debris.
BY slow degrees 81. Louis IL recovering
from the business paralysis caused by tho
awful storm. Some of the principal thor
oughfares that We're ehoked with wreck
age have been opened and few street car
lines started. but the telephone system is
practically useless. The side streets
through the storm-wrecksd district are
stiil in a critical condition. Traffic Is In
many places impossible. II will require
weeks 20 restore some streets 20 Their nor
NAL condition.
Ruins Full Of Corpse~.
The number OF dead IL hourly growing
greater as the work OF clearing away tho
/
OF the city hospitals the day after the
storm that no one WAS crushed In the
ruins. They are beginning to change Their
minds II has been ascertained that nifty
TO seventy-five patients and four or i've
employees are missing. Until this morning
practically no work toward exploring tho
ruins had been DONE hut large force OF
men was put at work there at daylight to-
day. In Difference TO the loud demands Of
people who had friends at the hospital not
heard from since the storm. Father Ken
rick, OF ST. Nincent's church. who has been
attending the patients of the hospital for
years. says fifty bodies viii be taken out.
II not more.
Not Enough Houses in st. Louis.
The demand for houses and fats by those
rendered homeless by the tornado IL great,
and real estate men think there are not
sufficient vacant houses In st. Louis to
supply the needs Of the people. 1t In esti-
mated that ..oeo homes were 80 damaged
as TO render them uninhabitable. Real es-
tate agents say the number Of vacant
houses and fats at the time OF the storm
did not exceed 900.
The LOSSES OF the Electric Companies.
The Missouri Electric Light and Power
Co. escaped damage 20 the powerhouse,
but on broadway, Sixth. Seventh. Chest
nut. Eighteenth. Nineteenth, Twenty-first
anu WITTY -StIVEu HkIfttS, ana JEFFERSON
avenue the wires and a great many poles
are down. The estimate OF poles down
reaches 800. The company has sufficient
reserve supplies on hand TO repair It's ioss,
and 200 hnemen are NJ work. With the
Edison Co the poles and wires IN abou, 30
blocks from the ievee 70 Durand avenue
and from Rniger TO Clark avenue are
down. and every arc lamp Is smashed. The
powerhouse Is a wreck. Some of the city
Ft..ls k.s A..
the switch feeder from the Missouri Co. .
powerhouse.
1t. Louis People Missing.
There are many people missing IN st.
Louis. and anxious relatives and friend .
are beginning 20 mourn them as dead. as
no Information as to their whereabouts has
been obtained. The list Is as follows:
Charles Aschoi. Bertha Jacob Maggie
Hickey T. J. Stephen, James II. Smith.
James Evans, Jacob wendt, Harry Pence.
Minneapolis. MINI. Hermann scamalen-
bach. Mary Wagner. Waiter Gruenwala.
James Young, James Mcclellan, Webster
Grove. Mo.. Adoiph Goodman John
Roache, George Hesse, C.. A. Saaufer.
All OF the fifteen clerks in the Chicago a
Alton freight Office escaped death, only
one. J. Brady, being az all Injured.
Activity Of Thieves.
Thieves were active last night, and. al
| though several hundred men are protecting
property. the thieves did considerable
stealing. Several hundred suspicious char
aciers were arrested by the police and mil
/ tia las: night. and as the police station
+ was crowded they we're placed under the
( care OF the militia
- Louis uor~ Not Need Outside Aid.
/ Police Commissioner John A. Lee lis not
oae OF those who estimate the daugars
/ OF the storm a. Hight ard think that 81.
Louis - amply able 20 relieve the dis
sressed unaiaes 1s said to-day: 'sf
/ think the foolish false pride which has
prompted the announcement that 81 Louis
needs no outside ai6 and can take care
/ OF her own distress and ruin is wen de-
I serving OF general deuunriafion The men
I who have announced that we need no out
/ eide aid do not knos or appreciate the
I gravity OF tbs situation. and represen,
only their osn wsil-f@3 and comfortable
/ and weil-kept houses personal views.
have ;horoaghiy explored the ruined dis
I trict ~ifh the chief Of police ard vice pres
I !deni OF The police hoard. and know tha.
/ the average OF she estimates OF the dam.
! ages which are made By the press are
/ nst exaggerated. IL the damage to IN
| essf 90, which Is about the lowest estimate
made and the ABSOLUTELY neeessitous con.
/ dftions, sach as positive lack OF food.
/ clothing and shelter. ars only per eent,
I I, viii require half a million dollars 10 re-
I Hsve them have never known a cali for
I pubic aid 20 be made ffat 81. Louis did
{ not come promptly so the front. and
I don't desire 10 So. conditions either un-
/ aeres;inated or exaggerated S;- T1oals
does need AZ present ali the sss she can
| get Oar own people who can afford 70 10
/ ~ffr n - "a.