The record-union., 1896-05-28

lOO feet below. The passengers were
thrown into confused mass. The net
work OF wires made rescue difficult ana
dangerous, but it is thought all will be
got out uninjured.
The east span of the Eads bridge IS
SO badly wrecked that it will take three
days to allow trains to pass.
The reports of fatalities in East st.
Louis is hourly increasing, and at y
o'clock 1t is estimated that the loss or
life will exceed $50. 1t is impossible TO
cross the bridge to get particulars.
Lightning struck the Standard Oil
Works, and flames were soon pouring
from dozen buildings. The Fire De-
partment We're nearly powerless to cope
with the confiagration, and it is feared
the entire business and a portion of the
residence section will be destroyed by
the flames, if not already SO by the
wind. The plant of flour mills and the
works of the st. Louis Iron and Steel
Company were destroyed, and the big
Cupples block of buildings was partly
destroyed
Among the principal buildings al
ready in ruins are the National Hotel,
fremont House, Standard Oil Works,
Il.
Nail Works, the Crescent Elevator, Ha-
Eel Elevator, all freight depots and
stores and residences in st. Clair.
The dead and injured are being taken
from the ruins of the various buildings
and manufactures.
Waters & Pierce's Oil Works are in a
blaze, and buildings in several parts of
the city are burning, with little hope of
saving them.
The destructive result of the storm
seems greatest in ST. Louis.
H. c. Rice, the manager of the West
ern Union at the relay depot on the
east side, climbed across the demolished
bridge and repaired a wire.
1t is reported that the Grand Republic
and several other excursion steamers,
with all the passengers and crews, have
gone down, with all the steamers on the
levee sharing a like fate
The city is in total darkness. AT 9
O'Clock tonight no wires could be OBJ
tanned from the surrounding territory
in the western and northern portion of
Missouri, but it is feared that the loss
of life in these sections will be very
| large.
The loss in East ST. Louis is already
$2,OOO,OOO, and the fire is still raging.
The difficulty in communicating with
outside districts was increased by an
order from Mayor Walbridge ordering
all electric light circuits turned off. This
was to prevent death to persons COM
| ing in contact with broken wires
Later reports from the City Hospital
state that only two were killed and six
injured as a result of the roof of that
institution being blown off
From Soulard street southwark as
! far as CarOndolet, the wind played
havoc with the residence and business
houses in that territory. The streets
are filled with wreckage of demolished
houses over an area of fifteen blocks
The number of bodies already found in
dicate that the loss of life in that Sec
| tion will reach at least thirty.
The body of well-dressed man was
found at Marion street and Park ave-
nue. Peter Deidrick was killed in the
collapse of big mill at Ninth and Mar
| len streets.
William Ottendell, proprietor of a
| factory at Marion and Eighth streets.
and Benjamin Burgess, an employe,
were killed in the wreckage of the
!
| found under the bricks of fallen Chin
ney at Second street and Choteau ave-
nue.. Foreman Joseph Carpenter of the
st. Louis Railing Works, on Menard
street, together with his wife and child.
were crushed to death in the collapse
| Of the factory.
| The body of an unknown man was
found badly MANNED in a quarry on De
Soto street. Alexander Schulinger. a
dairyman, was struck by a falling tree
on Third and Marion streets Fred
Wetts, aged II, and his sister Theresa
aged 13, were found dead in the ruins
of their home at 1928 South Ninth
street.
st. Paurs German Evangelical
Church, on Ninth street and LAFAYETTE
avenue; Trinity Evangelical Lutheran
Church, on Lafayette avenue, and st.
Hugo's Catholic Church, on Kansas av-
enue, were totally demolished.
| Epstein & Bernstein's wholesale IL
quor store, at 229 South Broadway,
collapsed from the force Of the wind.
julius Marano was killed and three
others seriously injured
The power house of the Scullin line
at Jefferson and Geyer avenues, was
totally destroyed, and dozen employees
received serious injuries The Gem
| Theater building, on Walnut street,
| was badly wrecked by the wind.
In the suburbs dozens of frame buiId-
ings were blown down. but up to II
| O'Clock tonight no fatalities are re-
ported.
In addition to the river disasters re-
ported, later reports add to the losses
All the wharf boats on both sides were
swept away and sunk The steamers
| Medill, City of Pittsburg, Belle of Cal
| noun and City of Providence were all
driven to the Illinois shore and wrecked
| Eleven members of the vessels crews
| tried to swim ashore but were caught
In the eddy of the Pittsburg dyke and
| drowned
The river front is a mass of wreck
age. From the Eads bridge south for
TWO miles every building is damaged
that is not in the ruins The loss to
shipping is estimated at $780, 900.
over in East st. Louis the loss Of life
is now placed at $50, and the damage
to property exceeds $1,000, 600 The
| hre in East st. Louis was not under
control at midnight
The old building formerly occupied
by st. Vincent's Asylum at Soulard
street was entirely demolished
In the collapse of the Scullin line
power house Fred Zimmerman. chief
electrician, was killed
The Liggett & Meyers cigarette fac
tory at Tower Grove was destroyed and
seven men engaged in placing new ma
chinery were killed. The story that 2OC
girls are in the ruins is untrue
Among the worst disasters in East
st. Louis was the wreck of the Martell
House, of which nothing was left but