The record-union., 1896-06-02

Illinois, Outside of East St. Louis,
the Dead is Given as Forty-Slx,
Injured One Hundred and Seventy
Nine and Property Loss Over
$1,0OO,OOO.
ST. LOUIS, June 1.-The systematic
work of the committees and those hav-
ing charge of the work of clearing up
the wrecks of the storm of last week
have SO far advanced their work that
an accurate estimate is now possible.
But one place now remains to be heard
from, and this in fact may never reveal
the truth-tlhe Mississippi River. The
river gives UP the dead slowly, and the
statiSticianS at work on the list of the
tornado fatalities have not yet reached
an estimate of the number lost in the
great waterway. They know certainly
that five were lost on the steamer J. j.
C'Dill, and they know that others whose
identity remains a mystery were seen
to disappear during the tornado.
The river captains and patrolmen
along the levee say that a conservative
estimate of the roustalbouts, shanty
dwellers and latboat residents who lost
their lives in the storm is less than
twenty
The total list of fatalities and miss
ing as compiled this evening numbers
400. The known dead in ST Louis are
1876, unknown dead in St Louis 8, fa-
tally injured in ST. Louis Is, missing in
St Louis 11S. known dead in East st.
Louis 145, unknown dead in East St
Louis 3, fatally injured in East ST.
Louis 2 Total fatalities 400.
The corpse of John Parfest was taken
from the ruins of Ottenaed's factory at
Broadway and Soulard streets this
afternoon.
The remains of an unknown white
man were taken from the river at the
foot of lesson street to-day. The body
was found clinging to the wheel of a
steamer anchored near that point, and
from the position Of the body it is sur
Iuised that the deceased was blown into
the river during the tornado and tried
to save himself by clinging to the boat
wheel.
The work of searching the ruins goes
steadily forward. That a great many
| corpses are in the ruins seems to be
pointed out by the fact that the police
have a long list of missing. Some of
them may turn up, Of course, but it is
safe to assume that the major portion
OF them are dead.
At the City Hospital the debris is be-
ing removed by force of prisoners
from the Workhouse, but no corpses
( h,ax q lai
that there were but three deaths in all
in that institution, and has no reason
to suppose that any more will be found
The total relief fund is now beyond
$4,000 The actual work of relieving
the distress has been begun. Canvass
ers representing the Relief Committee
were busy all day Sunday investigat-
| ing the condition of applicants for aid.
AS rapidly as it could be ascertained
what was needed by persons who had
suffered from the storm steps We're
taken to relieve them. In some in
stances food and shelter was provided,
while in others clothing was given out.
Vice President Warner of the Mis-
scuri Pacific received the following tel
egram to-day:
New York, June /, 1896.
&C. G. Warner, Vice-President Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad Company, st.
Louis: Am sending 81 900 as subscrip-
| tion to relief of st. Louis sufferers from
cyclone. The city has our warm sym
pathy. HELEN NJ GOULD"
The telegraphic companies have re-
paired the damages done their lines by
Wednesdays tornado, and are again
handling the business of the public
without delay The Bell Telephone
sustained sreater damage, and the re-
pairs cannot be made so quickly To-
| day there were 1000 instruments in
working order, and $500 were still si-
| lent 1t will be at least a week before
all repairs can be made
| The continuous rains are a great
| drawback to the vigorous efforts that
are being made to start the street light.
/ After working night and day all the
street-car systems in the city except
one are running on schedule time.
! SITUATION IN EAST ST. LOUIS.
| The situation in East ST Louis is
discouraging. Along the river mist,
| fog and malaria are following in the
wake OF the storm, and, soggy and sod
den, the piles of splintered houses and
/ 80 NeNao e1AC b'ACiA dDiblUS places. L Oui
/ odors arise from the decaying car
casses of dead animals. 1t is still too
! scon for any thought of rebuilding the
homes of the island poor. The de-
Vastation was so terrible and complete
/ that this cannot come for some time.
Business interests which have capital
! behind them are on their feet, and are
working all right. The Vandalia peo-
pie are rebuilding their freight house.
and gratifying progress is being made.
The East st. Louis cold-storage plant.
which was damaged to the extent of
$4,000, has 100 men working on it. The
relay depot is also being put into some
sort of shape. All the schools opened
this morning except the Howe and the
| Douglass. The latter was on the
island, and was completely blown
away. The Howe was also too badly
wrecked to admit of use without ex
tensive repairs
The carpenters of the city are work
ing on slight advance of wages. There
is great demand for bricklayers some
of whom are being paid at the rate of
75 cents an hour.
The two militia companies are still
bin the city, and kept busy doing police
work. Without their assistance the po-