The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-05-30
THE DEATH LIST DECREASES
Though the Effects of the Tornado are
Still PrOblematical.
OYER THREE HUNDRED ARE DEAD
In st. Louis and East st. Louis, Though
Many May be Buried Meath Ruins
Many offers of Assistance, but st.
Louis will Care for Her own.

ST. LOUIS, May 30.-Although thousands
of men have been at work night and day
clearing away the wreckage in the path of
the tornado they have scarcely made a
perceptible impression towards restoring
the chaotic confusion to anything like
order. Passngeways have been made
through some of the principal thorough
fares, it is true, but for the most part the
streets are still choled with the battered
remains of homes and factories, hospitals
and churches. The path of the storm is
fully mile and half wide. 1t starts
away out in the suburbs of the city, where
beautiful homes of people of wealth are To-
Gated. Taking a zigzag course it extends
down through where the densely popu-
lated tenement houses are located, fully
six miles, and crosses the river
The number of families left homeless by
the devastation along the path Of the storm
will reach up into the thousands. In many
| instances these unfortunates have lost all
their worldly possessions Many will for
| days be dependent on charity and their
more fortunate neighbors for shelter. This
has made it necessary for the mayor of East
| St Louis to make an appeal for aid.
There is a probability that one man
whose horribly mangled body was taken
to the morgue was not killed by the
storm. A gentleman who was in the
neighborhood of the Union depot just
after the storm asserts that some of the
crowd there assaulted ghoul caught
thieving and beat him to death. His story
is that while viewing the wreck he saw
half dozen men jump on a man who had
been loating about in the crowd Some
one hit the man with a club, telling him
TO the ground. Then the crowd jumped
on the man and kicked him until he was
unconscious. Some one cried lynch the
thief" Then the crowd picked up his
limp form and carried it to Russell ave-
nue., where they put it in dirt wagon and
carted it off.
There exists about as much uncertainty
as to the actual number of people killed
and the amount of property damaged as
on the first morning of the disaster. Scores
of dead have been identified, but no one is
willing to venture guess as to how many
bodies may be in the ruins of the hundreds
Of buildings rs yet unexplored. The total
number of dead in st, Louis, identified up
TO midnight, is 1862 and in East st. Louis
1877. In st. Louis there are % bodies still
unidentified and in East st. Louise. 1t is
believed that the deaths of the injured and
the future recovery of bodies will bring
the st. Louis death list well up to POO In
East ST. Louis the city officials declare
that they have hope that the death roll on
that side of the river will not exceed 100,
but the ruins upon which the rescuers
have not yet begun to work may swell the
total beyond that figure.
The estimates upon property loss have
grown wilder and much further apart.
Guesses were made today all the way from
S2,OOO,OOO to $50, 100000 for st. Louis and
from S1,5O0,OO0 TO S2OOOOODl for East ST.
Louis The most popular estimate is in
the neighborhood of $50 OOO000 for both
cities, including railroad bridges dam
aged The building contractors of the city
have been overwhelmed with orders for
rebuilding, and the work Of wiping out
the havoc of the storm will be pushed
with all energy.
Corrected reports from various sources
along the river front materially reduce the
estimate Of the loss by drowning. How
many rOustabouts went down Will prOba-
bly, never be known, as they are generally
of class in whose welfare there is little
interest, most of them being negro no.
mads who move from one port to another
OF all the thrilling experiences narrated
on the river front that of Miss Clara is
given distinguished position in the list.
She was employed as a typewriter in the
Office Of the Diamond Joe line, which has
its offices on the wharf boat When the
Pittshurg was swept out by the storm the
wharf boat went with it and likewise Miss
Clara, who had been looking out the win
dow at the clouds which beto5ened the
cyclone,
In an instant there was a rush and
roar, the office boat and all were off at once.
The wharf boat capsized when it reached
Arsenal Island, and Miss Clara escaped to
a raft, receiving thorough drenching in
the meantime From the raft she was as
sisted by Captain Boland, of the Pittsburg,
TO that steamer. The young lady was re-
turned to the city Thursday, only to find
her home at Seventh and Gratot in ruins.
The destituHon, misery and want here
has touched the hearts of the people in all
parts of the country, and as a result, ever
since the storm of Wednesday offers Of
help and contributions have been pouring
in. Up to n late hour $4,000 was the
total amount Of donations received.
The many messages show thatthe purses
as well rs the sympathy Of the people of
the United States are at the disposal of the
helpless unfortunateS Of st. Louis. But
St. Louis is a proud city. She is always
ready TO give, but never begs, unless it
should become necessary by abject want.
The people Of st. Louis who escaped the
ravages of the tornado will see that their
brethren do not suffer for the necessities of
life or for any needed assistance
The mayor of the Mound City, well
knowing her civic pride, has uniformly
returned thanks TO the seuders of all the
telegrams and answered that St Louis
can care for her own, and while the kind
offers Of financial assistance are appre-
ciuted, no outside aid will be needed
From far off London Sir Henry Irving,
Olga Nethersole and Wilson Barrett have
have cabled money, sympathy and offers
of benefit performances if needed. Others
are as generous, and no doubt thousands