Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-30
THE 81. LOUIS HORROR.

NV hC"S VI
mt ~. Louis will create II shock OF hor.
ror throughout the world. AZ fur ~
can bc nsccrtained from u city which
II crippled by no great II misfortune.
the cyclone which swept over ~. Louis
AMI Its envirOns caused u disaster sur
passing I'm Its sudden den,lliness any
great catastrophe In recent history.
For once the strong walls of u modern.
wcll-bullt city failed to retard or lesscu
the sweep of the storm. How many
have been killed ana how great IL the
extent OF the territory laid waste will
not be known. possibly. for several
days. hut II seems that the entire town
and Its suburbs ana the neighbOrlns
city of East ~. Louis are involved In
the disaster.
The deep sympathy which the calam.
ity will create everywhere will In
promptly verified by practical meas.
ures Of relief. AMI Chicago. st. Louis
near ncighbor. must he the first to I'M.
alertake whatever work can be done. II
the wreck NJ -. Louis II as great az II
seems to he, no time should be lost in
helping the prOstTted city to its feet.
The Mayor and the city authorities no
doubt will manifest ut once their read
mess TO cooperate with the citizens In
formulating plans ana doing the utmOs:
possible to forward supplies. aid and
whatever else may be needed to relieve
the distressed city.-RecOrd.
The cyclone still remains an awful
mystery. Whittier II goeth and whence
II cometh no man knows. McteorolOgi-
cal science IL so far advanced as to en-.
able It's most skilled professors to pre-
dict with an approach to certainty tho
coming of rain or snow. ana even OF
tempest: but the cyclone II more than
tempest. and no man yet has been able
To give such timely warning of Its ai''
prOach as to enable those who dwell
In Its path to flee from the coming
wrath. The sailor may he told with
certainty that tomorrow viii nc iair OF
stormy. but the dweller on the plains
or In the cultivated lands cannot ia
told with certainty that tomorrow Il
cyclone will sweep down upon his
neighbOrhoOd. The storm traverses re-
gions, the cyclone dcscends upon q
tract. 1t Is well that the area of It's
deadly operation Is SO limited. But be-
cause OF it's Limitation Its advent can
not be predicted. The last few weeks
have been unusually prolific of dlsas'
ter. On one Friday three Texas towns
considerably apart from each other
We're visited by cyclones. The dead ~
sherman numbered at least 100, the
wounded could be counted by hundreds
md the number of those left rOOiiess by
thousands. In the two smaller towns
the disasters, though appalling. are 81
less magnitude. ON one sunday one
cyclone struck the little village Of III
va. In Kentucky, and slew family OF
five, In addition TO wrccking two
churches. two stores, n schOolhOuse
and several barns In neighboring set
iiement. ON the same day u cyclone
swept over an unusually large area III
Kansas, taking In its destructive cours'
the greater parts of the counties OF
Marshall and Nemaha. The loss OF life
In this case Is small when the area OF
the storm IL considered, not more than
eight persons being slain. On the sane
day the city Of Frankfort, Kan, was
invaded by the fierce wind. Sixty OF
the most substantia residences. as well
as three churches, We're wrecked by H.
Fortunately no loss Of life Is reported
though many persons were injured So
riously. One of the mitlgntlons OF the
plague OF cyclones IL the circumscrlb'
cd area Of their visitation. Relief Is
close at hand homes soon are found
for the temporarily homeless, food Is
furnished for the temporarily destitute
and willing hands and generous purses
aid In the reha utilization Of the waste