The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-29


thought a number of lives were lost
on this boat.
The steamer Harvester, of the Miss
issippi Valley Transportation Compa-
nv. was also torn from its dock and
CARRIED down the river. The loss to
river property can only be estimated.
A river man said 81 100000 would not
repair and replace the boats that hg-
ured in the storm.
The Louis Kogg, broke from its
hawser during the tornado Four of
the crew plunged overheard and were
seen to drown. The others were res
cued.
The crew and passengers of the Ter
ry-boat Christy had a terrible eXperl-
ence. When the storm broke the boat
was torn from its moorings at the foot
of Spruce street and blown down
stream with fearful velocity. The pas
sengers were crazed with fear ana To-
two-horse teams were on the lower
deck. 1t was driven before the storm
and fioated the stream. The river was
like a raging sea, and the crew was
unable to launch any boats. The pas
sengers crouched in the cabins expect
ing every moment to go down. The
boat drifted as far as Jefferson bar
racks. where she sunk in shallow wa
ter. The passengers were rescued.
Among the buildings destroyed or
damaged in St Louis are the follow
in:
Singer Sewing Machine Co, building
almost totally destroyed; four people
injured
The Eden Publishing House, building
unroofed and stock damaged.
The Haycock Carriage Company,
building unroofed and stock badly
damaged.
ST. Johns church, on Hickory street,
lost its steeple.
Liederkranz Hall, Chatham avenue
and 18th street, unroofed and entire
building flooded with water.
Leggett and Meyer Tobacco Co.,
large new building destroyed and a
number of unknown killed.
Merchants Elevator completely de
molished.
The Nilley foundry building was re-
| lieved Of it's roof and carried into the
street, while the freight house of the
Burlington road suffered the same
fate.
At Sth and Millanphy streets, the
front of the building occupied by the
Allen Buggy Company was blown
down, while that of Matthews and
Sonrag Company, block east, was
| served in like manner.
The buildings formerly occupied by
Reilly q Walferts. sale stables, on
North Broadway, were considerably
damaged.
| Not a glass remains in the building
occupied by Kupferle Bros. Company,
| at Second and Mound streets.
| Louis Brook factory, at Broadway
| and Howard streets, was completely
wrecked.
| Along 21st street, between Olive and
| Papin streets, not a single building.
| telegraph pole, tree or sign escaped.
| Street and sidewalks are almost a
| solid mass of debris, bricks. broken
telephone and telegraph poles, tin
roofing, water spouts, broken glass and
| broken signs, while wires lie over the
whole in an interminable netting
| At 40 South 21st street where J. T.
| Swifts q Co.'S fresh meat establish
| ment is located, not a single window
| in the building remained intact. the
| whole place being flooded.
| The building occupied by Epstein &
| Burnstein. wholesale liquor dealers,
| POS South Broadway, was blown down;
Julius Call, book-keeper, was killed
and Mr.. Epstein was internally in
jured.
No. 1913 Choteau Avenue, occupied
| by Sawyer Manufacturing Co, was
blown down. Those under the ruins
are Emma CLANCY and Isabella Howe.
Charles Tandy is now buried in the
debris of st. Louis Cracker Company
| at 18th and Choteau Avenue; store at
2102 Clark Avenue wrecked
Grone's Brewery at 22nd, and Clark
Avenue, almost totally wrecked.
Scandinavian church, southeast cor
ner 23rd, and Clark streets was picked
up and turned completely over. At
Gates Wire Mill, 21st and Gratiot
streets a scene indescribable was met
with; an immense portion of the roof
of the building lies piled up high on
the south end of the bridge while all a
round a mass of wires, poles, roofing
and tons of other debris makes the Vi
cinity utterly impenetrable.
The old three story building on the
southeast corner of Main and Pine
streets, occupied by East ST. Louis
Commission Company is total wreck.
Pine street is filled with wrecllage and
goods to the height of ten feet.
The storm visited the store of Pen
ny and Gentles at the corner of
Broadway and Franklin Avenue. The
massive plate glass windows and all
sides were completely demolished.
The firm estimates it's loss at $4,000.
The immunity from loss of life and in
jury to employees in the Iron Mountain
road wards is a little short of marvel
Gus. The contents of lumber yards
in the neighborhood were strewn over
the yards like hail. Planks
were driven into the earth
! and broken, freight cars were demol-
shed and merchandise scattered in all
directions.
The wind lifted the roof off Charles
II. Peck's new building to the north
of the Wall Paper Company and blew
down the wall of a new brick building
two doors further north. 1t almost
demolished the building of VIM. Keo-
mig and Co, agents of Aultman and