Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-04

struction reign supreme in st. Louis
and vicinity as a result OF the most
terrible storm that ever visited tbs sec
ton oil the country. SO Widespre I'D Is
the destruction in both st. Louis and
East St. Louis that IL is impossible even
to estimate the amount OF damage lnd
loss of life. Buildings OF every de-
scription are in ruins and as g. result
one thousand people are reported dead
and injured. Reports are in circula~
ton that seven steamers lying at the
wharf on this and the East st. Louis
side of the river have been sunk with
all on board. The city was in ark
ness as the electric lights and trolley
wires were Town. With one or two
exceptions street car lines in the city
are at a stanl still The storm broke
at o'clock in the afternoon after a
most oppressyely hot day, and rain
began to fall. II soon developed INTO a
fierce thunderStorm with wind from
the east and little later the wind had
gained velocity of eighty miles an
hour driving the rain before it and
tearing away everything in it's way.
Buildings of every description We're de
molished and others set on ire by
lightning and ere ssed wires The fire
department responded to fourteen
alarms. The streets were full Of GeO-
pie going home from work and panic
cnsued Is soon as the storm broke.
Men were picked up and hurled against
buildings, horses and carriages We're
sent flying here and there, and falling
wires full OF deadly fluid added to The
horror Of the scene. Suddenly the
wind Veered around to the west and
completed its destruction. 1t is IS
serted by some of those who nave
traversed the down town part Of The
city that there are but few buildings in
st. Louis that have not suffered in
some way from the storm. Last night
the streets were in complete ua. AneSs
and travel in any direction was dan
gerous because o! fallen live wires and
debris lying everywhere. The wagon
way of the EadS bridge on the East St.
Louis side is a Crumblng mass of nor
tar and stone and parts of the tower
and pier No. | arc also torn away
Thousands of dollars will not cover the
WreckaEe An out bound accommodate
ton train on the Chicago & Alton road
was wrecked by a broken rail, but
fortunately nobody among the fifty pas
sengers was hurt A trolley car loaded
with passengers bound for the west
side Is said to have fallen through to
the railroad track below, but with what
result Is not known. The roof OF the
, republican convention hall was blown
off and twcnty-fCur sections of the
western wall of The city Jail are clear
down, exposing the interior It was
during exercise hours and two nun
dred prisoners were exercising IN the
| building They were panic stricken
and too frightened to try to escape.
JAtlcr Wagner was on the scene In a
moment and with the aid of a number
OF detectives and policemen had the
prisoners placed In their cells. The
tanks of the Waters & Pierce oil com
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spreading destruction on every hand.
Three stories OF the Coe Manufacture
| Ing company's building on Ninth and
Gratiot streets, and nearly half of
Walnwrights brewery were blown
down. The engineer of the Etna iron
works, was instantly killed, scalded to
dtfh by steam The Consolidated
Wire works are almost totally wrecked.
Seven people We're injured seriously by
this wreck. The two story building of
the c. II Sawyer Manufacturing COM
lany was demolished and John Saw
Yer, member OF the firm, and Emma
Chaney and Isabella Hamden type
writer's. were crushed to death II. II.
Sawyer, another member was injured
fatally, The Gets tank at the south
end OF the Twenty-frst street viaduct
was blown over crushing four men to
death and possibly more.
At Brooklyn
Decatur H., May Is Word has
been received from Brooklyn, near
East ST. Louis, that the Vandala
freight house was destroyed and thir,
~ FIVE people killed in it. The Wa
bash round house is destroyed Part Of
the east approach to the Eads bridge
was blown away. 1t is said one hun
dred and fifty people are killed at East
st. Louis.
Renick Wiped Out,
Kansas City, Mo, May 2S.--ren peo-
pie were killed in tornado which
struck the village Of Labaddie Frank,
lin county, last evening and the town
of Renick, Randolph county, was com
pletely wiped out.
Eight Killed Near Mexico.
Mexico, May IS, A cyclone swept
across Adrian county last evening,
killing eight people and injuring prob
/ ably twenty five. At DYES school
house FIVE children we're killed. At the
Bean creek school house Miss Ware.
Lulu Embanks and Hjlda Blase were
| killed
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