The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-31
RUINS AWFUL REIGN
Search for COrpses Still
On at st. Louis.
DEATHLIST NOT DECREASED
Fatalities in the Two
Cities Over 400.
TORNADOESSTILL ON ATEAR
Twenty Killed at Seneca and
Lockwood Damaged

Every Attention Possible Being
shown the Injured at st. Louis.
Crime Prevented by the Precau-
tions of the PoIice-The Relief
Fund Now Nearly s151, ,OOO-Fifty-
Five Patients in the City Hospital
when 1t Wns Blown Down stn
Missing and Many of Them Prob
ably killed.
St. Louis, No, May sO.-Thousands of
men are at work in the ruined district
bringing order out of choas, and it viii
be but a few days before nearly every
trace Of the material wreckage caused by
the tornado Of Wednesday night has been
cleared away.
At II o'clock this morning this table was
completed for the United Press by the city
coroner:
Known dead, st. Louis ................194
Unknown dead, st. Louis .............. s
Fatally injured, st. Louis ............... IS
Missing, St. Louis ......................... 56
Unknown dead, East st. Louis ..........
Fatally injured, East st. Louis .........
Total fatality ..........................4
Some mounds Of ruins remain not fully
explored, but those best acquainted with
the localities express confidence that all
the bodies have been removed
The injured are being cared for in
manner which should make every citizen
feel proud of the hospital facilities of st.
Louis. Some are under the immediate
care Of the city department Others are
in the college and church hospitals All
are receiving the best that surgical skill
ana proTesslonal nursing can give. st.
Louis Will not need the tents Ouered by
the government. All along the path Of
the storm boys distributed long lists of
houses, flats and rooms TO be had al the
same rentals that prevailed before this
new demand was created. There are fifty
jobs awaiting every carpenter, brichayer,
rooter, plumber and glazier in the city.
The supply of material viii
probably run short before the
work of restoration is complete.
But thus far no disposition to deal
unfairly with the pressing demand has
A minimum of crime is reported The
precautions taken by the police authOri-
ties, with the assistance of the national
guard, have spared the city's name from
The relief fund is swelling. Instead
obarfv OF rqsh {56sa to b,Jin take advantage of
and widespread disposition among
help themselves. Among ten thousand
families sorely stricken, there will be
some hundreds that must be helped.
Fifty-hVe patients in the city hospital
when the storm blew down that institu-
tion are missing. But few of them are
accounted for. DR.. Starkelof fears to say
how many are dead under the wreckage.
Dr. Sutter estimates the number at tWen-
ty-five, but would not be surprised if it
runs over that figure. Father Kenrick of
St. Nincents church, who has been attend
ing to the spiritual wants of patients in
the hospital for years, viewed the ruins
this morning, and gave it as his opinion
that fifty bodies win be taken out. Ener-
getic search of the ruins of the city hos
pital is being made by tremen furnished
by Chief SWngley.
a careful canvas of the situation in East
ST. Louis results in an estimate that the
damage to property within the corporate
limits win exceed 81, 100000, while the num-
Der of fatalities may not touch the citi-
zens executive committee calculation of
200.
Mayor Baden and the citizens execu-
tive committee are working indefatigably
to relieve all suffering that can be over
come by physical assistance. They are
ably aided by the Woman's relief corps.
-Four companies of militia are patrolling
the devasted district, and are protecting
property from thieves and vandals, who
have docked in on every train.
East St. Louis win be for several days
to come a city OF funerals. IN 81. Peter S,
St. Henrys and the city cemeteries, $
well as the cemeteries of adjoining cities,
graves are being prepared for the victims
of Wednesdays disaster, and solemn cor
teges of sad faced people are traversing
the streets of the devastated city, follow
ing their loved ones TO their last resting
place.
There are funerals on all sides. Hardly
street or block was there which did not
have one or more persons who were
claimed as victims by the storm, and
many Of them were buried yesterday i'm
order to prevent rapid decomposition.
This and the crowded mOrgues nastened
many OF the funerals.
In st. Louis to-day there was an almost
unbrOken line of funeral professions en-
route to Calvary and BellefOntaine ceme-
teries. outside cities and surrounding
towns have been called upon 10 furnish
hearses and carriages to accommodate
the demand for cOnVeyances. Extra
gangs of wOrlzmen are employed in pre-
pairing graves and Memorial day is surely
day of mourning i'm the Mound City.
The street ear system is crippled and
the telephone and telegraph service in
the city is practically useless The
streets In the southern portion Of the
city are Uttered with debris and broken
and twisted wires. II viii be weeks be-
fore all the marks Of the storm are
removed from the thOr0ughfares,
months. even years, before the hand of
time will obliterate them from the houses
the tornado struck.
The Pr0vident Association. st. Vincent
de Paul Society and the Hebrew Relief
Association are busily engaged in the work