The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-29

storm had done and were recompenseu
by their hearers with small change,
Then they patronized the levee saloons,
and TO the scene Of misery, woe and
ruin was soon added the spectacle Of
drunken men reeling to and fro, NUT
toring maudlin tails Of the worlds mar
row escape from an end. The orgies Of
these "hobos" lent a wcridness 70 the
surroundings. Anxious boaiowners
hailed the men ON an anchored craft
that had not been sunk and the earnest
conversations that ensued were Knocked
by the inebriatos with haunting laugh
ter or dorisive remarks.
The iron roof was torn from the south
end Of the St. Louis elevator and carried
across 70 the corner Of Biddle and Main
streets, striking Fred Faser's saloon
taking the roof of Of it and tearing
down the wall OF the second story. Mr.
Fasor and three Of his children who
were play ing in a second story room OF
the building whore Mr.. Faser and his
family lived had a narrow escape.
The warehouse Of the Graham Paper
company, at the corner Of Sixth and
Allison streets, was very badly dam
aged, the roof being gone and the walls
considerably shaken.
There is scarcely building along the
river or anywhere in the track Of the
storm that has not been damaged IN
some way.
No train went down with the part Of
the Eads bridge that fell. Two coaches
were caught, but were pulled away
without injury to even a single passen
ger.
As train No. 6S Of the Merchants
Terminal pulled out Of Crate City, Ills.
at G:ij p. m. It was struck by the secon'
division Of tho hurricane and was car
ried bacl, oycrturning six coaches con
tanning $40 passengers. The train
known as the "work train" and carrie
employees to and from their work at tn
Noidringhaus rollingmills at Grant
City. Two workmen were killed, bu
the other passengers escaped without 81
ri0us injury.
No words can do justice TO the hoi
rors Of the scene at seventh and Ruig'
streets. In one wreck alone It Is know
that more than 90 bodies are still In
bcddcd. Five shockingly mangle
forms were uncovered and removes
Fred Manchcnhcimer kept a saloon @
the southeast corner Of Seventh an
Rutgcr, a 8.story brick building ftts
up overhead rs a tenament house, an
no less than rs families called Il "home.
A few minutes after the tornado stru'
the structure IL was a mere pile
bricks, woodwork and plastoring, al
beneath It an unknown number Of me
women and children met an awf
death. There is no telling how MAJ
bodies are beneath the ruins.
AZ Broadway and Southland street
A.story brickhouse collapsed, buryil
several families.
tr.f... ,,,,.,, ,,.,,., AZ work "a, the fran
work Of Liggctt & Meyers new tobac
, factory. Twenty orr 80 escaped with
: jurcs, while the remainder are thong
TO be buried in the ruins
Gravcrs' planingmill, at Gravcrs a
Arson streets. was destroyed.
The South 81. Louis Turner hall h
d It's roof blown OIL.
The Carondolet Gas and Electric co
pany's buildings were considerably da
aged.
~ The Hydraulic pressworks, ON
"a Manchester road and Frisco tracks, VI
M blown down
Ia The possible number Of people xii
= in the tornado cannot be accurately
~ timated at this time though Il is cert
Il will reach 500
-, South 81. Louis is Uttered with bod
Of the dead. East st. Louis Is n gigaf
cemetery. Under the debris Of
p, buildings Of that city are scores bur
\, where the bodies will not be brought
= light for many days perhaps never.
Il Il was the most disastrous storm n
every point Of view in the history
d, the city. The storm did little dam
~ in the business and northern portion
\, tho city save along the river frC
i, where the damage cannot be estimai
Nor viii Il ever be known just
,ir many gave up their lives in the wa
70. Of the Mississippi, The tornado c.
he down and tore all the boats In the !
bor from their moorings. The chan
YER is full Of wrcckage
Of The scenes around the wrecked bu
y. ings is indeed a pitiahlo sight. Relat
In. and friends can be seen doing their
A. most 10 reach the dead In many
Nv stances whole families were killed
al others only one or two were left by
In. storm.
~ Citizens have turned ont almost
nd body 20 lend a helping hand in reset
,s the dead and injured from the wroC