Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04

are known to have escaped during Il
confusion.
At. st. Johns hospital. ON twenty,
third street and Lucas. the woui'dei
ar. Icing well cared for. one patent
William pietke. of zoos Lafayetle ave
nue.. died. He was first sent 10 the
Good Shepherd via the ~dlspensary.
and then to 81. Johns. He was Dadiy
injured internally and had severai
bones broken. An unknown man is
unconscious and on the verge OF death.
The Dead.
There exists about as much uncer-
tainty as TO the actual number OF peo-
pie killed and the amount OF properly
damaged as on the first morning after
the disaster. Scores of dead have been
identified, but no n is willing 70
venture a guess as to how many bod
les may be i'm the ruins of the hundreds
of buildings as Yet uneXpiored. The
total number of dead in st. Louis idcn-
titled at present il 162, and in East
ST. Louis III. In 81. Lukes there are
~ bodies still unidentified. and in East
81. Louis >. 1t Is believed II a the
deaths of the injured and h future
ecove of bodies will bring the ST.
Louis death list up to 300. In East
st. Louis the city officials declare that
they have hope that the death roll on
that side of the river will not exceed
$50. but the ruins upon which the res
cuerS have not yet begun work may
swell the totals far beyond that figure,
Guesses were made to-day upon the
property loss. and they were from 81
O00,000 to $4,000. 900 for st. Louis and
from S4.000.000 10 $20.0O0,0O0. The
most popular estimate is in the neigh
borhood Of SD. 100000 for both cities,
including railroads and buildings dam
aged. The contractors of the city have
been overwhelmed with orders for re-
building. and the work Of wiping M
the havoc OF the storm will be pushed
with all energy. The committee in
charge announced today that the audi
forum will be used for the Republic
an national convention, and has been
repaired.
No Aid Needed
The restitution. misery and want
here has touched the hearts of the
people in all parts of the country. and.
n result. ever since the storm OF
Wednesday. offers of help and ron
Lave been pouring in. Up
to a late hour $4,000 was the total
amount of donations received. The
following card in answer TO hundreds
Of kilograms of inquiry has been sent
out by Mayor Walbridge:
1T is not practical TO make individ-
ual answer TO the vast number OF
who have telegraphed sympa
thy and offers of assistance. Through
the medium OF the Associated Press /
sincerely thank the many friends for
the sympathy they have shown and
their proffers of aid. The people of our
city are confident of their ability To
properly care for all the sufferers from
recent tornado. and heroic efforts
are being made to that end. No ac-
estimate of the loss of property
can now be made, but il is safe that
loss rs reported by the press out
side of st. Louis has been greatly over
estimated. C. L. Walbridge.''
Corrected reports from various
sources along the river front material
~ reduce TIE estimate of the loss by
drowning. How many r~oustabouts
went Down will probably never be
known, as they are generally of a class
~ 'ildlt NiItIp - niue INTEREST
most of them being negro nomads
VINO move from u port 10 another.
The steamer J.. j. Odill. the Illinois
liver packet which went to pieces at
The Pittsburg dyke after a tumultuous
rip from the foot of Cherry street.
ragged down five u~nfortunates. The
victims were Norris Fisher. q well
Known merchant of Hardin. ILL.,: Mrs.
joodar of the same place; Sim Woods.
.hief clerk of the boat. and the second
'ook and chambermaid, whose m
Ire unknown.