New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-02

tomorrow evening % consider the advisability
OF appealing for outside AID for the relief OF the
storm sufferers. .
One Of the peculiar features Of the storm Is the
long list Of missing persons reported at ponce
headquarters Up to this morning IA persons
are reported missing. The police tnink una.
many Of these will be found with relatives IN
different portions Of the city. There is some fear
OF epidemic of disease among the homeless
on the river. Under the ruins is vast quantity
Of decayng animal and vegetable matter, whlch
Is sending pestilential odors up through the
wreck The sufferers are weak from exposure
and exertion. and are In no condition 70 nght the
malaria that 10 breeding on their land. Another
problem is the almost unanimous refusal OF the
sufferers to leave their belongings and occupy
the military tents which have been pitched al
Brighton. In spite OF the presence OF the militia
they fear that the goods are not safe. and they
refuse to leave unprotected all their earthly be-
longings
Chief of Police Ganey haa taken extreme pre-
cautions to prevent vandalism. and early this
morning $50 tramps were rounded up ana driven
out OF town.
RACK FROM THE DESOLATE SCENE.
PEOPLE IL ST LOUIS AT THE TIME OF THE TOR
NApo TELL. OF THE AwFrLNEss OF IT.
Returning visitors from St. Louis who were In
that unfortunate city ~hen II was caught In the
whir OF the tornado say that the fury and grandeur
of the storm beggar description David r. Watkins
OF Brooklyn. who went out to ST. Louis 10 oon ai'o
the quarters for the Kings County delegation al ,e
Republican National Convention was staying a. '''
Planters Hotel when the storm burst over the city
Mr. Watkins arrived here yesterday from 81 LOUIS
and was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday. III
commenting upon the storm he said mo "orus can
describe IT, II perfectly hopeless for man 10 III
and depict the frghtful grandeur OF the 'hhs' ~
was awful. and yet II was fascinating.
1T must have been along about O'Clock IN th'
evening when the storm struck with all Its vio'ehce'
The hotel IN which | was staying was not In the
track OF the Storm but looking across toward Last
81 Louis one could the havoc that was peihs
wrought The storm came down over the city Ike
a back pail. Lightning flashed internationally ana
then It suddenly began TO grow lighter. All OF SUI"
den there hoarse. roaring sounn. bu'u'"e
toppled > II they were paper. Great bacK oo-
tects could be flying through the air, anu Ill
some instances these objects proved 70 DE horses'
wagons pieces OF buildings. and even human ooules'
II was all over in a short time. so far as me Vo.
lence concerned but the horror was trignlti
James @. Cannon, vice-presldent or the rouI u.
National Bank. who aisO In ST cous ~heti tile
storm struck, reached the city yesterday. MI All
non in the Planters Hotel. and lar away itUIli
actual danger but h. was also impressed with the
terr.bleness OF the storm. The storm, salI ne,
came at a time when the streets were practiSaiy
deserted and doubtless this saved hundreds or lives
as there was death In the flying debris the ume
but Il ranei and there was much thunder ana hsnt-
ming for hours afterward When the whlrlwinl was
over there was a OF indescribabe tumult and
horror There has been some exaggeraton OF the
IL s enormous II H. but believe that II has been
somewhat overratel. St IOu' VIII recuperate and
her citizens are responding nobly 10 the call for
aid"