Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-05-30

crew OF twelve and three women passen.
gers. besides the captain. George Town.
send Three of the crew reached land
safely.
L,-s W LIVE
There IL no way u estimating the mum.
ber OF lives lost on river crafts. The loss
of life In the water on the east side seems
light, ~ everybody was cautioned not u
Jump, and nearly everybody was carried
safely 10 land Many heroic acts were
performed.
fhlGntfrL s'ENg.
while the storm was NJ ita highest a
passenger train of the Chicago h Alton
railway pull~l 0ut on the bridge from
The Missouri side. Overhead poles were
Swapping and tumbling into the river,
white large stones were shifting loose
from the foundations.
Realizing that nj any moment his train
might be- blown into the water " the
bridge be blown away. Engineer scott
put On full head Of steam In All effort
~ nlake th. east side shor. The ,r.i,
had scarcely proceeded 81 feet when the
upper span NJ the bridge was blown away
and tons oi huge granite blocks tumble,i
a. the track. where th. train. l,ad.I with
p..--l,grrs, was lust N mo,u.nt t,.f,,.
The wind struck the train. timing ,,I
the cars In. pla,thInys Iurtii, ma
Que WAS kilIai bnt .sy.raI w.,. t.l.,
uut severely iniur.d
BuRiEp ~ ppBhIs.
Tie wrecked part of the bridge Il just
rt'N' ~ the big tower, near the Illinois
shore and extends east about 30 feet.
me entire upper portion. traversed by
street cars and carriages, " carried away.
~hi'e the tracks below are buried In de-
oriS' some places eight feet deep.
AZ The burning of the 81 Louis R-frig-
erat"r ami cutter warehouse. several In.
jnr"d hreineh were taken from the wreck
nnd three more are known IN he In the
cellar of the building. Three brothers
named Hardy are dangerously injured.
u waa Aaid that probably ~ persons stili
remained In the ruins.
PoOR HOUSE DAMAGED.
The po0r house. situated At the extreme
southeast corner Of the city, suffered s.-
verely from the storm. The main dam.
age was caused by the destruction OF the
t0wer. which stood on the top u the ecu.
trail building. II crashed entirely through
the building down into the basement.
Eighty inmates recei"ed numerous In.
juries. Incredible ~ II sounds. with
i.fs0 patients In the building. 100 Of
whom are insane, not q life was lost.
The storm. after working liz chaos Of de-
strnction In South 81. Louis, moved west
word Into the country.
ST. MARy's pAriEsTs.
East 81. Louis, May 2s.-The sisters at
II. Aary's hospital have no record OF the
Injured received but believe the number
to he over afty. Two or three died at the
hospital.
TIME TABLES pEMoRALiEkD.
~. LOUIS May S.--The union station
was elo"u% iss' hight oy persons await
ing the departure of trains on which
'hey intended 70 leave bwn. The hurri.
cane created hA'oc IN railway business,
~hieh was demoraiiz~d Tor time. In
coming ana Outgoing trains we're stalled
Tor hours.
~. Louis MAY S.-Dead bodies recov-
cred: MT. and Ars. David 5. Sage. Geo.
Won. e'erk 'Andalia offics; Henry striek.
irr. 'annaiia railway; pr. I. X. Neall. den
tiS; Two children OF MIA Horace Trump.
Litehneid' ILL.,; MIRA Richey, Joe FRANKIE.
Joe Ai'cheiI. Phii strickler. Miles Mitch
ell Chas' Carroi'. barber, John Kent,
drs' scott hayward.Frank Hose, I'd. kav-
anaugh, Jacob kurtx, Vincennea. Ind.
Mrs. Ciendenning. Mrs. Bruce. Mrs. Em.
ma Sullivan, i.obers Bland, John Reader,
Charles Maits, william sulzer. Henry
winterman'- AndrrAon,-- Palmsley.
Miss Coniey, John Hays, Ars. Slide.
FRED Berien. Harry He's John Hays. Mra.
"m. HAYS hm. Pat. Bean. Robert Will
~'n. twrnty-nine employees Liggett h
Meyers cigarette factory. tvent. Ave rm.
ployss ~. Louis Wooden Gutter eompsny
Malachi Meilonsld. John Pandy. william
| Ottevad. John Burerss. Wallace Butlsr