The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-29

Il learn from United Press dispatches
this morning." said Cn9!rman Carter, of
the National Hepublican COMMITTEE
that the damage to the Convention hall
Il not so serious as III first reported. II
is said that portion of the roof was
blown of, and that THE side walls were
In few places penetrated by flying mis-
ssles. causing come dlsarrangement OF
The Interior. The statement Is made tina t
all this can and VIII be repaired within
tho next ten days. The National Com
mittee has full power IN uhe premises and
can change the date of The Convention If
circumstances justify II. Notalng will
be done, however, until / get absolutely
accurate information. If this inro,ma-
ton suggest the advis ability of postpon-
ing the convention. ! shah telegraph
each member OF the committee and act
SIT the earliest poss 1bie moment Saould
a change of date he decided upon. II
would probably be fixed for the 10th Of
July. just one month later than the
present date. q expect to be able TO deal
with the subject .ntelligcntly by n.ght +"
Chairman Carter also said that pos
sibly considerations other than the mere
wrecfing of the hall would influence the
committee. Whether or not the hotels.
in View of the genetal Wreck!ng of build
ings. would be able to take care OF the
crowds, and the question OF the ability
of the railroads TO properly handle the
crowds. would be considered
Mr.. Carter also suggested that lf the
city was within the next ten days to be
turned into vast funeral procession.
ana thrown into general mourning over
hundreds of victims of this appalling dis
aster. ii would be wise perhaps. not to
thrust upon II a political convention with
all its attendant excitement and enthu-
s.lsm. 1t is quite probable therefore,
hot hn Gnta nr tl,. ~,
changed. unless later news puts differ.
ent color!ng to tae. reports so far recelv-
ed from the stricken city.
ST. Louis, May 2S.-A revised list of the
dead foots UP eighty identified In ST
Louis, three unknown dead mt 1893 South
Seventh street. two unknown children
picked UP In the streets. and I'm addition.
there are in morgue and unidentified the
bodies of seventeen men and four women
This list of identified is being added to
hourly. II Is reported that twenty-ninc
employees of the Liggett u Meyers tobacco
factory are in the ruins OF the building
Twenty-Five employees of the ST. Louis
wooden gutter company are missing and
arc thought to have been Killed when the
building fell and buried them.
In East St. Louis ia dead have. been
Identified. Besid e1sshese there remains
the unidentiiied@bodie or tlirty-ninc men
ana sixteen women, most Of these were
workmen about the different freight
depots.
Twenty men employees in the Vandolla
freight depot are missing and are believed
to have been killed when the building fell
thorough investigation of the destruc-
ton Is being made and when It is known
what the death rate has been It will ex-
ceed 2W. Many injured on both sides of
the river are beyond hope of recovery
The list of injured reported numbers over
L"OD, and great many were located a
home and no report made. Two school
houses in East ST Lois serve as tempor-
airy hospitals, while on this side the ar
mory does the same service. Every pri-
vate hospital Is crowded
district In this city bounded north by
Chotea avenue. west by Grand avenue
south to the city limits and cast TO the
river. is virtually mass of ruins. Not
an electric light has burned nor a car
run IN that section. comprising 72O civ
blocks since t5:20 p. m. yesterday With
III this territory scarcely n building has
escaped injury and thousands OF them arc
III ruins. ON surveying the desolatc scene
one marvels that the deaths are not much
greater. Beginning at the western boun-
ua!E OF the scene is a handsome and eN-
elusive residence section known as Comp
ION iill. the home of the fourth genera
ton of the early French settlers of ST
strewn with debris Just eas, lies La
Fayette park. There the trees shrubberv
fountains and statuary that have been the
pride OF the city Were caught by the wind
and the place is shavcn as If by pinn,
scythe.
IN the German-Amcrican section to-
night thousands are homeless, many of
them lying like Nomads amid the ruins
or sharing the roofs Of their huspitable
and more fortunate neighbors Inter
spersed in this latter section and on cost
10 the river are mills. brewerics and num-
berlcss manufacturing concerns. These
were fair targets for the storm and they
suffered. 1t was this class of losses that
add most to the wiping out of what is
conscrvatively stated to be $1,000. 200. There
are sixteen brewerics within these bonn
daries. worth si,COO.0c0. and while none are
destroyed. all are damaged. The losses
fall heaviest on those least able to bear
them.
After the storm laid its heavy hand
upon the southern half of the CITY. fire
came 10 complet the work of des,ruc-
ton. Five columns Of flame saot mn
but thanks to the deluge of rain, the
blaze was manly confined to its starting
point. In three Instances engine. we-1
unable 10 get nearer than block from
the fires.
Unsolicited the work Of relief began
here al once by the whole people. A
meeting of citizens was held at noon a :
the Merchants Exchange. After brief
addresses by Rev Dr. w. w. Rnyd and
Mayor c. +. Walbr,dge. contrlbu,ion.
were asked fer W!th.n fo5ty minutes
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