The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-03
DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS.

DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS.
The principal damage to buildings in the
path Of the tornado may be summarized
as follows: City Hospital. Southwestern
suburbs, unroofed: Poor House. South
western suburbs, unroofed: Concordia
Turner Hall. Sixth and Soulard, demolish-
ed; Convention Auditorium, Twelfth and
Clark avenue eastern wall blown away.
Can be rebuilt in 4S hours; Soulard Mark
ct, South Broadway demolished; At Fair
Grounds, grand stand $50 feet long I'M
rooted; st. Louis Wooden Gutter Co.'S fac
tory, South Sixth street, Church Of the
Annunciation. Sixth and Hickory. de-
mOlshed; st. Patricks church, Eighth and
Carr streets demolished; At Paurs church
Ninth street and Lafayette avenue RACED;
ST. Vincent's church, Ninth and Marion
streets demolished; Annunciation church.
Sixth and LaSalle streets wrecked; Trinity
Lutheran church, Eighth and Hickory
streets, demolished; ST. Vincent's church.
Ninth and Park avenues, windows out
and tower off; st. Peter and Paul church.
Seventh street and Allen avenue, total
loss; st. Louis Railway Company Power
House, Jefferson and Geyer avenues, total
loss; Fourth street cable power house.
Geyer and Jefferson avenues, total loss
Jefferson avenue Railway car shops, JEFF
ferson avenue and LaSalle street de-
nue. collapsed; Gas tank, LaClede Gas Co.,
Twelfth street and Choteau avenue ex-
ploded; Cupple's building, largest whole
sale grocery and wooden warehouse, Sew
enth and Spruce streets, damaged by fire.
South Side race track, totally destroyed
Bicycle Factory, Main and Park avenue
wrecked; Four Courts. Twelfth street and
Clark avenue east prison wall blown out ;
Schneider's Summer theater, Mississippi
and Choteau avenue, dismantled; Waters
Pierce Oil Company's tanks, Fourteenth
and Papin streets, exploded; Merchants
Exchange, Third and Pine streets I'M
rooted and flooded.
This is only partial list and is a rep
resentation of the class that suffered heav-
lest.
OUTSIDE POINTS.
Special dispatches from points in Illi-
nois and Missouri record loss of life and
casualties resulting from Wednesday
nights storm in this wise:
Killed at Birkner, ILL.,: James Greaves.
his wife, Jeanette Greaves his daughter,
Jennie Greaves, aged 13, and baby, Liz
zie; Mrs. Thomas Southern, Frank Linke,
Gertrude Boatman, Frank Wurm
Injured: Mrs: Williams. Lottie and Ber-
ira Boatman, Mrs. Davis, Mrs Shanna-
han, Peter Linke, F. M. Foster Lottie
Foster Florence Davis, Tony Accord,
Grandmother Greaves.
Killed at New Baden, ILL.,: John Mall
rich, P. S. Myer and daughter. Mrs. Rust
and little girl Peter Cranz and wife, Jac-
OBJ Lee, Ida Barnes, Adam Peter, little
daughter Of ]. Frekloser.
Injured: John Barnes, wife and child,
]. Rust and little boy, B. Speizer, S. Z
Ferguson, wife and child. Emma Kranz
Mrs. Bachman and son, an unknown ped
dler and many others.
Killed at Harmony Station, ILL.,: Henry
Tankard toll gatekeeper; Myrtle Bowen
4 years Old
Killed at Breckenridge, ILL.,: Mr.. Jenk-
ms and H. Barnes, struck by lightning
Killed at Mascoutah, ILL.,: Johnnie Beat
ty aged Z; Jacob Mallrich.
Injured at Vandalia, ILL.,: Mrs Beaun
and three children; Mrs. Bemgard and
four children.
Killed at Chamois, Mo-: Allen Howard
aged H. Norah Howard, aged 5.
Seriously injured: Anna Howard, aged
9; John Howard Mrs. John Howard.
garet Carroll. Robert Foster, three chill
dren Of Robert Foster, sister Of Robert
Foster, six scholars, Mrs. George Lee.
Injured: Eighteen scholars, three chill
dren Of Mrs. George Lee.
Killed in Audrain county, Mo-: Eliza
Ware, daughter Of K. G. Ware, Hilda
Blaiz, 6 years old; Rose Hodge, years
old; Albert Knoebel, years old; Miss
Morris, 16 years old.
Fatally injured-Eugene Lott, years
old; Pearl Hodge. years old; son Of
Frank Erdel, s years: Miss Mary Blincoe,
teacher. will die; Felix Ronigers, will die.
Seriously injured-Clare Leirhrmer, 6
years; Riley Hagan, Chas. Deepke, son Of
G. b. Willingham, child of Rev. Jenrich.
child Of Robert Walters, two children of
Ned Fagans, Lulu Eubanks. years; D.
w. Farington son Of Frank Erdel, leg
and arm broken; jeff Lofts. little son and
daughter; j. r. Hodges son, arm broken
and injured in head; from to IL other
children whose names cannot now be
learned.
Killed in Franklin county, Mo-: Robert
e. Thompson.
Injured-John Nowak. Aug Nederholt-
meyer, Herman J. NOwak.
Fatally injured at Renick. Mo-: w. H.
Stiles, Mr.. Laughlin, unknown man.
The damage to dwellings IS Of course
heavy, but after all the chief loss will fall
on the street railways. the electric light
companies and the river and railroad in
terests. The municipality itself is perhaps
as heavy an individual loser as any. The
damage on the poor house. insane asylum,
pauper hospital and public school buildings
will reach a half million dollars. and the
injury to the streets, damage to pavements
and destruction OF telegraph and electric
lighting systems will foot up $3.50, 900
more. The street railway system, which
operates cars over IS miles of track. is also
heavy loser. It's power house was de-
stroyed and it's trolley lines were wrecked.
probably 100000 will not cover the loss.
The steambot men may be put down for
another 10000, and the steam railroads
half million. The Myers & Liggett fac
tory, which was wrecked completely, rep
resents loss of 100000 This list really
exhausts the heavy losers. The other
losses are in the thousands, Or even in the
hundreds, and while their aggregate foots
up large sum there is no justification for
the stories of damage ranging all the way
from ten to fifty millions.
In East st. Louis the railroads and the
river interests were the heaviest losers by
the storm. The former will not get off
cheaper than $750,000, and the latter suf-
fered to the extent of perhaps 5000, 900.
The loss to the steamboat men was not
only in the vessels destroyed, but in wharf
age, freight and material. The fire caused
further loss of 100000, and the indiv:d-
ual losses OF property owners will swell the
total to between So, SOC, 900 and $4,000 900.
In the country and the various small towns
that were touched by the storm there Is no
means of getting at the property loss.
There is no basis even, for an estimate. It
is probable that the losses will aggregate
a large amount, taking into consideration
the wide area covered.
None of the large hotels have been In
jured in any way and the section of the
city that felt the brunt of the storm in
cludes but a handful Of houses that have
been placed in the list of contingent extra
Accommodations for visitors. More than
nine-tenths of the houses so listed and
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