New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-29


and stuneAed Save for the ftful glare of the
gas tets in the windows of the liquor stores ana
restaurants and the electric lights OF the re"
hotels and Other concerns that operate their
own plants. the entire city is in darkness. III
the devastated district the search FOR the oeau
buried In the ruins. Is being carried on ny inc
aid Of torches and locomotive headlights. De
tails of police keep the crowds AT oistance'
while the air Is filed with the shrieks ana sops
and hystercal lamentations OF the bereaVeo.
Ever and anon the changing OF gong Is hearu
I'm the distance. and vehicles and streetcars coiie
10 a stop while an ambulance dashes by TO ada
one more victim to the record OF the oeau a.
one or another Of the improvised morgues'
GRIEF. MOURNING AND sTUPEFAcTloN'
The streets in the certre OF the city, usually
active with pedestrians until midnight are ue-
serted save for those whose callings Keep eheiii
from their families friends while the summer
gardens and other points OF entertainment are
hare Of patrons Grief mourning and stupeiac-
ton have taken possession Of the city
COUNTING Up THE VICTIMS.
Careful tabulations OF the information gath
cred nv the United Press from all official sources
show that at s O'Clock tonight there were III
victims that had been identified. while ntteen
still await identification. Most OF the oodiss
claimed have been removed TO their late homes
r,ha rr,her missing the majority supposedly
ho,rg IN the ruins of the Industrial establish
ment= and dwellings that were totally de-
n,olished is varlously estimated at from oo 10
zoo orlv q complete search of the acres OF
ruins can tell the true story, for the people IN
the stricken regions utterly unable TO ten
a coherent story. Men ard women reported as
among the missing are continually appearing
while. on the other hand. many believed |" DC
safe turn out 20 be among the missing
The entire number OF dead in ST. Louis ana
| vicinity Is estimated at oOO. ana the lnJuie' II
IS believed. will exceed lCVV
The number OF injured reported TO the police
,n :, the same hour foots up 1S9. or these five
| .r. unconsoious and unidentified The Injuries
,orge from slight cuts and contus.ons TO one un-
| ,or.usnate who is reported as having sustained
tho ,oss Of both eyes and tie fracture OF his
skuII both arms and legs and ribs. or the list
~ injured which is about one-fftn OF the PROP
ah,a total nearly 100 reported by the phy-
s,cans as fatally injured or injured inter-
nal,v." which is practically the same thing
Those figures relate to the city proper On the
other side OF the river. In East ST. LOUIS A.
where the elements gathered themselves together
,or q supreme effort toward destruction OF lie
and property, the latest reports to the ohi'ed
Press place the total OF deaths anu Hlissiiie a'
2OJ and the injured at a.
Another tabulaton. made this evening py Inc
c, rnu,. Chronicle" gives these figures ldenti-
aed dead in ST. Louis 121; unidentified 81; IN
tured AT. In East St LOUIS: Deao i-o' ~"
Identified 125: injured. loS
The total number Of families who are without
,or,.s and whose every article Of household et-
,ects was swept away by the storm, is variousiy
s,,r,o,ed at from 800 to 800. 1t will be several
d,vs before a complete and trustworthy hs' can
be made.
OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED INJURED
Many injured on both sides OF the river are
hevond hope of recovery. The list OF injured re-
norted numbers over 100 and a great many
wore found at home and no report maze i"o
schoolhouses in East St. Louis serve as Temporary
hospitals while on this side the armory does
the same service. Every private hospl'ai 10
crowded
A district In this city. bounded nortn oy Cho-
,eou-ave west by Grand-ave. south to the city
limits and east to the river, Is virtually Hiass
., ruins Not an electric light has burned nor
car run In that section. comprising 'Zo city
blocks since $40 p. m. yesterday. Within this
,rr,,orv scarcely a building has escaped injury.
and thousands OF them are in ruins On survey
a., ,ho aaso,ate scene one marvels that the
deaths are not much greater. Beginning at the
,,astern boundary OF the scene is the handsome
and axclusive residence section known as Comp
,or nm the home OF the fourth generation or
tho sarIv French settlers OF ST. Louis. Ihis
aristocratic home place is strewn with wreck
age lust east lies Lafayette Park There the
trees shrubbery, fountains and statuary that
have been the pride Of the city were caught py
the wind and the place Is shaveh pare as with
giant scythe.
Further east and south to the city limits were
the homes Of thrifty commandments VINO
have given a distinct character to the district.
Tonight thousands Of them are homeiess' many
of them lying like nomads amid the RUNS OF
sharing the roofs Of their hospitapie ana more
,or,urota neighbors Interspersed in this lat
fer section and east to the river are mills, Drew
eries end numberless manufacturing concerns
These were fair targets for the storm. and they
suffered
T. vas this class of losses that add most to the
w,n,ng ont of what is conservativey stated to be
s4 600 600 invested capital There are sixteen
hrewerIes within these boundaries. worth $1,000
600 and while none are destroyed, all are dam
aged The losses fall heaviest on those least
able to bear them.
After the storm had laid its heavy hand upon
the southern half Of the city, fire came 10 COM
plete the work OF destruction. Five columns OF
flames shot up but, thanks to the deiuge OF ram
the blaze was mainly confined to Its starting
point In three Instances engines were unable TO
get nearer than block to the fires
RELIEF WORK BEGINS PROMPTLY.
Unsolicited. the work OF relief began here at
once by the whole people. A meeting OF the
citizens was held at noon at the Merchants Ex-
change After brief addresses by the Rev. Dr.
w W. Boyd and Mayor c. p. Walbridge. contr-
buttons were asked for. Within forty minutes.
or as fast as the sums given could be acknowi-
edged $4,000 VIC in the secretary's hands
Contributions continued after adjournment. It
IL not proposed to 60 outside the city Tor aid'