Iron County register., 1896-06-04

fafaye,t.. par,- Rantist 5000
Church OF the Unity ty....-..-.........- laWU
Mount Calvary Episcopal 400
Mesaorial Germa, NJ E.. 20 GO
Holy Cross. Saxon ..-- l2d9
Compton Hill Congregational -........-.. 1000
Compton Heights Christian n........ 600
st Henry 5 Catholic ..-.---......-......- iouB
St Paui's Evangelical. 300
Trinity Lutheran 49, 600
St Vincezt,s Catholic c...-....... 800
IS. Peter and paul 5000
ST. Johns Episcopal. 1s.0O
AnnunciatIou, Catholic lsO1
Over forty st. Louis churches were
smi.ten by the elements Wednesday
night.
Kahn poured into the unroofed build
ings, flooded the baseme nts and ruined
the furniture.
Falling steeples added to the gem
eral havoc.
Nearly every church near the deso-
late districts that escaped damage is
used for hospital and shelter pnr-
poses.
The houses of worship around La
liest kind, felt the blow more than the
others.
The Presbyterian church at Missouri
and Albion was damaged. Rev. S. c.
Palmer is its pastor. His home, at
the eastern front of the park, was de-
molished. The roof of the church
landed near the center of Lafayette
park. The church was of rough stone.
and its Sunday-school is, next to Wan
amaker's in Philadelphia, the largest
in the United States.
Lafayette Park nj. E. church. Rev.
S. C. Werlein, pastor, at Missouri and
Lafayette, was partly ruined by the
falling steeple. The pink stone walls
Uttered the vacant lot on the north, as
well as the auditorium. This church
is noted for the socialibity of its young
people.
On the north side of the park, corner
of Armstrong and Park. is the Church
of the Unity. This is white stone
building, rather small, and is on an
elevation. The roof was lifted off and
deposited in sections in the park.
Southeast of the park is the Baptist
church, at Lafayette and Mississippi. a
brick building, which sustained about
s.. 0G0 damage. The Baptist Orphans
home, Immediately east, was partly
wrecked.
Southwest of Lafayette park. Mt
Calvery Episcopal church. Rev. r.
Fauntleroy rector. at jefferson and
Lafayette, was entirely wrecked.
Part of it is on the Union club and
the rest of ii covers the street car
tracks
Following Jefferson avenue south,
the Memorial NJ. E. church of brick,
corner of Accomae was 3av.,ad
Smaller churches and parochial
schools with damared fronts. can he
scan further sonth and at Miami
street tba old Sa~on cbu-eb IL the
HaIv Cross Is ; hean of ru;ps
The Con.or,;a sem;narv and the
nubI;sh;np horse are veil Ia tered mn
North and west from Iafavetta
narl ST Kev;n.s chnrch on PARK and
rard;nar e.canaa nnscathea Conn
ton Hill CONGREGATIONAL church Ia
fsret-e .nd Cemn,on h.a ;.s co,n;ce
and mart of the roof sheetinp detached.
comnton Heights CHRISTIAN chnrch- st
v;ncent and California lost many
b-;clrs and the En;scona1 church. on
Grand Iafavette suffered slightly
:. Hanrr.s church t,al;fo-p;a and
carol;na ;s wraclred
Rumor has Il that a nr;est and Soma.
INNS ara st;ll undar the rnins
E,st of T.afayat,a ,arl- there are =
member of German families that win
los. tbousandso If dollars
A. NTH ard Iafavatta ;s ST Pan1.s
E,.n,ra.;..l ch,rcb pastor Iacoh
Irons af which only about =. feet of
wall remains. The monster steeple
cranoled ike aust.
Irlnlty Lutheran cnurcn, Hig ntn
and Lafayette. shared the tate OF All
high structures and collapsed Pastor
Hanser lives next door and his family
narrowly escaped uestTuction-
st. slncenLs cnurcn, Nintn ana
Park, did not lose lts steepie, tnougn
there are no trimmings thereon Like
ness to the general levei;ng of mans
hand;uorl-
ST Peter and ST Paurs Catholic
church nrobablr the wealthiest Ger
man congregations in the CITY. is desc
late compared with the grandeur that
tho =. r;sh;orers hoasted of before the
tornado
St Johns Ep;scopa1 church at Hick.
o~r and Dolman is minus its steeples
ard w;ng Exnenses of repairinp
,.-.lI an,onnt - sre nno
Tha carn,., sahoo. a. E;rhth md
uar;o, ,r.s $50
Tha .n-,,o.;.t;o,, n.r;sh a. S;xtb
ard Ia Salla Is a heavy loser. The