The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-28

Strickler's cigar store, Broadway and
Biddle streets, lost fifty foot front. Mrs.
Strickler was sitting In the front door at
the time with her baby IN her arms, but
was unhurt. Frank l.. Constantine's col
lar bone was broken by the falling of a
telephone on Chestnut street. The storm
tore off halt the roof of the National Pa
per Company's building. South Eighth
street, and demolished the shipping room
on the first floor. The total damage about
S41, 900.
Thomas Frye, drummer for g. II.
Lutherman Lumber Company, was seri-
ously hurt by the falling walls of the
company's office building at Main aud
Carroll streets.
Mail Carrier. John W. McGann and three
others sought SHELTER from the storm near
a brick wall at the corner OF Levee and
Carr streets. The wall fell on them and all
were painfully injured. The roof OF the
summer school for negroes, situ ated on
l1th, between Spruce and Poplar streets
was blown I'm but as far as known there
were no occupants in the building st the
time.
The following are among the damaged
buildings: The main office building,
freight depot and five warehouses of the
Iron Mountain Railroad Company were
completely demolished; roof of elevator
of the standard Elevator Comrany was
blown away aud badly damaged; the
Southwestern Lead Company. whose
house was completely demolished: Plant q
milling elevator wrecked; the property OF
the Brown Lumber Company was scat
tered to the four winds; the roof OF the
American Refining Company was shat
tered; the roof OF the st. Louis Refriger-
ator a. Wooden Cutter Company on Park
avenue was demolished, and later took
fire; Regina Flour Mill was badly dam
aged, the roof being upiifted, the smoke
stacks blown down; the warehouse OF
Nedderhut Brothers badly damaged; the
Campbell Brothers. Paint Company was
totally destroyed; Bridge, Leach a. Com
pany, loss 5000 TO their building; build
ing OF the St. Louis Ice Manufacturing
Company loss 5000, 900, almost completely
demolished; ST. Louis Cotton Compress
Company, badly damaged; vacant build
ing, formerly occupie by the Brown Oil
Mill Company, completely wrecked; six
men who had sought refuge from the
storm within ii were buried in the ruins;
John Wilson badly hurt about the legs
The wind caught the Armory building
on 18th and Pine streets. picked IL up
and scattered IL around the neighborhood
for blocks-
Sixty men were at work on the frame
work of the Light q Meyers new to-
bacco factory. Twenty or 80 escaped with
to be buried in the ruins.
Graver's paDing mill at Graver an
Arsenal streets was destroyed. south st.
Louis, Turner Hall, 18Th and Arsenal
streets, roof blown in. Carondela Gas a.
Electric Company, building considera bly,
damaged. Hydraulic press works, Man
chester road and Frisco railroad tracks,
blown down, damage $4,000. The
Laclede Gas Company's tank at Four
teenth and Gratiot was struck by light
ming, and exploded. Cuppies Wooden
ware house at 7th and Spruce was burned.
six unk nown men were taken out of the
ruins of box factory at 9th and Barry
street. The Founding asylum at Hick-
ory and Elm street is a complete wreck.
On South Jefferson avenue four fine resi-
dences were completely wrecked.
Canals lumber yard was struck by
lightning and destroyed and Annuncia-
tlon Church at sixth and Lasalie streets
was blown down.
street car was overturned at Sth and
Park streets, and crushed q man, name
unknown. Others were injured. Mrs.
Sophie De Martina killed by flying tim
bers on CLARK and 18th streets, only one
identified. The st. Louis Cracker Com
pany's building at 18th and Choteau
streets is a wreck.
In comparison to its size the fatalities
and losses suffered in East st. Louis greatly
exceed those on the st. Louis side OF the
river The larger part of the central por-
tion of the city is raZed to the ground,
while on the fats along the river bank to
the north OF the Eads bridge, not house
is left standing. In the latter portion
the loss of life is terrible. Scarcely fam
lily seem TO have escaped without one
member being killed, while in many in
stances whole households were wiped out
of existence. A conservative estimate of
the dead Is 1b0.
The Catholic Church OF st. John of
Nephomuk, at the corner of Twelfth and
Soulard streets was razed to the ground
except in front, which stands Ikea tower.