The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-30

East st. Louis Makes a Touching Ap-
peal to the Public for Aid.
Militia on Guard on 10th sides Of the
Have Been Beaten TO Dcath-ss.
Louis' Greatest Fear In That tho
Country win Get IN Idea she Can't
Take Caro- OF tho Republican Ma
tional Conventfou.
81. LIQUID. May s.-ronlxht. forty-eisht

st. Louis. May .s-Tonight. forty-eisht
hours after the tornado OF Wednesday
tore its way through the city. there exists
about as much uncertainty TO tue
actual number OF people killed and The
amount OF property damage as on tie
first moraing of the disaster. Scores of
dead have been Identified. but no one IL
willing TO venture guess as to how many
bodies may he Ia the ruins OF the hum
dreds OF buildings yet unexplorcd The
total number of dead In ST. Louis sdea-
tified up to tonight Is ise. and in East st.
Louis i2I. In ST. Louis there are tweuiy-
two bodies stiil unidentified. and ia East
81. Louis two. II Is believed that the
deaths OF the injured ana the full recos-
cry OF the dead viii bring the dead list
here well UP to 10. In East ST. Louis The
city officials declared this evening that
they have hope that the death roll on
that side OF the river will not exceed iya.
but the ruins upon which the rescaers
have not yet begun work may swell the
total far beyond that figure.
The estimates upon the property loss
have grown wilder and further apart.
Guesses were made today all the way
from $2.ocoea to sso0a0oo for ST. Louis,
and from si.sIo.ouo to s20.en,aso for East
ST. Louis. The most popular estimate
is in the neighborhood OF szs,ao@a for
beth cities. including railroad buildings
damaged.
The building contractors of the city
have been overwhelmed with orders for
rebuilding and the work of wiping ous
the havoc OF the storm has been begun
with much energy. The commercial eS-
change announces tonight that the audi
forium 10 be used for the Republican
national convention has been repaired
.hA nat flxe at AZ
OF tho storm.
ST. LOUIS, May es.-Although thousands
of men have been at work night and day.
clearing away the wreckage In the path OF
the tornado, they have made scarcely q
perceptible impression in restoring the
chaotic confusion to anything like order.
Passagewsys have been made through
some OF the principal thoroughfares, II 10
true, but for the most part the streets are
still ehoked with the battered remains of
homes and factories. hospitals and
churches.
The path OF the storm Is fully mile and
a half wide. II starts away out In the
suburbs of the city. where beautiful homes
are located. Taking a zigzag course. IL ex-
tends down through a densely populated
tenement district fully six miles, and
crosses the river. At the extreme limits
as Tower Grove Park. I, Is populated by
people OF wealth. and the houses are pala-
fiai. with beautiful grounds. etc. To the
southeast OF this IL another region OF
wealth. The storm moved Its way through
both Of them. Magnificent resides In both
places were wiped of the face Of this earth
IN some cases. while in others roofs were
carried away. trees torn from their roots
and all the picturesque beauty destroyed.
al fr.
Heights. are strewn wrecked homes. roofs
OF houses. trees and masses OF rubblsh,
wh!rled into the city from the farms and
wild timber beyond the city limits The
same n true OF other thorouEhfares.
Not a tree or house In the way Of the
storm was left without damage. From the
corner Of ST. Vincent and California ave-
npes away 10 the northeast. as far rs the
eye could reach. Is a stretch of devastation
and ruin. The Christian church AT this
corner Is an almost nnrecoguizabie pile Of
bricks mortar and ;imhers. A Httie to the
south stands the Missouri Pacific railroad
hospital. The greater portion Of the roof
was torn OF. and the whole building was
80 badly wrenchef that the superfnfend-
ent. Dr.. p. r. Vastorsinr. says II will take
at least si5,ooe 10 repair the damage. There
were nearly 10 patients In the hospital.
and these were thrown into 4 state ns
panic. The Hodges school. south OF the
hospital. Is wrecked 70 the second story.
while row OF residences across the street
were noh harmed The chBfean school
haif nile north. was so badly damaged
that r viii probably have 20 hn rebuilt.
while nearly every daSiitnx Intervening
was unroofed or demolished The Yafav-
cite Park Methodist church facing the
park, ia in ruins, II nearly every beauti-
fsi house N the vicinity. At Lafayette
and Missouri avenues fs mass of debris
which was formerly the Lafayette Avenue
Baptist church North from rafayette
park, on M,ssissippi avenue. are the ruins
% G a. schneideTs beer garden
Nearly every house on the east side Of
this street for a mile is either biown sAsn
or badly injured. Browns tobacco fac
tory, sts-s;cry structure at Eighteenth
street ard Choieau avenue wss almost
wholly demolished. and 10 the north 81
Il Is That remains of Evans Prothets
tobacco ~arebouke A short distance
east Of the warehouse II the Ereckare
left from a blown-sp gashouse. 4 short
distance south Of Chotcau avenue on
Seventeenth street IL the Fulton gram
mar school. or the ruin of sf
From here can ~ seen the remains Of
tho city hospital This structure. accord
ing 70 Adoiph Beriinsr. the supergutend-
eni. has been damaged TO tire extent 81
500 500 The ssshsss 81 the hospital have
b-en EETsG 70 Anf ground Etslff the build
Ing HseIf ir 80 badly wrecked as 10 ne A.
rrssst uzeieSs. The patients have for The
mos. part besn removed 90 the Good
gserhera hospital. Devastation ard
ruin are se~n On every side from the bos-
psszi. Scarcely a house In the radius Of
half j mile rneapeff the rayage. OF the
storm. ~ Thirteenth aud Soniard streets
Is the ruiz ~ 81 Patsl DE- Vincent church.
erected IN isss. while the buildings on Inc
arrzte- A. F-taia aa.ff
For blocks ia every direction are ruined
buildings Looking from this point 10
zzrd the business center of the city. az
far as the eye can reach are wrecks OF
houses
The coUrse OF the storm vas do1B =
valley. where. before the city was lad
out, . stream had run Chofeza avenue