The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-30

tne ruins VI Sts k1euTy fSOmhu SAtuO-
lie church. corner of California avenue
st. Louis theaters by wind and rain
Is estimated In the aggregate at $4,000.
The loss IL mainly caused by buildings
being unroofed and scenery destroyed
by water.
DEATH OF A GHOUL.
There IL one particular unidentified
body in the morgue that tomorrow will
be Inferred in the potter's field. simply
because 1t Is too badly mangled to be
Of service to the anatomical class of
the colleges. The injuries that result.
ed In the victims death are not at
tributable to the tornado, but were
rather sequence Of horror. A couple
Of hours after the power house OF the
South Side electric line had been lew
eled, with nine employees in the ruins.
q trampish looking individual put In
an appearance and volunteered to as
sist In the search. During the night
four bodies were taken from the deb
rls and laid side by side. Then, ac-
cOrding to q local citizen who told his
story at the morgue today. the yolun-
teer. availing himself Of what he
thought was favorable opportunity,
proceeded to rifle the clothing Of the
dead. He was caught In the act by
one of the searchers and who, without
warning. felled him with q brick. Then
with cries Of lynch the thief" the en-
tire party OF searchers fell upon him,
with kicks and blows from boards
and scantlings, and when they paused
for breath the ghoul was dead. A
pledge Of secrecy was quickly passed
around, the ambulance was sent for
and the body conveyed to the morgue
under the supposition that 1t was that
of a victim Of the power house wreck.
A RELIEF FUND.
st. Louis. Mo, May pa hastily con-
vened meeting Of a few leading citizens
was held yesterday In the Merchants
Exchange and fund Of $4,000 raised
for the relief Of the storm sufferers.
This was increased to $4,000 today.
That was before the full extent Of the
calamity was known. Today. when the
awful panorama Of death and destruc-
ton was fully unrolled the relief fund
was doubled within two hours and IL
constantly growing. A relief commit
tee has assumed the task Of receiving
and distributing contributions to the
fund. Notwithstanding no appeal for
outside assistance has been made the
relief committee is deluged with sub
stantial gifts OF money from every
quarter, all Of them accompanied with
expressions Of sympathy and words of
coed cheer. Thay are being rejected,
with kindly words of appreciation, and
the statement that st. Louis is amply
competent TO take care of all her desti-
tute and deserving.
st, Louis desires It wei! understood
that until all her own resource. arc
.NE
world VIII be made.
Mary hundreds Of the homeless are
already receiving assistance from the
committee.
PROPERTY LOSSES.
Forgetting every personal interest
that clashes with works OF mercy, the
people Of this city who escaped the
. fury OF the storm have ineessantly min
istered to the suffering of the lucltless
ones. Since the dreadful twenty min
utes of disaster Wednesday eyering, nc
thought has been given TO property
losses. The worst is now known, how
ever. and the work Of computing ma
ter'ial losses has begun. AS the world
knows. the great number Of sufferers
are small property owners. These in
divsdual lo.sscs are small, but they
aggregate the larger part Of the whole
y survey Of the district made today
shows that over 5000 houses have beer
damaged or wholly destroyed. They
were mainly residences of the middle
class. small shonkeeDers and mechan.
ics. The damage to church property
was particularly severe.
The estimates of good architects and
| reputable real estate dealers. place the
loss at about $22,000.0 900.
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