Phoenix weekly herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory) 1896-1899, 1896-06-04
Hundreds of People Killed In
the Cyclone.
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
Will Aggregate Millions of Dol
lars. Thousands of PeO-
pie Left in Distress.

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many days yet and complete list
! dead and injured cannot be made tpds
Under the ruins of factories, ware
houses and dwellings lie scores
mangled corpses and the waters of tx
Mississippi will carry many bodlt
away. Reports are constantly comm
in from points on the river OF fsrrie
end steamers sunk with their loads {
human freight and of trains blow
from the track and demolished and pas
sengers crushed TO death in the ruins
This morning John Mcdowell, g roust
about on the tug Alliance returned t
the city. burdened with messages T.
| loving ones from fathers and brother
telling OF their safety. They reported
| the Medille blown to pieces and tina
| the crew swan ashore. 1t Is reported
| that the ferries et the foot OF Anne
street and at Eaet Carondoles have
| been blown 80 pieces and sunk with
their crews and passengers. Capt
Pat Csrmody's preseDcs Of mind pre-
vented panic at the Fair grounds.
When she crowe appealed tor protection
from the tornado, Pat oorrsled the
frightened people under the stand and
forced them 80 remain there. The roof
OF the stand was blown in heap just
where they wanted to go.
Sixty inmates of the city hospital
were all injured, the bridge of the
Chicago and Alton road ever the river
wss wrecked on the Missouri side. Z
span of 800 fest fell just behind 6 pas
sepger train. Tons OF huge granite
rocks fell just as the train passed. Sew
eral cars we're overturned and many
passengers injured. At the ST. Louis
refrigerator oompsny's works seventy
people are still buried in the ruins.
After working it's destruction in this
city the storm moved westward into the
country. At Clayton most of the build
ings in town were wrecked and several
we're killed and many Injured.
Weather Officer Frankenfeld aays;
Yesterday was what would be popu
larry termed es warm, hszy, muggy |
day" Ths storm area moved slowly |
eastward. The barometer commenced |
TO fall at noon. Tbs sky became over
cast and by O'clock the green cloud
slo WY advanced from the northeast. A I
violent secondary storm center was
created. The storm had commenced
1T $40 p. N. and rain fell in torrents.
,ne and ffty-three hundredths fell in
IN hour. The electric storm wac of I'M
usual volume, the eky being continu-
Jus blaze OF light.
Two hundred lives were lost in this
;ity and as many more in EasS st.
Louis last night while thousands were
pjured, many so severely that they
,annot recover. TIE exact number
will not be known for many days, per-
lsps never, for the debris of ruined
ell over the city, covers hun
leeds of human keiugs. The damage
nd destruction of property viii sggre-
ate many millions but the exact
mount cannot be estimated with any
egree of csrtsinty. The greatest
auaage on this side of the river was
Inflicted within a three mile strip along
be mighty stream. Many buildings
otally collapsed, others we're unroofed
,hile very few in the city escaped in
1ry.
Perhaps the most mpressiys evidence
the storm clouds force is seen in the
'renching off of tbs eastern end of
led's bridge. There she tornado dealt
nth stone and masonry. IL tore off
nd tumbled down tons upon tons of
Masonry. Beginning with the big
astern pier and extending to the foot .
Z the incline the cloud cut of the
ppsr part of the structure as if it had
cen fiimsy trestle instead of g strnc-
urs OF world famed masonry. Fire sd-
ed mUch to the loss on account of the
re system being psrsiyzsd.
Steam boats, wharf boats and bargss
ere moorei from Biddle street to
hotesu avenue. Theee were swept
.om their faetenings almost in solid
hslsnx aud cast adrift. Some we're
and sunk, others blown
oross and crushed against the other
de. Many lives we're lost in she rush
~ waters, but is is impossible to tell
ow many.
The suffering OF the injured and
omeiess people throughout the dis
'icts where the cyclone passed is today
most beyond description, but 60 con-
,rted action can yet be taken TO relieve
Both houses OF Congress today
8ssed resolutions allowing the Score
ry OF War to furnish the Mayor with
,nts for temporary homes and hospi- s
lis. Telegraph, telephone, electric E
20 is, gas and street cars are useless.
pine OF the streets are filed with de-
ria ten feet deep.
ANDERSON, lad, May 2S.-The storm
ruok this city iess night, iniuripg
,veral people and doing s250,oo0 {
smage. The buildings OF the Ameri-
IN Strawboard Company, the Ander
N Bicycle Co., National Type Com {
any and Presbyterian church were
own down.
Sr. LOUIS, May 29.-Captaia Upton
the government snsg boat General ,
srnard states that he has received re-
orts from the people on the shore be-
w the city. There has been & severe /,
orn ia Missouri back of Hannibal and
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