The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-29

from 500 ana OF lllJuItl NLgut 80, 80.
property loss may reach S-''eOV'VVV'
ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 2s.-When
darkness temporarily interrupted the
search for storm victims tonight Slb
uaopie were known to be dead on both
sides OF the river and although the
complete death list viii never be
known. Il is believed that II will np-
proxinate 400 In the two cities Ine
number u lac iuju@s"l " oven n'hI,oE
ana many OF the manned cannot sur
Wv The property loss viii reach well
mo the millions. but the Insurance
l.rntl- frefrCa and p,iiCc AIN" refuse
to hazard even q guess at accurate
f,yur,,s The uncertainty regarding
Iogs OF life and PROPERTY is due manly
10 the wide extent OF the havoc
wrought by the storm.
The miles OF wrecked buildings as
YET uncXplOred and The numerous col
inusnd factories towards the lnVsau-
gatloa Of which llttlc progress has Deeh
made. may hide almost any number o.
bodies. rs the police have been unable
10 SECURE anything like an accurate llst
OF Tho missing In tine factory districts
many Of the employees on duty at me
time thu. storm broke out were With
,1,, relatives In the cltS AMI their 1ls-
annsnrqucc Hor scarcely be nOted,
oven though they be buried in the
rliirs. II IS believed by the police tu9.
that owing To the Suddcnness Wlth
which the crash came, many ramps
and homeless ones sought shciler
among the buildings which We're
IeyeI,ed and that nothing viii be known
~ thelr death until. perhaps, weeks
hence. their bodies are found. The lst
~ irnown dcnd In ST. Louis Is lb9 ana
East 81. Louis l5G. -,
The clty Is in darkness tonight, re-
mir OF the electric wires having been
scarcely begun, and but few OF the troll
lev lines are rUinlng. Nj over the
stricken distr!cS the debris choked
streets nrc crowded with siEht-s-eti y
and through the dim gas llght norsueS
Ir tho cast end OF the city ana the NOR
acns AZ Twelfth street, constant streams
Of psople are urged forward By aisteS Oh
police.
Tic Worst OFT.
Hundreds Of homes are In ruins doz'
ems Of manufacturing plants and dozens
OF business houses are wrecks.
Many steamboats, arr gune TO the bot
tom OF the FLYER and others are dlHTah'
tIcd. Rutfroads df all Kinds have suher'
ed great loss and wire and pole u"Ai
c0mpnnles have weeks OF toll anu llrE'
expenditures OF money 10 race pelgrt
they win be In satisfactory shape again
The most furiou8 work OF me storm
was along Rutger street, LaIayctt'
street and Ch0tcau avenue, anu cohtlllu
oug thoruughfnres east Of Jefferson ave
nue.
Ths houses arc in tho streets with thi
roofs underneathS buried by brick nnt
mortar Under the brick and moftal
are household goods Of every description
and on top Of all are uprooted trees un'
tangled masses Of wlrca.
There Is not tree nor n brick stand
ing In Lafayette Park. The wreck o
tho city hospital Is so surrounded bl
wreckagc that It tE barely pdsssh'e y
roach II. by far the most remarkable
freak of the storm was IN thl' many
winged housc. About 900 patients wcr'
Frattcrod through the wards when IN,
tornado struck. hut although the entir
tIprrr story was cut on clean ana on
wing rnzcl TO the ground. but one IN
mate was Killed. The Victim was 10
rafnI In one Of the upper stories ana wa
Killed by fixing brick In the demplish',
wing when IL srIi The roof cam
straight down upon the tnunihli"n
and thereafter. after resting upon
sound bed cnstlngs, enabled the patient
Ia bc rescued without serious, injury
Tho tntlr. building was rendered usrles
ana the toot0rlng walls wiz be tpfl
down aud now structure bullt
Extent of Iho SIornh
Many Of the handsome rcsldoncen II
Ir,urtoenth street aud about Lafayette
pork mr.. ruined, but the most damag'
,,,.u hpd fallen out pnl the tenant