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


lies parallel 20 this valley. and Is the
main tAoreughfare sesdiax 10 the sxars
% 81. Louis. For msie TO the south ard
nearly bSff usiie nerth OF Cheteaa
avenue N&s the path of the storm. Long
fellow boulevard VIDE street lined with
hundreds ~ homes. Was left with scarce
~ a house unharrsed- Al Missouri ave-
nue and Russell Is the south side rsre
tack. II WAS swept clean oe the e,ass.s-
inss that sscod upon ~, North Of here
is sn srnmease Pile Of brick and raaehsr-
cry aad street cars. II IS the remains OF
VIA, was Seu,isn's electric street railway
power house. 10 IL estimated that Ssae-
coo viii scarceiy cover the damage siers
here. EsSt frera this ruin fer half a inise
there - scarcely a hailfirx left standing.
Lafayette rark. ore os the most atsrsc-
tive pahlic grounds IN the city. has not a
single tree standing. IL resembles A
thteket Of aadersvush with the trunks Of
great trees twisted and scattered threagh-
out.
The parochsai school adjoining 81. Fan,
de Etncent church was seriously damsx~d.
The huge tower OF the Saxon Lutheran
church al Eighth street amt LAFAYETTE ay-
enue was blown or. as were also the tew-
ers and roof Of 81. Peter ard 81. Paul.s
church. on Soulsrd street. The scuiasst
market. covering nearly an entire block.
from Seventh 20 Eighth street and from
Casrolltcn to Julian street. IL demolished.
The roof OF ST. Martins Esangelieal
church Is gone aud sealara street. at the
corner OF Fourth. IL completely blocked
with what a few DAYS ago were tho hosnea
OF thousands OF worsing people IL was
about this point that the storm turned
Its way north. Among the important
structures to fall were The roof ard Part
OF the wallis az the saxcny -four mill cha
southern White Lead Works and Plants
mill and elevator. the ST. Louis Foundry
and Machinery Co.'S works.
The number Of families .cft homeless by
the devastation along the oath OF tina
storm VIII reaeh up into the thousands.
In many instances those people have lost
all their earthly possessions, Many Win
be for days dependent upon charity and
their more fortunate netxhbcra for shel-
ter.
There Is . probability that one man
whese horribly mansi~i body was taken
90 the morgue was not killed by The
storm gentleman who was In the neigh-
hofhoed OF the rnien depot powerhouse
Just after the storm asserfs that some OF
the crowd there assaulted rhout caught
thisving and beat him to death. Ills
story IA that while viewing the wreck he
saw half a dozen men Jump on a man
who had been leaning about in the crowd
Some one hit the man with club telling
him to the ground. Then tho crowd
jumped on the man and kicked him until
he was unconscious. Some one cried
Lynch the thief" Then tho crowd
picked UP his iimr form and carried II 10 ,
Russell avenue. where they put II In .
dirt wagon and csrted II OF.
Not single hotel IN the c!tv has been AZ
fec'rd or the wholesale manufacturing dis
trict materially injured. The sllght IN
jury TO the speciai building erected for the
Republican convention has been repaired.
and the building ts now ready for oecu-
pancy.
In The morguc today are nine bodies attn
unidentified. The stream OF visitors hau
diminished. but hundreds viewed the mart
eled rad hlackened remains. In the hope oe
identifying them. ThpnAas uriffin. an ex-
policeman. who was Killed at home. was
one OF the 600 who survived the fanous
charge OF the L'ght brigade az Balakiava
during the Crimean war.
Boatmcn today began recovering ffsD
wrecked and Disabled craft or such por-
tons as appeared worth saving. Eleven
boats and tugs are thought TO be beyond
repair. They are the Dolphin No. .. T. J,
odelI. city Of Quincy Libby conGer Bald
Eagle. Belle of Calhoun. East 81. LOUIS
Andrew Chisey. Henry l.. Clark. and ths
tugs Baton Rouge. Belle and s. y. club.
Five members OF the crew or passengers
OF the odeil were reported missing yertsT-
day. and are given up for lost. None OF
the bodies have been recovered. The num-
Der who lost their lives In the river ss i
matter OF conjecture only. The situation
has grown worse each hour The rescuerv
have made comparatively iIftI. progress.
and believe large number Of bodies ara
yet TO be found.
The wrecked towns present an awful
appearance today. Scores OF dead horses
and cattle scattered among the ruins are
adding sickenlng stencil to the already
un~sni,ary condition Of the district. All
business is virtually suspended.
Every one agrees that months WIN fail
70 reveal the extent of the tornado's dew
assaiIon In Illinois. From the surround
Ing country thousands OF men, women
and children Hocked into the city TO view
the scene OF ruin ana death.
Officials Of the board OF educaficn are
figuring out the less the schools between
Choteau avenue and Arsenal street suf-
fered. The school board cannot repair tho
damages for less than x9ooQ. Several
schools VIII not be re-opensd TN next Sep
ternber.
At the emergency hospital IN the ei1
Good Shepherd convent there are nearly
9ca sick. transferred from the city hospI.
tai after II was demolished. AZ 81. John's
hospital the wounded are Icing well cared
for.
Resumption Of street car service has
been effected. The southern division Of
the Sculiin system IL most badly crippled,
owing 10 destruction OF tho power house,
ana the officers venture no prediction
when cars VIII be running. Partial res
toraiion OF electric iigh; service 10 prom
ised In forty-eight hours. bat II win be q
couple or Weeks before all the circuits
are In order. The destruction Of poles and
wires along the path Of the storm was
complete.