New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-01
ST. LOUIS BURYING ITS DEAD.
FUNERAL PROFESSIONS FILL THE
STREETS

~"i-~>-'Of'Oo SILL lORNADO AND
FIFTY THOUSAND STRANGERS VISIT THE
CITY-DIGGING IN THE RUINS YET
FOR BoDIEs-rHE RE-
LIEF WORK
St. Louis. May 31.-Grand a Id F'lorissant aveaL,
the main thoroughfares OF Bellefontaine ana
Calvary cemeteries were covered to-day with
continuous streams Of carriages following the
victims Of the tornado to tfeir last resting
places. The appearance of the kearses In the
procession alone showed where one funeral party
ended and another began. There was sunless
sky. and the sombre clouds dripped misty
rain. Fifty-one OF the victims buried to-
day in this city. nd thir,y-nine in East st.
Louis.
The work Of searching the ruins has gone
steadily on. Two hundred workhouse prisoners
were set to work UPON the ruins Of the City
Hospital. Health Ofic-r Starklor is Of the opin-
ion that number ,f bodies are under the ruins.
and the work was pushed with vigor. Up to 8
D. m. no bodies were found.
Lack Of labor in East St. Louis hampers
search work. The labor agitator is abroad In
that city. and his Infamous work has had its
effect. as in some cases 81 hour was demand
ed for searching the ruins. Three patients died
in St. Marys Hospital. in East st. Louis. to-
day. They John Kelley, Mrs. Ellen Hem
messy and Adoph Hanschel Most Of the work
there is directed to searching the ruins OF the
Vandalia freight depot and other buildings about
the eastern approach Of the Eads Bridge
FIFTY THOUSAND STRANGERS IN THE CITY.
All the railroads have placed on sale tornado
rate" tickets at all points within a radius Of
$50 miles of st. Louis. and to-day there are
$4,000 strangers viewing the ruins
Relief work has been systematized. DR.. W.
W Boyd, chairman Of the committee, says that
$500 deserving applicants received assistance
TO-DAY. The fund for this purpose this morning
footed up S91.o6 The mails are beginning to
fring subscriptions from the whole country
While the demand for help is great, 1t Is still
believed that the citizens OF this city will be
able TO care for all without appealing for out.
side help.
The exaggeraton Of damage to large build.
ings and hotels by newspaper correspondents 10
the cause Of much indignation. Not one large
hotel in this city has suffered temporary
inconvenience
The Convention Auditorium. which was repre-
sented to be obliterat ted Is reported to be slightly
damaged. Contractor McCune has repaired the
building. and tomorrow It will be turned over
to the Business Mems League ready for occupa-
tiOll Inc CITY Is TdpluIy recovering lTOHl tuo
shock Of the disaster, and very soon the storm
will be only date ir local history.
Carlo Alfonero. pedler died at the Alexian
Brothers Hospital at 8 p. m.
The steady mist of rain found hundreds Of
families unprotected. by hastily constructed
shelters. against the few remaining walls. Some
were provided with tents. Three hundred Of
these were sent up from Jefferson Barracks to-
day. The Provident Association, the Business
Mems League and the Public Relief Commit
tee have provided for $50 families each recev-
ing food sufficient for two weeks. and such shell
ter could b. secured. All the transfer and
express companies have hauled free the few be-
longings OF the sufferers who secured rooms.
MEMORIAL SERVICES IN THE CHURCHES.
Attendance at ell the churches was unusually
large and the services were memorial in charac-
ter DR.. Schuyler. dean OF Christ Church Ca
thedral. held speca. service at which a large
sum was contributed to swell the relief fund.
Two services at Pilgrim Congregational Church
Welded nearly 81 900. Contributions were made
in all the churches and pledges made to con-
tnue the relief until need ceased. Arrange
ments have been made by every society. church
and guild in the city for benefit entertainments.
A panic was prevented tonight at the Union
Station by the prompt work Of special detail
of dftv policemen The 10000 visitors who had
viewed the ruins gathered at the station about
s o'clock. The Midway. the grand hall on the
second floor; the watinS-rooms and all the pas
sageways were packed with humanity. 1t was
impossible to open the gates. Assistant Chief
Kelley marshalled his men at the Twentieth
St entrance and began forcing the crowd through
the baggage tramway TO the train sheds II
took half AN hour t. relieve the pressure. Wom-
o,,I 1ht
Three women were injured and eight children
were separated from their friends. There are
probably thousand strangers in the lower half
cf the city tonight wandering helpless In the
, dark ruins.
These the latest summaries 81 the victims:
Known dead In St. Louis 1s1; unknown dead
IN 81 Louis II: fatally injured in st. Louis
%: missing in St. Louis so; known dead In East
St Louis 146; unknown dead s; fatally injured
in East St Louis 3 Total fatalities. 42S.
injured IN ST. Louis. estimated. 500: injured
in East St. Louis. estimated, $50.
Rr-RYING THE VICTIMS
Ono hundred and twenty-eigh: victims ~
Wednt sday's horror were laid TO rest yesterday
ir the cemeteries Of this city and East ST Louis
The total Of hurials would have been larger but
for the fact that the facilities Of the undertaking
establishments were adequate 10 the sudden
and pressing requirements OF the situation
Quite number Of these establishments were IN
one or another Of tta Numerous paths made by
the tornado. and carriages. hearses and comns
bv the score were reduced to kindling. Hence
the demands upon those of the undertdkers
whose nlants vaere in order were doubled and a.
n result there was more less confusion ana
painful ANNOYANCE. No pretence was made OF
observing a time schedule, and In many cases
The bareaved relatives and mourners sat from
carly morning until late in the day awaiting
the coming OF the funeral vehicles. Horses did
treble and quadruple duty the hearses being
driven at breakneck speed from the cemeteries
TO the devastated district as rapidly as their
loads had been deposited at the door OF the
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