The herald., 1896-05-29

Wall Paper company, and blew down
the wall Of new brick building two
doors farther north. 1t almost demolish-
ed the building of William Koenig Il
Co., agents of Aultman & Co., agricul-
tural implements. The roof and CELL
ings of the first floor were wrecked and
the occupants of the office saved their
lives by taking refuge in the vault. The
buildings of the American Refrigerator
Transit company at the levee and Cedar
street are badly demolished. The Ter
minal elevator, Riddle and Main streets,
was robbed of the south end wall on the
first floor. The fourth story and roof of
McPheeler's dry goods warehouse on the
levee, between Biddle and Carr, was
blown off.
The front and roof of Fish & Davis
three-story brick saw mill machinery
warehouse on North Main street was
wrecked
The roof and smokestacks of the Full
ton Iron Works and Machine shop, Full
ton and Carr streets, were blown off.
The roof was blown off a vacant build
ing belonging to the Dr. ]. H. Mclean
estate, Collins and Bddle streets.
The immense freight shed of the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy railroad,
two blocks long and one wide, extending
from Carr street to Franklin avenue, is
total wreck.
Hundreds of cars stand in all shape
far away from their proper places. Two
engines In the Vandalia yards were
thrown down an embankment and de-
stroyed. Far down the levee from the
bridge wrecks of steamboats, are fourI.
The Mayor Lumber yard was COM
pletely carried away, as was the upper
Louisville and Nashville freight depot.
The top floor of the four-stor build
ing at Second and Chestnut streets was
blown off. The structure occupied by
Dan Gum as q notion store at 22O2 Clark
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Home Of Rest was demolished and one
man killed. name unknown. Two were
injured. The roof Of The Shields on
Seventh streets was blown off. No one
was reported injured. The front wall
of the building at 4O68 South Twelfth
occupants were slightly bruised. The
house at No. Market street, the lower
floor OF which was occupied by Mr.. Plum
mer as a saloon, was unrOofed and de-
luged with water throughout.
The roofs and skylights Of the Mer-
chants Exchange building were blown
off. The damage Is extensive. The
streets about the premises are blocked
with debris.
The cigar store at the bridge entrance
of Third and Washington avenues was
blown into the street. No one was in
jured.
The Paper Cotton Compress COM
pany's building near the foot Of Convent
street, and the st. Louis Cotton Com
press building, both one-story buildings,
were demolished.
Strickler's cigar store, Broadway and
Biddle street, lost a f1fty-foot front.
Mrs. Stricken was sitting in the front
door at the time with her baby in her
arms, but was unhurt.
The storm tore off half Of the roof Of
the National Paper company's building,
South Eighth street, and demolished the
shipping room on the first floor. Total
damage about $4,000.
The roof of the Sumner School for
negroes, situated on Eleventh street, be-
tween Spruce and Poplar streets, was
blown down. So far as known no one
was in the building at the time.
Many churches in all parts Of the city
suffered from the storm.
st. Francis de Sales church was COM
pletely wrecked.
The Jacobin Memorial church at Ar
nrond and Jefferson. while new and ap-
parently well built, went down at the
first stroke.
Mount Calvary, at Johnson and Lafay-
cite, was completely wrecked.
The Lafayette Park M. E. church. South,
corner Missouri and Lafayette, is minus
a roof.
Portions Of the walls of the Lafayette
Park Presbyterian church, Albion and
Missouri, are missing
Holy Angels church, at La Sale and
Strange and Cracker Castle, on the op-
posite corner, were damaged several
hundred dollars
st. Patrick's church, at Sixth and Bid
die, is total wreck.