New-York tribune., 1896-05-30
TRAINS ON THE EADS BRIDGE.
GREAT RELIEF TO THE SITUATION IN
EAST ST LOUIS.

TAXING OFT THE DEAD FROM TIE RUINS
RAILWAYS RECEIVING FREIGHT AGAIN
THE PLACE STILL. PICTURE
OF DEsoLATION.
East 81. Louis. May 20--The Eads Bridge Is
once more open. Trains began running lhu's
day night and by Friday morning great ions
lines Of cars were putting across the disHa"''eu
structure giving the imprisoned East ~. LOUIS
ans a chance 10 get out Of the city The tracks
from the relay station up the bridge incline were
badly choked up with all sorts of stuff' put were
not damaged. With the earlier trainloaos 'Hc
passengers pretty nervous Tor rear 'iia'
some Of the piers nigh. be weakened by the
bombardm,nt Of wind and water. but they were
safe enough. The relay station is now In fair
shape II was almost the only Duhd'ns wi
standing In itG immediate vicinity
WAKING FROM ITS sTUPoR.
Eas, ST Louis Is waking from its stupor OF ter
ror and things are beginning now to shape theni-
selves TO the aneloration OF the condition OF the
afflicted and the preservation OF the property iei'
after the work Of the hurricane
A Relief Committee has been formed Win an
auxiliary womans corps Money is being sub
scribed the town Is thoroughly poiiced WIFI
local consta bulary and two companies OF militia;
streets are being cleared. homes made habtable
and a feeble effort at being cheerful In their
distress Is being made by the townspeopie Inc
bright sunshine has served TO tighten somewhat
the load Of sorrow. but now in their sober mo-
ments the completeness OF the disaster appears
the more appalling.
The only body discovered this morning was
that of George Lucky. four-year-oid boy. ne
was known to be In the ruins OF No. ~" ~
Lous-ave. and work was pushed at that place
About 10 o'clock the lttle fellow was dragged
ont. He was frightfuy bruised. and recognition
was only possible by the clothing worn.
Last night the island where the destruction OF
property was 50 great. was guarded ny po'h INV
police and militia. There are two companies o'
National Guard In the city, one from BeheV'"o'
Conpanv d under Captain Rogers. which ar
| rived at , D. m. A company from Greenviiie' un-
der Captain Harris arrived this morning. Thurs
day the latter body was at Birkner helping re-
move the dead and injured in that place 10 the
county farm About ffty extra policemen were
sworn in by the chief and these. with the regular
police force and the militia. are ample to guard
| all the exposed property.
| DEAD HORSES AND BAD ODORS.
| The scene on the island a ghastly one dur
| Ing the night. The people wandered through !"
until almost daylight in meaningless sort OF
| way many Of them because they had no other
| place to 60 and others drawn there by curiosity
Never before has so beautiful a moon looked down
| on n more wretched spectacle. Nothing had been
! done 10 clear away the wreckage which stu lay
| piIed AS the elements had thrown II in indis-
| criminate masses. Dead horses abounded and
ALREADY sckenng odors rose into the night air
| With the appearancp OF the sun this feature be-
| came more obnoxious bu; So busy and exhausted
are the citizens that It Is impossible TO tell when
| the carcasses Will be removed.
The death list In East st Louis is being In
| creased by the an1ng OF bodies crushed and
mangled almost beyond recognition.
| H. Winterman. a contractor who was building
| a frame house at No. 2lI Firs;s,. and who was
| on the roof when tho storm came up, was hurled
| TO the ground and instantly killed. MIX"
| Br,Icker a lad Of sixteen years. while in bar
| Der shop on TIE dike near the bridge. was IN
| siantly killed Mrs Eliza Henncssy was hit In
the breast by the flying tmbers and fatally in
| jured. dying shortly afterward. Peter Mansley
was caught Just outside his door when the storm
approached IL was blown through the air
distance of nfy feet and hu-led into q hole.
| where he wla picked up dead shortly aferward
WAS SURVIVOR OF BArAKLAvA
Thomas Griffn who met death at his home.
| was n survivor OF the Six Hundred OF Balaklava
| fame.
| Mrs Horace Trump was at the bedside of her
| sick sister In their home. In her arms sh" helh
| her infant on the floor by her WAS a four-y"ar-
old child The storm wrecked the building, killing
| Mrs Trump and both children The sick woman
1 saved.
HaIsey's Hotel. situated just south u the
bridge in East 81 Louis. was one u the buildings
overthrown 1t /. estimated that II Its inmates at
| crf no at n "A A
under the ruins II Is feared that largr number.
how many Il Is not known. lie crushed under the
| wrecks " the Martell House the Durant Hous"
and the Relay Retreat. which were hurled all to-
| gether into Cahokia Creek. Searchers among The
mass OF wreckage which marks whore the settle
ment OF. the southeastern end OF the island stood.
spoke OF the dead they had already found under
| tho wreckage but declared that they could moi,
| tell how many more might still remain undis-
covered. Many days Will eapse before the miss
| Ing are all accounted for by the recovery Of their
| bodies
The situation on the cas-. side might be worse
The freight yards OF every line on the river front
were completely covered with overturned cars
and the wreckag@ OF the freight houses but the
superintendento with large gangs Of workmen.
set to work at early hour yesterday morning 10
clear the tracks ard by evening the Wabash the
! Glover Leaf" the Ohio and Mississippi and the
| Baltimore and Ohio routes announced that they
were In shape to receive freight at their yards on
! the east side. The Illinois Central the Vandalia
! and the Louisville and Nashville. and the Big
| Four were the chief sufferers the river front
but the Vandalia and the Louisville and Nash
| Vile have each commodous freight depots on the
west side OF the river In the north end The ca
| pacity Of them is now being fully tested The
Louisville Evansville and ST. Louis received
freight to-day. The Illinois Central succeeded in
clearing its tracks during the night
The destruction in Fast 81. Louis was mainly
| In the business portion. The fine residence Sec
ticns Pennsylvania and Baugh aves and
Eighth. Ninth and Tenth SITS comparatively