Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-06-04

tNatiOnal n was & unlnJuFeo, While two
blocks southeast house owned by TIs IS i
Sexton was torn to kindling wood Passing
on outside the city every suburban garden.
orchard and field is@razed of its growth
III all this desblation death ran riot. High
above the storm were heard the cries Of
suffering and the shrieks of people strug-
Cling helplessly against the storms fury.
The POINTS Of greatest disaster. the water
front and the vicinity of the relay depot,
have not yet given up all their dead.
Scarcely single person in the storms
highway escaped some injury.
Disasters on the River.
The track Of the storm across the river
was practically the same as that of the
great storm Of August 4. 1878. The trend of
west to northeast. leaving the Missouri
shore at the center of the southern half of
this city and striking the Illinois shore in
q path whose northern edge was the Eads
bridge and extending south three-fourths
of mile. Within this path were moored
Is steamers large and small. The storm
fell so suddenly that none of the vessels
were prepared. In all ten large passenger
steamers, five ferryboats. two transfer
boats. two tugboats and half dozen small
pleasure barges were driven to the opposite
shore or sunk outright
The steamer J. J. Odil was loosened from
it's moorings and blown against the second
pier Of the Eads bridge. where 1t sank.
Just before the boat struck her boilers
blew up. Nine Of her crew of twelve are
reported as missing. Those Of the crew
who reached land in safety are Jack Nor
rissey, Pat Milan and man named Moore.
About the same time the Odil struck the
pier the towboat Dolphin No. was blown
from her wharfboat at the foot of Morgan
street, dashirg her up against the first
pier. She struck the pier with force that
crushed in her starboard side. She drifted
down the river for about three blocks and
then sank only leaving her Prov above
the water.
There were II persons. three of them
women. all of whom had jumped from
either the steamer Pittsburg or the Libbie
Conger, who managed to catch driftwood,
which carried them down the river to the
Pittsburg dyke. where they were caught
in an eddy and sunk to the bottom.
The Bald Eagle was blown down the river
for considerable distance, when the boat
was capsized and went to the bottom.
About 20 persons were on board, but moth
ing has been seen or heard of them.
great many lives were lost by the sink
ing of barges and smaller crafts. In most
every case there was at least ten men on
board each of them, and In many cases
several Of them are still missing.
The Baton Rouge Belle, a tugboat was
forced from it's hawser out into the middle
of the river. When 1t reached there it be-
gan to roll over and over down the river
till it rea ched the foot Of Chouteau avenue,
where it was forced against the wharf Of
the Virgins Ferry company by the wind,
and sunk in ten feet of water. -. ,
The City of Monroe was dashed against
the shore, but Gid not go down. Capt.
Ziegler exhorted his passengers and crew
to not jump overheard. His last words
We're: ''There is no danger" He was blown
into the river and drowned.
The following boats are reported as dam
aged or missing: Pittsburg, City of Vicks-
the Madill, the Elm G. Smith, the Louis
Houck, Dolphin No 2, Bald Eagle and the
J. J. Odil 'o
Work of Relief.
Unsolicited and without prompting the
work Of relief began here at once by the
whole people. A meeting Of citizens was
held at noon at the Merchants exchange.
and Mayor c. P. Walbridge contributions
were asked for. Within 40 minutes, or as
fast as the sums given could be acknowl-
edged, $4,000 were in the secretary's hands.
Contributions continued after adjourn
ment It is not proposed to go outside the
city for aid, though no offering Will be re,
fused. President c.. H. Spencer, president
of the Merchants exchange, was made
chairman of the committee Of distribution
and set to work at once to place the relief
money. tta
Later Figures on Deaths.
ST. Louis, June 1.-At midnight the total
number of dead, missing and fatally in
jured in the two cities numbered AZ. ms
estimate will undoubtedly be added to
when all the ruins shall have been uncov-
cred. - 81 Ill 3<Eyg.@
In st. Louis:
Unknown dead il