The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-05
MANY Killed At St. LOUIS.
A Dsath-Dealing Cyclone Sweeps Through the
City Killing Hundreds Of People.
Worst Disaster Heard Of In Many Years
Over Four Hundred Dead From the
Fury Of the Terrible Storm.

81. LOUIS, Mo-, May 28.-One of the
greatest disasters in recent years over
whelmed the city Of st. Louis last night
in the shape of tornado, which began
shortly after FIVE o'clock and for 80
minutes tore it's awful way through the
city with velocity of over so miles an
hour.
Hundreds Of homes are in ruins, doz-
ems Of manufacturing plants and doz-
ems Of business houses are wrecks,
many steamboats, are gone to the bot
tom of the river and others are dis
mantled. Railroads of all kinds have
suffered great loss and wire and pole
using companies have weeks Of toll
and large expenditures Of money to
face before they will be in satisfactory
shape again. The most furious work
of the storm was along Rutger street,
Lafayette and Cbouteau avenues and
the contiguous thorOughfaTes east of
Jefferson avenue. The houses are in
the streets, with the roofs underneath,
buried by brick and mortar. Under
the brick and mortar are household
goods of every description, and on top
of all are uprooted trees and tangled
masses of wires. There is not a tree or
a building standing in Lafayette park.
The wreck Of the city hospital is so
surrounded by wrecksge that it is
barely possible to reach it. Many of the
handsome residences on Fourteenth
street and about Lafayette park are
ruined, but the most damage was done
on Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth
and south along Chouteau avenue, in
the. tenement house district. Many
churches also suffered from the storm.
The path of the storm is about a half
mile wide and over four miles long,
sweeping through the thickly popu-
lated southwest portion of Eastland
and across the river into East st. Louis.
The total number of dead, missing
and fatally injured in the two cities is
424. This estimate is made up as fol
lows; st. LOuis-known dead, 1856; IN
knogn dead, Il; fatally injured, Is;
missing, Sc. In East st. Louis-known
dead, 1873; unknown dead, s; fatally in
jured, 2; total, 424.
This will undoubtedly be added to
when all the ruins shall have been IN
covered. The property loss will reach
100000.
OUTSIDE OF ST. LOUIS.
Southern Illinois was also visited by
destructive tornadoes Wednesday even
ing. The first did much damage at
East st. Louis and vicinity. The sec
Ond, although no less terrific in force,
fortunately spent itself in a district
less denssly populated. The latter
storm came from the northwest, strik-
| ing the village of New Baden, and
Ieveling all but Eve buildings and kill
ing is people. The storm covered a
strip about a mile wide and swept
everything in its path. Ernest Brink,
living miles southwest of Vandalia,
and three members Of his family, were
badly injured. Their home was de-
stroyed. Near by, man and two child
rem, strangers, we're killed. Near IT.
vington, Robert Foster was killed in
his bed and his wife barely escaped
death. The damage to fruit and out
buildings is very heavy,
A tornado struck the southern por-
ton of Mount Vernon, ILL.,, at ten
o'clock Wednesday night, wrecking 10
buildings, numerous OuthOuses, trees,
etc. Mrs. Margaret Carroll and a son
we're killed. Ten people we're injured
and Miss Minnie Hoyt was struck hy
lightning, but q brother within two
feet was uninjured. At least so houses
we're destroyed in different parts Of
the county and in some portions the
crops are totally ruined.
At the following places it was re-
ported that the number killed we're:
At Breckenridge, Ill, 2; at Jefferson
City, H., 6; at Dye, Ill, 4; at MasOeu-
tab, Ill, 5; in Audrain county, NO, B.;
at High Hill. Mo. 1: at Washington. !.