The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-06-03
GIGANTIC RELIEF WORK.

Homeless Residents of Tornado-Strtckon ,
Towns Proves Enormous-Scarchlng the
Ruins for Victims.
ST. LOUIS, June 2.-The corpse OF
John Barfeest was taken from the
ruins of 0ttenad's factory yesterday.
His wife and three children barely esN
capped death in the wreck of their
home. The remains of an unknown
white man were taken from the river
at the foot of lesson street. The body |
was found clinging to the wheel of a !
steamer anchor near that point and
from the position of the body it is sur
missed that the deceased was blown
into the river during the tornado and
tried to save himself by clinging to the
boat wheel.
The work of searching the ruins
goes steadily forward. That great
many corpses are in the ruins seems to
be pointed out by the fact that the po-
lice have list of 100 persons who are
yet missing
At the city hospital the debris is be-
ing removed by prisoners from the
workhouse, but no corpses have been
found. Dr. Sutter still claims that
there were but three deaths in that in
stitution. Those who may be missing,
he thinks, are pauper patients who
were glad of the chance to escape and
who will not show up again.
The local relief fund is now beyond
the 100000 mark This does not in
clude the 100000 which will be given
by the municipal assembly.
The actual work of relieving the dis
tress caused by the tornado has begun.
Canvassers representing the relief
committee were busy all day Sunday
investigating the condition of appli-
cants for aid The South broadway
association volunteered to look out for
its own territory and its members say
they will care for every case of want
or destitution in their district AS rap
idly as it could be ascertained what
was needed by persons who had suf-
fered from the storm, steps were taken
to relieve them. In some instances
food and shelter were provided, while
in others clothing was given out Vice
President Warner, of the Missouri Pa
cifc, received the following telegram
yesterday:
81 send $1,000 as a subscription to
fund for relief of st. Louis sufferers
from cyclone. The city has our warm
sympathy. HELEN M. GOULD"
The telegraph companies have re-
paired the damages done their lines by
the tornado and are again handling
the business of the public without de-
lay. The Bell Telephone Co. sustained
greater damage and the repairs cannot
be made SO quickly. Yesterday !there
were 1000 instruments in working
order and $500 were still silent. There
is force of GOO men working under
the direction Of Chief Engineer Sykes.
1t will be at least week before the
repairs can be made. The continuous
rains are a great drawback to the ef-
forts that are being made to start the
street lights.
After working night and day all the
street car systems in the city except
one are running on schedule time. The
Scullin system power house was COM
pletely wrecked and it will be several
weeks before cars will run. There are
three branches of the system through
| South st. Louis and all are idle.
Pity aroused by the suffering in st.
Louis is deepened to despair when the
| woes of East ST. Louis are contem-
plated The biting chill of the rain
: laden air was poor comforter yester-
| day to thousands of homeless ones
! there who made such efforts to shelter
} themselves among the ruins of their
; homes or camped in empty freight
cars. But all are struggling to better
their sad condition. Along the river
the mist and fog and malaria are fol
lowing in the wake Of the storm. Foul
odors rise from the decaying carcasses
of dead animals. Possibly human be-
ings are buried beneath the ruins out
7 of the reach of the wrecking crews
l The demand for labor, more particu'
larly in the building trades, has caused
a decided bull movement in the trade
market. The carpenters are working
, at slight advance on the ordinary
r schedule There is great demand fol
l bricklayers, some of whom are being
B.. paid for their work at the rate of Z;
l cents an hour. The two militia com
panies are still in the city and kept
busy doing police work.
The total loss of life in Missour
towns outside of st. Louis is now fount
to be 16; injured, 1888; property loss
t S16S,OOO In Illinois towns the loss o
G life aggregates as; injured, 170; prop
d ertu loss S355. 600.