Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-28

walking was \ dliii suit and usnEtfuaa
experiment.
What lew Telegraph and telephone
wires remained above ground were
dfnpcd by battered tin r1o.H irIm
nelghb0ting residences aud tho TN
seemed 10 have been blackrnut iu
token Of the ruin that had been
brought. In the neighb9fh1od OF JET
iefson avenue aud the railroad tracks
aud TOT ,hruo blocks north, Including
EuEsnia, Adams ami Randolph
stfeeie, il was imp0ssiblc o. trve
through ami nearly every fcsideuCo
and building alone oithur " them
within three blocks Of Jcflefs0n avenue
were more or less damaged.
At East ~. Louis tue Destruction
wac grea'. The hougea, factories ane
workshops along the front street were
cut to the ground and presents a sad
sight Of ruin and wreck. How many
lives were snu1ei out under the
wrecks II will take time 90 End out.
runt there Ia number Of people killed
IL certain. Two hundred Il thought ~
be n conservative estimate Of th1 mum
Der deaf.
a three story hotel OF Wan. Wicker,
In which there are fifteen ot twenty
people won't down with a crash. How
many or whether any VI tho guests
were saved IL not known. Among the
buildings destroyed arc the city nall,
police station, fremont house, Balu'
more a Ohio and Vandslia railroad
round houses. Every freight house
on the island, wiggibs Ferry com.
rany'a wafot ouse, STANDARD Oh work.,
griRgin's hotel, Workman bank, -.
Il. Hartls's cooper shop.
4 TRAIN WRECKED.
ST.. LOUIS, May 27.-As train No.
IS Of Of the Merchants Terminal pulled
out Of Granite city, ILL.,, oil 6:l5 pm, Il
was struck by tho second dlyiii1n Of
tho hurricane aud was carried from
the track. ovotturnlng six coaches c0n'
tainiug $40 passengers. Tho train IL
Known o. the "work train" and car
rips employees 10 and from their work
al the Nleirlnghaus rolling mile nni
stamping works Ut Granite city. 10.
teri Miller, foreman OF the rolling uc.
department suut ,inoI iuluuus from
which no died. Miss Nellie Hngor.
man received piuTlee which may prove
fatal. All the oihor passongofa escaped
without injury, except about forty who
received scratches.
The damage In Granite IL reported
slight. No words eau do Justice 20 tho
horrors OF the scene at Seventh and
| Butgcr streets. In one wreck alone u
IL known that more than twenty bod.
lee arc still lmbodded. Five ahookingly
| maugltd forms were uncovered aud
removed lust before midnight. Fred
Mancheimer kept a saloon on tue
southeatI corner VI Seventh anu hut
ger, a three story brick building fitted
up over head ~ tenement hIuso.
| A TOW minutoi alter tho tornado
struck, the structure was mere pile Ol
brick, woodwork aud plasteriug, and
beneath II an unknown NUMBER oil
men, women and children mot an aw'
fui death. By tho light o. Tow Ian
terms Assistant Fire Chief utoa, aud !
corus OF assistants laborod under gtea
ilicultios all night. Just bvioro milo
night tho lbOdies OF Ffud Mauchehol
NOR, who kept the saloon, aud q
Thomas Harry and Wlilism hilllAn
the latter bOys under eight yeafs o
age, were recovered, together with tina
OF an unknown mau. The search atl
went on. Manohoimet's vito and no
lees THANH Eohty.pc ople, probably manl
more, are known 10 DO pinlonei unde
the ruined tenement The bodies O
the i've were taken 10 Adolph Eyer
livery stable, near az hand. The.
presented irightiul appearance.
In an adjoining apartment Of tn
stable were the remains OF an oil
French woman said TO have bee
taken from tho demolished three stJf
building operated Ne a grocery by i
IL, Gundlaoh, on tho opposite ooTno
at 1901 south Seventh. IL vas state
that more bodies are In this latte
wreck while few yards south at 1913
three. more people are known 10 hay
} been caught Ia tue suddenly collapse
home.
} The LaClode Gas oompany's tank .
Fourteenth and GTatiUl was struck b
> lightning and exploded.
Samuel Cupples's w0Odenwate con
} pany's warehouse al Seventh an
} spruce WAS burned.
, Six unknown men were taken out {
the ruins ola box factory At Ninth au
! Barry.
, Ths fouudling asylum at Hiskor
and Elm IL complete wreck.
On south Jefferson avenue four On
residences were completely wrecked.
GanAles' lumber yark was struck b
lightning aud destroyed, and AnnuI
citation church nj sixth aud La Bal
was blown down.
A street car was overturned o
Eighth and Park aud crushed an NJ
known man. Others were Injured.
Mrs. Sophie ID. Martina killed b
flying timbers on Clark and Twelit
: street, only one identified.
: The ~. Louis Cracker Company
building at Eighteenth ana ChoIea
Ia wreck.
Owing 10 tho absence OF any llgh
no progress eau be- made and work
searching tho ruling Tor the dead
slow.
ASKING FOR AID.
Chief OF Police HarTigAn has reee ia
this appeal;
sT. LOUIS, May 27.-Chlsi Harr
gan; We hereby notify you that
terrible calamity has beiallcn 10 In u
way Of wAter, storm and FIRE. With
tho last two hOufe death aud deslTu
ton have been followed by wire au
we ask for the immediate aid for Il
suffering and dead. Please send III
engines ~ soon as possible.
J. II. MARTINE, Chief OF Police.
= The excursion steamers City
Vicksburg and CITY Of PfOyidenc
lying al the foot OF olive street, We
blown out aud floatsd down the Tiv
badly damaged, Diamond Jos steAt
er Pittsburg, lying at the foot OF Was
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