Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-06-03
Over Three Thousand Houses DAM
aged and Wrecked in st. Louis.
The List of Dead in Both Cities Num-
bers Nearly Four Hundred.
the Great Eads Bridge Badly Damaged
chou!s and Thieves mt work-Meas-
urcs of Relief for the Sufferers
inausurated-Msny Steam
Wrecked.

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Louis j. waking from its stupor OF terror
and things are beginning now TO shape
themselves to the amclioration of the
condition of afflicted and preservation
of the property left after the feast OF
the hurricane.
A relief committee has been formed
with an auxiliary woman's corps.
Money is being subscribed. the town is
thoroughly policed with local con
stabulary and two companies of mill
tia. streets are being cleared, homes
made habitable and feeble effort NJ
being cheerful To the distress is being
made by the townspcoplc.
The bright sunshine has served 10
Tighten somewhat the load of sorrow,
but now in their sober moments this
completeness of the disaster appears
the more appalling.
Nothing had been done TO clear away
the wreckage which still lay piled as
the elements had thrown it indiscrim-
lnatcly. Dead horses abounded. and
already siclIcning odors arose into the
night air. With the appearance of the
sun this feature became more obnox-
ious and the stencil was frightful. but
so busy and exhausted are the citizens
that IL is impossible TO tell when the
carcasses win be removed.
Mayor Badger and the rest of the
townspcopie here feel that they are in
most urgent need of all assistance they
can get. The rich have suffered with
the poor. and the resources of those
who could ordinarily extend helping
hand TO their more unfortunate broth
crs will be so strained in recovering
their own positions that it will be diff
cult Tor them to do much more than
help themselves.
The Eads bridge is once more open.
Trains began running Thursday night
and by Friday morning great long
lines of cars were putting across
the dismantled structure, giving
the imprisoned East st. Louisans
chance to get out of the
city. The tracks from the relay depot
up the bridge incline were badly cIut-
tered up with all sorts of stuff. but
were not damaged. With the earlier
train loads the passengers were pretty
nervous for fear that some OF the piers
might have been weakened bv the
bombardment of wind and water. but
they were safe enough.
There Is "a probability that one man
whose horribly mangled body was
taken to the morgue was not killed bv
the storm. A gentleman who was in
the neighborhood of the Union depot
street railway house just after the
storm asserts that some of the crowd
there assaulted a ghoul caught thiev-
ing and beat him to death.
The lists of dead which have been
hitherto printed have of necessity
been full OF errors. Men were reported
dead who were missing and have since
turned mp; false idcntifications were
made. names confused by misin forma-
alton and misspelling. so that there
have been already printed the names
OF more than have really been found.
There are unqucstionably many per
sons who have been killed whose dis
appearance has not been noted. As
yet very mcager reports OF The awful
work done by the cyclone in Missouri
and Illinois have reached this city.
Enough Is known, however, to show
that many lives were lost and thou-
sands of dollars damage done.
Sr. Louis. May so -ForgettinR every
personal interest that clashes with the
work Of mercy, the people of this city
wAho escaped the fury of the storm
have necessarily ministered 10 the suf-
fering Of the luckless thousands Since
the dreadful 20 minutes of disaster
Wednesday evening no thought has
been given toproperty losses. The worst
Is now known, however. and the
work OF computing material losses
has begun. As the world knows. the
greater number OF sufferers are small
property owners. These individual
losses are small, but they aggregate
the larger part OF the whole. A survey
OF the district made Friday shows that
over three thousand houses have been
damaged OF wholly destroyed. These
were mainly residences of the middle
classes. shop keepers and mechanics
The damage 90 church property was
particularly severe.
In the territory along the levee
Main, Second and Third from Wash
ington 20 Market. the loss will figure
mp fully one million. From Main TO
Eighth and from OFallon south TO
Franklin. the loss is half a million. A
class Of hard working people occupy
this territory.
In the territory south from Market
10 Choutcau. along Broadway and east
90 tho river front. a million and half
will hardly cover the loss. Southwark
along Broadway from Chouteau avenue
90 Lafayette avenue and embracing the
territory eastward 20 the river prom
erty has been destroyed 20 tho extent
Of s55O,OOO From the LAFAYETTE
Avenue bank south 10 Soulard the
storms fury wreaked awful vengeance.
The loss sustained was $3.50. 600
Hardly a building on either side OF
Broadway was spared. They we're oc-
cupicd by prosperous retail stores. rep-
resenting the energy and thrift Of
a lifetime. Embracing all the
district south OF Soulard from the riv-
CT, west TO city limits, the loss TO resi-
dences and business property Is esti-
mated at $1,000, 900. Going north again
and taking in all the territory up TO