Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-04
DEAD AT ST. LOUIS
OVER TWO HUNDRED BODIES THUS
FAR RECOVERED.
In East 81. Louis About One al
and Thirty Have Been
Is ThOught That Many BODIES
Will he Found when the Ruins
Are Cleared Away-Estfmates OF
the Property Loss.

~. lsoulS. MdN btSoiati'h $50
reigns supreme in the tornado-stricken
districts of East 81. Louis and TINS
city. The day opened up clear ana
cool. and everywhere could be seer
gangs Of men delving into the ruins
for buried victims. clearing the streets
of d~ismaptlcd poles. wires and general
debris. repairing the damage done 10
thousands of buildings and relieving
the injured and homeless.
As the time goes on Ii becomes more
and more evident that the tornado is
the worst that eyer visited this or any
other city on the North American n
tinent. Horrors multiply every hour
and the list of dead is appalling. More
than $50 dead bodies have been recov-
cred in st. Louis and over 100 nerSHns
are known to have been injured.
Mangled cadavers are still found along
the path of the storm and are taken to
the improvised morgues. 1t will be
weeks before n complete list of those
killed can be made. but the list of dead
i'm st. Louis alone is climbing up 10 the
200 mark.
Only mere guesses can be made as to
the property loss on both sides of the
river. but mercantile agencies say that
1t may reach S50.0O0.00o in this city
alone, while in East st. Louis il VII
be several millions. In East st. Louis
The Disaster Was Complete,
the western section of that railway
town being one vast charnel house.
Only a single dwelling was left stand
ing on what is called the Island" and
600 families are homeless. Citizens es-
innate the dead at fully 200 on the
East side. In the wake of the tornado
came grave problems. To meet one
of them-the protection Of the city in
the absence of electric lights-the First
Missouri regiment has gone on duty
for patrol service and the police COM
missioners will add 1G0 men TO the
force.
The business men of st. LnGis have
taken up the work OF relief. An ear
nest meeting on change yesterday was
the beginning. There are thousands
who can pull themselves out of this
trouble. There are other thousands
who have lost all and must be helped.
A partial resumption of the street car
service has been effected. The east
and west roads north of Market street
are in operation and also the Broad
way and Grand avenue division of the
north and south lines. Within the
southern division the Scullen system
is the most badly crippled. owing TO
the destruction of the power house.
and the officers venture no prediction
as to when cars will be running. A
partial restoration of the electric light
service is promised in forty-eight
hours, but it will be a couple OF weeks
before all of the circuits are in order.
The destruction of poles and wire
along the path of the storm was COM
plete. Inquests on the bodies of A.
of the slain in st. Louis have been
held. a verdict of shock and injuries:
accidental" was rendered in each case.
East st. Louis has issued
A Touching Appeal for Aid.
and the committee which prepared the
manifesto estimates that 200 persons
Were killed and that the number of in
iured Will foot up in the thousands.
1t is known that a number of persons
are still buried in the debris on the
southwestern end of the island and in
the ruins of Halsey's hotel. the Mar
tel house. the Relay Retreat and the
Durant house. Conservative people as
sert that the list will not reach the es-
total of 300. though enough
persons are now missing to create a
fear that the fatalities will approach
that number. Many of those who have
been seen by their families since
Wednesday are supposed to be stop
ping with friends or detained from re-
turning to their homes by injuries that
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telephone service and electric lighting
are entirely suspended. All
business is virtually suspended.
Every n agrees that months will
fail TO reveal the extent of the lorna
dos devastation in the Illinois towns.
From the surrounding country thou
of men. women and children
into the city to view the scenes
Of ruin and death.
The officials of the board of educa-
ion are busy figuring out tie enormous
loss which the schools suffered. All
the South end schools between Cho-
teau avenrc end Arsenal streets were
badly h~"'a"ed. Some had roofs blown
a"-"r "rd walls caved in and others
~itll ruined windows and chin
r"S Tho schools which suffered most
tie Clinton, Clinton branch. Pea
'' charles. Hodgen. Pes~talozzi,
- ~. New Shepard. L~okverture. Aroe-
t"', Lafayette. Longfellow and Madi-
The Compton. Marquette. Cho-
teau and Garfield also suffered. The
board canno repair the damage
for less than $4,000. and perhaps a
sum will he needed. Several
of the schools will not be opened again
until September.
Churches Damaged.
st. Patrick's Roman Catholic church.
Sixth and Biddle streets. was damaged
even more than first reported. The
spire was entirely demolished and in
falling destroyed a two-story brick
building or the corner of sixth and
Biddle. The organ loft of the church
is a wreck and the organ covered with
brick and debris. Despite this state
OF gloomy affairs services will be held
usual Sunday morning.
The emergency hospital at the old
Shepherd convent on Hines street
Is running along in good shape. con-
that 1t was only instituted in
It's present capacity Thursday morn.
ing. Some of the doctors took their
hrst rest after midnight Thursday. lint
they were all mp and bus. by 6 O'clock
Friday morning. There are nearly 300
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