Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-06-04


the bodies of - tornado victims in East
1t. Louis, and the coroner's office sat
urday morning contained IA list of
nearly score of dead for the officials
Ia begin work on.
Four companies of militia are pa
trolling the devastated district and
are protecting property from thieves
and vandals who have ilocllcd in ON
every train
East IT. Louis will he for several
days to come a city of funerals.
In ~. Peters, ~. llrnry's and the
city cemeteries. aS we'll as the ccmctcr-
les Of adjoining cities, graves are
pciug prepared for the victims of
Wednesdays disaster. and colemn cor
tcgcs Of sad.faced people are travers-
ing the streets of the devastated city,
following their loved ones to the last
rr~tin" places. There are funerals on
ali sides Hardly street or block was
there which did not have one or more
persons who were claimed as victims
by the storm, and many Of them were
barred Friday in order TO prevent rapid
decomposition. This and the over.
crowded condition Of the morguc has.
tened many Of the funerals
Ia ~. Louis Saturday there was an
almost unbrolcn line of funeral pro-
crerinnS snr"utc Ia Calvary and Belle
fon!:tin cemeteries.
Outside cities and surrounding towns
have been called upon to furnish
hcarscs and carriages to accommodate
the demand for ConvcyanreS. Extra
gangs 81 wurkmcn are employed in
~, pdrInG graves, and memorial day is
surely a day of mourning in the Mound
! City.
! Subscriptions to the fund for the re-
T lief of the homeless are pouring in at
/ gratifying rate. considering that the
: extent of the calamity has partially
! paralyzcd the city. The Merchants
/ exchange funds amount to more than
I 500 President Donovan called a
meeting of the Real Estate exchange
/ Friday and nearly -, 800 was raised in
/ IA few minutes. Secretary Aul raised
/ 5000 lii two hours at the fair grounds
/ Friday afternoon.
The street ear system is crippled, and
the telephone and telegraph service in
1
streets in the southern portion of the
city are Uttered with debris and broken
and twisted wires. 1t will be weeks
! before all the marks of the storm are
removed from the thoroughfares.
! The st Louis team owners came for
ward and placed their Is heavy war;
ons at the disposal of the distressed.
| The noble hearted draymen will work
all day Sunday gratis to relieve the
distressed The Wholesale grocers of
| CuppleS' station sent out - wag-
ons and trucks ON the same
errand of mercy BY Sunday night
every one in tine wrecked district will
be safely moved, difficulty has been
found in securing la borcrs for the work
of clearing away the wrecks, and those
who are able and willing To work are
demanding a rate of 80 cents an hour
Wages of bric!llayers have advanced
from - cents IT, 81. 10 an hour.
The damage to residence property in
| st. Louis is estimated by real estate
men AT nearly three million dollars.
y report from Warrensburg Saturday
morning says that the report that the
Warrcnsburg Normal school was de
stroyed by the storm Wednesday night
and so students killed is wholly untrue
The only addition to the death list
Sunday was Carlo Alfoncro. n pcddler
who died at the Alcxian brothers hos
pital ut p. IN. There are thr e. an
known corpses at the city mcrguc nc
| stricken district was the mecca of 100.
| ar nj I,
pathios went out to the home
less sufferers who clung to their
dismaiItlcd homes. The steady
mist of rain found hundreds of families
unprotected, save by hastily construct
ed ''lcan-tos' against the few remain.
ing walls Some were provided with
tents. Three hundred of these were
sent up from the jefferson barracks.
The Provident association, the Bust
ness Mems league and the public relief
committee have provided for $50 fam.
lilies, each receiving food sufficient for
two weeks, and such shelter as could
be secured. All the transfer and ex-
press companies have hauled free the
few belongings of the sufferers who
secured rooms.
Attendance at all the churches was
unusually large and the services were
memorial in character. DR. Schuyler.
dean of Christ church cathedral, held a
special afternoon service, at which a
large sum was contributed to swell the
relief fund.
The two services at Pilgrim Congre-
gational church yielded nearly 81, OO0.
| firth mt oil L.
churches and pledges made to continue
the relief until the need ceased Ar.
rangements have been made by every
society, church and guild, in the city
for benefit entertainments.
a panic was prevented Sunday night
at Union station by the prompt work
of the special detail of 80 policemen.
The $4,000 visitors who had viewed
the ruins gathered at the station about
eight o'clock. he Midway. the grand
hail on the second floor, the waiting
rooms and every passage way was
packed with humanity. Ii was impos-
si6le 70 open the gates. Assistant Chief
Kelley marshalled his men at the
Twentieth street entrance and began
forcing the crowd through the baggage
tramway to the train sheds. il took
half an hour to relieve The pressure.
Women tainted. children s;rrn asi and
men fought. Three women we're IN,
jured and eight children were sepa.
rated from their friends. There were
) probably a thousand strangers in the
lower half of the city Sunday night
wandering helpless in the dark ruins.
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HORSE.SHOERS TO STRIKE.