The news boy., 1896-06-06

Lafayette Park Presbyterian. ......... $4,000
Lafayette Park Methodist. ........ 10000
Lafayette Park Baptist ................. 5000
Church of the Unity y................ ..... 1900
Mount Calvary Episcopal ................. 5000
Memorial German M. L. E................... 20,UC0
Holy Cross, Saxon. .... l2,c01
Compton Hill Congregational. ............ 1000
Compton Heights Christian. .............. 100
st Henry's Catholic ..................... l0.D0j
St Pauls Evangelical. Observation-Disclosures. 2o.OJ)
Trinity Lutheran Observation-Disclosures. 1900
St Vincent's Catholic. ................... 300
IS. Peter and Paul NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10000
st. Johns Episcopal. .................. 1909
Annunciation, Catholic. c................... 1900
Over forty st. Louis churches were
smitten by the elements Wednesday
night.
Rain poured into the unroofed build
ings, flooded the baseme q Is and ruined
the furniture.
Falling steeples added to the gem
eral havoc.
Nearly every church near the desc.
late districts that escaped damage is
used for hospital and shelter pur-
poses.
The houses of worship around La
fayette park, all of them of the cost
liest kind, felt the blow more than the
others.
The Presbyterian church at Missouri
and Albion was damaged. Rev. S. c.
Palmer is it's pastor. His home, at
the eastern front of the park, was de-
molished. The roof of the church
landed near the center of Lafayette
park. The church was of rough stone,
and its Sundayschool is, next to Wan
amaker's in Philadelphia, the largest
in the United States.
Lafayette Park NJ Z. church. Rev.
5. c. Werlein, pastor, at Missouri and
Lafayette, was partly ruined by the
falling steeple. The pink stone walls
Uttered the vacant lot on the north, as
well as the auditorium. This church
is noted for the socialibity of its young
people.
On the north side of the park, corner
Of Armstrong and Park, is the Church
of the Unity. This is a white stone
building, rather small, and is on an
elevation. The roof was lifted off and
deposited in sections in the park.
Southeast of the park is the Baptist
church, at Lafayette and Mississippi, a
brick building, which sustained about
$1,000 damage. The Baptist Orphans
home. Immediately east, was partly
wrecked.
Southwest of Lafayette park, Mt.
Calvery Episcopal church, Rev. =.
Fauntleroy rector. at jefferson and
Lafayette, was entirely wrecked.
Part of it is on the Union club and
the rest of it covers the street car
tracks.
Following Jefferson avenue south,
the Memorial NJ. L church of brick,
corner of Accomac, was leveled.
Smaller churches and parochial
schools, with damaged fronts, can be
seen further south, and at Miami
street the old Saxon church of the
Holy Cross is heap of ruins.
The Con cordia seminary and the
publishing house are we'll battered up.
North and west from Lafayette
park, st. Kevin's church, on Park and
Cardinal, escaped unscathed. Comp
ton Hill Congregational church, La
fayette and Compton, had its cornice
and part of the roof sheeting detached
Compton Heights Christian church, st.
Vincent and California, lost many
bricks, and the Episcopal church on
Grand and Lafayette, suffered slightly.
st. Henry's church, California and
Caroline, is wrecked.
Rumor has it that priest and some
nuns are still under the ruins,
East of Lafayette park there are q
number of German families that will
lose thousands of dollars.
At Ninth and Lafayette is st. Pauls
4
Irons, of which only about Il feet o.
wall remains. The monster steeplt
crumbled like dust.
Trinity Lutheran church, Eighth
and Lafayette, shared the fate of al
high structures and collapsed. Pastor
Hanser lives next door and his family
narrowly escaped destruction.
st. Nincents church, Ninth ant
Park, did not lose it's steeple, though
there are no trimmings thereon. Likt
lone sentinel it stands mute wit
ness to the general leveling of man.
handiworls.
St. Peter and st. Paul's Catholic
church, probably the wealthiest Ger
man congregations in the city, is desc
late compared with the grandeur tina
the parishioners boasted of before tn,
tornado.
st. Johns Episcopal church at HiclS
ory and Do'man is minus its steeple
and a wing. Expenses of repairing
will amount to Sl3, COO
The German school at Eighth ani
Marion was gutted.
The Annunciation parish at SiXtl
and La Sale is heavy loser. Th
steeples fell, and besides crushing the
adjoining row injured Father HeaC
and Miss Head.
Steamers Lost.
Thirty-five boats, including steam
packets, excursion, ferry, tow AM
other river craft, were wrecked or sunk
The total loss is roughly computed a
S402, 200.
Comptroller Sturgeon says that tn
damage to buildings of city institution
is about S6OO,OOo.
hooded with Newspaper Correspond
cnts.
St.Iouis is flooded with newspape
correspondents. Four hundred news
paper REPRESENTATIVES have sent on
hundreds Of thousands of words dc
scriptive of tSe storms work.
In this wax the wild rumors O
Wednesday nigSts are being contra
dicted. Thursda& morning, from Ney
York to San Francisco, people rea
that all st. Louis hal been laid low
that the Exposition and convention