The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-03
ALL HAVE GONE.
HOusebOat Population Has
Disappeared.
When Storm Struck There
Were "a Boats.
On Them Were 800 People Who Are
Now Believed to Be Lost.

CHICAGO, June IA special from st.
John, No., says: Although 1t is one
week since the disastrous tornado struck
noticed until today that ali the houseboats
on the river had disappeared. Between the
chain OF rocks and Choteau avenue last
Wednesday morning there were sixty-four
OF these floating shanties. Not one was
left by the fury OF the tornado. One old
river man said: "The denizens of the
houseboats are real nomads. They are
the gypsies of the, great rivers. They
know but few people in the cities and
are known by few. was figuring last
weak on how many OF them there were
in this harbor for the June rise, and,
figuring five to zach boat, there were over
800 here last Wednesday. l believe most
of them drowned. because / know 1t is
both tradition and instinct with them to
stick TO their floating homes till the last.
"Not one of the hosts is ieft.l have been
patrolling the river now for five days
since the tornado, and am sure that
over 300 of these people, incluting women
and children, are lost. The lower river
will give up this summer over 100 that as
vet have not been counted among the
victims Of Wednesdays tornado"
CASUALTIES IN EAST ST LOUIS.
EAST ST. LOUIS, H., June 3. The fol-
lowing corrected list of casualties here
has been given out: Identified dead, SO;
unidentified, 30; missing, 20; fatally In
jured, 70; total, 1874.
he following is a list of transient peo-
pie who are missing and supposed to have
been killed in East 1T. Louis: Florence
Demminu, Dexter, NO.; Thomas Meis-
GA Ito, Nlaxly Ian
Wis.,; George Sharp and Ernest Bliet,
Denver, Col; William North, Peterboro,
Ont; l. and Caroline Meyers, South
Brooklyn, N. Y; o. W. Fitch, Lincoln,
Neb. H. ID. Roberts, New Orleans; b.
A. Critchhan, Homestead. Pa. William
Hofe, Newport; b. Smith, Springfield,
H.; Phoebe Clark, Granary, ILL.,; Joseph
Croine, Chicago; Frank Taylor, Martin
Grove. Ill. 4; Richard Maston, Granite
City, ILL.,. William Kegle, Lancaster. Pa. !;
Walter Glasscock, Morse, KAN; Charles
ti1lman, Cleveland, o.; Paul Michter.
/; New York: William Hartigan, Birming-
ham. Ala; w. III. w. Johnston, Brooklyn,
N. Y; Mr.. and Mrs. Garner, Linoln, Neb. !;
Frank McConkle, Lawrence, Ind.
WHAT 1T WILL COST TO REBUILD.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 3.-President Nc
Matha of the House of Delegates, ipti-
mates that the following sums will he
neeQeu. hepa1r OF IDur court houses anu
jail, 1925, 600; repairs snd location of court
house when vacated by city officers, $751;
600; repair snd extension of insane asy-
lam, two new wings, 5000, 900; repairs
and extension of house of refuge, 300,
600; new city hospital, $500, COO; re-
pair. and extension OF work houses, SIS,
COO; now city hall and surroundings,
S726, 900; total, q, 951, 0C0.
DIR. Starkof declared that to build a
complete hospital willscost'at least half a
million dollars That would run the to-
tai up to s2, $50, 000 In addition to the
last the following amounts.ar needed for
new bridges over railroad tracks, includ-
ing damages for land taken: Twelfth
street bridge, s450, 600; Choctaw avenue
bridge, 500, 900; Kings highway bridge,
600; Fourteenth street bridge, $3.50, QUO;
Clark avenue bridge $50, 600; Grand ave-
nue. bridge, 900 Total, $3.50, ,001.
The work of alleviating the distress OF
the victims OF the storm was continued
with ana bsted energy today, and nearly
zoe families containiug.from four TO eig ut
persons were supplied with the neces-
saries OF lie. The majority of the people
were we'll cared for, but before the day
had passed the supply.of articles was ex-
hausted and the mem bers OF the commit
tee we're unable TO secure a new stock, al
though they had money with which to
buy them. Tie house of delegates passed
a bill appropristing 100000 for the re-
elIef of che tornado sufferers, with but
one dissenting vote.