The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-06-12
DEAD AT ST. LOUIS.
OVER TWO HUNDRED BODIES THUS
FAR RECOVERED.
In East st Louis About ono Hundred
and Thirty Have Been Found-It
IL Thought That Many Bodies
Will BE Found when the I:uins
Are Cleared Away-Estimates Of
the Property LOSS.

reigns supreme in the tornado-stricken
districts of East st. Louis and this
city. The day opened up clear and
cool, and everywhere could be seen
gangs of men delving into the ruins
for buried victims. clearing the streets
Of dismantled poles. wires and general
debris, repairing the damage done to
thousands of buildings and relieving
the injured and homeless.
AS the time goes on it becomes more
and more evident that the tornado is
the worst that ever visited this or any
other city on the North American con-
tinent. Horrors multiply every hour
and the list of dead is appalling. More
than 100 dead bodies have been recov-
cred in st. Louis and over 400 persons
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 complete list of those
killed can be made, but the list of dead
in st. Louis alone is climbing up to the
200 mark.
Only mere guesses can be made MS to
the property loss on both sides of the
river, but mercantile agencies say that
1t may reach $5O,OOO.OOO in this city
alone. while in East st. Louis it will
be several millions. In East st. Louis
The Disaster Was Complete.
the western section of that railway
town being one vast charnel house.
Only single dwelling was left stand
ing on what is called the "Island," and
GOO families are homeless. Citizens es-
innate the dead ut 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 1GO men to the
force.
The business men of st. Louis have
taken up the work of relief. An ear
nest meeting on Change yesterday was
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 tho most badly crippled, owing to
tho destruction of the power house.
and the officers venture no prediction
rs to when cars will be running. A
partial restoration of the electric light
:ervice is promised in forty-eight
hours, but it will he n couple of weeks
before all of the circuits are in order.
The officials of the board of educa-
ton are busy figuring out the enormous
loss which the schools suffered. All
the South end schools between Cho-
tcau avenue and Arsenal streets were
badly damaged. Some had roofs blown
away and walls caved in and others
got off with ruined windows and Chin
reys. The schools which suffered most
Gre the Clinton, Clinton branch, Pea
4ody. Charles, Hodgen, Pestalozzi,
Grant. New Shepard, Lollverture, Aroe-
1el, Lafayette, Longfellow and Madi-
don. The Compton. Marquette, Cho-
3eau and Garfield also suffered. The
school board cannot repair the damage
for less than $4,000. and perhaps
hrger sum will be needed. Several
tntil September.
Churches Damaged.
| St. PatriclS's Roman Catholic church.
Sixth and Biddle streets, was damaged
Even more than first reported The
fpire was entirely demolished and in
falling destroyed Il two-storv brick
building on the corner of Sixth and
Biddle. The organ loft of the church
Is wreck and the organ covered with
brick and debris. Despite this state
bf gloomy affairs services will be held
ts usual Sunday morning.
The emergency hospital at the old
Food Shepherd CONVEX: on Hines street
Is running along in good shape. con-
IFidering that it was only instituted in
it's present capacity Thursday morn
ing. Some of the doctors took their
first rest after midnight Thursday, but
They were all up and busy by O'Clock
Friday morning. There are nearly 300
|eick ut the emergency hospital who
|Pwere transferred from the city hospi-
tai after it was demolished. The clerk
Pf the hospital has checked up his list.
He thinks that there are not more
than four or five unaccounted for.
Some patients, who were prisoners
from the Jail, workhouse and elsewhere
hre known to have escaped during the
confusion.
At. st. Johns hospital, on Twenty
third street and Lucas, the wounded
pre- being we'll cared for. One patient,
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