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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-19
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The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29

women, all of whom had jumped from
either the steamer Pittsburg or the Libbie
Conger, who managed to catch driftwood,
which carried them down the river to the
Pittsburg dyke, where they were caught
in an eddy and sunk othe bottom.
The Bald Eagle was blown down the
river for considerable distance, when the
boat was capsized and went to the bottom.
About twenty persons were on board,
but nothing has been seen or heard OF
them. A great many lives were lost by
the sinking of barges and smaller craft
In most every case there were at least ten
men on board of each of them, and in
many cases several of them are still miss
ing.
The Baton Rouge Belle, tugboat, was
forced from its hawser out into the middle
of the river. When it reached there it
began to roll over and over down the river
till it reachod the foot of Choteau avenue,
where it was forced against the wharf of
the Wiggins Ferry Company by the wind
and sunk in fifteen feet of water.
The City of Monroe was dashed against
the shore, but did not go down. Captain
Zeigler exhorted his passengers and crew
not to jump overheard. His last words
were: 'There is no danger" He was
blown into the river and drowned
The following boats are reported as dam
aged or missing: Pittsburg, City of Vicks-
burg, City of Providence, Belle of Calhoun.
the MaGill, the Elm e. Smith, the Louis
Houch, Dolphin No. 2, Bald Eagle and the
J. D. Odill.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29
been taken out dead and more than a

been taken out dead and more than q
dozen injured
The body of gray-haired woman was
discovered and removed, but her name
cannot be learned.
a company OF iremen was assigned TO
the work of rescue and they kept at it
manfully. They were assisted by rela-
tives of those who are supposed to be be-
meath the debris.
Henry Plauchek was there hunting for
his father. He was pale and sick, but he
kept at it. His father, William, had been
in the saloon, he said, when the building
fell. The crowd about the corner was
enormous and hard to handle. The curl
Gus throng pushed in over the broken
bricks and shattered tImbers, hemming in
the rescue corps and taking desperate
chances of breaking their own legs. Even
the policemen's clubs could not keep them
back.
Across the street the wreck was as bad,
but the number of people in the building
was not SO large. Several dead bodies and
half-dozen sorely wounded have been re-
covered and others are still thought to be
there.
One block below this the house of the
Sattigs was crushed IN and August Sattig
and his wife badly hurt.
Up Barry street, half block, at 715,
Mrs. Rux, her daugher Tina and her
brother, John Loeting, were crushed to
death in their home.
Mrs. Clara Fiesecke and her two daugh-
ters, Stella and Edna, at 1885 South
Seventh street, were mashed out of shape
by the fall of their home.
Fred Stalman, Mrs. Schmidt, Mile and
Harry Killian and their mother were
dangerously hurt, and James Killian. the
father, was killed at 1903 South Eleventh
street.
The Soulsrd Market was blown to pieces,
killing George Hubert with the falling
bricks and another man whose name has
not been learned. So it ran along this ILL
starred street.
The excursion steamer Grand Republic
with its load of several hundred children,
reached its dock safely this afternoon. 1t
had not been within the storm limit.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29
IN EAST ST. LOUIS.
Havoc of the Tornado In Its Mad
Career.


ST. LOUIS. Mo-, May 2S.-In East st.
Louis the track of the storm is as clearly
defined, after touching the Illinois shore,
as If plated by surveyor. Tearing di-
agonally through the city, from southwest
to northeast, it cut clean swath OF de-
struction.
Bloody Island, the river front of the
city, is low, narrow strip of land, now
Joined to the mainland that was the ter
mini of all the railroads centering there.
Large freightsheds were strung along the
river front. Nine of the largest of these
are in ruins. The greatest damage was
done to the Vandalia, the Mobile and
Ohio, the Big Four, the Chicago and Alton,
the Wabash and the Louisville and Nash
vile sheds.
At the Vandalia the loss of life was
greatest. There the structure seemed lift
ed up and dropped again over the founda-
tions. Fourteen of the dead enumerated
were taken from these sheds. Across Cal
hokia Creek, in the city proper, the de-
struction was complete.
The relay depot, an abomination which
even the corroding hand of time could not
destroy, went to pieces before the storm
The switch tower, upon the perfect work
ing OF which depends the movement of
hundreds OF trains, was made useless
Three small hotels in the vicinity were de-
stroyed.
North and east of the relay depot a
wide residence section. mostly small
houses occupied by mechanics, was
cleaned up. 1t is through this part that
the majority of the fata lities occurred
The hiCh ~ Eaa fn tho haf eh, ofF
the waters of the Mississippi were no pro-
tecticn, and the frame houses went down
like houses of cards. The viaduct across
the mass of tracks, east of Cailhokia Creek,
was made useless. The new Martell
House, the McCausland Opera house, the
City Hall, Flannigan's Hall, three
churches, the High School and residences
that covered fourteen blocks of ground
east of the viaduct were demolished.
Farther on to the north end east to
the stocKyards vicinity everything was
swept away. The definite limits of the
storm indicated above may be clearly
noted here, The National Hotel was un-
injured, while two blocks southeast
house owned by II. D. Sexton was torn to
kindiing wood. Passing on outside the
city every suburban garden, orchard and
field is razed of its growth In all this
desolation death ran riot. High above
the storm were heard the cries of suffer-
ing and the shrieks of people struggling
helplessly against the storms fury. The
points of greatest disaster, the water front
and the vicinity of the relay depot, have
not yet given up all their dead.
Scarcely single person in the storms
highway escaped some injury. Sitting
the truth from the exaggerated stories of
excited individuals, it seems probable that
the death list will be between $50 and 200.
OF the injured any figures under 500 and
over 600 may be named.
Coroner Campbell to-day held inquests
on eighty-four bodies and barely kept up
his work as the dead arrived.
One morning paper will tomorrow give
the losses IN East st. Louis and on the
river as follows: River losses, $3.50, 600; by
storm, s3,OOO,OOO; by fire, $3.50 900; total,
100000.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29

men and women wanted information
about the safety of those they were inter-
ested in, or eagerly scanned the bulletin
boards OF the railroad companies to learn
about the expected arrival of the first
trains from the storm swept center. Be-
tween 600 and 700 Chicago people were
registered at the hotels of st. Louis and
East st. Louis, Tuesday night. Three
times as many families seemed to be rep,
resented in the crowds at the terminals of
the Chicago and Alton at the Union depot,
of the Wabash road, at the Polk street sta
ton. and at the Illinois Central station,
on the lake front. The railroad telegraph
operators and the officials of the passen-
ger departments could give little informa-
ton to the public. Frustrated wires
formed gap which could not be bridged
in few hours.
An emergency train, which was made
up at Carlinville on the Alton road just
outside the tornado center at o'clock
last night was the only train from the st.
Louis region to arrive in Chicago this
morning. Shortly after the arrival of this
special the Kansas City limited, which
crossed the outskirts of the waste left by
the storm at Ii O'Clock last night arrived
at the Union depot.
Terminal superintendent Reeves of the
Alton road received word from Bloom
ington this morning relating the hair
breadth escape of the accommodation train
from being blown off the Eads bridge
into the river. He said:
"The train was almost on the bridge,
drawing slowly, when the bridge was
wrecked and two coaches derailed. No
one was injured on the train. but the crew
say the engine was almost lowering over
the broken span.'
Reports received over the Illinois Gen.
destruction of life and property in the
neighborhood of CentraIia, east and south
east of st. Louis. A telegram received at
Centralia said: Several reported killed
at Irvlngton, Richview and Ashley
Later information is that th cyclone
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29
DELviNd FOR THE DEAD.
Men Work tteroicalIy in the Ruins
of Buildings.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 28.-A district in
this city bounded north by Choteau
avenue, west by Grand avenue, south TO
the city limits and east to the river is vir-
tually a mass of ruins. Not an electric
light has burned nor car run in that Sec
tion, com prising 720 blocks, since 5 30 P. NJ.
yesterday. Within this territory scare ,Iy
building has escaped injury and thou
sands of them are in ruins. On surveying
the desolate scene one marvels that the
deaths are not trebly greater. Beginning
at the western boundary of the scene is
the handsome and exclusive residence sec
tion known ms Compton Hill, the home of
the fourth generation of the early French
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29
DISASTERS TO VESSELS.
Boats Blown From Their MoorIngs
and Sunk.

Boats Blown From Their MoorIngs
and Sunk.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 2S.-The track
of the storm across the river was prac-
tically the same as that of the great
storm of August 4, 1878. The trend of the
main volume of the wind was from south
west to northeast, leaving the Missouri
shore at the center of the southern half OF
this city and striking the Illinois shore in
a path whose northern edge was the Eads
bridge and extending south three-quar-
ters OF a mile.
Within this path were moored twenty
five steamers, large and small. The storm
fell so suddenly that none of the vessels
were prepared. In all ten large passenger
steamers, five ferry boats, two transfer
boats, two tugboats and half a dozen
small pleasure barges were driven to the
opposite shore or sVnk outright.
The steamer J. J. Odill was loosened
from its moorings and blown against the
second pier of the Eads bridge, where it
sank. Just before the boat struck her
boilers blew up. Nine of her crew of
twelve. besides three women passengers
and her captain, George Townsend, are re-
ported as missing. Those of tie crew who
reached land in safety are John Morrissey,
Patrick Milan and man named Moore.
About the same time thu Quill struck the
pier the towboat Dolphin No. 2 was blown
from her wharfboat at the foot OF Morgan
street, dashing her up against the first
pier. She struck the pier with force
that crushed in her starboard side. She
drifted down the river for about three
blocks and then sank, only leaving her
PROV above the water.
There were eleven persons, three of them
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29
REPORTS OF DISASTER.
Great Loss of Life and Property in
Illinois Towns.

CHICAGO, ILL, May 28.-Telegraph
offices and the depots of railroads which
run to the stricken st. Louis cities were
crowded to-day with relatives and friends
OF people who live there, or who happen
to have been visiting either of the cities
when the tornado came. The anxious
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29

No thorough search of the wrecked dis
trict has been made and it is believed that
when the death list is known it will exceed
200.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29

MISS BULLER, EMMA GLADsHAW,
Ruff's Hotel.
L. RICHARDSON, 319 North Sixth
street.
SCOTT HAYWARD.
AMELIA SURBER.
PETER WALMSLEY.
JOHN ANDERSON.
MRS. BRUCE.
EMMA SULLIVAN.
JACOB KINTZE.
P. J. STRICKEN.
MICHAEL KILDEA.
THOMAS KEEFER
BERT FARRELL.
WILLIAM FARREL,.
FRANK MCCORMACK.
JOSEPH FRANKS.
EX-POLICEMAN THOMAS GRIFFIN
and family of three.
FRANK ROOSE, foreman at Elliotfs
works.
ROBERT BLAND.
JOHN VALENTINE.
CITY COLLECTOR DAVID S. SAGE
and wife.
PHILLIP PSTRICKLERJ JR. and mother.
JUDGE FALK of Vandalia, Ill.
MRS. MARTELL.
MR.. AND MRS. JOHN HAYES.
WILLIAM HAYES.
MYLES MITCHELL.
WILLIAM MITCHELL.
IRENE CLENDENNIN.
% WILLIAM SULLIVAN and wife.
MRS, JOHN REED.
PATRICK DEAN and family of six.
JOHN BUCHAREZ.
EDWARD oBRIEN.
John BREEN.
IDA GLADDUE.
MRS. ROOF.
ALBERT VOLKMAN.
JOSEPH MITCHELL
JOHN SULLIVAN.
WILLIAM RICKEY.
HENRY WATERMAN, WinstanIey
Park
JACOB KURTZ.
MAY CORRIGAN.
FRANK J. MURPHY.
JACK McCAUL.
MISS DEAN.
MISS MARIA EVANS.
Child of Arthur O'Leary.
- WINDLEY.
ANDREW ANDERSON.
FRANK ROSS.
GEORGE WOODS, clerk in the Wand AHA
line.
HENRY SPRICKER. Vandalia line.
a E. HEINE Vandalia line.
CHARLES CARROLL
JOHN KENT.
ED KAvANAUGH.
JOHN REAMS.
MISS CONLEY.
MRS. SLADE
Flagman of Air Line, name unknown.
MRS. WILLIAM HAYES.
J. a. PORTER, Broughton, Ill.
MIKE DILLIGAN. VandaIia line.
CON FRAWLEY, Vandalia line.
ALBERT VOLKMAN, Vandalia line.
FLEMING.
WILLIE FREE.
MRS. TRUMP and two children.
MIKE BROOKER.
BILL STARK. pilot of the Andrew
Christy.
BEN WEISS.
WILLIAM AVERY, yardmaster of Big
Four.
GEORGE CHAPMAN, ST. Louis.
GAY AVERY
!. S. WICHER, Wichers Hotel.
jim FLANAGAN, cook at Wicher's
Hotel.
WILLIAM HoRTIGAN, Hannibal, Mo.
MISS SMOCKE.
MARTIN SPEELMAN.
". II. KEEFE.
MRS. HAYWARD.
MRS. KINNEL.
GEORGE ESHER.
w. J. MURRAY.
RICHARD ANDRESS.
The unidentified in East st. Louis are
men and sixteen women. Most
Of these were workmen about the different
freight depots
Twenty men employed in the Vandalia
freight depot are missing and are believed
TO have been killed when the building fell.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-29
YOU OWE
1t to yourself to get to the
Big Store to- day early.
These are the final days of
our II iSb-CL0ss Sale of
GentIen1e11's Suits at
$3.50.

It's q duty you QUE to
yourself to see these suits );
Notwithstanding the fact
that you may not need o.
s1t1t, but as a matter of sat
lsfdction to yourself to k7ao1O
Who are the BARGAIN SiUerS
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is a chest7autty, hGc7c7aeyed
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concerns not kno1OinS the
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Word, but Nth Us BARGAIN
means something o1tt of the
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has o. ringing sound of hon
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the bic Ke01Ry- street store.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20

1Hs4 Butter and Eggs.
NEW YORK. pAt- 1a---HuitAr atAaA-4 VIA
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20
TICKLEs WESTERN ROADS.
Advance in Wheat Prices Is Much
to Their Liking.

CHICAGO, Oct 19.-The Western
roads are highly pleased at the advance
that has taken place in the price of
wheat and they say that they will not
now have much trouble in making the
advance in rates that they have sched-
uled for the End of November. With
wheat selling between so and so cents
in Chicago. it was hard work to get
the shipper to stand over one-half of
that amount for transportation to Chi
cago, but now that it has advanced so
far, they say that they will have lit
tie trouble either with the shippers or
with the roads that a time back were
opposed to having the rate elevated.
Some time ago the Western roads
declined to make a rate of one fare for
the round trip for voters who were
anxious to go to their homes to vote.
The roads in the Central Passenger
committee have made this rate and
now the chairman of the Western Pas
senger association has authorized the
roads in his association to meet the
competition of the Eastern roads when
ever it is necessary. This means that
voters in Illinois who wish to return
to their homes to vote will have the
benefit of a one fare rate, for that is
where the roads of the two associations
come into competition.
East-bound shipments last week were
7S,905 tons against $3.50 for the pre-
ceding week and S6,023 for the CORE
spending week OF last year.
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we, VIRUS CIGHTlHl
Representative S
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20
DRACING UP RATES.
Western Decentralization, It Is
Thought, at an End.

Each day brings added assurances
that Nov. will see the restoration of
Western freight rates to normal figures
Commissioner Midgley, of the Western
Freight association, is keeping up his
work toward securing a reimbursement
and has succeeded in getting the Wa
bash system back into the fold, and in
addition to this. it is understood, the
Missouri Pacific has made some con-
cll1atory- oVertures to the association.
Grain and hard coal rates. which at
first were not supposed to be included
In the advance, will now, very likely,
go up with other commodities. The
Wabash has withdrawn it's cut on hard
coal.
The restoration Of rates will place
all commodity tariffs back to the basis
OF July 1 last. Commissioner Midgley
has sent out notices of the proposed
advance to the thirty roads compris-
ing the Western Freight association.
and each road has ten days In which
to file its acceptance with the inter
state commerce commission. The roads
Will soon be regaining some of the
money which was lost during the pre-
Talence of cut rates. the demoraliza-
ton, which exists today to a large ex-
tent, will soon be spoken of as the
late unpleasentness. The extent Of
the war is not fully appreciated yet.
During it's existance grain rates from
Missouri river points were cut from 25
cents to Il cents on wheat and from 20
cents to cents on corn. The new
rates will be 10 cents on wheat from
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20


Missouri points to Chicago. and Is
cents on corn and coarse grain.
The presidents and vice presidents
will have meeting in Chicago today
and the result of the session will have
very important bearing upon the
future of the Western Freight associa-
ton. Several of the roads. notably
the Santa Fe. have asked for assur-
ances that the agreements will be kept.
These assurances must be in the way
of penalties for violations. The presi-
dents and vice presidents are the only
officials who can give such assurances
and If they agree to the demand for
them it is thought that all trouble will
cease. In this hope the work of pro-
mitigating the new tariffs is going on,
but in case the provisional agreement
is not accepted by certain of the presi-
dents, the roads are protected by a
provision which requires only three
days notice of a reduction in rates.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-20
At BUYERS OPTION
BIDS ON THAT BASIS AN UNUSUAL
FEATURE IN STOCK DEAL
INGs.
PLAN WILL BE POPULAR.
FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS
SUCH TRADING TO BE Elk
PECTED.
PLAN WILL BE POPULAR.
CLOSING STRONG AT TOP FIGURES.
The Days Movement, Though Mod
crate i'm Volume, Was of More
Than Ordinary Interest.

NEW YORK, Oct 19.-The stock market
movement today, though moderate In VOL
une, was interesting, owing to a variety Of
divergent influences. Stringency In money
and the practical withdrawal of the banks
from the market for mercantile paper, was
offset by a sensational advance in wheat
Furthermore, a decided gain in eastbound
shipments was reported, and coincident with
the advance in money to an extreme 10 per
cent on call, foreign exchange rates worked
to lower basis. Actual sterling fell nc
and posted quotations were shaded 15c to
81 .S01S@4 "a. Demand is light in the face
OF free offerings Of commercial acceptance
The majority of call money transactions
were made at 7@S per cent. Some time
loans were made at. IL per cent for ninety
days, but offerings of funds are light. For
the first time in months bids were made
for stocks at buyers option sixty days. This
manner of trading IS expected to be a feat
ure In the next ninety days. Firmness in
stocks at the opening developed into
positive strength. although the distribution
OF the trading was very Indifferent. The
railway stocks were unusually prominent
the immediate heavy movement of grain and
other staples, counteracting some unfavora-
bic traffic returns. The improvement became
more pronounced the day progressed and
the closing was strong at top figures. Rock
Island gained 21k, Cotton Oil preferred, 23sc
and Burlington, 21sc. The Southwestern and
other active shares averaged a point ad-
vance. Railway bonds were quiet and de-
void of feature, aside from sharp fractional
gain in Atchison seconds. The sales were
1871, 900. Governments were strong and frac-
tionally higher in dealings Of 1000. Silver
certificates rose ss per cent to 66, the trans
actions being s4 600. State issues were
slightly more active, but no marked changes
were scored.
The total sales of stocks today were 107,-
146 shares. including Tobacco, $500; Bur-
lington, 1920; Chicago Gas, 1920; L. & NJ,
$500; Manhattan, $500; Rock Island, 5 100;
Reading, Is 200; ST. Paul, 24,100; silver GER
tif1cates, "a, 600.