New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-01

tied the scenes of disaster about arstocrauc
Lafayette Park during the morning and AFTER
noon At least a fifth Of these were strangers
f,orn points in Missouri and Illinois, VINO
had taken advantage of the National holiday ana
the reduced railroad rates TO see for themselves
the havoc that the tornado had wrought. Inc
crowds we're quiet orderly and sympathetic ana
not a single case OF paging or dsorderiy con-
duct called for action on the part OF the ponce
authorities. Furniture movers and geherai
teamsters rtaped a harvest in moving houseHo'u
effects from the dismanted dwellings III thls sec
ton. so. SIS and in some cases as high as ~
a load being demanded and paid without demur'
In the poorer parts OF the city where the force
Of the disaster had also been felt the Wiling
hearts and hands Of the more fortunate went
out and were extended to their stricken nelgh-
bors and men, women and children, sometimes
at risk of life and limb aided in removing the
humble contents Of tottering houses and tene-
nients to place Of safety
Three Of the principal real estate dealers in this
city last night said 10 the United Press repre-
sentative that they figured that the actual real
estate loss in ST. Louis would not exceed Slo'opo-
OOO The damage to household property bric-a-
brac paintings statuary etc. WILL however.
swell this amount nearly S2.OO0,OoO more.
The loss in shade trees and ornamental shrub
berry is beyond computation. Lafayette PARK lor
two decades the pride of the arstocratic "FTench
residents" is but a memory, Not tree Is leii
standing in all its broad domain, and it is sur
rounded BY a quadrangle Of demolished houses
many OF which can only be located by the num-
bers on the adjoining ones that escaped
Ed APP, of Chicago. arrived in the city to-day
and proceeded Immediately to the ruins at
Seventh and Rutger SITS in search Of his parents.
had haev
during the storm. The Street Department has
a large force Of men working at this point clear
ing the rubbish in order to make traffic possible.
About twenty-five men are working on the runs
of the demolished tenement houses, 1t - certain
that there are more bodies under the ruins
A DYING MANS REMARKABLE FEAT
Rutland Arbuckle an employe OF the Nandalia
carshops Is dying at his home in West Morgan
ST. He had an awful experience "Wednesday
night He was in the Nandalia carsnops, East
ST. Louis. when the building vas struck.
heavy beam falling in killed two men ana struck
Arbuckle. Four ribs and leg were broken III
that condition. amid the fury OF the storm ne
crawled to the east approach of the Eads Bridge.
Across this structure he craWlel IN inalher
miraculous and managed TO reach drug store
at PendletOn and Olive SITS, five miles from the
starting point. There he tainted and VAS placed
on a stre,cher and carried home.
The reports of loss OF life at the city hcspitai
We're greatly exaggerated. 1t is possible that
four or five bodies are yet in the ruins OF tnat
institution a corps of fremen are making a
systematjc search Of the ruins Superintendent
DR. Otto Suffer, who ought 10 know. does not be-
lieve that more than FIVE will be taken from the
demolished buildings. How the patients es-
capped is a miracle. Although a liberal estimate
places the number of missing at hfty, Ut. sui
ter thinEs most Of them ran away and are sti n
alive. i, Is Z. hard matter to get cor. 9S' nss
of the missing. Records were DESTROYED ana
new histories will have TO be made for every
patient.
300 employees Of the st. Louis Refrigerator and
Wooden Gutter Company, No. i'-oo south
Second-st.. are in 'he ruins of that firm I'M
mense plant The loss OF the company VIII os
at least $1,000 -Four school girls are reported
buried beneath the ruins OF Soulard MarKet.
They are said 10 have been passing the market
when il blew over. No search OF the runs Is
being made.
SCENES IN EAST ST. LOUIS.
The condition Of affairs in East st. Louis is
growing alarming. The residents of that terri
tory located the river and known locally as
the Island" are facing starvation. There Is
little to eat and no money with which 70 procure
it. There is only one store in that secllon tEf,
was not totally destroyed by the storm. Rye bread
and cheese are the only things on sale. Bread is
10 and - cents loaf The storm claimed four
more victims yesterday in East ST Louis. lhey
were William Welsh. Charles Collins, Christina
Windhouse and Henry Wiz. All Of them dieu at
ST. Mary's Hospital, where they were taken
Thursday morning. go
No more bodies were taken from the Island"
during the last twenty-fOur hours, and the work
/ Of searching for the supposed dead II the ruins
has been practically suspended. on account OF
! much urgent need OF relieving the sufferings or
= the injured, feeding the hungry and afford!ng
shelter to the homeless Each OF the three local
undertaking establishments burisl about ten
bodies to-day Hearse horses were not unhtched.
The roads leading to St Peters. St Henrys,
Mount Carmel Calvary and the city Cemeteries
grew dusty with the passing Of funeral process
sions.
large number Of militia tents are expected
from Springfield. These will 80 a long way tow
ard furnishing shelter for the homeless. They
will be pitched on convenient vacant lots.
The United Elevator Company, Of St Louis,
was placed in the hands Of a receiver yesterday.
The company controls ten elevators along the
river-front here on both shores, and is capital
led at 50 600 900. For year the concern
has been losing money. and Wednesday night s
disaster effectually sent them TO the wall.