The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-28
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CLEARING TRACKS.

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CLEARING TRACKS.
Indianapolis, May 27-General Super
intendent Miller, Of the Pennsylvania
Southwestern, of Pittsburg, arrived to-
night by special train from his head
cuarterds at Richmond This train
was switched to the Vandaiia, which
is part Of the Pennsylvania system
and left at 1915 O'Clock for the scene
of disaster at St Louis. Mr.. Miller
carried with him a large force of line
men that the wires that are down could
Immediately be put in condition Tor
service. A wrecking crew will go over
the line from Terre Haute. Before
leaving this city Er Miller said that
his knowledge of the buildings which
are said TO have been demolished led
him TO believe that first reports Of the
loss of life were not exaggerated He
believes that there are at least 80 men
in the freight house and the reported
loss OF thirty-five lives he believed TO
| be true. His opinion was that the
| Vandalia's property 81 East St Louis
| is very seriously damaged.
General superintendent Van Wrinkle
! Of the Big Four left on the midnight
! train for St. Louis He will be joined
! by Superintendent Neal Of MartoOn.
| 8fr. VanWinkIe's staff Of officials from
! here accompanied him and at Nation
| the working train viii be sent ahead
! Of the regular train with all the wreck
! ing equipment possible to put the line
! IN shape for handling the traffic. Mr..
| Wrinkles information IS that all the
| shops, the round house and all the Big
-Four property in st. Louis were badly
wrecked.
Chicago, May 27.-Au telegraphis
| communication with st. Louis has been
cut of since .. m. There are runors
OF a serious storm there with loss Of life,
! but no confirmation 50 far.
! New York, May 2S.--The following
message has been received at the New
York Office of the St Louis Republic in
the Times building:
''St. Louis, No, Nay g, a. INTO the
Republic bureau, New York. Impossi-
bic TO give more than a rough estimate
Of the damage and loss Of life here and
at East St. Louis. Probably 500 or 800
killed; twice that number injured We
have rumors of cyclones at other towns
in Missouri Thirty killed at Vandana,
HI Local situa ton terrible.
THE REPUBLIC"
Quincy, III, Nay 27.--A report has
reached here that at Drake. near Rood
House, Ill, a cyclone struck a school
house, utterly demoIshing it, killing
eighty children and injuring nearly as
many more. Nearly every house In the
village is wrecked, and though no 9th
er fatalities are reported. II is more than
probable that other lives have been lost.
THE STORY IN BULLETIN.
Chicago, May 27.-It was reported at
the dispatcher's Office OF the Illinois
Central road in this city this evening
that the grand stand at the St Louis
race track had been blown down in a
storm and $50 people killed. All the
wires Of the road are down south OF
Centralia and nothing further can be
learned at present. The information
regarding the destruction OF the grand
stand is corroborated by information
received in pool rooms at Lexington
and in this city. The report which
reached Chicago said that many horses
had been killed at the track but gave no
information as to the loss OF human
life
The local weather officers reported at
8 O'Clock that that office had received
word from the Western Union that 1t
would be able TO furnish no report from
St. Louis. ION account of cyclone at |
that point The officials OF the wealth |
er Office would not say that there had |
been a cyclone at that place, as they |
had no positive information on the |
point, but they said the conditions had |
been favorable for severe local storms |
al through that section today.
The operator Of the Associated Press |
at st. Louis said, few minutes after |
. o'clock, at is growing very dark here" |
and asked for a minutes delay in the 1
Of the report. A second later |
the wires We're gone, and nothing has |
been heard from him since.
At the race track at Lakeside, Ind, |
which receives reports on the St. Louis |
races as they are run during the day, |
the operator sent the message, There
goes the grand stand" and then moth
ing more was heard from him. As far I
as known that is the last word by wire
out OF st. Louis today.
Louisville, KY, May PA telegraph
operator of Carondolet, four miles south
Of St. Louis, says: "a railroad man
Just walked out from st. Louis reports
the town almost completely wrecked
and reports hundreds of lives lost, street
cars stopped. lights all out and every
thing in great confusion. He says sew
eCal city buildings, including hospitals,
are wrecked, and that the streets are
almost impossible from debris and
great volumes of water"
St. Louis, May PA tornado blow
ng at the rate of eighty miles an hour
struck ST. Louis at 5:l5 this evening and
aged for half an hour with great fury.
As a result hundreds of lives were lost
N both sides OF the river. Many build
ngs were blown down and several river
steamers sunk with all on board. At
present it is impossible TO estimate the
number of lives lost. The hospitals
ire full of injured and the morgue con-
aims many dead. while numerous slain
ie everywhere among the ruins of de-
nolished buildings. A portion of the
asst end of the Eads bridge was de-
itroyed The woman's portion of the
all was blown down. The Waters
Pierce Oil works are burning and build
ngs in various sections of the city are
N fire. The Plant Hour mills and the
81: Louis Iron and Steel works We're
and the immense Cupples
block was partially destroyed. The
lead and injured are being taken from
he ruins.
At East St Louis the destruction
seems greatest. II. G. Rice, the West
1
N the east side, climbed across the de-
nOiished bridge and reported that the
hotel. the fremont house. the
Iarteu house. the DeWolf cafe. the |
Hazel Milling compauy's mill. HONS
-ooPer shop and great many dwellings
asst Of there as far as Fifth street gone
ma many people killed.
The Baltimore and Ohio and VandaEa
oundhouses, the Standard Oil works. !
he East s.. Louis and Crescent eleva-
ors and twelve freight houses on the
avee were demolished. The Grand Re !
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