The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-29
HUNDREDS ARE KILLED
Ruins In East St. Louis Must
Be Searched For the
Missing Bodies.
PAIL OF GLOOM AND DEATH
EYER AND ANON THE CLANG OF
AMBULANCE BELLS is HEARD.


Taken Possession of the City-Almost
n Reign of Terror in East st. Louis
Militia Ordered Out by the Governor.
st. Louis, May 2S-A pail of gloom
Nand death hangs over the Mound CITY
tonight. Twenty-four hours have
scarcely been sufficient to bring it's peo-
pie to realization of the horror with
I which it has been visited, and they are
u yet dazed and stupefied. Save for the
/ ftful glare of the gas jets in the sa-
/ looms and restaurants and the electric
/ lights of the few hotels and the other
\ concerns that operate their own plants,
\ the city is in darkness In the deVas-
tated district the search for the dead,
1 buried in the ruins, is being carried on
by the aid of torches and locomotive
Y headlights. Details of police keep the
n crowds at a distance, while the air is
filled with the shrieks and sobs and
hysterical lamentations of the bereav-
ed.
Ever and anon the changing of a gong
"A is heard in the distance and vehicles
u and street cars come to a stop while
an ambulance dashes by to add one
"A more victim to the record of the dead
at one or another of the extemporized
II morgues. The streets in the center OF
n the city,. usually active with pedestri
4 ans until midnight, are deserted, save
n for those whose vocations keep them
"A from their families or friends, while
Nh r1a nd ptb Y,Ointc
N of entertainment are bare of patrons.
II Grief, mourning and stupefication have
H taken possession of the city.
Careful tabulations of the inforn1a-
n tion gathered by the United Press from
n all official sources show that at eight
"A o clock tonight there were LA victims
u that had been identified, while fifteen
III still await Identification. Most of the
HI bodies claimed have been removed to
MI their late homes. The. number miss
Wing, the majority supposedly being in
2sthe ruins of the industrial establish
SSments and residences that were totally
#s #sdemolished, Is variously estimated at
G8from fifty to five hundred, Only a
NJ complete search of the acres of ruins
III can tell the true story, for the people
Eain the stricken regions are utterly una
Eble to tell coherent story.
III Men and women reported missing are
N oon+inua1lv nutting in an appearance
n . ~ roanv ha,iaved to he safe turn out
ID ha a,,one, tha missing Tn the mat
Eater of age the dead range from a male
~ - oe tl,roa ~ ,,,ontbs ~ a ereat-grand-
Ennotber If ninety-two.
The number of injured reported to
|s+ha nolice I'M to the same hour foots up
loo oe t1,oro eve .ra ,,nconscious and
,,,,;aan+,fiad u7be iniur;es range from
sIi.,1,+ o,,+s and contnsions to one nm
sast,,,ata Who is renorted as having
..,a.a;,,oa +,,a 1oss of bntb ewes and the
II | eraot,,ro of bis skull both arms and
Ia1e.se, a,a ,;hs of tbe list of Injured
s,sa,s - a. ho,,+ one-fourth of the nrob-
Eah1o +o+.1 +ba Overwhelming majority
| 80 ,aI,+ ~ tho tornado having
afo,,nd their wa.v to their homes, nearly
,-.s,.oa 70 rarorted bv the nhv-
s,,o,.as as "fata1lv injured" or Gin
5Ss,,,,oa ;,,+arn,lIy
T,,o.a eg,,res rotate to the citv prop-
~, The other side of the river in
Tas+ CT I.ouis I'll where the elements
ored themselves together for a su-
,,ra,,,a effort toward destruction Of life
sra,,or+y the latest renorts TO the
1T,,;+aa press mace the total of deaths
o.a ,,,;ssine at 205 and the injured at II.
AnotLar tabulation made this evening
H., +ha St I.oris Chronicle gives thes
gnras.
Iao,+,sod dead in ST Louis, 121: uni
aa,,tiead 9o. Injured 447.
Eos+ 81 J,o,1is:Dead, 1923; unidentified,
1os. Injured 153.
Tha total number of families without
hon,as and whose every article of
ho,,sabo1d effects was swept away by
+he storm is variousIy estimated at
rro,,, 5oo to 400 Tt will be days before
], ro1ia b1e roster can be made.
Aln,ost a reign of terror prevails in
E.st Ct Louis tonight. Save for a
few rowboats placed at the service of
newsnaner men the places has been cut
,ef FROM, This city.
Tho thieves and toughs of the city
,;I,.rad the overturned trucks and the
rra;obt cars on the sidings. The small
oo,ice force which had been detailed to
ia the ini,red and assist in searching
he r,in8 was powerless to prevent the
,;llaoing Mavor Bader called upon
sovernor AItgeldt for aid.