The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-28

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gas tank near TIE Consolidated Wire
works. AZ TIE south end Of the Twenty
arss street staapcs. had hcen eiswa over
snu t2lssn IA on the wtrewcrks building.
Aiasnx Tour men 10 q certainty, ami posi-
bly, more
rark the City without warning.
TIE cyeics-e broke at - inmates after
ocicck. coming directly from the wes.
eessrcyszS 1rst the city rrc,er, ther
crossing the Mississippi to East ST. Louis
ana thereafter rsrtiax for half an hour.
oaSppeasing IN the direction of Atc,.
Inere vas little warning Cor the hs.p.ess
oeopie in the streets. the thoasansfs 81.
thesr way home from work or The f=-
mates OF the great mercantile establish
men.s OF the city who had not yet left
Their posts OF duty.
Caring for the Wounded.
Temporary hospitals abound in every
part OF the city. Tire arrscry AT Seven
teenth AID Pine streets has he~r cpeuei
Tor the care OF the wouade. and many
injured hate been taken into nriva.e
houses The city authorities At rstsinixs.;
are sefdiag mounted ~p,ice through tho
- al S<-N'f- % f<(cft tlfi VI ts<fS<4Nfe
Nnst the loss Of life and IN +. number Of
injured really Is. So far ~ absolute facts
are concerned. nothing iefinite can lie
learned before tomorrow
Among the houses known to have beeA
destroyed are the furniture store Of Fred
eriok Ottsnades. at the corner OF Rrao D.
way and Soulard street. Ia the southern
par> OF the city. where six men are re-
ported killed: a saloon IT ees South Sew
fnth szsr 81
In the ruisR. and ST. Pafrck's Catholic
church. al the corner of Ninth and Ridale
streets
One thing that hinders the work of TAX
ing out the dead and rescuing the injured
Is the fact that every electric light wire
and telephone wire is down. This pre-
vents communication between the various
parts Of the city. and. the town being in
absolute darkness. the work OF rescue IL
going on with agonizing siowness.
Rain Failing In Torrents.
To add TO the dismal situation. the rain
which fell shortly after the tornado
passed began again about 7.3o o'clock and
is nov coming down In torrents. II is i'm
possible to get reports from the police
stations. where many OF the dead and In
Jured have been taken. and consequently
all statements in regard to the dead and
wounded up to the present time are the
s~.Sss ~s's~~Nce.s' 49, s'~a~ - As~ N~""e
that the loss OF life Is greater than any
thing that the country has known since
the disaster at Johnstown.
At the time the storm struck the town
and created such havoc. the accompany
ING noise was terrifying. People were
picked. up In the streets and dashed to the
ground or against buildings as though
they had been the merest straw. Three
fire alarms were sent in from the poor
houss which has sl0 inmates The roof
Of that structure was blown OF, and It is
Believed that the number of fatalities
there was great.
Loes OF Life on the River.
As to the loss Of life on the river. Il y
reported that the magnificent steamer
Grand Republic was sunk with all on
board
The steamer d. II. Pike, with thirty
passengers on board. bound up the river
from Peoria, was blown bottom side up.
The steamer Couger was blown nearly
across the river and sunk at a point op-
posite Carondelet. ten miles below
The steamer Dauphin, a pleasure boat
carrying twenty women passengers and a
crew Of six men. was blown against the
middle pier of the Eads bridge and broken
in two. In some miraculous manner the
women and two Of the crew managed to
cling to the stonework OF the pier and were
aiterwaro rescued
Inc steamer Lipp'e Conger' OF the Da-
's.a ,.ono soe 'ine. WIZ Sapt. Seaman ana ms
vie anu . e'e~ .. SIX men, was 1ink In
'is n'e - ne INet.
s'ol VIC nuinces oi Ives iost hers
-. -. ...e slue ., ene rtsr ne nun-
s J" INC Aiississippa WI aggre-
"a ss.sa .ss 's.s ct INC iesee
wara .,rk aI.n. 80 rn sie iNer
,eara ha,.s,,a- ,,iieala,ey. .nose on
asnar. Aosoi"'eiS NO opportunity 10
~ II tne CITY Hsd Been Sheiled.
The city bears the appearance OF having
been shelied by an enemy. In some places
structures have been entirely DESTROYED.
while In others high, Jagged wallis stand.
a constant menace to passers-by.
There must be a great number of people
imprisoned in the destroyed buildings who
cannot be gotten out for hours although
thousands Of citizens have offered their
aid 70 me police department to help in the
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me N"rs''e rhhng Up.
AT the morsue. which stands at the cor
ner OF Tweif'h ana Poplar streets. bodies
are being brought In every minute. Venice
and Namioki, villages Just outside OF st.
Louis. were totally destroyed. and great
loss OF life Is reported from them. but IL
will be morning before anything positive
as to the losses and deaths can be learned
destroyed. ana Ten persons Killed ana