The Anaconda standard., 1896-05-29

internally injured; Patrick Reug, in
ternal injuries; Michael Mulroon, in
ternally injured; James Leinthus, eyes
put out. scalp wounds; Thomas Grif-
nth. hip injured; David Lewis. head
and body cut Many others were in
jured. Caroline Roland. internal in
Juries; Albert Platz. leg and ankle
broken; Albert Schultz, leg and arm
broken. Six unknown men were found
in front of the Union depot railroad
power house badly lacerated; Katie
Filsinger. broken leg; a driver of Pen
ny & Gentiles wagon, named Fechte-
meyer, was blown from his wagon and
had his skull fractured; Thomas Moss,
secretary of the fire department, was
picked up unconscious after the storm
and sent to the city hospital At the
city hospital are Harry Otteson, Laur-
ence Childess and Mary Finau, all
three badly cut and bruised. Sixty
paupers at the hospital were more or
less injured.
The death list in st. Louis proper
will surely be over 200 and may reach
300 In East st. Louis at least 200 per-
sons were killed. The loss in this city
is enormous. estimates ranging from
$40 0O0. 900 to $50, 600.
A few minutes after the cyclone
passed fire broke out all over the city.
Alarms were sounded, but usually in
vain, as the fire engine house could
not be communicated with. Firemen
had to pick their way through the
binding rain among the masses of
tangled live wires to the scenes OF fire.
Then many water plugs proved useless.
Rain helped materially to quench the
fires and at midnight all fires were re-
ported under control. The firemen pa
trolled the city with lanterns all night.
Laid out on improvised slabs. COM
posed OF coffin boxes at the morgue this
morning were more than 25 bodies.
Kewanee, H., May PA terrific
wind and electric storm passed through
this section early this morning doing
great damage. Several people are re-
ported killed.
Centralia, Ill, May 2S.-The storm
last night passed through south Illi-
nois and spread destruction over a
large extent of territory west, south
and southeast of Centralia. New Ba-
den, a village on the Air Line railroad
west of Centralia, was completely
wiped out, only six houses remaining.
Thirty-six lives were lost there. AT
New Madrid, southeast of this city,
seven persons are reported killed and
80 injured, The cyclone pursued an
easterly course, taking in the villages
of Irvington, Richview, Ashley, Boyd
and Dix. Houses were blown down
and persons killed in all these places.
1t is estimated that in the counties OF
Clinton, Washington and Jefferson 80
lives have been lost. All wires are
down.
At Clayton, county seat. the Presbyte-
rian church was leveled to the ground
and another church wrecked. Part OF the
court house at Clayton was torn down.
Houses were unroofed or totally de-
stroyed in the path of the storm. The
following is the list of killed and injured
in the county as far as ascertained:
Infant child of Mr.. and Mrs w. Beck
man. crushed TO death; William Beck
man. badly cut and bruised and injured
internally; William Dousman, badly cut
and bruised; Mrs. James Creveling, found
in an unconscious condition In her
wrecked home; Charles Dunn, head cut
and internally injured.
East St Louis, May 2s-The sisters OF
St. Mary's hospital kept no record of the
injured received, but believed the number
was more than so. Only a few were con-
sidered in a critical condition. Two or
three died after being received at the hos
pital.
In comparison TO its size the fatalities
and suffering of East st. Louis greatly
exceed those on the other side of the
river. The larger part OF the central por-
ton of the city is razed TO the ground.
north of Eads bridge not a house is lett
standing. The loss of life is terrible.
Scarcely one family seems to have es-
caped without some member being Killed,
while many households were wiped out
of existence. a conservative estimate OF
the dead there is placed at l5O The Cath
olic church. 81. John of Nepomic. was
demolished except the front. which stands
like a tower.
pa,, n NTooro Vandalia freight clerk
was caught in the wreck of the freight
office with about 80 others. He was
pinned in near six others, who were all
taken out alive. AS to the % others he
could not say what had become of them.
Mrs. Horace Trump was at the bedside
of a sick sister with a year-old baby In
her arms and a 4-year-old daughter on
the floor. when the storm struck the
house Tho baby and 4-year-old daughter
were instantly killed. Mrs. Trump is con-
siderably bruised. Standing on the via
duct bridge at midnight one could hear
the agonized screams of the wounded.
At 10 o'clock last night special train
was sent TO Belleville for fire engines 10
assist in fighting the fire.
Washington, May &-The following res
olution was presented in the house to-
day by JOY OF st. Louis and adopted:
BE IL resolved by the senate and
house of representatives. In congress as
sembled. that the secretary Of war be and
he is hereby authorized 10 lend the may
ors of St. Louis and East st. Louis. under
such regulations and restrictions as he
may see proper a sufficient number Of
tents TO temporarily shelter such citizens
as may have lost their homes by the tor
nado yesterday"
When the resolution reached the senate
unanimous consent was given to take IL
up. Senator Vest said Missouri was able
to take care of her people and the later
reports had shown the first reports Of the
terrible calamity to have been exagger-
ated. He said Il would do no harm to
pass the resolution. however. The resolu-
ton was changed from concurrent 10
joint and passed.
St. Louis. May 2s-Union station was
crowded all night by persons awaiting
departure Of trains on which they in
tended to leave, town. Railway business
was virtually demoralized for a time. In