Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-05
TOTALS OF TORNADO DAMAGE
Number of Killed at St, Louis is Still Very
Much in Doubt.
EXTENT OF STORMS DAMAGE SUMMED UF
Ruined buildings IL Placed in n Row
Would Occupy Roth sides OF
street Eighty-Fivc
Miles Long.

| ST. LOUIS, June 4.-There have been Just
eighty-fve miles Of streets obstructed by de-
brs as a result of the tornado. All Of these
streets have been made passable, and will
be cleaned up in ten days. In the city there
are 4S0 miles Of improved streets; so 1t can
| be seen to what extent the tornado inter-
| rupted traffic The storm district, on its out
eide lines, extended from the river on the
east to Tower Grove avenue on the wect
and from Olive street on the north to Lynch
street on the south. This comprises an area
| OF six square miles. The extreme limits
were three miles east and west and two
miles north and south.
An adequate idea of the damage can be
| formed when it is stated that IL all the
| houses damaged and blown down were
| ranged on both sides Of street that street
would be Just eighty five miles long. This
| estimate Is given by the street commissioner,
who has been through the entire district and
! from the reports OF his general superintepd-
| ent, who has cut a roadway through the
| eighty-five miles of streets. In addition to
| this, there were many streets obetructed
by wires and the like which are not counted
| in the total loss.
| 1t has been feared that large portion of
| the people reported missing from East st.
| Louis found watery graves In the light
! of recent developments 1t seems these fears
are not unfounded, for in the last two days
two bodies have been dragged from the Mis-
sissppis waters. The body of an unknown
woman was taken from the water near East
Carondelet, and 1t still lies, unidentified.
Tony Messing, who formerly lived at 1886
North Nineteenth street, was found in the
water near the Pttsburg pike. Messing was
employed in the Dolk Bros. coal yards, and
was known to have been near the river front
at the time Of the storm. 1t supposed
he was blown into the river In addition to
this large number Of horses and other
animals have been in the debris along the
banks. These horses were fully harnessed,
and as the storm occurred at time when
the river front was crowded with teams
going to and coming from st. Louis with the
last load for the day, 1t is thought that
number OF the drivers may also have been
swept into the stream. There is no way to
fully determine the number of missing.
RELIEF COMMITTEE BUSY.
The relief committee has only the names
of those who have been inquired about by
letter or telegraph and no reports of the
missing have been made at police head
quarters. Therefore the exact number is not
known and while it is generally thought that
all the dead have been taken from the
wrecked buildings, 1t is expected the death
list will be swelled considerably when the
river gives up all its victims Up to date
the missing number twenty-siX. Burial per- !
mits to the number of 102 have been issued.
one inquest has been he'd for which no
permit issued, and there have been two
additional bodies found. The injured in the
hospitals number forty-eight, OF which seven
cannot live. No additional bodies have been
recovered from the ruins of the tornado
stricken district in ST. Louis and only one
additional death has been reported
William HarliQgan Of Birmingham, Ala,
who has been reported dead is alive. and not
hurt Those reported yesterday missing
are: James McGuirk, Cincinnati; George
Mallory, 2S years old, worked for Missouri
Car and Foundry company; William Nolan,
81 years old; julius Goehring As years, ma
chinist; Gustsye Dertling. SO years
recapitulation of the casualty list in ST.
Louis is as follows: Burial permits issued,
to date, 1877 inquests held, no permit issued,
/; killed, bodies not recovered, 10; wounded
in hospital, so; missing people, So; total. 314.
Misc Minnie Conrad, who was reported
missing. returned home the day after the
storm uninjured. She had been visiting
friends, who persuaded her not to venture
out She is sister Of l.. T. Conrad of JEFF
ferson Barracks.
A reward of 800 has been offered for the
bodies of Morris Fisher of Hardin, ILL.,, ami
Sim Woods Of ST. Louis who were on board
the j. j. Odit when the boat was sunk Con- |
tributionS of money and clothing continue to
pour in and thousands of people have re-
ceived aid in one shape or another. The
total amount Of contributions received is
s161, ,65S.
CLEVELAND, June 4.--The master plumb
ers at their session today voted to appro-
st. Louis tornado. The executive COM |
mittee was instructed TO aid the master |
plumbers of Canada to organize their domin- |
ion as an association. Several officerC' re- |
ports were also presented during today's |
session. The treasurer's report shows the |
years receipts to be s501S and the expenses |
Sc, ,4G9. The report OF the committee on |
resolutions vac received and in the main ap- |