Evening journal., 1896-05-29

they gropod their way over tho trnnEs OF
fallen trees and through mcshen OF tangled
wires urged on by tho grOans and cries af
scores OF victims pinned beneath crum-
blcd walls and under masses Of joists and
faftcrs, looked upnn n waste that they
will never forgot.
lncidents--a few amusing, but for the
most part with sad, toarful realities--are
to be found mt every turn. Perhaps the
eeddest OF these concerning well known
people is that connected With tho doath OF
Judge FoulKo OF the circuit court sitting
at East st. Leuls
The trial Of an important case had just
been finished as the promontory wind ho-
gnn to blow Tho old courthouse rocked
Bit but 10 had done so many times be-
fore, and Judge Foulko paid little alton
tion to It. The iurymen, however, hoonme
very uneasy, and before bong charged
begged Of Judge Foulko TO discharge
them.
This was at variance with oil customs.
Yet when tho venerable iurist saw the
look Of fear which seemed to prevail In
tho jury box no decided to lot thom 20.
AS tho i2 mon fled out OF the room tho
old building began to rool perceptibly,
and not over fvo minutes later the cy.
clone had done its worst and the structure
was a mass OF debris. Had not tho kinds
hearted old judge complied with tho re-
quest Of the jury IL is safe to say that
oyery man in that building would have
been killed outright, so complete wns the
destruction
Her Babies and Sister killed.
Mrs Horace Trump ssw her two chill
dron and her sister crushed 10 death, but
escaped with her own life by almost mir
acle Mrs. Trump WAS sitting at the bed
siGo Of her sick sister, holding her year
old hnhy In her erms and carefully watch
ing her 4-yoar old daughter playing about
o. the floor whom she saw the storm ap-
pfolching. She had seen tho black clouds
before, and sho well knew their import,
hut before she had time 60 romove her ba
hies or protect hor sister the storm broke
In awful fury.
Tho first dying missile feled her TO the
iiocr thon oamo the wallis burying all
four Tho two children and the sick sis
ter were killed outright, but abroad hocrd
falling directly over Mrs Trump, saved
her from the henvy weight above. and four
hours later she wna rescued and taken to
tho City hospital
Nhllo tho resorers were at work on q
hnilding On Missouri avenue they camo
upon The dead bodies ct two Infants, and
upon removing than they discovered tho
mother pinioned In such poshion that 10
would require several hours TO release her
Sho was barely able to speak, but boliev-
ing that tho llvos Of her children might
yet he spared she implored she rcsouors
that they devcto al their energies to saw
ing them and mot TO mind her until they
were safe
The babies were as carefully removed as
II alive and aftor heing taken out OF the
mothers sight the resouers returned to
her It was two hours or more before tho
debris could be renewed enough TO extri-
cato tho woman but during oil that time
she Watched tho work OF tho inon and,
when finally placed on a stretohor, she
muttercd her thanks repeatedly. She said
hor name was Warner and that she lived
at Lstohneid Ills, and begged that word
be cent 10 her husband.
city Hospital wrecked.
The City hospital was wrecked. Three
wore killed there outright, and the list OF
Injured IS long. Seventy flvo are missing.
burlrd IN the ruins Evon Those who
might otherwise have escaped 20 tell their
story may die OF the diseases that took
them 80 tho hospital hotoro ihoy car be
dnq out OF the debris
DR.. Starkhoff bolievoa that the death
list among Estients from this reason
alono will be dozen. Doctors and nurses
vorc at work among tho suffering when
tho tornado came ana toro the bHilding to
pieces. An went down In a few minutes,
though mgny escaped warned in time by
tho oronking and swaying Of the walls.
Lights were out The darkness was that Of
a cave. hnt when daylight came IL revonl
ed a Pile OF debris flom which screams
and groans cnme.
This greatest devastation was IN the vi
ciuity Of Lafayette park. Tho fashionable
rasfdeDoos surrounding it are wrecked
Lafayette avenue, Park Mississippi ana
| Choteau avenues are filed with wreckngn
Of raiatial homes. Roofs werc lfted and
dropped 20 tho strcots liut tho loss of
lifo hero was not largo. Farther east
hreworics. houses ana manufacturing
plnnts Of oil kinds weyo lcveled and
streets are impnssahle occopt on foot.
No words can teA the horror of tho
scene near Seventh and Rutgers streets.
One tenement containing l8 families.
went down. burying all In the tons Of
brick Tho lremen did their work by the
] light OF lanterns till morning, evory now
and ngain turning the dull glow Of the
light on the upturnes, torn and bloody
face Of some crushed one Three brothers
4 4
! under l2 years were found together IN a
heap, dead. Similar scenes took place at
other ruined tcnements.
Great Damage In East Sc. Louis.
The grentost damage was dsnn on tho
cast side OF tho river In Kast st Louis.
IL will be several days at least botore the
/ list OF dead and injured can bo completed
though active search Is going on for bod
les. and men have been put into squads
and relays that tho work may be dono
more rapidly and effectively
The death list Is hoing edded to every
hour. and a conservative estimate OF the
list OF desd is 500. lt may be much more
Tho list OF injured Is appalling, emhrac-
ing as It docs many that cannot survive
their hurts lt will run far into tho hun
tlreds and never will be known exactly, as
not half Of those hurt will mako reports
to the authorities.
The property loss is certainly 81, 600. 600,
much Of which Is due TO the Gre that fol-
lowed tho tornado A large part of the
| foVxu a. Compo<cd Of fall wooden builu-