The Red Cloud chief., 1896-06-05
SITUATION INST.LOUIS
NO MATERIAL CHANGES IN
CONDITIONS.
bout 100 killed and $500 Injured, uun-
drcis Scriousi, Dire Disaster In Fast
81. Louis Property Loss Estimated at
sgJ,OOO,O u

ST. LOUIS, MO IuUt e Ic SlIUi-
ton in ~. Louis. rs viewed from the
Republics standpoint, is as follows:
St Iouis-ldcntiiicd dead. 1876; uu-
.xnown dead, IS; missing. 80; fatally
u injured. 10. seriously injured in hos
| pitais. i0i: estimated injured outside
of hospitals, I 900; property loss, csti-
mated, so, 900, 900.
East st. Louis-IdcntiGrd dead, 10:
unknown dead. g, dying, Il; missing. 10:
seriously injured in hospitals. 900;
estimated injured outside OF hospitals,
1000; property loss, estimated, 81, OOJ,-
900
1t is believed that the deaths of the
injured and the future recovery Of
bodies will bring the 81. Loais death
list well NJ - 200.
In East ~. Louis the city officials
declared that they have hope that the
death roll on that side Of the river
will not exceed 80, but the ruins upon
which the rc,cucrs have not yet begun
work may swell the total far beyond
that figure.
Tho building contractors Of that
city have been overwhelmed with or.
dcrS for rebuilding. and the work of
wiping out the havoc Of the storm is
proceeding with much energy.
The Commercial Exchange an
nouuccd last night that the audi.
forum to be used for the Republican
national convention has been repaired
and now shows not the slightest effect
OF the storm.
Although thousands of men have
been at work night and day clearing
away the wreckage in the path Of the
tornado, they have scarcely made u
perccptiblc impression toward restor-
ing the chaotic confusion to anything
like order. Passageway> have been
made through some of the principal
,horoughfares, it i, true, but for the
most part the streets are still chokcd
with the battered remains of homes
and factories, hospitals and churches.
The path Of the storm IS fully a
mile and Il half wide. 1t starts away
out in the suburbs of the city, where
beautiful homes are located. Taking
n zig-Aag course, it extends down
through where the dcnselv populated
tenement houses are located, fully six
miles, and crosses the river.
At the extreme limits of the city to
the west is "a quarter known as Tower
Grove park. 1t is populated by peo-
pie of wealth, and the houSrs are
palatial. with beautiful grounds. etc.
10 the southeast Of this is another
region of wealth. The storm moved
its way through them both. Magniti-
cent residences in both places were
wiped oil the face of the earth in
.,,,, ,nSas vuhila in nt lsrS roofs Nypra
carried away, trees torn from their
|, roots and all the picturesque beauty
: destroyed.
The number of families left home.
less by the devastation along the path
, of the storm will reach up into the
/ thousands. In many Instances these
unfortunatcs have lost all their
worldly possessions Many will for
( days be dependent on charity and their
more fortunate neighbors for shelter.
There is n probability that II man,
whose horribly mangled body was
taken TO the morguc. was not killed
by the storm. A gentleman who vas
+. in the neighborhood of the Union
depot powerhouse just after the storm
asserts that some of the crowd there
assaulted a ghoul caught tnieving and
I beat him to death. Ills story Is that
While viewing the wreck he saw half
n dozen men jump ON a man who mad
been loating about IN the crowd.
Some one hit the man with u club,
telling him to the ground. Then the
crowd jumped on the man and kicked
: him until he was unconscious. Some
:. one cried lynch the thief" Then the
u crowd picked up his limp form and
. carried it to Russell avenue, where
u they put it in a dirt wagon and carried
u it Off.
The Business Mems league issued
the following announcement last
:. night;
10 The league indorses the action 81
% Mayor Walbridgc in declining outsid,
u aid. IL feels grateful for the many
q evidences of generosity in these hell
~ offerings, but, having made careful
~ investigation Of the storm stricken
d district, which, though extensive, il
10 almost entirely confined TO the section
u of the city outside of the princlpa
IL business area, IT is it's dcliberat,
judgment that the city will be amply
~ able to fully provide for all the need
- of the afflicted,
~ From far Off London Sir Henry Irv
C. ing, olga Nethersolc and Wilson Bar
+, rett have cablcd money, sympathy an,
offers of benefit performances |
needed, Others are a. generous, an,
no doubt thousands Of dollars coul'
- be raised in "A few days il IL wer
- necessary.
ia. Congressman Rulert HIT III.
WASIHNGroN, June - Congress
man Robert Hit of Illinois, chairma
Of the House committee on fcreig
affairs, who passed through such
serious sickness last summer, IS agai
Ill. Tie has been confined To his be
for three days. At his home it W.
stated that Mr.. llItt's illness was n,
serious and is principally the result
In Il bad cold. lie has not fully rcco
lat cred from the effect of the attack Ia
i'll summer, which came near to heiu
N. fatal. and his friends fear that in II
id. weakened condition his present il
resS may prove more serious than
on would under usual circumstances