Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-29
qO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
After the Storm.


ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 2s.-It is i'm
possible this morning to make an IN,
telligent estimate of the loss of life ara
property in this city and vicinity oy
the storm of Wednesday night. 1t Will
be many days before the exact facts are
known. In st. Louis the number OF
dead reported to the authorities up TO
II o'clock this morning was l3S. But
there are undoubtedly many others
awaiting burial at private residences,
and it is still more certain that the re-
moval of the debris will disclose the
bodies of other victims of the storm as
vet unaccounted for. Still, there can
be no doubt that the first rumors OF
scores crushed beneath falling buildings
were largely exaggerated. The unre.
ported dead will not exceed one hum
dred. This brings the total dead in ct.
Louis up to about $3.50. 1t is estimated
that those who sustained injuries which
may be called serious number about
400. 1t is not likely that mere guess
would come within several hundreds OF
the actual figures ofthe slightly wound
ed. In East st. Louis the number
of dead reported up to noon to-
day was LAT. 1t is not believed that
the total will reach 225 at the out
side. They estimate the seriously In
iured at from two hundred to two hun.
dred and fifty. Leaving st. Louis and
following the track of the storm. as it
swept through Missouri and Illinois,
the figures become more indefinite.
The following will be found to be ap-
proximately correct:
Vaudalia, ILL.,, and vicinity, Is killed,
Is injured; Centralia, Ills, and vicinity,
40 killed, 95 injured; Mount Vernon,
Ills, and vicinity, 6 killed, 20 injured;
New Madrid, Ills, and vicinity, Z
killed, 80 injured; Richtield, Ills, 4
killed. Rushville, Ills, killed, 26
injured; New Baden, Ills, s killed, ID
injured; Jefferson City, Ills, 4 KILLED;
Harmony, Ills, 2 killed; Brinker Sta
ton, Ills, S killed, thirty injured;
Breckenridge, Ills, 2 killed; Fairfield,
Ills, and Mascoutah, ILL.,, each killed;
Gratiot, Mo-, 4 killed; Mexico, Mo-,
and vicinity, 6 killed, 80 injured;
Warsaw, Ind, killed, 5 injured. The
foregoing figures are believed to be
authentic. But there are, besides, re-
ports of persons being killed and in
jured in other places.
1t is pretty safe to say that the loss
OF property in St. Louis will reach
SIC, OOO, 900. Other estimates have been
given out-among them one by Mayor
Walbridge, who places the figures at
$50, 900, 000-but they are all too high.
The street railway system, which op-
crates cars over rs miles of track, is
heavy loser. Probably 100000 will
not cover their loss. The steamboatmen
may be put down for another $500, 900,
and the steam railways for half a mil
lion more. The Myers & Light to
bacco factory, which was wrecked com
pletely, represents a loss of 5000, 900,
and the St. Louis Refrigerator and
Gutter CompaDy's factory is loss of q
quarter of million. The other losses
are in the thousands, or even in the
hundreds, and while their aggregate
foots up large sum, there is no iustiti-
cation for the stories of damage ranging
away from ten to fifteen millions of dol
lars. The serious feature of nearly all
the damage done is that substantially
all of it is unprotected by insurance.
LATER
ST. LOUIS May 29-At IL o. m. the list
of dead numbered 1872 OF these 161 were
| identified and 81 unidentified. In East st
Louis at tho same hour the police records
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