Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-05-29
Death Roll Will Unquestonabv Far Exceed 800 and the
Number of Injured is Estimated at Thousands Many
Bodies Still Buried in the Ruins.
PROPERTY LOSS is FIGURED AT OYER FIFTY MILLIONS
All Business is Still Virtually Suspended Effort Known to
Pucky People Being Bent to the Work Of Restoration ST.
Louis Does Not Need Outside Help, But Great Distress
Prevails at East st. Louis Additional Lists
of Identified Dead.

St. Louis, May 29.-The day opened uE
clear and cool. Everywhere could be
seen men delving in the ruins for buried
victims, clearing the streets of dismantled
poles, wires and general debris, repairing
the damage done to thousands of build
ings, relieving injured and homeless.
It becomes more and more evident that
ed this or any other city on the North
American continent. Horrors multiply
every hour.
More than 100 dead bodies have been
rescued in st. Louis. Over 400 persons
are known to have been injured. Man.
gled cadayers are found in innumerable
places along the path of the storm and
are being taken to 1mprovised morgues
in different portions of the distressed dis
tricts.
1t will be weeks before a complete list
of the killed can be made, but the list OF
the dead is climbing to the 200 mark.
Only mere guesses can be made as to
the property loss on both sides of the
river, but the mercantile agencies say it
may reach $5O,O00,0 900 in this city alone,
while in East st. Louis it will reach sew
eral millions.
ONE VAST CLEARINGHOUSE.
In East St. Louis the disaster was COM
plete, the western section of that railway
town being one vast charnel-house. Only
single dwelling has been left standing
on what was called "The Island" and 600
families are homeless. Citizens estimated
the dead at full 200 on the east side.
In the wake of the tornado came grave
problems to meet, one being the protec-
tion of the city in the absence of electric
lights. The 1st Missouri regiment has
gone on patrol service and the police
commissioners will add $50 men to the
force.
Beside this, all previous calamities of
the kind seem trivial in cost. Manfully
the business men of st. Louis have taken
up the work of relief. An earnest meet
ing on change yesterday was the begin
ming. There are thousands who can pull
themselves out of this trouble. There
are other thousands who lost all and
must be helped.
A partial resumption of street car SER
vice has been effected. The southern d.
vision of the Scullin system is the most
badly crippled, owing to the destruction
of the power-house. The officers venture
no prediction when the cars will be run
ming.
RESTORING ELECTRIC LIGHT SERVICE.
A partial restoration of the electric
light service is promised in forty-eight
hours, but it will be couple of weeks be-
fore all the circuits are in order.
Inquests on the bodies of forty-two OF
the slain in st. Louis have been held by
Coroner Waite and that work continues
A verdict of shock and injuries, ac.
cidental, was rendered In each case.
East st. Louis has issued touching
appeal for aid. The committee which
prepared the manifesto estimates zoe
persons killed and the injured number
thousands. 1t is known that number
of persons are still buried in the debris
on this southwestern part Of the island ant
in the ruins of the Hallsey hotel, Martel
house, Relay retreat and Durant house.
Street car traffic, telephones and electric
light facilities are entirely suspended ir
East st. Louis.