The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-04

country south Of Centralia Is said to
have occurred an hour after ST. Louis
was devastated These three points are
in direct line from the northwest to
the southeast and the weather officials
are inclined to believe that the storm
was one and the same.
A Memphis special says: Word
reaches here by way OF CorondoIet, MO. 1,
that so dead bodies have been taken
from the st. Louis hospital, which was
completely wrecked and every patient
has probably been killed.
The buildings Of the refrigerator and
wood cutter company were demolished
and caught fire and are burning. The
loss of life in these buildings is believed
to be heavy. The United elevator was
blown down.
Liggett & Meyers new big manu-.
factory, the largest in the west, was
totally wrecked and the loss Of life
there was great. Twenty dead bodies
and many wounded have been recov.
cred from this building.
The scene in the river was appalling.
Steamboats, moored at their landings
were torn away, turned over and sunk,
drowning all on board. Many people
were seen clinging to floating wreck.
age and piteously appealing for help.
ST. LOUIS. May 30-There exists
about as much uncertainty as to the
actual number of people killed by the
cyclone and the amount of property
damaged as on the first morning Of the
disaster. Scores of dead have been
identified, but no one is willing to ven
ture guess as to how many bodies may
be in the ruins Of the hundreds of build
ings as yet unexplored The total mum.
Der of dead in St. Louis identified is
1862 and in East st. Louis l27. In St.
Louis there are % bodies still unidenti-
fed and in East st. Louis g. II is be.
lieved that the deaths of the injured
and the future recovery of bodies will
bring the st. Louis death list well up to
200.
In East st. Louis the city officials de-
clare that they have hope that the death
roll on that side of the river will not ex-
ceed $50, but the ruins upon which the
rescuers have not yet begun to work
may swell the total far beyond that fig-
ure.
The estimates upon property loss have
grown wilder and further apart.
Guesses have been made all the way
from $4,000, 900 to S5O,OOO,O 900 for St.
Louis and from 81, 800, 900 to 500, 900, 900
for East st. Louis. The most popular
estimate is in the neighborhood of $780,
600, 900 for both cities, including rail-
road buildings damaged. The building
contractors of the city have been over.
whelmed with orders for rebuilding.
and the work of wiping out the havoc
of the storm will be pushed with all
energy.
The committee in charge announce
that the auditorium to be used for the
Republican national convention has
been repaired and now shows not the
slightest effect of the storm.
The business mems league has issued
the following announcement with ref,
erence to offers of aid from cities
throughout the United States:
"The league endorses the action OF
Mayor WallbridgG in declining outside
aid. 1t feels grateful for the many evi.
dences of generosity in these help offer.
ing, but having made careful investiga.
tion of the storm striken districts which
though extensive, is almost entirely
confined TO the section of the city ont.
side of the principal business area. it is
deliberate judgement that tho city will
be amply able to fully provide for all
the needs of tho afflicted.
"ThGy further announce that not a
single hotel in tho city has heen affected
nor the wholesale manufacturing dis
trict materially injured. The slight in.
jury to the special building erected for
the Republican convention has already
been repaired and the building is now
ready for occupancy"
East st. Louis has issued a touohine
appeal for aid, and the committee
which prepared the manifesto estimates
that 200 persons were killed, and that
the numbers of injured will foot no in
the thousands. Street car traffic. tele
phone service and electris lighting facil.
tiles are entirely suspended, Men stanG
mute and aghast at the havoc which
was wrought. All business is virtually
suspended. Everyone agrees that
months will fail TO reveal the extent Of
the tornado's devastation in the Illinoi.
| town. From the surrounding country
thousands of men, women and children
fiocked into the city to view the scene,
of ruin and death.
ST. LOUIS. May 30 Although thou
sands of men have been at work nigh,
and day clearing away the wreckage N
the path of the tornado they have
scarcely made perceptible impression
towards restoring the chaotic confusion
to anything like order. Passageway,
have been made through some Of th'
principal thoroughfares 1t is true, bul
for the most part the streets are still
choked with the battered remains ot
homes and factories, hospitals anC
churches. The path of the storm is full
" mile and half wide. 1t start,
away out in the suburbs of the city
where the beautiful homes of the peo
pie of wealth are located. Taking {
zigzag course it extends down through
where the densely populated tenement
houses are located, fully six miles, arc
crosses the river.
At the extreme limits of the city tc
the west is quarter known us Towe,
Grove park, 1t is populated by people
of wealth and the houses are palatia
with beautiful grounds and surround
ings To the southeast OF this is AN
other region of wealth. The storm
moved its way through them both
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