Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-26
A GALE IN ST. LOUIS.
STORM ALMOST As SEVERE As THE
TORNADO OF 90.
Several Fatalities In the Former
City and One Fatality In the Lat
ter--sfrcet-Car and Railway Traffic
Impeded--Trains Lost.

| ST. LOUIS. MO-, January pa gale OF
wind that reached the highest velocity Of
any experienced here since the tornado
life and property was so great, prevailed
here to-day. Its velocity was sixty-six
miles an hour, only fourteen miles less
than that of the wind during the tornado.
Two deaths, one fatal injury. and seve-
raj minor casualties were reported, as
well as considerable destruction of pro-
perty.
The dead are:
AUGUST WEYMEYER. aged 81. car
penter, who was blown from the roof of
the Shields School. He lived but 10 min
utes after being taken to the City Hos
pital
THOMAS JOSEPH PETERSON, 4 four
years old, blown from the roof Of porch
at 300 Franklin avenue, and killed.
Injured: Mrs. Sarah Lorin, of $40 Lac
lede avenue. spine crushed, and she may
die; injury caused by the blowing down
Of fence.
Shortly after o'clock this morning
terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by
heavy fall of hail and rain. struck the city,
and prevailed foran hour or more. BY day
break the sky had cleared, but 1t soon
became cloudy again. and the wind be-
gan to rise. BY 1915 o'clock the wind
was blowing at the rate of sixty-three
miles an hour, but seventeen miles less
than the recorded velocity during the
-
blow from the southwest, and the resi-
dents of the city, especially In the tor
nado-stricken portions. were seized with
CONSERVATION, expecting another vista
ton Of the same sort.
FATAL STORM AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, January ga binding
snow-storm, which ragged all day, did con-
siderable damage In the city, made trou-
BILE for the street-car companies and the
railways and caused the loss OF one life.
Carlos NJ. Munchy, a laborer, was re-
pairing the top of a S0-foot tower at the
plant OF the Iriquois Furnace Company,
when, owing to the wind, which at times
during the afternoon blew at the rate OF
sixty miles and hour, he lost his hold and
fell to the ground. He was instantly
killed.
The suburban service OF the railroads,
as we'll as the street railway service, was
delayed. Many of the trains from out
side points were snow-bound, and all
were behind the schedule time.
South Chicago was practically isolated
early this evening. as far as railway trar-
fic was concerned, and the towns sur
rounding it were in almost as disagree
able a. situation.
A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS
In the city the snow was at times so
thick and was hurled through the streets
in such dense clouds by the strong wind
that it was practically impossible for
Transfers and gripmen to see ahead or
them, and as a result there were num-
Der OF accidents, in which people were
slightly injured.
OF the through trains on the lines CEN
tering in Chicago, two were reported |
missing early this evening One Of them |
was the ST. Paul limited, on the Great |
Western railway. and the other a train |
running between Chicago and Eau Clair |
on the Wisconsin Central road. Nothing |
had been heard from either OF the trains |
since their departure The wires along |
the roads are down ab many points. but |
at times when communication is possible. |
nothing has been heard of them. Other
roads Jared scarcely better.
FATAL COLLISION OF TRAINS.
The storm played havoc with the time
tables, and there was hardly a through |
train that arrived at the appointed hour.
Owing to the storm this evening, two IL
linois Central trains came into collision
near Dubuque resulting in the death OF
Fireman Ellis Sweet, and the fatal injury
OF Engineer Harvey and Postal-Clerk Nc
Duff