The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-06
ST. LOUIS HIT BY
YOUNG CYCLONE
Considerable Damage Done to
Worlds Fair Buildings.
FLORIST RICHTER KILLED
CARPENTER PICKED UP IN DY-
ING CONDITION.

St. Louis. Mo, Aug. 5.-One of the
heaviest storms of the year. but Of
brief duration, swept over ST. Louis at
3 o'clock today. being preceded by a
wind that in the western portion Of
the city developed into miniature
twister, that tore through the worlds
fair grounds. killing one man. prob
ably fatally injuFing another. and Sc
verely injuring seven others. besides
causing damage to worlds fair build
ings and other property generally
throughout the city to the extent Of
1000. The greatest fury of the
storm was felt at the worlds fair
grounds, where the casualties &C
CURED.
The Dead.
Theodore Richter. Kirkwood. florist.
Injured: a II. Clark. carpenter. taken
20 hospita' i'm dying condition; William
Koch. carpenter: Henry FahrenkoDf.
F.. carpenter. Ray Manley. laborcr; John
painter: Phineas J.. Going, carpenter;
! Charles Covington, laborer.
The day had been extremely warm, the
temDcra ture registering 81 degrees. Sud
denly the sky began growing dark and
within a comparatively short time lt be-
/ came necessary TO resort TO artificial
I lights IN the stores. Soon after the storm
broke with the force of gale. Pedes-
! TRANS hurried for shelter and the wind
swept through the streets, causing Mt
/ tie damage here and there by broken
( windows, falling signs and shade trees
Miniature Tornado.
At the Worlds fair grounds the wind
/ swept from the southeast TO the north
/ west in a miniature tornado. The agri-
/ cultural building stood in its path, and
/ six laborers working on scaffOiding were
! hurled TO the ground Nine sets OF
] trusses and timbers were razed.
/ Theodore Richter, florist from Kirk
I wood. a suburb. was on the ground run
/ ming 10 shelter when flying plank struck
/ him, killing him instantly. The wind
/ next struck the machinery building. and
| one of the two towers. $50 feet In height
( was stripped Of scaffOlding IN twin
! king and two wOrkmen hurled to the
ground i'm the debris. Both escaped Will
severe bruises. Debris was blown against
I the staff covered sides Of the completed
electricity building and sections of thS
/ staff were torn away.
Injured Rescued.
The Worlds fair fire department turned
I out and hastily dug the injured men from
I the debris and hurried them TO the hos
! pital- AIR Clark was so badly injured
I that ii is believed he Will die before morn
ing.
The Missouri state building. the only
( one of the six state buildings now II
course OF construction not protected b,
| trees, was damaged TO a small extent.
On the towers on the machinery busid
ing are two flags. AS the wind reached
the towers. one flag blew to the cas-
and the other TO the west. Vet neithe
was displaced nor injured.
Near Skinker road. which passes
[ through the Worlds fair grounds. twent.
telegraph poles heavily strung with wire
We're snapped like pipe-stems and fel
across the street car track. for the tim
blocking traffic.
The wind lasted about five minutes am
/ was followed by a torrential rain, accom-
panied by hail. Within twenty minute
I the rainstOrm had spent itself and set
tied down TO a fine summer rain. whicl
I continued until evening. The tempera
ture dropped within ten minutes from
10 IS degrees.
Along the river front the wind swept
{ number Of lumber piles into the waite
= and blew light freight from the whar
, I boats.
Across the river In East St. Louis niue
! damage was done and Mrs Margare
! Reichmann. aged 81, fearing repetition c
the 1896 tornado, dropped dead frOT
fright.
Three 16J-fOCt smOkestaCks at the stree
|. car power house were blown down.
I ~ Bellevillc. twelve miles east. a fJ
neral party was interTiug q body in tn
: cemetery when the storm broke. Re'
, Erich Becker. who was officiating, con
manded all persons TO lie down in til
= grass. and none was struck by the fly
ing limbs of tree during the violeI
r wind.