The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-06
VlINDST0RM SWEEPS CITY;
ONE KILLED; MANY HURT.
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Theodore Richter florist. working; on
the east side OF the Agricultural building.
was killed by flying timber from the west
side of the same building. The piece trav-
eled more than $40 feet before telling its
victim
SCAFFOLDING BLOWN
THREE HUNDRED FEET.
Pieces of scaffolding wrenched from the
Machinery building were blown with te-
rife force so feet across the west avenue.
and. striking the Electricity building. peeled
strips OF stan from that structure.
Two windows. twenty feet high, were
mashed, easement and pane. through the
wall into the interior. One of the 1S-ton
pests that will support the tower of the
Missouri State building toppled to the earth.
Roy Meanwhile. laborer, vas obeylng the
command OF a superintendent of the Aeri-
culture building to leave the place instant
". when timbers from q second wrackage
nj { D. m. pinioned him beneath its pom
derous weight.
Fifteen telegraph and telegraph poles
along skinker road. in front OF the Admir-
istration building were snapped off Ike
matches. carrying TO the ground cloud OF
wires anCi dismantling the trolley cables OF
the Transit Company
SHELTER HOUSE TENT
WHIPPED INTO sHREDs.
The tented addition to the Shelter House
at skinker road and Administration drive
was whipped into threads. Fragments now
decorate struggling overhead wires that
ESCAPED the violence of the tempest. go feet
distant.
None of the finished buildings was dam
agen in the slightest degree, and only that
portion of the Agricultural which was in
process of erection yesterday suffered IN
the fierce onslaught of the wind
Intense excitement prevailed in the Adj
mlnistration building during the storm, and
afterward. when the report reached there
that ten men had been killed under the
wreckagc or Agricultural Hill and were
then being laid oft on the floors.
President Francis and Director of Works
Taylor departed Immediately in a carriage
for the Agricultural building. They encoun-
tered impossible lakes of liquid mud and
changed their course toward the Ener-
gency Hospital.
Truck No. l of the Exposition Fire De-
partmeut was sent to the Agricultural
building to assist in digging for the buried
men. Colonel Goodwin. commandment of the
jefferson Guard, detailed his available force
10 the same place.
Three ambuiances from the City Dispen-
sary, accompanied hy Chief Dispensary
Physician, Doctor II. Z. Scherck- made
record run of twenty minNtes from the city
to the Emergency Hospital, arriving there
before any OF the victims had been borne
into the small frame structure.
Theodore Richter died few minutes after
his manged body entered the doors OF the
hospital Internal injuries. q fractured
jawbune and compound fracture OF the
right leg were the combined causes of his
death. His body was removed TO the
morGue.
A. r. Clark. carpenter who went down
into the wreck, was pronounced dying by
Doctor scherek when he lift the Emer-
gency for the City Hospital, in an amhn-
lance. The cots OF the Emergency Hospital
bv this time were filed with grooming
workrnen. who were being attended oy
Doctor Moore physician in charge.
wINDSToRM CAME
OUT Of A QUIET SKY.
The fury of the storm came out OF
quiet sky. One minute before 1t shrieked
past the Administered ton building on its mis-
sion of death and destruction. "a gentle
breeze trifed with the awnings. The hass
on the Gothic tower barely caught the
zephyr.
A sonber shadow suddenly overspread
the armament. In ten seconds the air was
yellow with heavy dust 1t whirled past
windows with rotary motion. sucking pa
pers from desks and chilling the occupants
OF the offices.
The track of the wind was easily marked
It svooped intu the Administration quad
rangle and blew President Francis and Dr.
rector of Works Taylor in its path There
was no rear, no intmation of danger e,.-
cept from vivid flashes of lightning that
split the darkened heavens.
TAYLOR ESTIMATES
DAMAGE AT 5000.
Director of Works Taylor said az the hos
pital that he estimated the damage on the
was positive that the lost time could be re-
gained in ten days. The director called
particular attention TO the manner In which
the finished buildings and the diminished
building had stood the
storm.
He said that the only portions OF the Agri-
culture building that had been damaged
were those which were OF most recent con-
struction. and not yet properly tied TOR
braced to the other part OF the building.
The damage to the Transit Company lines
along Sklnker road and the telegraph and
telephone lines will be repaired by to-day.
as linerlien were at work Immediately after
the storm to restore communication with
the city, which had been utterly cut off.
None of the State buildings were damaged
except the Missouri building. Several hum
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