The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-08-25
KILLED BY A TORNADO.
Section of St. Louis Visited by
Terrific Wind Storm.
WORLDS FAIR IS HIT.
Utah State BuiIEng at Exposition
Wreceed-Storn Crosses River
Into Illinois.

So. Louis. 60, Aug. 2O.-Comns With
OFT a nome MS warning, a terrific tor.
nado swept aeross the northern nart oe
this city late yesterday afternoon, carry.
ing; all before Il like cLuff. 1t destroyed
property values at 100000, killei twor
persons as far as known, and injured
fifty. many Of them seriously; almost
wreCfad the north front of the Utals.
state trilding an the fair grounds, SHAT
tering all the windows oz that side; de-.
nolish,sS n street car crowded with ras~
sengersl all OF yshom miraculously es..
capped INJURY; pill d dozens of telegraph
( poles in. heaps in the streets; play
havoc with shippag along the rivsc
front lev the path. of the storm. anu.
thence crossed the river, where it spent'
its force sitter wre king many buildings
in little towns and killing one woma1,
and lnjurirg other rrrsons.
Storm Was Unexpected.
SO sudddn was tia furous visitation
that few persons hGd timo to prepare
themselves 10 meet it. Hundreds ran
panicstricken through the streets and
sought safety in cyclone cellars in the
neighborhocd.
The path. Of the tornado was well
marked Wrecked buildings showed
where the whad had swept. Trolley ears
/ were overturned and buried beneath
mass of telegraph and trolley poles. The
roofs of houses We're lying about the street.
Tall chimneys of factories were blown
over, crushing roofs and injuring the en-
ployes of the plants.
Darkness Addsst ,oPaNic.
Darkness settled over the entire dis
trict affected by the tornado. and this
added to the panic. Many Gupersttious
persons imagined that the, world had
come TO an end and began pEsying in the
streets. The wind spent most of its
force along the river frontJ and jumped
over the Mississippi tossing, boats about.
One ferry boat came near swapping
and the passengers We're 'thIown into d
state or terror. 1t was oln the Illinois
side of the river that the storm seemed to
gather in fury. Madison,l Venice, and
other small towns suffered from the fury
of the elements.
Seemed Like 4aa Gigantic Arm.
When the tornado struck St. Louis il
began its work of destruction about five
blocks west of the river. It was about
block and a half in width. and when
it swoOped down upon the district watch
ers who saw 1t approach declare that II
was like gigantic arm and that it
reached out, grasping tha objects lying
in its path and twisting them about like
straws. After it had swept. down to the
river it seemed to bound cle,G across the
water to the Illinois side.
Boats Suffer Severely Storm.
4 number of boats were on the river
and they suffered from thu violence of
the storm. Several sNiffs. We're over
turned and the occupants tn Own into the
water and even staunch ferTyboats were
50 tossed about thar it seemed as if they
must sink.
In st. Louis properirUo basa effects were
felt from the storm IL grew suddenly
dark and rain fell, but here was no in
dcatlon that tornado was raging near
4 by However, after aifhw minutes it be
gan to be seen thar n severe storm was
devastating the northern portion of the
city and before call for help was Sevt
in from the district, fire engines, ambu-
lances and patrol wagons, were rushing
to the scene The work of caring for
the injured was begun Immediately and
many of them were taken to hospitals.
Dead anhi Ihju1ed.
The dead:
/ JOHN ELLINGTON
Partial list of the injured:
Jacob Harmeste. shoulder dIslocated.
] William II. Linham, cut.
Edward Papison. badly ctat.
Girtwood Pownski. burned by live wire
/ seriously.
William FOurhe, leg brOhan.
Louis McCnilin. leg, broken
/ Herman Sauerwnc aged 10; arm broken
and crushed; will probably die
William Bigger, bruised.
W. H. LHrgan, cut and bruised.
4 William Y0rcllc, leg broken.
4 Six employes-in Niedringhaus rolling mlr
not seriously; names unknown.
Thomas ii. Sonners. cut on face anas
I body.
Jacob Hacmerlc, cut and bruised on right
+ arm and shoulder
JHri, IL, I1u1 Nd n in ri nE.
4 right leg.
Fred PolInsld rtghthand burned by live
wire.
James Crosby, fracture of the hip ant.
broken ribs.
William Dickhoener. cut on elbow.
Storm Comes Without Warning.
A shower passed over St Louis eariier
In the day. but there had been 10 rain ia
North st Eous The sky had cleared
and the atmosphere had become very
I mulky and hut when citizens in Worth
st. Louis noticed Il dark cloud appronch'
ing from the southwest
Suddenly, and without the slightest
prcmonition. an arm seemed TO shoot 10
4 the ground like gigantic cable. twisting
and turning. The end touched the erounQ
\ 1T Nineteenth and Angelrodt streets anG
with Incredible swiftness and force swept
east along Anselrodt for ten blocks, then
turned north aud swept three blocks, alona
Broadway, when it jumped eigh7 Blocks
northeast to the foot of l'remau street
and the river. whore considerable proper
ty along the river front was destroyed.
Utah State Building Damaged.
The force of the storm blew in tho
north windows of the Utah state build
ing at the worlds fair grounds aud rain
did damage to the carpets and tapestries
estimated at from $50 to 5000.
4 calm settled over the city immedi-
( otplv aftpr the storm and ram fell.
I Ambulancea were rushed to the scene
and fire departments responded from all
directions. The storm was saen from 81.
| Louis roper and ambulanceS and ire
men We're speeding on their way long be-
fore messages asking for assistance were
delivered by messengers. The telephone
wires were all down and telephone com
munication was cut off.
A terrific thunder storm broke over
81. Louis early last night and rain felf
in torrents, accompanied By heavy wlnt
The weather bureau reported that 90
Of an inch of ian fell within ten min
utes and the velocity OF the wind WA
tifty-two miles an hour.
Tornado Toys with Ferry Boat.
The tornado then juraped to abou. ,he
middle of the river and encountered 6 FER
nv boat. which was turned and Tossed
about. but was not sunk Leaving the
ferry. the SapriciOus tornado once more
jumped aIsl struck the Illinois shore near
Madison, whore it demolished several
dwellings. the Liedetkranz hall, and blew
down portion OF the Madisoa cooper
works. killing John Ellington.
Severe damage was done also to build
ings in Venice and Granite City, which
adjoiu Madison, and numbeS OF persons