The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-08-20
ST. LOUIS TORNADO
Worlds Fair City Damaged
by Windstorm.
SWEPT ONLY ALONG, NARROW PATH
Exposition Buildings and Grounds
Escaped Two Lives Reported
Lost--NIany Injured-PrOperty
Damage 100000.

Damage 100000.
ST. LOUIS, Aug, 20.-A sudden gale
of wind, lasting about three minutes,
raused considerable damage in norEl
ST. Louis, and six men We're injured
by being caught beneath the smoke
stack of the Neldringhaus planning mill,
which crushed through the roof Under
which the men Were working. The
wind came without warning.
The police reported two persons kill
ed and more than twenty injured in the
residence sections surrounding the
manufacturing district.
John Ellington is dead, Louis NJ. Nc
Cullough had leg broken, and w.
Bigger was badly cut and bruised.
The wind assumed the proportions of
a tornado in small area, forming a
narrow lane from a point about five
blocks west Of the river to the waters
edge
Witnesses say that the storm cloud
came in the shape Of Il funnel and
that when it reached the river ii
bounded across and that several houses
on the Illinois side were seen unroofed
and considerable damage was reported
at Madison, Venice and at other small
towns near the river
Telegraph poles for a distance of five
blocks on Broadway were moved
down one after another as weeds be-
fore a scythe.
Roofs We're blown from houses. TrOl-
ley and feed wires and smaller wires
were blown down. Trees We're up
rooted.
The air was filed with hying tim
beers and splinters ana with debris and
dust The people were stricken with
terror As many as had time sought
shelter in cellars.
The storm passed almost as quickly
as it came, leaving the people dazed
from its suddenneSs
The residence of a. Albrecht at
Twenty-third and Palm streets was I'M
rooted, The house of family named
Frazer or Palm street near Twenty
third street was unroofed.
The property damage is estimated at
100000. Herman Sauerwine. aged
ten, was, 1t is believed, fatally injured
A shower had passed over st. Louis
earlier in the day, but there had been
no rain in north st. Louis. The sky
had cleared and the atmosphere had
become very murky and hot when citi-
zens In north St Louis noticed dark
,lo,,d onnYnocbiu = from, five southwest
Suddenly and without the slightest
premonition an arm seemed to shoot to
the ground like a gigantic cable, twist
ing and turning The end touched the
ground at Nineteenth and Angelrodt
streets and with incredible swiftness
street for ten blocks. then turned north
and swept three blocks along Broad
way. when II jumped eight blocks
northeast to the foot of Brennan street
and the river, where considerable
property along the river front was de-
stroyed. The tornado then jumped to
about the middle of the river and en-
countered a ferryboat, which was
turned and tossed about, but was not
sunk
Leaving the ferry, the tornado once
more jumped and struck the Illinois
shore near Madison. where it demol-
ished several dwellings. the Lelder
kranz hall and blew down n portion Of
the Madison Cooperage works, killing
John Ellington. Severe damage was
done also 10 buildings in Venice and
Granite City, which adioin Madison,
| and number Of persons were injured
So quickly did the tornado sweep
| through north St Louis that the citi-
zens could scarcely comprehend what
had happened. and in the stiffness that
followed the wind cries were heard on
all sides as terror stricken people ran
about the streets Not telegraph, tel
ephone or trolley pole was left stand
ing along the streets swept by the
storm.
Not the slightest damage was done
at the worlds fair grounds. The expo
sition is situat ad over five miles from
the seat of the tornado, and the wind
was not felt there.