Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-08-20
ST. LOUIS TORNADO
w Worlds Fair City Damaged
by Windstorm.
SWEPT ONLY ALONG NARROW PATTI
Expoaition BufIdIngs and Grounds
Escaped - Two Lives Reported
Eost-Many injured-Propcrty
Damage 100000.

DAAhtGc PAoO,vOOs
ST. LOUIS, Avg. 20.-A sudden gale
of wind, lasting about three minutes.
caused considerable damage in north
ST. Louis, and six men were injured
by being caught beneath the smoke
stack of the Ncidringhaus planning MILL
wnich crushed through the roof under
which the mon 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 a leg broken, and W..
Bigger was badly cut and bruised.
The wind assumed the proportions of
q tornado In II 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 q funnel and
that when it reached the river it
bounded across and that several houses
on the Illinois side were seen unroofed
and considerable damage was reported
ut 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 q scythe.
Roofs were blown from houses. Troll
ley and feed wires and smaller wires
We're blown down. Trees were up
rooted.
The air was filled with flying tim
bers and splinters and with debris and
dust. The people We're stricken with
terror. As many as had time sought
shelter In cellars.
The storm passed almost as quickly
ms 1t came, leaving the people dazed
from It's ~suddenness.
The residence of A. Albrecht at
Twenty-third aid Palm streets was I'M
| rooted. The house of a family named
Frazer on Palm street near Twenty
third street was unroofed.
The property damage is estimated at
| 500, 900. Herman Sauerwlne, aged
ten, was, 1t is believed, fatally injured.
A shower had passed oven 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 nlurky and hot when clti-
zens in north st. Louis noticed a dark
cloud approaching from the 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 Angclrodt
| streets and with incredible swlftness
and force swept east along Angelrodt
| street for ten blocks, then turned north
and swept three blocks along Broad
way, when it 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 f%erryboat, 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 1t demol-
ished several dwellings, the Lelder-
kranz hall and blew down a portion OF
the Madison Cooperage works, killing
John Ellington. Severe damage was
done also to buildings in Venice and
Granite City, which adjoin Madison,
and a 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 n 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 situated over five miles from
the seat of the tornado, and the wind
was not felt there.
A Mukden dispatch says that a battle
is regarded as being imminent, as the
Japanese ON the Russian east front
are only twenty miles from Liaoyang
The advance posts are not more than
foul miles apart and small sklrmishes
are Of daily occurrence. On the south
the Japanese have retired to Haieheng
Ripping Away.