Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-20
I1RTH ST, LOUIS
SWEPT BY TORNADO
,.,nlted in Death of One Person
I,iprving of Many Others and
4 Big Property Loss
ppfs BLOWN FROM HOUSES.
.,.,os Poles Moved Down Like
w,.d.--slany Remarkable Escapes
From Death.

=, tnJs Aug. l9.-A tornado Of eS-
mry swept down upon the resi-
I 1,,Ds portion Of North St. Louis
Wv" ,oaay resulting in the death OF
." r.rson injury TO probably so and
", ,'naso to property estimated at $780,
w DEAD,
kn ;lerinston'
Partial LIST OF INJURED.
,,ol, NJ. Mccullough leg broken.
"a bigger cuts and bruises
n II. Larghan Commissions on the
un s..,,,,o,s out on faro aud
N.Y. ..,. o,, ard hru,aad IN
,rbl arm and shoulder
n rrcke, scalp wound and injuries
y rp "a PoOnski, right hand burned by
I've wire ,.. 49,, .,i
William Dickhooncr, cut OH elbow.
usrnan saucrWine, aged TO- arm
,aEsn and crushed. may die.
william Linham, cut.
rsWard Patpison, badly cut.
Ssuwood Powllnski, burned by live
wire, serious
william Fouche, Lex broken.
william Torickc, leg broken.
q, employees In Westinghouse roll
nr mill, not serious.
T,legyaph poles for distance Of flvc
Nh,ls on BrodWay were moved down
o.A After another az weeds before
WIN, Roofs were blown from houses.
trolley and feed wires and smaller
wires we're blown down. Trees we're
ppnoted The air was filled with ny-
rs tmbers and splinters and dust, The
rsople we're stricken with terror. As
many as had time sought shelter In
cellars. The storm passed almost as
quickly ar II came.
The residence Of A. II. Albrecht at
TEerty-second and Palm streetH was
unro,ted but no one was injured there.
me home Of a family named Frazer on
Palm street, near Twenty-thlrd street,
vas unroofed,
The atmosphere became murky and
la,k cloud was noticed In North ~.
Louis approaching from the southwest,
Suddenly an arm seemed TO shoot
oEbsard like gigantic cable. twist
lg and turning. The end touched the
round az Nineteenth and Angierodt
,tieet and with Incredible Bwiftneas
nd 'crce swept east along Anglerodt
N u blocks.
Then II turned north and swent three
Morris along Broadway. when II Jumped
.gAt blocks northeast 10 the foot
v Bremen street ana the river.
rArs much property along the river
fcr vas destroyed. The tornado then
Jumped to about the middle NJ tho river
Nj encountered a ferry boat which
re- turned and tossed about. but not
n,k
ne tornado once more lifted and
Hfutk the Illinois shore near Madison.
rNefe \ demolished several dwellings,
Do lelderkranz hall and blew down
iNion Of the Madison Copper works,
hllr9 John Ellington, Severe damage
vas done 20 buildings NJ Venice and
irsnte City which adioin Madison
VA number Of persons were injured,
" quickly did the tornado sweep
sfough North 81. Louis that the citi.
l'n' could scarcely comprened what
IN happened, In the stiffness that fol-
owed cries were heard on all sides as
NJ 'eTror-striken persons ran about
No street Not a telegraph. telephone
y trolley pole was left standing along
As streets swept by the tornado, and
rvs were piled In heaps
I'VE path Of the tornado was about
block and a half wide, along which
'ouses were unroofed, window panes
Iosen, several manufactures partially
,nmolshed and the streets Uttered with
hhfls
A Broadway trolley car containing
'tYen passengers was struck nv falling
Nerfaph poles and wrecked. The pas.
NngeH had remarkable escape from
1u'y and only the motorman received
Hight bruises.
Frobably the heaviest loss suffered
Yasngle concern was the destruction
,nolnplishcd at the NledrInghaus roll
smlU which covers two SQUARES. The
smoke stack was blown down and
Au NE plant was demolished entail
s Damage estimated at s25. 900. SIX
Wnlloyees were injured IN this plant
tart ot tho roof and two cupalos were
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