The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-08-26
1t Took Dip Into the North End,
Friday Afternoon. and Did
Enormous Damage.
THEN JUMPED THE MISSISSIPPI
TO VENICE AND MADISON, ILLINOIS.
Three Persons Dead and Many In
and Hundreds OF Thousands OF
Dollars Worth of Property DAM
age the Results.

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windsorm which swept over a portion
of North st. Louis and crossed tn,
river to Venice and Madison, ILL.,, short
ly after three o'clock Friday afternoon
Several hundred persons were rem
dered homeless.
The area covered by the storm die
not exceed a mile square, and outside
of that particular section there wa:
practically no disturbance. In fact
people in the business section, only
two miles from the scene of the storm
could scarcely be persuaded that such
a thing was possible when the first re
ports began to come in.
Followed by Heavy Rain.
This storm was followed, about eight
o'clock in the evening, by a terrific
electric and rainstorm, covering the
entire city. During the 80 minutes
the storm ragged no less than five
alarms came in from the Worlds fair
grounds, which had escaped the after
noon storm entirely None of the
alarms was of serious nature The
wind during the evening reached a
velocity of 50 miles an hour, while the
rainfall Appropriated two inches.
A Cyclonic Wind.
The cyclonic wind which swept
down upon North st. Louis in the aft
ernoon tore its way for Is blocks
through houses and sheds, leaving
path flied with debris. Houses and
factories between Eleventh street and
the river. were unroofed and the walls
OF hundred residences were blown
In Broadway, from Bremen avenue
south to Dock street, was literally
piled with debris. tangled telegraph
and electric light poles and cables,
street signs and loose boards. The
small loss Of life was remarkable.
when the fury of the storm Is con-
sidered
The Property Damage.
The damage to the buildings in the
devastated area will aggregate at least
$25O,0O0, according to several bust
ness men in North ST Louis who went
over the path of the storm. The great
est damage was done, perhaps, to the
rolling mills of the National Enamel
ing & Stamping Co.'S plant 1t was
a mass of wreckage. About tile only
thing standing were four big smoke
stacks. The damage is estimated at
$4,000
The damage to the Summers Manu-
featuring plant at 3443 North Broad
way is placed at $25,000
The damage to the Buck Stove Co.'S
building at Destrehan and Hall streets
was about $4,000. The corners of the
building were blown out and holes
were punched into the brick wall in
the rear. Every pane of glass in the
windows on the south side was broken.
The damage to the Mallinckrodt
Chemical Co.'S plant at Second and
DeStrehan streets will reach several
thousand dollars.
At the church of Our lady of Good
Counsel Father Tracy estimates the
damage at $4,000 to $4,000.
The work of the storm will fall !
heavily upon the electric power and |
telephone companies.
Many Residences Damaged.
Damages to residences in the path ,
of the cyclone will reach $10O, 900. |
Many of these were partially unroofed
and sheds along the course of che
storm were blown down
Following is the list of casualties
reported
The Dead.
Joseph Wesley, aged 10; killed by
falling bricks.
John Ellington, aged II years, 4117
North Broadway; struck on head by
brick in the collapsing walls of the
Interstate Cooperage Co.'S plant at
Madison, III.
Mrs. Margaret G. Beal, wife of John
Beal, Madison, H.; crushed by falling
walls of her home.
The Injured.
Jacob Haemmerle. shoulder broken.
William Fricke, scalp wounds and
bruised legs.
Gertrude Polinsky, confusion of left {
arm. d
James CROSBY, fractured ribs. {
William Dickhoener, foreman Neid. {
ringhaus rolling mills; right arm |
broken and leg bruised by falling tim. ,
ber
Edward Patterson, cuts on head and
eft arm.
Louis NJ. Mccullough, leg broken. {
Herman Sauerwine arm broken in /
,wo places. i
w. II. Linahan. confusion on arms. =
Mrs. William Gordon, knocked down q
~ lightning and severely shocked. IA
Injured On East side.
Mrs. Thomas Mitchell, aged As years,
Venice. ILL.,; slight injuries received
~ being struck by shutter blown 7
rom her home.
Mrs. Thomas Wheeless. as years of 0
ge. living with her son, Thomas n
In a houseboat at Venice o
IL; was seriously injured by falling II
rec.
Mrs. Nellie Schmidt. aged 40 years,
H.; severely cut about head