Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-05
LAST OF FEUD|STS DIE UNDER ENGINE
Accompce of agis Fatally Engineer and Brakeman Perish
Stabbed. During Tornado.
CAL LLAHAN NEAR HIS END ILLINOIS TOWN FLOODED
Village the
Spicer. Tremendous
AvENGEs FATHERS WOUNDS ST. LOUIS IS BADLY BUFFETED
TookP
shop-Quar overW Trestle-Much Damage
Divorce in
ILLINOIS TOWN FLOODED
French Village Is Wrecked by the
Tremendous Wind.
ST. LOUIS Is BADLY BUFFETED
Refugees Find Safety on High
!Trestle-Much Damage Done
in Arkansas.

ST. LOUIS. May "a thunder storm
of unusual severity accompanied by
high wind. swept over this vicinity early
today. doing much damage and indirectly
causing loss of life. a bridge on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad near
Bellevile. ILL.,. was washed out and caused
the wreck of freight train. The engi-
neer and brakeman were caught under
the engine and drowned. The train was
piled up in mass in Schoenlaub creek,
which was swollen into a torrent.
The village Of Edgemont. ILL.,, was food
ed and many persons were forced to take
refuge on improvised RATS. The whole
area of lowlands east of East st. Louis.
ILL.,. and comprising thirty-fve square
miles of territory. is under water.
Many Houses Unroofed.
French village. a town of leo inhabi-
tants. was struck by a miniature tornado
and many houses were unroofed. Tele-
phone and telegraph wires are down and
there is no communication with French
village Traffic is suspended on electric
lines running north and east of East
ST. Louis. ILL.,. because of high water.
The first floors of houses In the Amer
lean bottoms are flooded and farmers
are using RATS and boats in rescue work:
1t Is believed the loss of live stock will
aggregate large amount.
In ST. Louis the wind blew down trees
and signboardS, broke In many store
show windows and crippled telephone and
telegraph wires to large extent Sew
eral residences were struck by lightning
and the fire department was kept busy
responding to alarms No casualties
We're reported.
The bodies of Engineer Carl Ward OF
Evansville, Ind. and Fireman Chasm OF
Howell. Ind, were recovered from the
freight wreck during the forenoon. Con-
ductor Smith. it turned out. escaped. The
third trainman. believed to have. been
drowned, has not been found. Two men
comprising the crew of a dredgeboat at
Edgemont, Ill, are missing and are be-
lieved to have been lost.
Find Refuge on Trestle.
Five dwellings and saloon were swept
from their foundations by the fiocd that
inundated French village. The long tres
tie of an electric line near French village
was a haven of refuge for refugees. The
trestle was covered by persons who had
been flooded from their homes and many
were engulfed by the rapid food tide and
were forced to swim to the bridge. Later
they were taken off in boats and RATS
and taken to places of safety.
Many thrilling rescues OF persons from
flooded homes have been reported. Ar
thar Baxter was swept away with his
house. which brought up against the cleo
trio line trestle and Baxter was saved by
a rope lowered to him from the bridge.
Belleville was left without electric Hight
or power by the inundation of the Belle
willie Gas and Electric Company plant.
Much Damage in Arkansas.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. May 5.-Arkan-
sas was visited last night by a storm
which covered nearly the entire state. do
ing much damage to property. Wires are
down in every direction and on this ac-
count information is meager.
AT Marche a hamlet ten miles from
Little Rock. the large lumber plant of
the Hammond. Lucas & Devoe Lumber
Company was destroyed.
Conway. Ark. is reported to have been
damaged. Watson in Besha county, near
the Louisiana line, Is reported to have
been wiped out.