Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-14
TORNADO HITS ST. LOUIS.
Death Dealing Storm Sweeps Aeros,
jefferson County.

Jefferson county. Missouri. yesterday
afternoon. Six are known to be dead
and several are missing, and the prop
erty damage Is heavy. Two and one
half to three million dollars damage
was done in st. Louis, the city being
swept by the storm, which was not SO
severe when 1t reached here. Two
women who were in the famous ST..
Louis cyclone Of 1895 dropped dead of
fright. A teamster was electrocuted
when An electric light wire fell across
him. The total known dead In Jeffer-
son county and st. Louis number eight.
The known dead:
Baker. Frank.
Smith. Wesley.
Baker. Mrs Frank, and daughter all
Of Valley Mine, Mo.
Unidentified man. Cadet, Mo.
Kissiclk. Mrs. A.. 5s1s Maple avenue.
St Louis. dropped dead of fright.
Unidsntifisd teamster, st. Louis.
eiectrocuted.
Unidentified woman. 51o1 Savoy
court, st. Louis. dropped dead OF fright
Postmaster W. H. Hunt OF Valley
Mine. Mo, was probably fatally In
jured. n
Several farm residences In the vicln-
ity Of Valley Mine were destroyed. AS
the section IL an isolated part Of the
Ozark country, the reports Of the cy-
clone are meager and may be greater
than first reported. Some Of those
killed were carried half a mile or more.
A baby was torn from the arms Of Mrs.
Smith. but was uninjured
The tornado. which travelled slow
ly, went from southwest to northeast
The loss to livestock and other prop
erty in Jeffersan county was heavy. In
north ST. Louis grain elevator be-
longing to the Burlington railroad was
blown into the river. Its eight stor-
les were filled with grain. The elevat-
or loss is estimated by the railroad
at $75OO0O. The Bryan Hill school.
one of the largest public schools In st.
Louis, was greatly damaged.
The heaviest hailstorms ever known
In st. Louis, east central Missouri and
southern Illinois did great damage to
crops and buildings Some Of the hail
stones brought to q morning news
paper office were seven inch In cir
cumfer ence.
Property Loss Great.
Property valued between $1,50OOOO
and 100000 was. destroyed yesterday
afternoon by the most destructible
storm that has visited st. Louis since
the memorable tornado Of May. 1895.
Hail caused the greatest damage.
In some sections the heavy wind was
accompanied by a downpour OF rain.
Especially was this true in the north
end. The Burlington elevator was
wrecked by the wind and large Sec
ton Of 1t was blown into the river.
The elevator contained moro than a
million bushels OF grain and the dam
age is estimated at $1,000,000.
Panic at Ball Park.
A panic was precipitated at Sports
man park. where the ball game between
the st. Louis and the Cleveland teams
was in progress. The wind blew down
the steel nag pole and the patrons OF
the game threw themselves face down.
ward a.4 r-c.ec.ed their heads with
their arms from the bombardment or
hail stones.
Three women returning from a fun
eral were seriously injured when the
horses attached to their carriage be-
came frightened and ran away. In all
fifteen persons were injured in st
Louis.
Damage Elsewhere.
At Valles Mines, Mo-, the tornado
killed four persons and seriously In
jured score more. At Cadet, Mo-.
q score are reported injured. AT Shelby
vile, ILL.,, hail stones eight inches in
circumference were reported while at
Anna, Ill, growing crops were badly
damaged by tho hail and wind.