Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14
HAIL ACCOMPANIES WIND
Windows in Houses and Churches
Broken and Buildings Unroofed.
TWO WOMEN DIE OF FRIGHT
Cadet, a Town of 500 Population
Virtually Swept Away-Dam-
age in the State.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, April H-Nine per-
sons are dead and nearly 100 were in
jured by the destructive wind and hail
storm which swept over eastern Missouri
yesterday afternoon.
In this city three are dead and property
valued at between $1.JOO,OOO and $2.0OO,0O0
was destroyed.
There was a remarkable precipitation OF
hailstones. Some of these are reported
as being three inches in diameter. Hail
caused the greatest damage
Thousands Of windows In West End
residences were broken. Greenhouses
were demolished. Churches in the path
of the storm did not escape and many
stained glass windows were broken.
Damage at Other Places.
At Wales Mines, Mo-, the tornado killed
four persons and seriously injured score
or more.
to have been killed and fifteen persons
are reported injured.
! At Shelbyville. Ill. hailstones eight
inches in circumference were reported,
while at Anna, ILL.,, growing crops were
badly damaged by the hail and wind.
The tornado. which wrought destruction
| in coast and valley mines. swept over
| and did considerable damage to several
points in Washington, Montgomery. St
| Francois and Jefferson-the lead belt
| cOunties-and among the towns SUFFERING
| heavily were Flat River, Esther and Ell
| wins. In the three towns named fifty per-
sons were more or less seriously injured
Two Women Dead From Fright.
| The city was swept by the storm. but
was not so severe when it reached here.
Two women who were In the St Louis
tornado of 1896 dropped dead of fright.
A teamster was killed by an electric light
wire which fell across him.
| Several farm residences in the vicinity
| of Valley mine were destroyed. AS the
section Is an isolated part Of the Ozark
country the reports Of the damage are
meager. and it may be greater than first
ried half mile or more. A baby was
| torn from the arms OF its mother. but
was unintured.
The loss to livestock and other property
st. Louis a grain elevator. belonging to
| the Burlington railroad, was blown into
the river. Its eight stories were filled.
| The elevator loss is estimated by the
railroad at $4,000. The Bryan Hill
| School, one of the largest public schools
in st. Louis, was greatly damaged. The
heaviest hailstorm ever known in St.
| Louis, east central Missouri and south
ern Illinois did great change to crops and
buildings. Every window in the sides of
the homes in the fashionable west end
| exposed to the storm were broken. An
| area Of about three square miles was
affected by the hail.
Thrilling Scene at Ball Park.
| One of the most thrilling scenes Of the
storm was enacted sat Sportman's Park
When the hailstones began falling the
players Of the Cleveland and st. Louis
American League teams rushed to the
grandstand and the clubhouse, but before
they could reach either place they had
been pelted with large hailstones said to
weigh as much as four ounces.
| Several Of the players lay on their faces
and clasped their hands over their heads
to protect their heads from the stones.
| Thousands of spectators in the bleachers
and along the lower seats of the grand
stand followed the example of the players.
Women screamed when the gale threaten
ed to blow down the stands, and even the
men were terrified when the tall fiagpole
came down with a crash.
| The storm was the strangest in the his
| tory OF st. Louis Down town, in the
business district, and in the extreme
peared as no more than a heavy thun-
| derstorm, with much rain, but in the
| west end the damage was immense.
Town Virtually Swept Away.
Cadet. a town of 900 population in
| Washington county. Mo-, was virtually
swept away. Only ten houses in the
| southeastern part Of town were left
| standing. Great damage was done in
| the north part of town. The path Of the
| tornado through Cadet was three-Quarters
| Of mile wide.
Great damage was also done in the
country near Cadet. many farm dwelling
| houses and barns being wrecked.
| special train left De Soto at o'clock
| last evening for Cadet to bring the in
! jured Inhabitants to De Soto. All wires
| were blown down. An Iron Mountain sig
mailman brought the news to De Soto.
| In the southern part of Jefferson county
] the storm wrecked an automobile, in
which were John Powers, Joseph j. Bow
| ers and George Blackburn. Powers and
Bowers were found dead, and Blackburn
| IL missing.