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parent exaggerations became realities
shortly afterWard.
The first movement was toward
Central High School. F'iremen found
IS injured pupils, who were immedi-
ately removed as the roof threatened
To fall. Then the search for dead was
begun In all parts of the area.
Fire broke out in several places and
was exting,lshed by firemen with the
help of a steady drizzle Of rain which
followed the tornado. The bodies OF
three women were taken from burn
ing debris, two of them charred and
un,~cognizab BILE.
Air Seems Tinted Green.
The rain stopped and the sun came
out but shortly afterward another
storm threatened and the air itself
seemed tinted green. later turning to
q pale pink and frightening still more
those who had an hour previous seen
the elements on violent rampage.
Gov. Baker did not declare martial
law, but gave local militia authorities
a free reign in marshaling the Mis-
souri, National Guard and soon the
streets assumed something of a
Louis reported for duty.
Many of st. Louis public buildings.
including seven schools and four hos
pitals, suffered damage in the tornado.
The Columbia School was seriously
damaged. Central High, recently re-
paired. suffered severely. and ST. Louis
University, high at the edge of Forest
Park. was unrOofed and otherwise
dana ged
The City Sanitarium the Shriners
Hospital. the Mullanphy Hospital and
the Washington University Medical
School also felt the wrath OF the ele-
ments.
Entire Block Wrecked.
The roof of the Perfection Manufar.
turing CO., 27O1 Leffingwell avenue,
was blown away and an entire biock
of homes occupied by negroes was
| wrecked Riddick School, 4l36 Evans
avenue, was damaged and NUMBER
Of students injured.
At Whittier and EastOn avenue the
entire front wall of the Pumphrey
Drug Co was blown out. The Muslcal
Arts Building at Boyle and ollVe SUI
fered considerably. Churchs NoFel'S
Shoe Co., Letfingwell and betton:
where 900 persons were employed
uiilll d IItolitlI "Sot H"'
leveled.
Churches seemed TO have suffered
but little A few tiles were missing
from the dome of the New Cathedral
on Lindell boulevard. The Rick Edu-
cational Museum collapsed and it was
feared that almost priceless specimens
of natural life and other exhibits had
been destroyed.
A block Of three-story apartment
houses at Maryland and Whittier was
destroyed.
The Rosele Hotel. arah.McPherson
Garage, Polar Wave Ice plant, and
Nugent's Uptown Branch Dry Goods
Store also were seriously damaged
The Central Furniture Co.'S factory
was seriously damaged as were "A
number of other plants in the indus
| trial district.
Wind Velocity 100 Miles.
The wind. with velocity Of 80 to
100 miles an hour, swept from south
west to the northeast, raZing the Man
! chester avenue industrial district, the
! Lindcll boulevard and other central
and north side residence sections, and
crossed the Mississippi River to the
tri-cities of Venice, Madison and Gran
'ite city, ILL.,, where six deaths and
numerous injuries We're caused.
| The devastated region. irregular In
shape and of varying width, has an
area of about six square miles in st.
Louis alone. in the central west