Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-01
ST. LOUIS
DIGS OUT
OF DEBRIS
Task Of Removing Raw
ages of Storm Progresses
During the Day. a,~
TROOPS ON GUARD
Casualty List Expected to
Increase as Ruins Reveal
New Deaths.
ny United Press Leased WIZ

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1.-St. Louis to-
day started burying SO tornado vic
tins.
Coroner Rudolph Witt has ISSUED
burial certificates for all identified
bodies and many will be buried hv
their families before night.
Only one inquest was held today.
A verdict of death ''from fall
ing wall blown down by cyclone
storm - was returned in the case of
Detective Sergeant Edward Schaff.
All other inquests wer epostponcd
until next week. The coroner said
testimony would be heard only in
cases where that formality was
deemed necessary. Other verdiets
will be based on police records.
Work of clearing away wreckage
was progressing rapidly in the 210
city blocks affected by the storm.
All the principal thoroughfares were
passable and the street commission
expected to have other streets open
to traffic by night.
Police, assisted by militiamen,
regular army troopers and volun-
teers. were still probing the ruins
for bodies. Twenty-three persons
We're listed as missing.
The name of Jesse Roberts was
removed from the death list today
and new Identification was being
sought for a body held at the city
nIorgue. Roberts was found alive
and ininjured, although previously
identified as one of the dead.
Police were notified late this aft
eTnoon that another storm wrecked
building had caved in. Mrs. Mary.
Tornoff asked that the building be
cleared away in the belief her hus-
band had been trapped by the cave
in.
The casualty list continued to in
crease and it was believed the num-
Der of dead may reach 100. Eighty
nine bodies have been recovered, q
few may be in the wreckage of
buildings which were destroyed by
the wind and several of the sos or
more seriously injured were in crit
ical condition.
Many Homes Destroyed
Rain drove the unprotected refu-
gees from their sleeping places
shortly before dawn. At 'clock,
however, the downpour had subsidized
te mist.
Hundreds were housed in tempo
rary quarters arranged in public
buildings and thousands of Others
were in private homes or hotels.
1t was estimated between 5500-and
5000 homes were destroyed.
In poorer districts where the storm
left residents virtually destitute,
Red Cross canteens were furnishing
meals as well as clothing, blankets
and shelter
A fund of $5Oo,0Oo for immediafe
relief work was being rapidly sab
scribed.
No looting had been reported, due,
it was believed to foresight Of au-
thorities in arranging for adequate
patrol of the devastated area. All
available members of the city police
force of 1900, the entire Missouri
national guard and the sixth infam-
try from Jefferson barracks were
doing patrol.
One unidentified man died at, st.
Luke's hospital early today.
Although much of the city was
still dark last night and little had
been done toward clearing away tho
debris, hundreds of the partially
wrecked houses and apartment
buildings were. occupied.
The night was warm and clear
and beds were improvised on porch
cs, roofs and in rooms in torn down
houses, where walls and roofs were
missing.
Red Cross officials declared today
there was no suffering and all IN
need of aid had been taken care Of.