New Britain herald., 1927-10-01
90 Now Dead; l,l52 Injured Brought to Hospitals - Suffering and Desolation Every- where in Vast City.
Workmen From All Sides Rush to Stricken Area to Engage in Reconstruc. t'on--Soldiers Still on Guard.

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 Sl' Louis, Mo, Oct. l Lp,--tfos,,4 '"' islS of tornado victinc no cI1ec Aed today indicated the n,,n,hl. oi injured would almost double ,,sz ,cfday.s highest figure and reach iO-' The dead numbered 90. vii, 'ii7 certainty that the number too would mount higher. drawirg ;,. increase from the injured list an, possibly form the debris ubioI a.;T, provided hunting ground for search CTS. N' 'e"i ch-
 tlouse to house canvasses rave oVV as the approximate numbar o, oulioiilgs destroyed or damapad |, "aS 'nls large number that gave pause to the counters who last nirbt ooiliputed the injured between 5n ana bV0. Collapse of that r,aru buildings, it was pointed out migb, reasonably be expected to catch s1edtef number of victims.
 A"'o Danagc Million
 mat more than million dollars. worth Of automobiles were destroyed Was another reason for checking tba earlier hospital lists.
 survey Of the entire storm area showed that the bulk of sar;ous storm damage was done residenca i'ouses' apartment buildings, small stores small factories and churcbes II. M. Bixby. president of tho S, LOUIS chamber of Commerce, ax- pressed the opinion that the total JOSS would be close to s1oo 00n son other estimates were between s95 o'o'ooe and that figure.
 Calling upon all members of ,is organization to respond to the Red Iross appeal, President BiNby said 9t' Louis would meet the ameroa7,o,, without outside help. He wired President w. R. Dawes Of the Chi cago Association of Commerce thanking Chicago for the offer of heip' but adding that from present lhulcatons we feel confident we will be able to take care of the situat- ion.'
 Tear Down Wreckarc
 len gangs ot wreckers under the building commissioner started 10 work this morning tearing down and clearing away dangerous parts of damaged buildings. Oyerhaneine walls were the principal menace.
 All last night members of a sixth infantry. U. $. army detachment. a contingent of the Missouri National Guard and the American Legion. supplementing the St. Louis police force, patrolled the storm zone in darkness. The storm had splintered poles, snapped standards and shat tered S3O,0O0 worth of street lights.
 Substantial buildings in the path of the tornado withstood it's force. in most cases with little or no dam age. Frame houses were splintered as kindling wood but the better stone and brick structures suffered only the loss of roofs or collapse of in her walls.
 The weather bureau stated that had the tornado hit open country il would have been insignificant. It swept down upon the metropolis, covering one-fourth of its area, and while doing stupendous damage, did only minor fraction or what d full- sized tornado might have done.
 All Churches Suffer Churches Of all denominations sur- fered. Twelve of them were enum- erated by Dr. A. II. Armstrong, sec retary of the St. Louis Church Fed eration, in estimating their total loss at one million dollars.
 Between million and half and two million dollars damage was done nine schools. Greatest damage was occasioned by the topping of the ornamental tower of the Central high school where i've girls were crushed to death. The prosecuting attorney indicated he might ask & grand jury investigation 10 place re- Sponsibility for such defective archi- lecture or construction
 Red Cross in Charge
 Relief was in charge of the Red Cross. Both the St. Louis Globe Democrat and the Post Dispatch headed the relief fund with Contri- buttons of s5.Oo0 each,
 Dr. George Ahr"ps, the German consul, was one of the first to ex- press sympathy for tornndo suffer- CTS to Mayor Victor J. Miller. Rehabilitation. already started, has its bright side. Work for skilled and unskilled labor is promised in abundance. Between 40,o90 and 50,000 mechanics have been idle here this summer.