THE AMERICAN. rtff T 400 dead: THOUSANDS INJURED IN ST. LOUIS TGRNADO. MILLIONS ARE LOST Haadreds of People Believed to Re Still Bo rled la tha Halo The Btorat Wracked Building of An Kinds, Especially Alone; tha River Front Many Vessel Are Wrecked, St. Louis, Mo., May 29 When the sun rose on St. Louis and vicinity this morning it showed a scene of terrible ruin and disaster, wind, rain and fire having combined in a mission of de traction. At least 200 lives were lost in this city, and as manv more in East St. Louis, while thousands were injured, many so severely that they cannot re cover. The exact number of dead and injured will, however, not be known for many days for the debris of ruined buildings undoubtedly covers scores of people. The damage and destruction of property will aggregate many millions of dollars, but the exact amount can not be estimated with any degree of certainty. The tornado, which caused this de traction, struck the city yesterday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock and soon wept to East St Loeis. The greatest damage on this side of the river was Inflicted within a three mile strip along the Mississippi Many build ings were totally wrecked by the force of the wind and others were un roofed, while very few escaped some Injury. Signs and cornices were torn off. Shade trees and eveiy thing else suffered. 200 DEAD THOUSANDS INRURED. Health Commissioner Starkloff, two hours after the tornado had passed, feared that the dead would reach 200 and that not fewer than 1,000 persons had sustained serious injuries. By midnight reporters had visited all of the stricken portions of the city and suburbs and Dr. StarklofT's estimates were fully confirmed. The dead Were foudd in all parts of the devastated seotion, while crushed beneath falling walls, hurled against the Bides of buildings, struck by flying timbers. cut by the shattered glass, shocked by the network of down wires, humanity suffered in ways innumerable and the names of all the injured .will never be known. Enough were recorded at the dispensaries last nigh to show how widespread were the tornado s effects. Of the destruction of property there can be no satisfactory estimate given The loss in extent and in character is bevond conception. In South St Louis the storm spent its force. All the way from l'apin street toCarondelet it put a stamp on the face of the city that will not bo effaced for years. Big, strong build ings fell before the wind like houses made of cards. From where it entered the city, out in the southwestern suburbs, to where it left it, somewhere near the Eads bridge, there is a wide path of ruins. Factory after factory went down, and piles of bricks and timbers mark the spots on which they stood. Dwell ings were picked up and thrown in every direction. Business houses were flattened. There was no chance for the escape of the occupants. The ruins covered bruised and mangled bodies that will not be uncovered un til a systematic search is made. Hun dreds of families in South St. Louis are homeless, practically, and the tem porary hospitals shelter scores and hundreds. THE COURSE OF THE STORM. The tornado proper was preceded by a severe blow from the east. Strong and steadily the wind came and then it swelled to a hurricane and there were three distinct attacks which tore off roofs and commenced the general destruction which fol lowed. When this wind met one whioh was coming from the southwest the tornado was born, and, returning, began its work of destruction. It struck St. Louis on the southwest at a point just north of Tower Grove park and ran in a northeasterly direc tion until it reached Grand avenue. From there it followed Mill creek valley clear to the river, veering slightly to the. north when it reached Tenth street. At the levee it swung around al most at a right angle, and swept straight up the river to beyond Venice and Madison, where it veered to the east again. Judging from the reports of the greatest damage done the path of the torm was on an average of ten or twelve blocks in width. The worst damage was done In a path about six blocks wide, extending eastward from Grand avenue to Tenth street. From Lafayette avenue on tha south to the railroad tracks on the north, about every otber block the wind seemed to reach out and crash a few buildings and nnroof a few resi dences outside of its main path. Every wire along Cbouteau ave sue from Grand avenue east to t-elfth street was down and the P" and their heavy weight of cables AM tt6red alnfiT the etreets. . "Sets from Park avenue to vnouteau ,ere in a Bimumr condition. JNone of th were pasaable with a A?m ?? ytP and walking was a Iffloult and danrou, experiment. fire added muu to tne loss ac count Down wires, Wlid currents of lectrioity, crushed bu,dingSi an oon- i?l bnt6iut0 l,h18 elen"t of destruc tion. The alarm system was paral- ifApproaches were b'-ocked. A 00,OOQ ounflagration on the St Louis side was supplemented by a dozes lesser fire. In East tit Louis a mill was burned and two other consider able lueses were sustained. To the enormous total, fires added at least Ittoo.ooa Such another night of hor ror may St Loots never know. TUB CITT HOSPITAL'S DAMAGC In the flashes of lightning the city hospital looked like a ruin. The new surgical wsrd was partly demolished. Portions of the other buildings were unroofed. Wall were cracked. Even in the darkness the physicians began the removal of patients to temporary quarters, fearful that the strained structure would go down in a general collapse. There were 450 sick people In the hospital when the storm came. Some gathered strength in their fright and ran shrieking from the pi see. find ing shelter on the outside. Thirteen were injured in one ward. The city hall and Four Courts were in the path ef the cloud as it passed from the city hospital toward the river, and both were damaged. Part of the jail wall was demolished. Convention hall lost a part of the roof on the eastern end and the east end was punctured in several places by flying missies, and sustained some derangement of the interior. Ten days work and the expenditure of $5,000 will make the hall good again. SCORES OP BUILDINGS WRECKED. In the district between Sixth street and the river northward from Chou teau avenue, the tornado tore a diag onal path. I he district comprises business houses, maty of them of the older type. Every building within the path sustained damage. Smoke stacks and chimneys were toppled over, walls were leveled and roofs were lifted. Thousands of windows were broken and miles of telegraph and telephone wires weie left in network on the ground. Through this district the streets are impass able. They are covered in places witn aeuris ten feet deep. THE EAST ST. LOUIS HAVOC. The death dealing cloud crossed the river at such an angle as to strike and wreck the upper works at the east end of the Eads bridge and to sweep a part of East St Louis. In comparison to its size the fatalities and losses in East St Louis greatly exceed those on this side of the river. The larger part of the central portion of the city is razed to the ground, while on the flats along the river bank to the north of the Eads bridge not a house is left standing. In the latter portion the loss of life is terrible. Scarcely family seems to have escaped without some member being killed, while in many instances whole households were wiped out of existence. The Catholic church of St John of Nepo muk, at the corner of Twelfth and Soulard streets, was destroyed, except the front, which stands like a tower, all sides and back walls being com pletely destroyed. ON THE RIVER FRONT. 1 Only One Boat Escaped Danger goores of Uvea Undoubtedly Lost. St. Louis, May 29. The tornado vented its greatest fury along the river front, and the levee for miles up and down was devastated and laid waste. Great steamers were torn from their moorings at the first blast and were driven down the river for miles. Of all the craft that lined the river for miles, but one remains to tell the story of the disaster. It hung steadily to its moorings throughout. ' When the tornado struck the river the light of day vanished in a mo ment, and those at work on the levee could barely discern the forms of the steamers as, one after another, they pitched and tossed and finally, with a crash, were blown out into the dark waters and disappeared. The steamer J. J. Udell of the Illi nois River packet line, was blown out from its wharf at the foot of Morgan street, crashed into the second pillar of the Eads bridge and sank. Her boilers blew up before she disap peared. She had a crew of twelve. and three women passengers, besides her captain, George Townsend, an old river man. Three of her crew. Jack Momssey, Pat Milan and a man by the name of Moore, reached land in safety. The two former jumped be fore the explosion and caught drift wood. Moore was blown overboard by the explosion and was cut about the head, but managed to swim to the shore. Three others of the crew clung to the pier and made their way up to the bridge proper. There is no way of estimating the number of lives that were lost on the river craft that happened to be near when the tornado came. Hundreds of barges were moored all along the river Dank, in some instances as many as ten or twelve persons were on board when the anchorage gave way nnder the terrible strain. Men were blown into the water and the destruc tion of life will be large. The storms swept diagonally across the river and struck the Illinois bank with increased fury. The loss of life in the water on the east side seems to be light, as everybody was cautioned not to jump, and everybody was car ried safely to land. The City of Providence was blown up on the Illinois bank. The St. Louis and St Paul Packet Company's steamer St. Paul had started for Keokuk when the tornado struck the city. She has not been heard from sinoe. She had a full cabin list The Belle of Calhoun and the Libbie Con dor, which were moored near Chotean avenue, were almost totally broken up. xne .nen u. smith, tne harbor boat, was blown away down the river and was wrecked near Arsenal Island. It is thought no lives were lost on this boat The steamer Ed Harvester of the Missouri Valley Transportation Com pany was torn from its dock and car ried down the river. NATIONAL AID PROVIDED. Both Boose of Congress Fas a Ballet Beeolntlon Prompt Action Takaa, Washington, May 29. Almost the sole topic of conversation among the members of the House to-day was the St Louis tornado. Men stood about In groups and discussed the details. The 8t Louis members, Messrs. Cobb, Bartholdt, and Joy, and Murphy of Illinois, who lives in East St Louis, were almost frantio with anxiety. ineynadno news of their families,) except such as came through the As sociated i'reaa dispatches. - In the death list they recognized many vrnom tney Knew. ir. Ilartaolat, whose family lives within a block of Concordia hall in South tit Louis, was especially aollcitioua for news from his family. 'haplain Couden, in his invocation, referred feelingly to the sorrow and suffering in the grief strivaen district. As soon as the journal had been read Mr. Karthcldtof Missouri asked unant nous consent for the consideration of a resolution prepared by Mr. Joy, directing the Secretary of War to place at the dlapoaal of the mayors of m. Liouis ana r-ast ht Louis a sur ficient number of tents to afford tem porary relief to the homeless in those cities, and to give such ot her rel ief as might be proper, etc He explained that his colleague, Mr. Hubbard, had called on the tx-cretary of War tins mornlnir and had been informed that if Congress would give the authority, eight or ten boats now near St Louis in the Mississippi river for improve ment could be sent to the city to ren der assistance and relief. The resolution was unanimously adopted. The Joy resolution was at once sent to the Senate, where unanimous con sent was given to consider it Sena tor Vest expressed his dissent to the resolution, saying the people of Mis souri and St Louis were able to take care of the people and that later re ports had shown that the first ac counts of the terrible calamity had been exaggerated. He said it would do no harm to pass the resolution, however. Senator Cullom expressed the opinion that the States could take care of the poople. The resolution was changed from concurrent to joint ana passed. In his prayer opening the Senate the Rev. Dr. Milburn, the blind chap lain, referred to the St Louis storm. praying: "Oh, God, we stand aghast at the awful tokens of Thy power and majesty. The earth is shaken and trembles and the foundations of the hills are shaken." Divine mercy was invoked for the stricken city of St Louis, succor for the maimed and afflicted, strength and aid to those ministering relief, and protection from another visitation of Divine wrath. The War department was dispose d to do all in its power to aid the atrlck en localities, but being without any official reports of the disaster, owing pei haps to the absorption of all telegraphic facilities- by the press, it was at a loss to know what was necessary to be done. However, to show its disposition to act in the matter without delay, the following telegram was prepared by Assistant Secretary Doe and sent to the three representatives of the engineer corps nearest to the scene of the disaster I,. W. Ring at Rock Island, Assistant Engineer S. H. Young at Osage City, and S. W. Fox at Chamois: "In the matter of the recent destructive storm at St Louis and other places, the as sistant secretary of war directs that all possible aid be given by the use of any available government boats." None of these boats are at St Louis just now. j j , EADS - BRIDGE DAMAGED The Eastern Part of the Great Struct ore Collapses A Train's Experience. St. Louis, Ma 29. A train had left St Louis just before the storm broke, and Engineer Scott had only pro ceeded a short distance when he real ized the danger. The wind struck the coaches, at first causing them to careen. At that time he was about half way across the Eads bridge. Overhead the poles were snapping and tumbling into the river, while large stones were smiting to and fro from their foundations and plunging into the water. Realizing that any moment his train might be blown into the water or else the bridge be blown away, Scott put on a full head of steam in an effort to make the east side shore. The train had scarcely proceeded 200 feet and about the same distance from the shore when an tipper span of the bridge was blown away. Tons of huge granite blocks tumbled to the tracks, where the ttain loaded with passengers had been but a moment before. At about the same instant the wind struck the train, upsetting all the cars like playthings. Luckily no one was killed, but several were taken out se verely injured. lhe wrecked part of the bridce is !n st aast of the big tower near the llinois shore and extends east for about 300 feet The entire upper por tion, traversed by street cars and car riages, was carried away, while the trucks beneath were buried in the de bris, in some places eight feet deep. 20 DEAD AT ONE PLACE Fred Manehelmer" Tenement Rased The Inmates All Frobably Dead. St. Louis, May 2'.. No words can do justice to the horrors of the scene at Seventh and Rutger streets. In one wreck alone it is known that more than twenty bodies are still buried. Five mangled forms were un covered and removed just before mid night k red Hancheimer kept a saloon on the southeast corner of Seventh and Rutger, a three-story brick building fitted up overhead as a tenement house, and no less than eighteen fam ilies called it "home." A few minutes after the tornado struck the structure it was a mere pile of bricks, wood work and plastering and beneath it an unknown number of men, women and children met death. Hancheimer's wife and not less than twenty people probably many more are known to be pinioned under the ruined tenement A TERRIBLE RECORD. Nearly 700 People Killed la Tornadoes Since April IS. This year will stand as a record breaker for tornadoes and great loss of life. Within the last thirteen days there have been storms which have caused the loss of 650 people and the Injury of probably twice as many more. The first of the three big tornadoes was at and around Sherman, Texas Eighty-five persons were killed within Sherman and fully 195 injured; while thirty-five persons lost their lives in to ns southwest of Sherman and sev eral handred received injuries. Two days later May 17 North era Kansas ws visited by a terrible "twister." The total loss of life wss near thirty, with scores of injured. May 5S occurred the storm in Michigan, Illinois and Iowa, in which lou souls perished either bv the wind or by drowning in floods. Last night occurred the etortn in St Louie, by which 4u people perished, making the awful total of 06) actual dead since April I J. EAST ST. LOUIS' LOSSES. Probably too Dead Many Balldla la Mala. Sr. Louis, Ma, May At East St louia houses, factories and workshops along Front street were cut to the ground and many other structures wrecked. How many lives were snuffed out under the wrecks it will take time to find out Two hundred is thought to be a conservative estimate of the number of the dead. The three-story frame hotel of William Wicker, in which there were fifteen or twenty people, went down with a crash. Among the building destroyed were the city hall, the police station, the Tremont house, the Baltimore A Ohio and Vandalla railroad round bouses. Every freight house on the Island, the Wiggins Ferry Company's warehouse, the Standard Oil works, the Griggins hotel, the Workman's bank and Har ris' cooper shop. A TRAIN OVERTURNED. Six Coaches Strurk by tha Tornado, But Only One Man Killed. St. Louis, Mo., Msy IS. As train No. 68 of the Merchants' Terminal pulled out of Granite City, III, at 6:lu o'o'ock yesterday afternoon it was struck by the second division of the hurricane and was carried from the track and six coaches, containing 3 10 passengers, were overturned. The train is known as the "work train" and carries employes to and from their work at the Nledrlnghaus rolling mills and Stamping work at Granite City. Robert Miller, foreman of the roll ing department, sustained injuries from which he died. Miss Nellie llagemnn received Injuries which may prove fatal. All the other passengers escaped without injury, except about forty, who received a few scratches. IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY. Much Damage Done at Clayton Many Live Were Lost. St. Louis, Mo., May 2f. The storm did not vent all its fury in St. Louis. After working its destruction in South St. Louis it moved into the country, leaving another trail of ruin in its wake. It is impossible to get the full list of killed and injured. At Clayton a new Presbyterian church was leveled to the ground and another wrecked. Part of the court house at Clayton was also torn down. Houses were unroofed or totally des troyed in the path of the storm. AUDRAIN COUNTY. MO. Seven People Killed and Many Injured- Mo School Honsa Disaster, Mexico, Mo., May 29. A tornado visited this section yesterday after noon, sweeping through the country. Seven people were killed and twenty five injured. Houses, barns and other buildings were wrecked. It was reported that at Rush Hill, twelve miles from here, a school house, crowded with children, was torn to pieces and fifty children killed. but this, fortunately, has proved un founded. Tba Auditorium Will Re Fixed. St. Louis, Mo., May 29. J. A. Gor man, the contractor who has the con tract for the decorating of the con vention hall, said: "From my ac quaintance with Architect Isaac Tay lor, who is in charge of the building, and the contractor who did the build ing work, I am positive that the Audi torium will be repaired and ready for the convention on the 16th. As far as the work of decorating is concerned. I will have it ready on time, and I will ship a car load of decorations from Chicago to-morrow night to re place those damaged by the storm." A Hlssonrl Town Inundated. Lebanon, Ma, May 29. News reached here last night from Linn Creek, the county seat of Camden county, that the Osage river is all over the city and the people were compelled to take to the hills. This is the second time this year Linn Creek has been inundated. REVOLUTION IN CRETE. Foreign Consols Forced to Go on a War- ship Thousands In Arm. Lndon, May 29. A dispatch from Canea, in the Island of Crete, to the Times, says: "All of the foreign con suls here boarded the British warship liood, on her arrival. The foreign consulates in the town are crowded with refugees. The cannonading has been heard in the direction of Kalybes, whither a force was dispatched to re lieve the Vamos garrison, and which encountered the insurgents." Horse and Cattle Drowned. BALDWIN. Mo.. Mav 29. Torrents of rain, accompanied by hail, poured down tnree hours without abatement, turning the small creeks into rivers, tha Water furinilsltr t.nlrtn, .1nni everything within iu reach. Horses iiu cBtbifj uruwneu are continually coming down. Several houses and barns were blown down. No lives were lost, as yet raported, but several people were hurt Ball as Big- a One' Flat Wichita, Kan., May 29. At King fisher hail stones were five inches in circumference and demolished all the windows of every building that had a south front What seemed to have been a terrible cyclone was seen eight miles west, and it is feared at King fisher that immense injury has been done to people and property. No de tails have yet arrived. 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STATE AND COUNTY RIGHTS FOR SALE OR TRADE. 6. W. BELL & Son, INVENTORS AND PATINTIIS. , IS H"eat Ninth SI root. KANSAS CITY. MO. The man with a fishing rod, or n Run either, for thitt mutter will tlml plentv of urn fur It In northern Wy otnliiK, reached only by the Burlington )tout. Northern Wyoming I the home of the greediest, gam leHt trout thnt ever rose to u II y. There la good rlahlnir within hulf h day's drive of Mlnrldun. Hut the best iinil It Is better than can be found anywhere else on earthIs ' over the range" In the Mtg Horn Country, where the stream are Huhed over only nnce or twice a month where an hour's Hulling will give you a bigger basketful loan you care to carry back to camp with you. Kates are low and the flailing waters are easy to reach. J. Km mob, Oen'l fan Vent, Omaha, Neb. J AS. W.CAKIl, Attorney, 313 Board of Trade Building. SPECIAL MASTKR COMMIHSIONKK'8 Bale. Under and hy virtue uf an order of sale on decree of foreclosure of mortgage isNuea out i trie i unmet court ror wouglas county, state of Neliranka. and to me di rected, I will, on the ikith day of June, A. 1). IMi, at one o'clock P. u. of said day, at tbe north front door of the county court house, in tbe city of Omaha, Douglas county. Ne braska, sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, the property described In said order of sale as follows, lo-wlt: The north thirty-two t:e feet of lot one (1). block "If," In Prosp-MJt Place, an addition to the city ot Omaha, Douglas county, Ne braska, as surveyed, platted and recorded. Hald property to be sold to Hallxfy William 0. Lodge, plalntlir herein, the sum of three hundred and forty. two and is-Mlu dollars (t.H.74), and also the further sum of fifty and 7.1-liKJ dollars tf.ll 75), with Interest thereon at tbe rale of ten (101 per cent per annum from the tilth day of July, 1HH5. To satisfy Henry X. Ciiark, Receiver of the Cnlon Trust Company, defendant herein, the sum of sixteen and 37-1U) dollars ($111.37), with Interest at the rate of ten (li)i per cent per annum from September lrd, lw.i. To satisfy tbe (Jlty ot O'Neil, defendant herein, the sum of two thousand and eight and 18-1 W dollars (fri.Utw.lm, with Interest at the rate of seven t7i per cent per tnodiu from September Lith, 1M3. Also to satisfy the further sum of twenty nine and 33-lliU dollars costs, together with accruing cohim. according to a Judgmeut rendered by tbe district court of said Doug las county, at Its September term, A. 1). lhi, In a certain action tuen and there pending, wherein William V. Lodge is plaintltf, and Jonn J. McCaferty, Mary A. McCaierty, Pat rick Hughes, Ulty oi o'lNeli, Henry T. Clark, Receiver of the 1 niuu Trust Company, Mrs. fatrlck S. Hughes (lirst name unknown), John J. Wooley, O. W. Hart, J. W. Dodd and W. 8. Heaton, are defendant. Omaha, Kebrasaa, May Kith, A. I). IK!). WM. B. TEN EVCK. Special Master Commissioner. Jas W. Carr attorney. Lodge vs. MuCaferty.etal. Doc. S2; No. 110. 5-29-5 8AUNDEKS & MACFAULAND. Attorneys, 1404 F&rnam Street. C PECIAL MASTER COMMISSIONER'S M Bale. Under and by virtue of an order of sale on decree of foreclosure of mortgage Issued out of tbe district court for Douglas county, state of Nebraska, and to me di rected, I will, on the lt day of July A. D. law, at on o'clock p. u. of said day, at the north frontdoor of tbe county court house. In the city of Omaha, Douglas county, Ne braska, aeil at public auction to In highest bidder for cash the property described In said order of sale as follows to-wlt: Lot thirty 3ui in keed's Second addition to tbe city of Oinana, Douglas county, Ne braska. Said property to be sold to satisfy Harry J. Twlnting. defendant herein. the sum of three hundred thirty-two and 45-luu dollars ($.)3J.4.i. with interest thereon from the 6tn day of May, lsa. at the rate of tan (10) per cent per annum, and attorneys fees amounting to thirty-three and 24-100 dollars lt3.24i, to- ? ether with accruing costs according to a udgment rendered oy the district court of said Douglas county, at Its May term, A. D. II, In a certain action then and there pend ing, wherein Ueorge Jeffrey Is plaintiff, and H. J. Twlnting, H. H. lrey. County Treasurer. Douglas County, Nebraska, Saunders, Mac farland & Dickey and a,ieanor f. Sldley are defendants. Dated at Omaha, Nebraska, May 28th, A. i), im. GEORGE W. HOLBROOK, Special Master Commissioner. Saunders & Macfarland, attorneys tor de fendants. Jeffrey vs. Twlnting. etal. Doc 42; No. 190. 5-2i-5 m . 11 eg 4 00 tjLD c3ai IPC ; V 7 ) i 1 1 1