WRECK AT ST. LOUIS. Missouri’s Metropolis Swept bu Guclone. THE LOSS OF LIFE IS IMMENSE. Fully Five Hundred Said to Have Perished. FIRE AIDS THE DESTRUCTION ELECTRIC LIGHT AND CAS WORKS USELESS. Con.r..iion Hall Inrootfcl—Worm Kaw» frou- Ollier 1’olnla lo MUaoorl Klghtv School i hlldron Ke|.orl«d Killed at Olirak#, III, anil KlfIf at tha Village of life Death ami dent ruction reign supreme In St. Lou la and vicinity aa a reault of the moat terrible storm I hat ever vlslt ed t up I aection. ilulldlnga of every description are In rulna, and, as a re ault, 'hundreds of people are reported dead and Injured, but, until order la re stored, It will be Impoaalble lo make any definite statement. Reports are In circulation that seven steamer* lying til wharf boats have lo-en sunk, with all on lioard. The city was left In darkness, us the electric lights and trolley wire* were blown down. The storm broke out about & o’clock Wednesday afternoon after u most op pressively hot day, and the rain begun to fall. It soon developed Into a fierce thunderstorm, with the wind from the east. A little later the wind had gained a velocity of eighty miles un hour, driving the rain before it and tearing loose signs, cornices, chimneys, and everything in Its way. Matty buildings of every description were de molished. and others set on Ore by lightning and crossed wires. The street* were full of people going home from work, and a panic ensued as soon as the storm broke. Men were buildings, horses and carriages were sent flying here and there, and falling wires, full of deadly fluid, added to the horror of the scene. .Suddenly the wind veered around to the west and completed the desiruc f Ion. It hsasserted by some of those who have traversed the down-town part of the city that there are but few build ings In St, Louis that have not suf _ . ___ __ » 8T. LOUIS CITY HOSPITAL H , av,. » FILLED WITH INJURED VICTIMS OF THE CYCLONE. Teretl in some way trom the storm. The wagon way of the Kads bridge on the Kttst St IxmiIh side ia a crumb ling mass of mortar and atones, and parts of the tower and pier No. 1 have also been torn away, Thousands of dollar* will not cover the damage to the bridge. An outbound accommo dation train on the Chicago and Vltoti road wag, wrecked by a broken tail, but fortunately nobody among the pas jtcngef- were hurt. The tanks of ihe Waters- I'lerc* Oil company on sitaliot street blew up. spreading destruction on every baud. Three stories of the Coe Manufacturing com pany’s building. Ninth and Orattot and nearly half of the Watnwngtn brewery,were blown down The Sum mer .high school, at Kleveuth and Stoop. Mclteriuot's saloon, Kleve.Ub and Cto-nnui; the central emigrant sta tion %ll the opposite corner, and Jere Sbnhglt * livery atable. Kleventb and Walnut, wers unroofed The[roof of the republican convention oali 4u» blown off The scene tit the river was appalling Steamboats mooted at their lauding* wet* tern away, turned over and snub drowning all on hoard Many people wet* seen clinging I* boating wret k ,-ge, ah t piteously appealing for help Vt nreseut It Is Impossible lo ealtmolc the P»* lost The Hospitals are full ol Inlurtd and Ihe morgue contains many dead w bile nuwhess of slain I la svsry wh’fS among the tulne ol tbs dental lel*«4 building* Maay of tbs dead will net Of Is Idestlbed The IMant bon* mills the bt lmui» lion atd steel work* are demolished and ihe immense Cnpplw* kiosk t# pe> Itally d«*«M»>«d A left Male (Mints Of lbs Stotm wa lk* blowing down of uid City ktMpnal Ths sunt* north *mg »d the rau>*h«*k to old sttm tote was Mown s«*> T*t JMItPlls W#r* killed and a number s* naatj inju'*4 Most many trf tho on f Mtfpatm of iho city r*s on Water. The steamer J. J. Odell of the Illi nois Kiver packet was blown from Its wharf at the foot of Morgan street, crashed Into the second pier of the Fads bridge, and sank. Her boilers blew up before she disappeared. She had a crew of 12, and three women passen gers, besides her captain, Oeorge Town send an old rlverman, who bad his home In 8t. [/nils. Three of her crew, Jack Morrissey, I’at Milan, and a man named Moore, reached land safely. The two former jumped before the explosion and caught driftwood. Moore was blown overboard by the explosion, and was cut about the head, but managed to swim ashore, Three others of the crew clung to the pier and made their way up to the bridge proper. There Is no way of es timating the number of lives that were lost oil the river craft. Holla »f Hatuo House l,oal. The tug Belle of Haton Rouge, which whs anchored up the river, was carried far down the river, rolling over and over, and finally struck the raft of the Wiggins Ferry Company at the front of Choteau avenue, where It sunk. As the first evidence of the approach ing storm began to appear every en gineer on the river got up full steam In order to be able to combat the ele ments. Had It been anything but a tor nado It Is probable this would have aided the crews of the steamers In sav ing their craft. Hut the onslaught was so violent that the crews found their efforts only sufficed to aid them slight ly In directing the avin« of lives as a result of the tor in When the City of Monroe Had listed away from the Anchor line wharf there were shout to passengers on '««ai l and a full crew, aa the boot was [ Just making ready for the trip to New (Mean* When the Muorlltae Itualty gave way the boat lurched over on its aide and nearly -ageitrd The lueve mem threw nearly ail the freight to the starboard side and served to Judd (be n«*ai lb tie perilous position c»pt j V leg ter mads a resssutlag spamb la tb* 1 passengers, wbtah atlgbliy quieted tb r ursine steltemegt He said they as alt safe When (be boat strueh the Hit i note hank the •aptata wan not to i» found The crew ut the tag tadphta Me. j had a marvelous es*aps from dCowaln) , j a hen the bssal • sa Musa from Ha moor tags at he hurt e! Washington evens* j Hu tsaard a**e three man and is, • omea. the tatter detune Mitchell « *'ook and Mmm* Solas, > hamherraaid Wbe« the storm took* the men nett on deck and the women beta* tb< i j mate saw that the etorm «ae In to < hard one. and began in ring the stare i | toil Then ihe steamer It* agon a ho I 11 tell ita mosMtagn. in bines un< tab | the stream. At the same moment the I Dolphin's ropes parted, and the tug began to ship water. The wind blew | Iter against the bridge. While this was I going on the women amt the other men ! on the boat climbed to the upper decks. When the boat struck the bridge those on board had to dodge to escape the iron work of the structure. The mate saw there was no hope if they stayed on bourd. Jennie Mitchell was the first to climb on the Ironwork. She wus assisted by two of the men, while the mate stayed on deck to help Emma Nolan. As she swung herself to the wrecked part of tne bridge Is Just east of the big tower, near the Illinois shore, and extends east for about 300 feet. The entire upper portion, traversed by street cars and carriages, la carried away, while the tracks beneath are burled In the debris, in some places eight feet deep. At midnight a report er penetrated the mud and debris to the burning St. Louis refrigerator ware house. Several Injured Bremen had been taken from the wreck. an.l three more were known to be In the ruins. Sire Ailtla to the Horror, Fire added much to the storm’s loss I SHOWING LOCATION OF THE FAIR GROUNDS AND EADS BRIDGE. beams the boat drifted away, and sank before the eyes of the horrified crew. Slowly, with the wind blowing at a force that caused the big structure to rock like a cradle, the three Brave men assisted the women on the laborious climb to the roadway. Several times they were nearly blown off. They dual ly reached the railroad track on the bridge, where they lay down until the full forte of the storm was passed. Then they crawled to the Washington avenue station. There were rumors Thursday that the excursion steamer Grand Kepublic. belonging to the Columbian Excursion Company, had gone to the bottom vlth 500 excursionists. An officer of the com pany promptly denied this. He said the boat left St. Ixtuis at noon to go to Alton, where It was registered for an excursion at 8 o’clock that night. The storm might have blown the boat away, but in that case only the crew would have been Imperiled, and these men could swim to safety. She is safe. Wild Kao* with Death. While the storm was at its highest the passenger train on the Chicago & Alton railway pulled out on the bridge from the Missouri side. It was on Its way east. Engineer Scott had only proceeded a short distance when he realized the awful danger which threat ened the train. The win 1 struck the coaches, at first causing them to careen. At that time he was about half wi#y across. Overhead the poles were .'map ping and tumbling Into the river, while large stones were shifting loose from their foundations and plunging into account. Down wires, wild currents of electricity, crushed buildings, all contributed to this element of destruc tion. The alarm Hystem was paralyzed. Approaches were blocked; a $200,000 conflagration on the St. Louis side was supplemented by a dozen lesser fires, In East St. Louis a mill was burned, and two other considerable losses were sustained. To the enormous total the fires added at least $500,000. The Catholic church of St, John of Nepomuk, at the corner of Twelfth am) Soulard streets, was razed to the ground, except the front, which stands like a tower, all the side and back walls being completely destroyed. It was a very large and handsome church. Now there only remains the arches and tur rets of the front and enough of the walls to show the beautiful style of its architecture. The debris lies In the street at the side and inside the build ing. the side walls Just projecting above it. There Is scarcely any debris in front, leaving the front view very natural ex cept for the ghastly vacancy shown through the windows. Ilnurllwl by KrankriifelU. H. W. Fraukenfeld, the St. latuls weather ofllcer. was a busy man during and after the storm In an interview he said: "For the past week the weather in the ! vicinity of St. Louis has been charac terized .by low pressure, high tempera tures. excessive humidity, and prevail ing southerly winds. The pressure has also been low throughout the west. At EADS BRIDGE AT ST. LOUIS. -r.* ..... ~ j i • -' THIS K vnr KMU or It WAR CAKHIKI* AWAY. 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The day would be popu larly termed ‘warm, hazy, muggy.' “Although reports are missing, owing to the widespread destruction, it is now evident the storm area moved slowly east during the day. The barometer commenced to fall at 9 o'clock and by noon It had fallen a thirteenth of an Inch. About this time the sky became covered with dark, thickly-cumulated strata, which by 6 o’clock formed a mass of stratus cloud, which commenc ed to assume a light-green color in the northeast. "This green color slowly advanced from the northeast, spread more to the west and north. At the same time the temperature commenced to fall. “The normal cyclonic circulation thus brought winds of different tempera tures and humidities Into an upper posi tion, with the results that a decided Instability was produced In the atmos phere und u violent secondary storm center was created. The barometer continued to fall rapidly and by 5 p. m. it had fallen .25 of an Inch since noon. The wind was becoming variable, with a tendency toward a northerly direc tion until lightning und thunder had commenced, at 4:30 p. m. “At 6:04 p. in. the storm broke forth in all its fury; the wind changed sud denly to northwest, with rapidly In creasing velocity, and the rnln fell In torrents. The green cloud still remain ed In the west und north, but the storm moved toward the southeast with large, angry detached musses of cumulus clouds crossing each other. At 4:16 p. m. the wind churiged from the north, having the greatest velocity In the his tory of Ht. Louis. About 6 p. in. the wind had reached about 62 miles and later on It chunged In Its direction to the southeast. “From 6:04 p. m. to 6:04 p. m. 1.38 Inches of rain fell. When the ruin end ed at 9:05 p, rn. 1.53 inches had fallen in all. The electrical storm was of un usuul volume. The sky was almost one continuous blaze of light und the clouds extended far Into the south." I/lftt of fh«* The following I a u list of the dead, according to the latest advices from the stricken city: Michael Bradshaw, 81 South Jefferson avenue; Katie Cluyphal, aged 21, and Mrs. Cluyphal, 814 South Jefferson ave nue; Martin McDonald, 2745 Clark ave nue; unknown baby, 2715 Clark ave nue; Mrs. Cheney, 1415 Mississippi ave nue; John P. Pendy; Jennie Hahn, Shrewsbury Park; Churl*-* Nee, 400 South Seventh street; William Winkle, Eighth street and Park avenue; Jumes Dunn, city hospital; unknown child, 944 Papin street; two unknown men. Twenty-seventh and St. Vincent ave nue; unknown woman, Thirteenth and Souiurd street; unknown man. Dallman and Park avenue; Janitor St. Paul’s church: unknown man. Eighteenth .THE STEAMER ODELL. I I' /C* SUNK IN THE RIVER AT ST. LOUIS BY THE CYCLONE. street and Geyer avenue; two unknown children, 1726 South Ninth street; Mal uchi McDonald, 30, single, 2715 Clark avenue: unknown baby, 2 years old. picked up at Twenty-second and Mar- ; ket 3trcets; Robert Miller, Blair and Benton avenues; unknown, picked up ; at Third and Rutger; William Ottewad; , .John Burgess; Wallace T. C. Butler; Booker ESpstelu; Bornsteln; Fred Zimmers, chief englneei union depot power house; unknown child, about 5 years old, California and Ann avenues; J. Lemeke. manager St. Louie Barbers' Supply Co.; unknown man. at A. B Jones' broom factory; Josephine Mar tini, fifteen unknown men: one un known woman: one unknown girl; John Rafferty; Harry Hess; Mr. and Mrs. Da vid Hade; George Woods clerk In Yau dalla office, Henry Strieker. Vandalia railway; J K Keene Vandalia rail way: Dr C K Neill, den11st; two chil dren of Mm Horace Trump. Litchfield. Ill . Mra. Richey. Joe Frank; Joe Milch e|l, I'hll Strieker; Charles Carroll, bur lier; John Keui; Mrs Scon Heyward. Frank Hose. Iht Kavauaugli, Jacob Kuril. Vlliceunea, I ml Mrs Cleuden ulng. Mrs llruce. Mra Kiuma Sullivan Robert ttlaud. John Reamer. Charles Malts. William Suher. Henry Wiater i mau Vnder**iu 1‘altuslc* M laa Conley, Mra Mill- Charles Walls*. 151* Collins *y*une. William Sorbet Henry Wintvrmau An lemon I’etsr Walmsbi koa font** Mr* MUM* John llayea Mrs William Hay**: Mr* l*at J a I'orisr, Broughton HI, bagman »»f m line, name unhnowa John llsysw Mr* Wll liant llayea. unknown bo* a a It no a a raveling man Mi an I Mra Ivnvhl N -tags, tl*->tge Wuode e b * V in Vandnltn tg«r Item* S pricker I tslslls lilts I it Heine Yantalla tio» In f Ik Mult gantlet |o*M K»ni, Mra ikull Hay oetM. Frans H>a* it Kavanaugii I*.ob Katta \ in ■*«**. . Ink Mra Cteagennitt Mr* H< «< - Mr* Knot kiilllvan Jab* Hi am** l scull cm More* ol tb* MggsG I Mysr* Ttthn*««t tunpunt M f»*#r lino* Fork taeniy meg employ el M the St l.-iic W suites UsIlM and Refr tgeislor It lory *y pm o«4 atreot **•> h*rk avenue Doait at Zut *t Ixvola. Great difficulty la being encountered at Bast St. Louis In the work of Identi fying the dead. The latest advices give the following list; David Langg and wife; Philip Stick ler; George Roose; Miles Mitchell; Mar tin Martel, proprietor Martel house; three servant girls In Martel house; James Kent; sixteen unknown dead in Vandalla freight house; twelve dead in Louisville & Nashville freight house; seventeen dead In Big Four freight house; five dead In Air Line freight house; twenty dead at the east switch house of the Bads bridge; four dead at relay depot: six members of a wharf boat crew. Charles Carroll, barber: John Kent; Mrs. Scott Hayward; Frank Rose; Bd Kavunaugh; Jacob Kurtz, j Vincennes, Ind.; Mrs. Clendenning; Mrs. Bruce; Mrs. Emma Sullivan; Robert Bland; John Reamer; Charles Maltz; William Suber; Henry Winter man; - Anderson:- PalniHley; Miss Conley; Mrs. Slide; Flagman of Air Line, name unknown; John Hayes; Mrs. William Hayes; Mrs. Pat Bean; John Valentine; City Collector David S. Sage and wife; Philip Stickler, Jr., and mother; Judge Faulk, of Vandalla, III.; Mrs. M. Martell; All of the boarders at Martell House except Judge Hope of Alton, III.; Mr. and Mrs. John Hayes; Will Hayes; Sixteen boarders at Tre mont House; Wtlllum Mitchell; Irene Clendenen; William Sullivan and wife; Mrs. John Reed; Patrick Dean and family of six; John Bucharz; two boarders at Stacey’s boarding house; Edward O'Brien; John Breen; Ida Oladdue; Mrs. Roof; Albert Volkman; Joseph Mitchell; John Sullivan; Will iam Rickey; unknown man on Collins ville avenue; son of Mrs. Ira Kent. Among the missing are. Eddie Bland, supposed to be under the v of the Vandalla depot; City Clerk Jury Kaln; . Frank Bland; Frank M'Comilck; Al- ^ bert Volkman; Earl Keene; George Woods: Mike Klldea; W. E. Kiefer; Alvin Mate; Will Murray; Dan Kelly; George Romcr; W. Frelink; W. Han ford, all employes In Vandalla depot and believed to be In Its ruins. KUf'wlipr* In IVflmourl. Baldwin, Mo., special: A huricane accompanied by a terrific rain and hail storm, passed over St. Louis County about 4:30 Wednesday afternoon. For three hours rain fell in torrents and hull fell to a depth of several .nches. Great damage was done to crops throughout this section of the country. Heverul buildings were blown down, but ho far as can be learned no one In this section was seriously Injured. Moberly. Mo., special: Ten people were killed In a tornado which struck the village of La bad die,. Franklin county, Wednesday evening, and the town of Renlck, ten milps from Mober ly, In Randolph county, was completely wiped out. Nothing definite from eith er place. Sturgeon, Mo., special: A cyclone passed three miles north of Sturgeon at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. At Renlck three men were seriously in jured, and a family of colored people were carried over a mile, two chil dren being badly hurt. Friendship church, north of town, was demol ished. Mexico. Mo., special: A cyclone swept across Andrian county Wednes day evening, doing great damage to crops and wrecking many buildings. Seven people hsve been killed in the county and probably twenty-live badly Injured. In the lleati creek district s school house was carried completely away, and a daughter of Joseph B. Ware, one of ,hc pupils, was killed, and Lulu Kubanka and Hilda Blase. I also school children, were fatally In jured, Others along the route of the tornado In this district, whose names cannot be learned, ate more or lees In jured. At the live school ht>u*e six or eight miles further southeast, not a pu pil escaped uninjured and live children were hilled threw outright, two dying later at this place. The school house was utterly demolished and several of the children were blown a great dis tance away, and wet sot found until *ev«rnl hour* afterward and then In n mill listed Condition ► f.eo* puma. Kansas t'Uy, U« special Allwp train dispatcher reports eighty rhll •B*U killed st Brake, near Hoad house HI hy I he eye lose They were hurled ip a s. hoot building Brnhe. where aeveply children are re ported killed, la a small tuwp te ilrvsas >totali sad miles from t'h|. vase tut the t'hlrpp*, Kspans t**, Beaver dowt line «f the A Hap railroad 4 l. m i.. mtb. % Nn iron point Up the Alt»* ruad -ad II* miles touthweel af tMeemmutuu and direr I ly Ip the lynch ef the funaos i ***"“tlmsiely m»ly mil*, itutthseet uf Mt l.intln. «nd shout mid •at hetts mm t hbapu sad Kaanaa t1,» It ha* a West.m t amp teieemaP Man several nharrhsa sad ^-hntts. «ad ** aa edueaibspnl sealer fur Puethemt. «• linnets