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WRECK . ATST : a LOUIS1
Missouri's Metropolis Swept by
Cyclone
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THE LOSS OF lift IS IMMENSE.
gully Five ? Hundred Said to Have
I Perished.
FIRE AIDS THE DESTRUCTION.
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-ELECTRIC LIGHT AND GAS
WORKS USELESS.
Convention Hall Unroofed - Storm Sews :
from Other Points in Missoorl-Eighty !
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School Children Kuportcd Killed at
CDruk , IlL , and Fifty at tho Village
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Death and destruction reign supreme
t I in SL Louis and vicinity as a result of
the most terrible storm that ever visited -
s ed that section. Buildings of every
] ' description are in ruins , and , as a result -
suit hundreds of people are reported .
. dead and injured , but , until order is restored - :
' .stored , it will be impossible to make
? I .any definite statement. Reports are in '
circulation that seven steamers lying .
at wharf boats have been sunk , with :
I .all on board.
U The city was left in darkness as the
. electric lights and trolley wires were
t blown down.
The storm broke out about 5 o'clock ; :
"Wednesday afternoon after almost oppressively - !
pressively hot day , and the rain began .
to faIt It soon developed into a fierce
. thunderstorm , with the wind from the
- ast. A little later the wind had
gained a velocity of eighty miles an
hour , driving the rain before it and
a tearing loose signs cornices , chimneys ,
anti ! everything in its way. Many
buildings of every description were de-
.niulisbed ] , and others set on. fire by
, . ' lightning : and crossed wires. -
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I ihe streets were full of people going
j : I' home from work , and a panic ensued
h sis soon as the storm broke. Men were
r buildings : , horses and carriages were
sent flying here and there and falling
! wires , full of deadly lltiid , added to
the horror of the scene.
Suddenly } the wind veered around to
h i I . - the west and completed the des ti ' , . ( . -
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' i' tion. It is asserted by some of those who
, have traversed thEft down-town part
of the city that there are but few build-
' ; ings in St. Louis that have not cuf-
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"f ' races stopped his work long enough to
remark : "There goes the grandstand. "
Then his wire collapsed and nothing
more was heard from him. In a few
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ported from Lexington , l y. , with the
additional information that fully 150
people were dead. This information
was subsequently corroborated by the
operator of the Wabash road at Deca-
tur , who said that in his second mes-
sage received from East St. Louis it
was declared that the grand stand at
the races was down and that fully 150
people were buried in the ruins.
At East St. Louis the destruction
seemed greatest. H. C. Rice , Western
Union manager at the relay depot
climbed across the demolished bridge
and reported the National hotel , the
Tremont House , the Martell House , the
DeWolf cafe , the Hezel Milling com-
pany's mill Horn's cooper shop , and
a great many dwellings east of there as
far as Fifth street , gone and many peo-
ple killed. The Baltimore and Ohio
an Vandalia ( round-house , the Stand
ard oil works , the East St. Louis and
Crescent elevators , and twelve freight-
houses on the levee , are demolished.
IUittors on Water.
The steamer J. J. Odell of the Illi
nois River packet was blown from its
wharf at the foot of Morgan street ,
crashed into the second pier of the Eads
bridge , and sank. Her boilers blew up
before she disappeared. She had a
crew of 12 , and three women passen-
gers besides her captain , George Town-
send , an old riverman , who had his
home in St. Louis.
Three of her crew , Jack Morrissey : ,
Pat Milan : , and a man named Moore ,
reached land safely. The two former
jtlmped before the explosion and caught
( driftwood.Iool'e \ was blown overboard
by the explosion and was cut about
the head but managed to swim ashore. .
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Three others of the crew clung to the
pier and made their way up to the I
I bridge proper. There is no way of estimating -
timating the number of lives that were
lost l on the river craft.
Ile'ilo ; or Ha tOil ISoiiso Lost.
The tug Belle of Baton Rouge , which
was anchored up the river , was carried
far down the river , rolling over andover
over , and finally struck the raft of lie
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 , . : le-
men ts. 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. But : the onslaught was
so violent that the crews found their
efforts only sufficed to aid them slight
ly in directing the course of their
boats.
The steamer Pittsburg of the Diamond -
mend Joe line , the steamer City of
Vicksburg and the Providence of the
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forcd in some way from the storm.
j The wagon way of the Eads bridge .
on the East St. Louis side is a crumb .
: ling mass : of mortar and stones , and
parts : of the tower and pier No. 1 have
k . also been torn away. Thousands of
, dollars will not cover the damage to
the bridge. An outbound accommodation } -
elation train on the Chicago and Alton
Toad was wrecked by a broken rail
abut fortunately nobody among the pas
sengers were hurt. The tanks of
-the Waters-Pierce Oil company ) on
' Gra.tiot : street blew up , . spreading
destruction on every hand. ] Three
stories of the Coe Manufacturing com-
pany's building , Ninth and Gratiot
.and nearly half of the Wainwright ;
Ibrcwcry ; were blown down. The Sum-
' jiicr high school at Eleventh and
Spruce ; McDermot's saloon , Eleventh
-and Chesnut ; the central emigrant sta
tion on the opposite : corner , and Jerc
.Shohiin's iivery : stable , Eleventh and
Walnut , were unroofed.
The roof oi the republican convention
_ "hall was blown off.
The scene in the river was appalling.
Steamboats moored at their landings
were torn away turned over and sunk ; : ,
drowning all on board. Many people
' were seen clinging to floating wreck-
age , and piteously appealing for help.
At present it is impossible to estimate
! the lives lost. The hospitals are full of
: injured , and the morgue contains many
I -dead , while numbers of slain lie every-
where among the ruins of the demol-
'ished buildings. Many of the . dead will
never be identified.
The Plant flour mills , the St. Louis
iron : and steel works are demolished ,
-and the immense Cupplcs block is par-
. tially destroyed. _
I A terrible feature of the storm was
I thc blowing down of Old City hospital.
I " 'The entire north wing of the ramshack-
le old structure was blown away. Two
patients were killed and a number seriously -
riously injured. How many of the un
fortunates of the city resting in un-I
. hospital walls at the time the storm
.struck will die as a result of the expo-
sure to the elements cannot be conjec-
: tured.
Returns from the . St. Louis races are
received at the track at Lakeside , Ind. ,
.and a few minutes after 5 o'clock the
.operator sending the report of the
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Columbian Exposition Company , the
Captain Monroe of the Anchor line , and
many of the smaller craft were pitched
and tossed about until the final blast
rent them from their anchorage.
The storm 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 have
been light , as everybody was cautioned
not to jump and everybody was carried
safely to land.
The Belle of Calhoun and the Libbie
Condor , which were moored near Cho-
teau avenue , were almost totally broken :
up. The Ellen G. Smith the 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 also torn front its dock and
carried down the river.
Many Heroic Acts 1'orformpd.
Many \ heroic acts were performed in
the saving of lives as a result of the
storm. : When the City of Monroe \ had
listed away from the Anchor line wharf
there were about 40 passengers on
board and a full crew , as the boat was
just making ready for the trip to New
Orleans. When the moorings finally
gave way the boat lurched over on its
side and nearly capsized. The move-
ment threw nearly all the freight to the
starboard side and served to hold the
boat in its perilous position. Capt.
Viegler made a reassuring speech to the
passengers , which slightly quieted the I :
extreme excitement. He said they were i
all safe. When the boat struck the Illinois - 1
nois bank the captain was not to be c c
found. I T
The crew of the tug Dolphin No. 2 I f j
had a marvelous escape from drowning 1
when the boat was blown from its moor
ings at he foot of Washington avenue.
On board were three men and two
women , the latter Jennie Mitchell , a
cook , and Emma Nolan chambermaid. t
When the storm broke the men were 1 ]
on deck and the women below. The :
mate saw that the storm was to be a I j
hard one , and began to ring the alarm
bell. Then the steamer Dragon. which
left its moorings , was blown out into
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the stream. At the same moment the
Dolphin's ropes parted , and the tug
began to ship water. The 'wind blew
her against the bridge. While this was
going on the women and the other men
on the boat climbed to the upper
decks. .
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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 board. Jennie Mitchell was
the first to climb on the ironwork. She
was assisted by two of the men. while
the mate stayed on deck to help Emma
Nolan. As she swung herself to the
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beams the boat drifted away , and mal :
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 final ]
ly reached the railroad track on the
bridge where they lay down until the
full force of the storm was passed. Then
they crawled to Washington avenue
station.
There were rumors Thursday that
the excursion steamer Grand Republic
belonging to the Columbian Excursion
Company , had gone to the bottom with
500 excursionists. An officsr of the com
pany promptly denied this. He said
the boat left St. Louis at noon to go
to Alton where it was regi3tcred for an
excursion at 8 o'clock that night. The
storm might have blown the boat .iway. ;
but in that case only the crew would
have been imperiled and these men
could swim to safety. She is safe.
Wild Kace 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 wild struck the
coaches , at first causing them to careen.
At that time he was about half way
across. Overhead the poles were snap-
ping and tumbling into the river while
large 1 stones were shifting loose from
their t foundations and plunging into
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wrecked part or the 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 , is carried
away , while the tracks beneath are
buried 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 firemen had
I been taken from the wreck ; : , and three
: more were known to be in the ruins.
I'iro Adds to the Horror.
Fire added much to the storm's loss
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account. Down wires wild currents
of electricity , crushed buildings all
contributed to this element of destruc-
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The alarm system 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 500000.
The Catholic church of St. John of /
Nepomuk , at the corner of Twelfth and
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 j I
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.
Ilpsrriliod hy l I'ranf'nfeJ.I. ! :
1I.V. . Frankenfcld , the St. Louis (
weather officer was a busy man during '
and ( after the storm. In an interview
he said :
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vicinity of St. Louis has been charac-
terized by low pressure , high tempera-
tures excessive humidity , and prevail .
ing southerly winds. The pressure has j
also been throughout ] the west. At
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t the water. Realizing that any moment
ills ! train might be blown into the water
or else the bridge be blown away Scott ,
with rare presence of mind , put on a
full head of steam in an effort to make
t the east side shore. The train had
scarcely proceeded 200 : ! feet and about
the : same distance from the shore ! : when
an upper span of the bridge was blown
away. : Tons of huge granite : s
tumbled to the tracks where the train
loaded with passengers had teen but
a. moment before. At about the same
instant the wind struck the train , upsetting -
setting all the cars like playthings.
Luckily no one was killed , but several
were taken \ : out severely injured. The
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I the same time it is relatively high in . Bi
the south causing the warm southerly n
winds laden with moisture to blow li
from the gulf of Mexico. \ This mois- lin
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warm atmosphere , and the humidity Siol
consequently increased from day to day. : olj.
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The mean temperature averaged from 3
to 13 degrees above the normal each 3.1H :
day. while the humidity ranged from 3.1Ji
7 to 20 per cent each mean , for this ' Jin ,
season of the year. JiSi
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map showed the low pressure still overlying - ' P
lying the west with the center of de CI : (
pression extending in irregular oval / m
from the Texas Pan-Handle through I G
west Kansas and Nebraska. Through- ! :
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out the state of Missouri : high temperature -
ture and humidities prevailed with
south winds. The day would be popu-
larly termed 'warm , hazy , muggy. '
"Although reports are missing owing
to the widespread destruction , it is now
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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 C o'clock formed a
mass of stratus cloud , which commenced -
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 and 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 I
a tendency toward a northerly direc-
tion until lightning and thunder had
commenced at 4:30 : : p. m.
"At 5:04 : p. m. the storm broke forth
in all its fury ; the wind changed sud-
denly to northwest , with rapidly increasing -
creasing velocity , and the rain fell in
torrents. The green cloud still remained -
ed in the west and ! north but thastcrnj i
moved toward the southeast with large ,
angry detached masses of cumulus
clouds crossing each other. At.1 :15 : p.
m. the wind changed from the north ,
having the gtcutest velocity in the his-
tory of St. Louis. About ) 5 p. in. the
wind had reached : ; ! about G2 : miles and
later on it changed in its direction to I
the southeast.
I
"From 5:04 : p. in. to 0:04 : t. p. m. 1.3S i
inches of rain fell. ! When the rain ended - |
end-I
ed at 9:05 : p. in. 1.53 inches had fallen
in all. The electrical storm was of un I
usual volume. The sky was almost one
continuous blaze of light and the clouds
extended far into ! the south. "
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List : of the ! ) -ul.
The following Is a list of the dead
according to the latest advices from I
the stricken city :
Michael Bradshaw 81 South : Jefferson I
avenue ; Katie Clayphal ] aged 21 , and
Mrs. Clayphal 811
, - South Jefferson ave-
nue ; rlartin ' McDonald .
l , 2743 Clark ave-
nue ; unknown ! baby 274- : Clark ! ; : ave
nue ; Mrs. Cheney , 1435 Mississippi ave-
nue ; John .J . 'Pendy : ! : Jennie ! Hahn ,
Shrewsbury Park ; Charles
Nee ; 40G >
South Seventh street ; William ! : Winkle j ! i
Eighth street and Park - I
avenue ; James : :
Dunn , city hospital ; unknown child '
944 Papin street ; two unknown men , I '
Twenty-seventh and St. Vincent avenue - I
Hue ; unknown . ' ' I
wo.nan. Thirteenth and
Soulard street : : unknown man Dallman I
and Park avenue ; janitor Si. Paul's
church ] ; unknown man. Eighteenth I
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Dead nt East St. T.oiiN.
Great difficulty is being encountered /
at East St. Lout in the work of Identi- .
fying .the dead. The latest advices give s
the following list : , c
David Langg and wife ; Philip Strick-
ler ; George Roose ; Miles Mitchell ] ; Mar :
tin Martel : , proprietor Martel house ;
three servant girls in Martel house ;
James Kent ; sixteen unknown dead in t
Vandalia freight house ; twelve dead in rr. .
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 Eads bridge ; four dead :
at relay depot : six members of a wharf ;
boat crew. Charles Carroll , barber ;
John Kent ; Mrs : Scott Hayward ; Frank , ,
Rose ; Ed Kavanaugh ; Jacob Kurtz , 5
Vincennes Ind. ; Mrs. : Clendenning ; j'
Mrs. Bruce ; Mrs. Emma Sullivan ; '
Robert Bland ; John Reamer ; , Charles ,
:1IaitzViJliam : ; Suber ; Henry Winter- J
man ; - Anderson ; - Palmsley ; 1
Miss Conley ; Mrs. Slide ; Flagman of
Air Line , name unknown ; John Hayes ;
: i'll's.ViIliam Hayes ; Mrs. Pat Bean ;
John Valentine ; City Collector David S.
Sage and wife ; Philip Stricklcr , Jr. . and r
mother ; Judge Fatilk. Vandalia , 111. ; f
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Mrs : M. Martell ; All of the boarders at
Martell House except Judge Hope of S '
Alton . , m.11' ; ; . and Mrs. John Hayes ;
Will Hayes ; Sixteen boarders : at Tre-
1
mont House ; William Mitchell ! ; Irene
Clendenen ; William Sullivan'ancIiie ; . '
Mrs. John ReedPatrick Dean and . . .
family of six : John Buoharz ; ' two Y !
boarders at Stacey's boarding : house ; i
Edward O'Brien ; John Breen ; Ida h
Gladdue ; Mrs. : Roof ; Albert yolkman ; \
Joseph Mitchell ; John Sullivan ; Will- -i
iam Rickey ; unknown man on Collins-
ville avenue ; son of Mrs. Ira Kent.
Among the missing are : Eddie Bland ,
supposed to be under the wreck of the I
Vandalia depot ; City Clerk Jerry : Kain ;
Frank Bland ; Frank M'Corrnick : ; : ; Albert -
bert Volkman ; Earl Keene ; George
Woods : Mike Kildea ; W. E. Kiefer ;
Alvin Mate ; Will Murray [ ; Dan Kelly ;
George Romer ; W. Frelink ; W. Ilan- I
ford ail employes in Vandalia depot
and believed : to be in its ruins.
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Baldwin : ; \ : o. , special : A hurricane . 1 (
accoriijiai : ied by a terrific rain and hail
storm , passed l over St. Louis County
about 4:30 ; Wednesday ( after 1GOIl. For
three hours rain fell in torrents and
hail fell : to a depth of several .nches. i
Great damage was done to crops ,
throughout this section of the country.
Several buildings were blown down.
but so 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 Labafulie , Franklin i
county , Wednesday evening. and ] the
town of Rer icl , ten mil s from Mober- ' . t '
I
. . .
1- : , in Randolph county , was completely / ' 1 I
wiped cut. Nothing definite ; from eith- '
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er p I acc. I
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street ; and Geyer avenue ; two unknown
children. ! 172C South Ninth street ; Mal-
ichi McDonald 30 , single : . 2713 Clark : :
avenue ; unknown baby. 2 years old
picked up at Twenty-second and flat
icet streets ; Robert Miller ! , Blair and
Benton avenues ; unknown , picked : ! up
it Third and Rutgers : William Ottewad ;
John Burgess ; Wallace T. C. Butler ;
Booker Epstein ; - Boinstein ; Fred
Simmers , chief engineer union depot
lower house ; unknown chill about 5 : : ;
rears old , California ; and Ann avenues ;
] . Lemeke. manager St. Lc . ' . : ; Barbers
Supply Co. ; unknown : nw. at A. B.
Tones' r broom factory ; .r osphinelar : -
ini ; fifteen unknown ! men one nn-
flOwn ; woman ; one unknown girl ; John
lafferty ; ; Harry Hess ; Mr. : in < Mrs. . Da-
'id Sade : George Woods clerk ! in Van-
lalia office ; Henry Strieker , Vandalia
railway ; J. E. Keene , Vandalia rail- !
way ; Dr. C. E. Neall , dentist ; two chil- I
Ten of fit , . Horace Trump. Litchfleld ,
111. ; Mrs. Richcy : Joe Frank ; Joe : Mitchell -
ell ; Phil Stiicker ; Charles Carroll barber
ber ; John Kent : Mrs. \ Scott Hayward ; I ,
rank Rose ; Ed Kavanaugh ; Jacob
Kurtz . Vincennej. Ind. : Mrs. Clenden-
ling : Mrs. Bruce ; Mrs. Emma Sullivan ;
Robert Bland ; John Reamer ; Charles
Jaitz ; William Suber ; Henry Winter-
nan ; - Anderson ; - - Palmsley ;
hiss Conleyll's. ; \ . Slide ; Charles
Vaites , 1519 Collins avenue ; William
jtirber ; Henry Winterman - An-
lerson ; Peter Walmsby ; Miss Conley ;
vlrs. Slide ; John Hayes : Mrs. William
Hayes ; Mrs. Pat Bean ; J. A. Porter , I
Broughton , Ill. ; flagman of air line ] ! '
same : unknown ; John Hayes ; : \ Il's.Vil -
iam Hayes ; unknown boy ; unknown
raveling [ man ; Mr. \ and Mrs. : David S.
Sage ; George ' Woods clerk in Vandalia
office ; Henry Spricker , Vandalia line ;
. E. Heine. Vandalia line ; Dr. C. E.
Mull , dentist ; John Kent ; Mrs. Scott
Hayward [ ; Frank Rose ; 0.-Kavanaugh ;
Jacob Kurtz. Vincennes Ind. ; Mrs. :
ilendennin ; Mrs. Bruce ; Mrs. Emma
Sullivan John Brarnes
; ; twenty em-
iloyes ! of the Liggett & Myers : Tobacco
company at Tower Grove Park ; twenty
len employed in the St. Louis Wooden
utter and Refrigerator factory , at Sec-
end street and Park ! avenue.
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'I Sturgeon , Mo. : , special : A cyclone '
passed : : three miles north of Sturgeon
at : : 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Ac
j Renick three men were seriously injured -
jured , and a family of colored people (
were carried over a mile two children - I
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dren being badly hurt. Friendship l l" .
church north of town was demol- : .
ished. ,
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Mexico Mo. : , special : A cyclone .
f swept across Audrian county Wednes - .
I day evening doing great damage to > i i
I crops and wrecking many buildings ; . . .
f Seven people have been : ! killed in the ,
county and probably ty / . badly
I injured. ! In the Bean creek district , a : f
, !
I school house was carried completely I
; away : and a daughter of Joseph B. '
Ware , one of the pup .Is : , was killed , \ " ' ) - "
and Lulu Eubanks and Hilda Blase , , ' - . . : 'J : I )
also school children were fatally in- : /1 . \ .
jured. Others along the route of the . ' S . - : 1.
tornado in this district , whose names . ' .
cannot be learned are mere or less in- r' . , t
jured. At the Dye school house , six or t .zt' " ) . I
i eight miles further southeast , not a pupil - ' of , ) i 4 '
pil escaped uninjured , and five children t : :
' .
were killed , three outright , two dying F ;
later at this place. The school house /
was utterly demolished and several of
the children were blown a great dis- , I '
tance away and were not found until "
several hours afterward and
, r then in a
mutilated condition.
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Kijrhty Pupils Killnil. : f t . ,
Kansas City , Mo. : , special : Alton r4/
train dispatcher I
reports eighty chil I
dren killed at Drake near Roodhouse. ,
Ill. , by the cyclone. . I {
They
were buried y
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in a school building. I " ' , ,
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Drake where seventy children are reported ; { { . II
ported killed , is a small town fn ' .
in . ; \
Greene county , and 240 \ '
miles from "
: Chi- : t , J
cage on the Chicago i
Kansas
,
City and . f
Denver short line of the .
Alton railroad .
It is five miles west of Roodhouse railroad , j , 1
a
junction point on the ' .
Alton road ] , a'nd ,
llo
miles
) southwest of I
. % Bloomington . : ' '
and . '
dIrectly in
III the
track of the t 1
furious . t4.
storm. It is
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approximately sixty . ,
northwest ' miles f' 1
of St.
Louis , and about midway - . , <
way between '
Chicago and Kansas ) oj" ' 1 , ' " . .
City.oj" ,
It has '
a Wes
I.t 'testern '
. Union s
telegraph J t't '
Ion , ' sta-
se'eral.churches 'f-
churches
I-
se\'eral. ad school : ; and "
IS an
educational center for
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Southeast- 1
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