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VOL. IX THE ;DALLES, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 29. 1 896 NO 123. STRICKEN ST. LOUIS Awful Devastation in the Tornado's Path. STORM WITHOUT A PARALLEL The Ureaklng-Out of Fire Caused Ad dittnual Terror Great t)omaa ISy the Flames. St. Louis, May 28. Two hundred lives snuffed out in this city ; as many more in East St. Louis; property destroyed in value running into the millions; this is the record trade by the 27th day of May, 1896. This is a conservative estimate. No possible idea of the number of peo ple killed in the tornado that swept this - vicinity yesterday afternoon can be made at this time. South St. Louis is littered with the bodies of the dead. A SCENE OP RUIN. When the eun rose on .St. Louis and vicinity this morning it showed a scene of horrible rnin and disaster. Wind, rain and fire bad combined in the mis. aion of destruction. Two hundred lives were lost in this city, and as many more in East St. Louis, while thousands were injured, many so severely that they can not recover. The exact number will not be known for many days, herbaps never, for the debris of ruined buildings alt over the city covers hundreds of human bodies. The damage to property will aggregate many millions, but the exact amount' cannot be estimated with any degree of certainty. The terrible tornado that caused this destruction struck the city yesterday afternoon at 5 :15 o'clock, and all parts of the city and East St. Louis felt the ef fects. The greatest damage on this side of the river was inflicted with a three mile strip along the mighty stream. Many buildings totally collapsed, others were unroofed, while very few escaped injury. , East St. Louis is a gigantic cemetery. Under the debris of the buildings of that city are scores buried, whoee bodies will not be brought to the light for many days, perhaps never. BEFORE THE STOBlf. .Hoars of sultriness, puffs of wind . coming by turns from all points of the compass, the flying hither and thither . of light, mist-like formations across the . dull, dark-colored mass ; these were the characteristics of the afternoon which brpught to St. Lonis the most disastrous storm in the city's history. For hoars the torrents shifted, the wind blew hot and cold, and the storm center devel oped. The fury of the elements was borne within the city's limits. In the west a thunder storm developed. Early matterings indicated nothing mora than a downpour, with the ordinary electrical accompaniment. This cloud came up slowly at first from the west, beyond Forest Park. - As the black rim mounted higher above the horizon, its arc em ' braced more territory to the north and south. A strong wind from the east began to blow right in the face of the storm. It was the lower current. - , Suddenly ' the wind stopped blowing from the east and there swept from the northwest a gale which made the best built structures tremble. With the hur ricane, for that was the first form the storm took, when it broke over the - western part of the city, came a deluge. From a few minutes before 5 until 5 :30 this hurricane blew from the northwest. Then there came a lull. The currents .shifted. In the southwest there came . into existence a storm cloud, with the essential features of a tornado, funnel shape. This second storm burst upon the city from the southwest. It came in on South Lafayette Park, struck the city hospital, and trom there tore its ' way through the city to the river by a northerly course. It wrought havoc that will leave traces in that part of the Highest of all in Leavening Power. Vrv n city which "lies east of Seventh and north of Cerre streets, to the Eads bridge. Boats were torn from their moorings and capsized, or went adrift. "The cloud crossed the river, demolished the upper works at tbe east end of the bridge, then wreaked its fury on East St. Louis. THK BTOEM OX THE RIVER. When the, first evidence of the ap proaching storm began to appear, every engineer on tbe river got up steam in order to be able to combat the elements. Had it been anything but a tornado, it is . probable this would have aided the crews in saving their crafts. Bat the onslaught was so violent that the crews found their efforts only sufficient to aid them slightly in directing the course of their boats. The steamer Pittsburg, of the Diamond Jo line, the steamer City of Vicksburg and the Providence of the Columbian Exposition Company, the Captain Monroe, of the Anchor line, and many smaller cratt. were pitched and tossed about until the. final blast rent them from their anchorage. The storm swept diagonally across tbe river and struck the Illinois bank with increased fury. Tbe Iosb of life in '.the water on the East Bide seems to be light, as every body was carried safely to land. The City of Vicksburg is almost a total wreck. Tbe City of Providence was blown upon the Illinois bank. . Her rudder, cabin and smokestack are gone. The St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Com pany's steamer St. Paul had started for JCeoknk, when the tornado struck the city. ; fcae has not been beard trom since. She had a full cabin list.. The Belle of Calhoun and the Libbie Conger, which were moored near Choteau ave nue, were almost totally broken np. The Ellen G. Smith, the harbor-boat. was blown down the river and was wrecked near Arsenal island. It is thought that no lives were lost on this boat. The steamer Ed Harvester, of the Missouri Valley Transportation Com pany, was torn from its dock and carried down the river. Many heroic acts were performed in the saving of lives as the result of the storm. When the City of Monroe had listed away from tbe Anchor-line w barf, there were about forty passengers on board and a full crew, as the boat was just making ready for the trip to New Orleans. When the moor ings finally gave way the boat lurched on its starboard side and nearly capsized. The movement threw nearly all the freight to starboard and served to bold the boat in its perilous position. Cap tain Viegler made a reassurring speech to the pasEengers which slightly quieted tbe exteme excitement. He said they were all safe. When the boat struck the Illinois bank the captain was not to be found. IN KABT ST. LOUIS. In comparison to its size, the fatali ties in East St. Louis greatly exceed those on this side of the river. The larger part of tbe central portion of the city is razed to the ground, while on the flats along the river bank north of the Ends bridge, not a bouse is left standing. The loss of life is terrible. Scarcely one family seems to have escaped with out some member being killed, while many households, were wiped out of ex istence. A conservative estimate of tbe dead there, is placed at 150. - The Catholic ' church St. John of Nepomic,-. was ' demolished except the front, which stands like a tower. PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED. While the storm was at its highest, a passenger train on tbe Chicago & Alton railway palled on to the bridge from tbe Missouri side, on its way east. Engineer Scott ' had proceeded only a short dis tance when he realized the awful danger. The wind struck the coaches, causing them to careen. The train was about half way across. The overhead poles were snapping and tumbling into the river, while large stones were shift ing loose from their foundations and plnngioK into the water. Realizing that any moment bis train might be blown into tbe water or else tbe bridge be blown away.. Scott put on a full bead of steam, in an effort to reach the east- Latest U. S. Gov't Report side shore. The train bad scarcely pro ceeded two hundred feet, and was about tbe same distance from the shore, when the upper span of; I he brings was blown away. Tons of huge granite blocks tumbled to the tracks; where the train loaded with passengers had been but a moment before. About the same instant the wind struck the train, up setting all the cars like playthings. Luckily no one was killed, but several were taken out seriously injured. The wrecked part of the bridge is just east of the big tower near the Illinois shore, and extends ea6t abnut 800 feet. The entire upper portion, traversed by street cars and carriages, . is carried awav, while the tracks beneath are buried in the debris, in some places eight feet deep. . , A MOB HELD -IN CHECK. Captain Pat Carmoody's presence of mind prevented a panic, at the fair grounds. When the crowd appealed for protection from the tornado, Pat cor ralled the frightened people under the stand and forced them to remain there. 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