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.
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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-
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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.
He held a mob of about 300 in check,
and it was lucky for them that he did so.
Everybody was trying to get out and
wanted to make a break for the south
side of the stand. While Carmoody was
holding tbem back, the roof of the stand
was blown off. and the . debris fell just
where the people wanted to go. Car
moody's good judgment . saved ' many
lives. ' A part of the roof landed ou tbe
natural bridge road and several bodies
were buried beneath tbe debris.
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In the Circuit Court of tho State of Oregon for
Wasco County. - -
Ralph P. Keyej, Plaintiff,
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O 1 Taylor, Sarah K. Taylor, 8tata of Oregon as
trustee for tbe use of the Common School
". Fund of Wasco County, Oregon, John Barger.
Joseph A. Johnston, C. W. Gather and the Col'
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To 0. 1. Taylor, Sarah K. Taylor, State of Ore
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" Land Office at The Dalles, Or ,(
May 4, lt.96.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has tiled notice of bis Intention to
commute and make final proof In support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
the Register and Receiver at The Dalies, Oregon,
on June 10, 1896, viz: -
Frederick W. Wilson,
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of The Dalles, Or. -
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