Storm wrecks St Louis sparking mass deaths and ruin
Terrible Missouri storm devastates St Louis area with unroofed Convention Hall and widespread ruin. Reports say hundreds dead or missing as electrical wires fail and river steamers sink including J J Odell, Belle of Baton Rouge, and multiple freight houses and hotels in East St Louis are destroyed.
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St. Louis
Belle of
Pittsburg
Diamond Joe Line
City of Vicksburg
Providence
Storm Devastates St Louis Riverfront and City Buildings
Destruction from a powerful storm hits the St Louis riverfront and East St Louis side. Eads Bridge damage. many buildings unroofed. boats thrown from moorings and sunk. numerous casualties and heroic rescues reported amid wreckage and fires.
Class of 4 Graduate Faces Harsh Life Realities
Four youths leave high school to face real world hardships. Streetcars vanish as debris fills Drenekslager street. eight feet deep in places. At midnight a reporter found mud covering a burning St Louis refrigerator warehouse. Firefighters were injured and three more remained missing in the ruin.
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J. J. Odell
Ilinois
Morgan Street
Eads Bridge
George Townsend
St. Louis
Jack Morrissey
Pat Milan
Moore
Drenekslager
Baldwin
St. Louis County
Motherly
Labaddie
Franklin County
Renick
Moberly
Randolph County
Sturgeon
Friendship Church
Mexico
Andrian
Bean Creek
Joseph B. Ware
Lulu Eubanks
Hilda Blase
Dye
Storm Rips St Louis Area as Grand Republic Rumor and Fires
A powerful cyclone damaged riverside and city districts, with a boat drift and wrecks on the river, fires at St Louis and East St Louis totaling hundreds of thousands, a razed St John of Nepomuk church, and a list of the dead from the stricken city.
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Washington Avenue
Grand Republic
Columbian Excursion Company
St. Louis
Alton
East St. Louis
St. John of Nepomuk
Twelfth and
Soulard Streets
Michael Bradshaw
Jefferson Avenue
Katie Clayphal
Clayphal
South
Martin McDonald
Clark Avenue
Cheney
Mississippi Avenue
John P. Pendy
Jennie Hahn
Shrewsbury Park
Charles Nee
South Seventh Street
William Winkle
Eighth Street
Park Avenue
James Dunn
City Hospital
Papin Street
St. Vincent Avenue
Soulard Street
Dallman
St. Paul's Church
Tragic Freight House Wrecks Leave Dozens Missing in Vandalia
Recount of wrecks and deaths as freight houses in Vandalia Louisville & Nashville Big Four Air Line and Eads bridge areas suffer numerous casualties. Names of victims, witnesses, and witnesses’ families listed amid storm and flood damage across Missouri and Illinois.
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David Langg
Philip Striexler
George Roose
Miles Mitchell
Martin Martel
Martel House
James Kent
Vandalia
Louisville & Nashville
Big Four
Air Line
Eads Bridge
Relay Depot
Charles Carroll
Barber
John Kent
Scott Hayward
Frank Rose
Ed Kavanaugh
Jacob Kurtz
Vincennes
Ind
Clendenning
Bruce
Emma Sullivan
Robert Bland
John Reamer
Charles Maitz
William Suber
Henry Winterman
Anderson
Palmsley
Miss Canley
Slide
John Hayes
William Hayes
Pat Bean
John Valentine
David
Fire Adds to the Horror
A blaze worsens disaster after the storm, compounding damage and casualties. Firefighters battled flames as residents assessed the wreckage and authorities warned of ongoing danger amid the widespread destruction.
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Gystone
Pally
Missouri
Jake
Til
Lexington
Wabash Road
Decatur
H. C. Rice
Western Union
National Hotel
Tremont House
Martell House
DeWolf Cafe
Hezel Milling Company
Horn
Fifth Street
Baltimore and Ohio and
Standard Oil Works
Crescent
ST. Louis City Hospital
Coe Manufacturing
Wainwright
Sam High School
Eleventh
McDermott
Desnut
Central Emigrant Sta
Jere Ans
Lakeside
Columbian Exposition Company
Monroe
Illinois
Calhoun
Hoteau Avenue
Ellen G. Smith
Arsena S Island
Ed Harvester
Missouri Valley Transportation Company
New Orleans
Wiegler
Illnois Bank
Jennie Mitchell
Emma Nolan
Dragon
Dolphin
Chicago & Alton Railway
Scott
List of the
Fair Grounds
Eads Bridger
Frankenfeld
H. W. Frankenfeld
Gulf of Mexico
Texas Pan-Handle
Kansas
Nebraska
Geyer
South Ninth Street
Malachi McDonald
Market Streets
Robert Miller
Blair
Benton
Third
Rutger
William Ottewad
John Burgess
Wallace T. C. Butler
Booker Epstein
Bornstein
Fred Zimmers
Union Depot Power House
California
Ann Avenues
J. Lemeke
St. Louis Barbers’ Supply Co
A. B. Jones
Josephine Martini
John Rafferty
Harry Hess
David Sade
George Woods
Henry Stricker
Vandalia Railway
J. E. Keene
C. E. Neall
Horace Trump
Litchfield
Ill
Richey
Joe Frank
Joe Mitchell
Pail Stricker
Davids
Sage
Henry Spricker
Vandalia Line
J. E. Heine
C. B. Mull
C. Kavanaugh
Clendennin
Kansas City
Special Alton
Drake
Roadhouse
Greene County
Chicago
Chicago, Kansas City
Denver
Alton Railroad
Alton Road
Bloomington
Hood
Genuin
Charles B. Hires Co
ODELL
Emma M. Hooper
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Fi. & mM. Co
Bix
N. Y
Natures
Lake Shore
Michigan
Ee Ara
George
Thousand Islands
Hudson
Sea Shre
Roctin
Ee K. Wilber
Western P. A
New York Central
Book of Travel
Pels
Y Geo Daniels
Grand Central Station
New York
Lyon & CO. Tobacco Works
Durham
Gov
McKinley
Ohio
Niagara Falls Gouvenir CO
Niagara Falls
Cakmionee
Sioux City Engine and Tron Works
Poch Mfg. Co
Sioux City
Iowa
Rowell & Case Macningay Co
Weat Elevent Street
Patrick O’farrell
Washington, D. C
Wilson Bros
Fasten
Lindsey
Woolley
Atlanta, GA
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