Missouri City Ravaged by Deadly Storm and Fire
A catastrophic Missouri and StLouis disaster reported with vast loss of life and widespread destruction. The storm felled buildings and downed power lines while fires spread amid toppled signs and torn streets. River craft were wrecked and crews struggled in darkness with many injured or buried.
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Louis
Everyon
St. Louis
Columbian Exposition Company
Monroe
Illinois
Calhoun
Hoteau Avenue
Ellen G. Smith
Arsena S Island
Ed Harvester
Missouri Valley Transportation Company
Storm Rages Over St Louis Area Wreaks Havoc
Across St Louis and East St Louis a cyclone-like storm slammed the area. Ships and trains battled high winds while fires scorched the city causing millions in damage and multiple deaths. The Grand Republic rumor was denied as crews aided survivors and first responders battled outages and wreckage.
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Belle of
Baton Rouge
Wiggins Ferry Company
Chateau Avenue
Pittsburg
Diamond Joe Line
City of Vicksburg
Providence
Wreck tolls and missing at Vandalia and surrounding depots
Reported wrecks at Vandalia depot and several freight houses list sixteen missing at Vandalia, twelve at Louisville & Nashville, seventeen at Big Four, five at Air Line, twenty at East switch Eads Bridge, four at relay depot, and six wharf crew dead. Names of many boarders and residents from Vandalia and Vincennes connected to Martell House and local boarding houses. Also notes a Missouri hurricane near St Louis County and a Labaddie tornado with ten dead, plus earlier storm damage and limited injuries.
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Lexington
Wabash Road
Decatur
East St. Louis
H. C. Rice
Western Union
Relay Depot
National Hotel
Tremont House
Martell House
DeWolf Cafe
Hezel Milling Company
Horn’s
Fifth Street
Baltimore and Ohio and
Vandalia
Standard Oil Works
Crescent
David Langg
Philip Striexler
George Roose
Miles Mitchell
Martin Martel
Martel House
James Kent
Louisville & Nashville
Big Four
Air Line
Eads Bridge
Charles Carroll
Barber
John Kent
Scott Hayward
Frank Rose
Ed Kavanaugh
Jacob Kurtz
Vincennes
Ind
Clendenning
John Valentine
David
Patrick Dean
John Buchart
Edward O’brien
John Breen
Ida Gladdue
Roof
Albert Volkman
Joseph Mitchell
John Sullivan
William Rickey
Collinsville Avenue
Ira Kent
Eddie Bland
Vandalia Depot
Jerry Kain
Frank Bland
Frank M’cormick
Earl Keene
George Woods
Mike Kildea
W. E B. Kiefer
Alvin Mate
Will Murray
Dan Kelly
George Romer
W. Frelink
W. Hanford
Baldwin
St. Louis County
Motherly
Labaddie
Franklin County
Renick
Moberly
Randolph County
Mexico
Andrian
Bean Creek
Joseph B. Ware
Lulu Eubanks
Hilda Blase
Dye
Storm wrecks city bridges and ships in St Louis area
A catastrophic storm battered St Louis and East St Louis with the Eads bridge locale showing major damage including tower and pier failures. Wrecked trains, ships and buildings, numerous casualties and heroic rescues are reported along the riverfront with hospitals overwhelmed and the morgue filling rapidly.
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Eads Bridge
St. Louis
Old City Hospital
Lakeside
Fire Adds to the Horror
Fire added to the storm disaster toll, worsening the destruction and increasing the loss across affected areas. Local responders battled flames as communities assessed damage and began recovery efforts.
Weather bulletin and tornado reports from St Louis area
Descriptions by H W Frankenfeld cite a week of low pressure high heat humidity and southerly winds around St Louis. The text lists numerous names and locations in connection with storm damage, including a cyclone three miles north of Sturgeon with injuries and deaths in Missouri towns and in nearby counties.
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St. Louis
Gulf of Mexico
Frankenfeld
H. W. Frankenfeld
Sturgeon
Renick
Friendship Church
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Souri
Yuclone
Missouri
Behool
Til
Fitty
J. J. Odell
Illinois River Packet
Morgan Street
George Townsend
Jack Morrissey
Pat Milan
Moore
Dolphin
Jennie Mitchell
Emma Nolan
Washington Avenue
Grand Republic
Columbian Excursion Company
Alton
St. John of Nepomuk
Twelfth and
Soulard Streets
Chicago & Alton Railway
Scott
List of the
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
Fair Grounds
Eads Bridger
Hood
Charles K. Wiveson
Ptah
SKIRT
Emma M. Hooper
ST. Louis City Hospital
New Orleans
Viegier
ODELL
Geyer
South Ninth Street
Malachi McDonald
Market Streets
Robert Miller
Blair
Benton
Third
Rutger
William Ottewad
Joan Durgess
Wallace Z. C
Booker Epstein
J. Lemeke
Louis Barbers’ Supply Co
A. B. Jones
Josephine Martini
John Rafferty
Harry Hess
David Sade
Henry Stricker
Vandalia Railway
J. E. Keene
C. B E. Neall
Horace Trump
Litchfield
Richey
Joe Frank
Joe Mitchell
Pail Stricker
Bruce
Emma Sullivan
Robert Bland
John Reamer
Charles Maitz
William Suber
Henry Winterman
Anderson
Paimaley
Mise Conley
Slide
Charles Waites
Collins Avenue
William Surber
Peter Walmsley
Miss Conley
John Hayes
William Hayes
Pat Bean
J. A. Porter
Broughton
Fighty
Kansas City
Special Alton Train Dispatcher
Drake
Roadhouse
Ill
Greene County
Chicago
Chicago, Kansas City
Denver
Alton Railroad
Alton Road
Bloomington
Lake Shore
Michigan
New York Central
Book of Travel
Grand Central Station
New Yo
Lyon & CO. Tobacco Works
Durham
McKinley
Ohio
Agenta
Niagara Falls Glouvenir CO
Niagara Pati
HUCK
Sionz
Hucceseers
Patrick O' Farrell
Washington, D. C
Rone
Se Shelli
Soeroaiar
Gue i
Ce Wilson
Lindsey
Nat Aoa
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