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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1896
Page
6
Reports from St Louis Missouri describe a devastating storm with winds up to eighty miles per hour. Fire and collapsed structures followed the wind ripping down trolley lines, with numerous deaths and extensive ruin across the city and East St. Louis.
The steamer J. J. Odell blew from its Morgan street wharf and sank after hitting the Eads Bridge. Captain George Townsend and 12 crew members faced catastrophe while three women passengers were aboard. Three crewmen survived. others clung to the pier and bridge as the storm wrecked multiple boats. A tug, Belle, sank near Chateau Avenue, and wreckage spread along the river as crews struggled against the tornado.
A violent storm grounds and sinks the boat Grand Republic feared to carry 500 excursionists, with officials denying the loss. Winds topple poles and cause fires on both sides of the river, crippling rail lines and gutting the St John of Nepomuk church with only the front towers remaining.
The St Louis storm wrecked the Eads bridge tower and piers, collapsed the Coe Manufacturing and Wainwright brewery, unroofed public halls and a hospital, sank riverboats, and killed or injured many. Maritime craft were torn from moorings, with near total ruin along the riverfront and onshore structures.
Storm-related rescues are noted as Captain Wiegler calmeded passengers aboard the Monroe bound steamer near Anchor Line wharf. Tug Dolphin No 2 crew escaped drowning when moorings gave way and the Dragon broke from its mooring. Scott sped a train toward shore as the bridge span blew away and cars toppled but no deaths were reported though several passengers were seriously injured.
Framed by H W Frankenfeld the St Louis weather chief describes a week of low pressure high heat humidity and southerly winds. Cyclones near Sturgeon Mo and Audrian county Mo cause injuries deaths and destroyed schools and churches while multiple towns report damaged properties and scattered casualties.
The report describes a severe weather event in Missouri with warm humid conditions and south winds giving way to a violent storm. Barometer fall begins at 9 AM, green cloud formation, and a wind shift to northwest at 5:04 PM. Total rain approx 1.53 inches by 9:05 PM with 1.38 inches between 5:04 and 6:04 PM. Continuous lightning and expansive cloud cover marked the storm.
A published roll of fatalities lists Michael Bradshaw 81 South Jefferson Avenue Katie Clayphal and Mrs Clayphal 814 South Jefferson Avenue Marta McDonald 2715 Caark Avenue an unknown baby 2745 Clark Avenue Mrs Cheney 1415 Mississippi Avenue John P Pendy Jennie Hahn Shrewsbury Park Charles Nee 406 South Seventh Street William Winkle Eighth Street and Park Avenue James Dunn city hospital unknown child 944 Papin Street two unknown men Twenty seventh and St Vincent Avenue unknown woman Thirteenth and Soulard Street unknown man Dallman and Park Avenue janitor St Pauls church unknown man Eighteenth.
A massive casualty list from East St. Louis names dozens of victims and many unidentified dead across multiple depots and freight houses. The compilation includes boarders, shop workers, and city officials with Vandalia and Louisville connections among the reported missing.
A hurricane with heavy rain and hail moved over St Louis County around 4 30 PM causing three hours of downpour and crop damage. Several buildings were blown down but no serious injuries reported. In Mabaddie Franklin county ten people were killed by a tornado while Renick Randolph county near Moberly was wiped out. details were not confirmed.
A devastating cyclone struck Drake Illinois in Greene county killing about seventy nine children and eighty total. The tragedy occurred near Roadhouse on the Alton road with victims buried in a school building. Drake lies roughly 249 miles from Chicago and 115 miles from Bloomington along the Chicago Kansas City and Denver line.
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