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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1896
Page
6
A massive cyclone struck St Louis and East St Louis, killing hundreds and destroying Property across Missouri and Illinois. Bridges, ships, rail lines and oil works burned as fires raged. rescue efforts and inquiries spread from Carondelet to Drake and Rush Hill with reports of 700 plus deaths and many injuries.
A fire at Ha at St Louis left many dead and hundreds wounded as firefighters controlled the blaze shortly after midnight. Ambulances rushed injuries to nearby residences, while searchlights attempted to locate more victims amid Egyptian darkness and chaos. Reports from Cincinnati note a cyclone near St Louis with potential deaths reaching into the thousands, drawn from mayoral messages from towns nearby.
Five hundred killed and property losses projected between twenty and eighty million dollars as a massive tornado roared through the southwestern city district. Estimates vary on death counts from two hundred to six hundred, with police and morgue figures conflicting amid rushed burials and ambulances. The storm’s path left a half mile by four mile swath of wrecked buildings, debris filled streets, and frantic relief efforts as reports spread of multiple cyclone centers merging over the Mississippi.
Reports from Sir Louis detail a devastating tornado that ripped through St. Louis and East St. Louis, killing hundreds, injuring many, and leaving 600 families homeless on the east side. Police estimate death toll could rise above 200 as rescue work continues. the western district is a vast charnel house with only one dwelling standing on the island. The First Missouri regiment has begun patrol duty and 160 more officers will be added to the force to restore order amid the blackout and debris.
A Richmond circular from May 30, 1896, invites visiting Confederate veterans to the June 20 and July 1 reunions. The committee promises ample accommodations, quarters and rations for aid groups, and urges attendees to arrange lodging early or rely on local hotels at reasonable rates.
Old man Taylor Delk was convicted of murdering Sheriff Guinn at Zebulon and sentenced to hang June 19 on the same scaffold with his son Tom Delk, who was convicted of the same crime. He spoke of the events, claiming he killed a dog for waking an egg and that he spent days in the woods before turning himself in.
Brian Arp writes from Atlanta about home as the center of life and love. He muses on gardens, vines, and family, noting chores, renovations, and shared labor with his wife and daughters, celebrating practical homemaking and neighborly advice.
A Chicago dispatch reports the Gold Standard Democrats of Cook County decided Thursday night to form the Honest Money and Honest Primary Club of Cook County and hold a June 18 convention to reorganize the party, select delegates to the state Peoria convention, and possibly bolt to the national convention if the state body rejects their challenge to free coinage.
Kate Field, born 1854 in St Louis, was a Chicago Times-Herald special correspondent in Honolulu when she died May 19 from pneumonia. Daughter of Joseph Field and Eliza Lapaloy Riddle, she studied in Boston Italy and England and wrote for the New York Tribune Philadelphia Press and Chicago Tribune.
The Vermont Democratic state convention at Montpelier elected delegates at large to Chicago. Cleveland Whitney and Russell were cheered. F. W. McGretty was chosen permanent chairman. The platform supports a gold standard and opposes free silver coinage except under international agreement.
The United States Tobacco Journal claims bicycles reduce cigar use by 700 million annually in the U S Estimating one million bicycle using smokers suggests a drop of two cigars per day per person The piece notes moral impact alongside health and cites a Jewish Publication Society contest in Philadelphia offering a $1000 prize for writings on Jewish themes for youth readers
An eclectic 19th century column extols travel and leisure with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as common aid for travelers and ages. It touts efficacy for bilious and dyspeptic disorders, compares costs with British habits, praises Dobbins Electric, and includes a dispersed travel note about Georgia to New York passages, freight, and passenger arrangements.
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