A TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARTLY DEMOLISHED. DESTRUOTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. 500 BODIES RECOVERED. TRAINS DERAILED. VILLAGES DESTROYED. New York, May 28. A cyclone has swept over St. Louis, Missouri, causing terrible destruction. Many hotels, elevators, and buildings were razed to the ground. Shipping suffering considerably, nearly all the vessels alongside the wharves were sunk. It is computed that a thousand people were killed. Several villages were almost entirely demolished. May 29.' Fuller particulara are coming to hand of the destruction wrought by the cyclone. Over five hundred dead bodies have heen recovered from the debris of St. Louis alono, and latest accounts estimates are that two thousand people have been crushed to death. The city has the appearance of having been bombarded. The devastation caused is beyond description. The streets are blocked with fallen buildings. Lightning set fire to many buildings, the electric light failed, and the city was enveloped in darkness. The state of panic is described as awful. A number of trains were blown off the line. It is recorded that a driver saved a train passing over a falling bridge by putting on full speed. Many towns in Missouri, Indiana, and Ilinois were destroyed by the same cyclone.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 29, 30 May 1896, Page 2
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205A TERRIBLE CYCLONE. Hastings Standard, Issue 29, 30 May 1896, Page 2
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