Pictured story of the tornado[StLouis, May 27, 1896] . UNION DEPOT RAILROAD COS POWER HOUSE Pictured Story of the St- Louis Tornado The pliotographs between these covers are pictures of a tornado wreck, the most disastrous inthe annals of catastrophes on the American continent. They are •• views that were taken in thefirst hours of the morning sunlight that glittered and shone in dazzling mockery over the blackenedwaste of the winds of the fearful night before, and truly represent the ruin and carnage that stunnedand appalled, not only the 600,000 people of the great metropolis of the prospero
Pictured story of the tornado[StLouis, May 27, 1896] . UNION DEPOT RAILROAD COS POWER HOUSE Pictured Story of the St- Louis Tornado The pliotographs between these covers are pictures of a tornado wreck, the most disastrous inthe annals of catastrophes on the American continent. They are •• views that were taken in thefirst hours of the morning sunlight that glittered and shone in dazzling mockery over the blackenedwaste of the winds of the fearful night before, and truly represent the ruin and carnage that stunnedand appalled, not only the 600,000 people of the great metropolis of the prosperous Southwest, butall Christendom, andbrought mourning to thousands of hearts. It would be cruel to use the artisticphrase, true to life—rather are they true to death, for beneath every ruin lives were snuffed out ina twinkling, and the unfeeling mass of brick, mortar and broken timbers pinioned scores whosebroken and battered limbs struggled to be free. May 27, 1896, will ever mark a black epoch in the history of St. Louis. Nor will it soon bef
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