Pictured story of the tornado[StLouis, May 27, 1896] . ng to the ground. Nor did it stop at the riversbank, but with a bound of insatiable fury hurled itself upon costly palaces of the river and everyhumble craft that floated in its wake, spinning; them on the water like tops, snapping forecastle, sparand beam until the waters rushed in and finished the fiendish work, and boat, crew and passengersalike went down to arise no more, or struggling to waters surface were beaten down by hurlingtimbers, buffeted from wave to wave; and then the winds stopped not, but sped on across the bulgingriver to
Pictured story of the tornado[StLouis, May 27, 1896] . ng to the ground. Nor did it stop at the riversbank, but with a bound of insatiable fury hurled itself upon costly palaces of the river and everyhumble craft that floated in its wake, spinning; them on the water like tops, snapping forecastle, sparand beam until the waters rushed in and finished the fiendish work, and boat, crew and passengersalike went down to arise no more, or struggling to waters surface were beaten down by hurlingtimbers, buffeted from wave to wave; and then the winds stopped not, but sped on across the bulgingriver to strike a death blow to St. Louis foster city on the Illinois side. The elements had done their worst. They had triumphed over a proud city and wrapped itin sackcloth and ashes. Two hundred lives had been snapped in twain, more than a thousand hadbeen wounded, many unto death; more than five thousand were homeless, bereft of kindred, ofclothing, and all that thev had. Ten million dollars will not replace the property destroyed. Thewreck was LAFAYETTE AVENUE NORTH AND WEST OF PARK
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