Show I WINO STORM MISSOURI Excursion Steamer Loaded With Passengers Has a Narrow Escape Lightning Starts Several Fires In St Louis and a Number of Framo Houses Are Demolished the Occupants Oc-cupants Being Hurt by FallIng Fall-Ing Timbers + St IoulsA terrific wind and rainstorm rain-storm struck St Louis nnd vicinity Thursday afternoon Lightning started start-ed seven flros in dlfforent parts of tho city A negro name unknown was blown from his witgon and a passing turn engine ran over him Telegraphic wires wore blown down sheds and a few frame houses wore demolished and a number of people hurt lij debris Tho excursion steamer Liberty I filled with pleasure seekers caught l In tho atorm near Alton 111 was drlv on through tho Mississippi river at uncontrollable speed and dashed Into i a dike on tho lHssourl side Rocking y and toppling with tho terrorized pant pan-t Bongers huddled In tho cabin the prow of tho boat was forced up on tho government dike while tho ores of tho wind hurled chairs Into tho river from tho deck and shattered I thrt cabin window Tho boat held h flrmly on tho dlko however and when tho storm had abated mini clently tho government boat Lucia J transhipped the passengers nnd landed land-ed them In Alton Tho wind blow at n velocity of + thirty miles nn hour and was accompanied ac-companied by incessant lightning i and a heavy downpour of rain and for a short tlmo hailstones foil The ror alnJall was 39 of an Inch I |