Show HAilSTORM DOES DAMAGE DACE iN N ST. ST LOWS lOUIS Three Persons Hil Killed d and Property Damage May liay Mayx x Reach ST. ST LOUIS April 14 TI Tic Three te per pcr tons sons were killed and amid property valued at between n e-n 1 and was destroyed yesterday afternoon b. b by bythe bythe the most destructive storm that has visited St St. Louis since gince tho timo memorable tornado of May I Thc Time storm it in St. St Io Louis is broke at 5 G p. p m. m Th The ThA da day had been warm and I pleasant I Clouds gathered in iii the thc southwest and after a n few drops of rain there thero was a remarkable precipitation of hailstones Some Sonic of thes aro arc reported reported re reo re- re ported as 5 he being n three inches in It diame ame ter Hail caused tho greatest damage p. p Thousands of windows in iti invest west vest end residences were Vere broken Greenhouses were demolished Churches in iii the thc path pathor of or tho the storm lid not not escape und many glass windows were broken Wind Vind Was Heavy In In some sections a lr hety heavy avy wind accompanied ac tc companied the thc downpour r. r Especially was this thill true in ill th the tho north end The Time Burlin Burlington ton elevator elo was wrecked by bythe bytho the tho wind anel a lar large e section of it was I blown into the river Tho Time elevator contained more nore than a n million bushels I of grain The Thc damage c i i estimated at at IA S I SA A panic was WIlI precipitated nt t Sportsman park whore where the hull ball I game Jame h between the St. St t. t Louis and tit lii CI Cle eland teams was In iii progress Tho The wind bh blew w. down the hag Mag pole and amid the tho patrons of the tie game same threw themselves hes on th the tho ground face fac downward downard and protected their hands with th their arms from the time bombardment of hall hail stones Three wom women n returning froth a funeral were seriously t rlou I injured when the hors horses s attached to their carriage beca became me frightened frightened fright fright- ened and l ran tn away In all fifteen perSons persons persons per per- sons were injured Injure In St. St Louis Scarcely any hall hail fell foil east cast o of Grand avenue Down town the only indication of the usual disturbances disturbance in other parts of or the tho city wa was T a torrential downpour of rain accompanied b by vivid lightning and amid crashing thunder Tim weather reported 4 43 of an inch of rain rA-ln and nd within two hours a D- fall fail In temperature of ot 20 0 de degrees ces Tour Killed at Valles Vallea M Mines Minos n s. s At Mines Mo the tornado killed four tOUr persons and serl seriously Injured a a. score more of f ix s o. o s-f s rAt M At At U Cadet f t. t wo t n to have havo been killed and fifteen persons are reported injured x At Shelb III ill hall hail stones eight inches Inch's In clr circumference w were ro reported while nt at Anna III Ill growing crops were badly damaged ed b by time tho hall hail and wind The tornado which wrought destruction in Cadet and Valles Valls Mines swept sept over o and did considerable tamaJu to several points point In Washington Montgomery St. St Francois and Jefferson the Jefferson the lead L belt counties Among the thc towns suffering I hea heavily were Flat River Esther Ether and In the time three towns named fifty persons being more marc or Ic less seriously Injured Tho Tim St SL St Louis dead are arc Mrs Irs a 1 Mayer cr 70 73 years old dra dragged to death in attempting to alight from her carriage o Iii JI front of her home Mrs Ir A. A E. E Kissack died leL from Crom fright In her bathroom Harm Harm- Harry Foster oster electrocuted I Fifteen minutes after artl the lie st stOrm rm swept down upon the thA north end ond tho time streets strewn with wreckage and windows were broken In nearly every en manufacturing ing plant and In two public schools In that section |