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Show TERRIFIC TORNADO VISITS WORLD'S FAIR CITY. 'One Person Killed and Fifty Injured, While Property Damage Is Immense. I A tornado of oxtremo fury swept down upon tho resldcnco portion of "North St. Louis lato Friday, resulting In tho doath of ono person, Injury to probably fifty and damago to prop orty estimated at $100,000. Tho path of the tornado was about ,a block and a halt wldo, along which bouses wero unroofed, window pane3 brokon, sovcral manufactories partial. )y demolished and tho streets littered "with debris. A Broadway trolley car containing eleven passongcrs was struck by falling fall-ing telegraph poles and wrecked. Tha passengors had a rentarkablo escape from injury and onlytho motorman received slight bruises. The casualties occurred at Venice, Just across tho river, whero ono person per-son was killed and ten Injured. Mrs. Beal, who was killed, met her death by tho falling dobrls of her homo which was blown to pieces. Mrs. Whcolloss, who was probably fatally injured, was tho occupant; of a houseboat house-boat moored along tho rlvor which was crushed by n fulling troo. Fivo members of tho Bennett family had hurried Into a small woodshed that was demolished nnd ovory member mem-ber of tho group received injuries. |