Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-10-02 | Page 1 | St. Louis like War Wrecked French Town

SL lOUIS LIKE YAR VAR WRECKED FRENCH TO TOWN Victims Linger About Ruins of Homes Train of Refugees ST ST. LOUIS Oct 1 By l.-By By The As As- Associated Associated Associated Press Press Drenched Drenched by rain fell hundreds of survivors of Thursdays Thursday's tornado here who remained in their ruined homes were forced today to seek sack shelter elsewhere The Red Cross estimated 2600 families comprising per per- persons persons persons sons were affected in the devastated area of approximately city blocks Both in Its immediate physical as aspect as- as aspect aspect and its aftermath the tornado was war like Members of the Amer Amer- American Amerlean Amerlean lean ican legion among the volun volun- vol un- un i I I I teer workers the thc battle- battle ruined towns of France and declared they presented no more desolate ap appearance ap- ap appearance appearance than the tornado-torn tornado sec arc section tion Uon of St St. Louis LINGER LI-GER IN RAIN KAIV JAI They pointed C 1 J to the h similarity l of sentiment set en which drew ev both ot the French n war time war tune sufferers and the local suf suf- sufferers sufferers from the storm to cling as long longas as conditions permitted about the only pi places ices on earth to call home Even in tOday's rain women and men lingered d about heaps of ruined mason mason- rj Ij 5 and splintered wood Here and there were ere women sitting discon discon- disconsolately viewing shapeless heaps rec rec- recognizable ree- ree only by them I They packed p It what goods g S they could gle f retrieve re on some of the 75 moving vans ans provided through the Red Cross I and started a sad exodus following the vans ans on foot carrying some par- par parI I CUi precious o possession Many la l. l of them were headed ea out into St St. StLouis Louis county to find new homes or temporary stopping places NEED NEIn RELIEF FUND FUNDA A relief fund of half a million dol dol- dollars dol- dol dollars lars Is needed Immediately it was announced by Alfred Fairbanks vice chairman of the citizens' citizens disaster re re- re relief lief hief committee Contributions late hate to today to- to today today day totalled Fairbanks said no appeal would bs be b made for con con- contributions contributions contributions from outside the city but butI all contributions would be welcome from whatever source Nineteen cities clUes have ha telegraphed Mayor Major Victor J J. J Miller offering help Enlisted wider under the St St. Louis chapter of the Red Cross 2000 relief work work- workers workers ers era were today grappling effectively with the relief They had comprehensive c sive surveys SUITes of the th tornado area for guidance from which they the drew the conclusion that a II large arge percentage of the sufferers would need no I help from the Red Cross The relief relict problem was comparatively ely simple COTS IV IN I ELKS' ELKS CLUn CLUR Four hundred cots provided at nt the Elks' Elks club last night but not nota a single storm refugee showed up Today the number of dead from the storm stood at 83 Of that number 75 were in St St. LoUis Lotus and eight In three Illinois suburbs across the river A survey tonight showed injured persons were still receiving treatment in 24 hospitals and approximately others othera had received treatment and gone home I