Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1908 — Disastrous and Fatal Storm. [ARTICLE]

Disastrous and Fatal Storm.

A storm struck St. Louis and the neighboring country, doing much damage to property, and, near Belleville, 111-, killing Engineer Ward, Fireman Wiesman and a trainman, name tin* known. A bridge was washed out. French Village, 111., suffered severely from the wind, and Edgemont, 111., wai flooded.