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newspapers which state the
number of killed in this city
to be over 200 with nearly
as many in East St. Louis,
while the wounded number over
1,000. The damage to property
is estimated all the way from
ten to fifty million dollars.

The wrecked district is
about a mile wide, stretching
across the city from west to
east and is about 6 miles
from here. Very little damage
was done in the end of town.
Our damage consisting of a
leak in our roof which