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A FAMILY NEARLY EXTERMINATED

One of the saddest incidents of the big storm was the almost total wiping out of the Windhaus family of East St. Louis. The house in which the family resided was totally demolished. As a result, Lena Windhaus, the daughter, is dead, and Bernard and Mrs. Windhaus, the father and mother, are lying on cots in St. Mary's hospital on the verge of death. Both were injured to such an extent that their recovery is despaired of by the sisters at the hospital. Mrs. Windhaus sustained the severest injuries. Her chest was crushed in by the falling building and one leg crushed.