Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13
General News.
A HOT SPRINGS HOLOCAUST

HOT SPRINGS HOLOCAUST.
An associated press dispatch under
date Of March 9th. says that about 80
o'clock this morning a fire broke out
in a house shortly occupied by negro
named Green Lee. The fire commu-
nicated to the French restaurant then
north and south on both sides of the
street. All the buildings are burned
| north of Rock & Fellows drug store and
south below Malvern crossing. About
25O buildings were destroyed and an
immense stock Of goods. AS there is
but one street in the valley the steamer
was cut off and could afford no
the town until the flames had been
checked above them. The horses, fire.
men and engine dashed through the
flames to the Sumpter House and came
around the avenue and Quinn Hill, and
are now at o'clock P. NJ, fighting the
fire at the south end of the town.
Among the buildings destroyed are the
| Hot Springs, American and Earl hotels,
| the French restaurant, Valley and State
banks, postofice, daily Sentinel Office,
Hoffman & Hamilton's bath house,
Jones Bros. & Co., Little & Julius,
Moore & Co.'S livery stable, Kimball
& Co., Knights Pythias Hall, Browne
& Co., Karatousky, Western Union
telegraph Office, Blake & Co., jewelers.,
| MANAGES bath house. 1t is impossible
at this late hour to estimate the loss, but
it will be or 3 hundred thousand dol
lars. The mountains are covered with
people who were driven from shelter
and with goods which was carried from
stores. No lives lost Very little in
surance. During the excitement the
Dolly Telegraph office were maliciously
damaged. The Western Union tele-
graph office has been re-opened and
business is being carried on without in
terruption.
TERRIBLE TORNADO IN KENTUCKY.
A Louisville. Kentucky, dispatch
dated the 9th inst, states that a
terrible tornado with Il width Of
800 yards swept through Casey county
between the hours of 2 and o'clock
Saturday afternoon, doing frightful
damage in the neighborhood of Rich
Hill and Mt. Olive. The whole of the
family of Vincent Wesley near Rich
Hill, consisting ofhimself and wife, two
grown daughters, and a boy named
Sloan, q nephew and VIM. Taylor a
neighbor stopping at his house were
killed outright Another man named
Richardson had his shoulder and collar
bone frightfully crushed. Mrs. Westleys
body was blown four hundred yards
and her clothing was entirely stripped
Off The two daughters were
carried fifty yards and were
found locked in each others arms.
The father and nephew were fearfully
mangled, and all must have been killed
by the first force of the tempest. The
dwelling, stable and outhouses were
blown entirely away, the logs being
scattered for many yards along the
sweep Of the tornado, and the hearth
and foundatian stones blown from their
places. In the vicinity of Mount Olive.
Mrs. Morgan, wife of John W. Morgan,
was killed, and dwelling and out
houses of F. Floyd We're com
pletely swept away, and the timbers
scattered in every direction. In
the village of Mount Olive several
houses were swept away and the re-
mainder otherwise injured. Fences
were were blown away along the whole
course of the tornado, posts and rail
fence being drawn out and torn into
splinters and utterly destroyed; large
trees We're twisted from their roots and
carried hundreds of yards. A consid-
cradle number Of horses, cattle and
other stock and nearly all the poultry