The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-04
FowasfsI shaking Up All Arouad.

'owasfaI Shaking Up All Arouad.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. % \ fearful
ornado played havoc in the sou .heas.ern
,ort on of this city this moraigg. Those
yho saw it say that
ONE IMMENSE BLACK CroUD
anne up from the southwest At + m;uut,s
o o'clock. II was black and gloomy
pectacle.
As it near,d the city i, was seen to be
evolving at fearful rate. Directly a |
leluge CT rain began to fall, lit up by a
red electric light 1t seemed, a.y those
who witnessed it, thEt the world was
COMING To An END;
and doubtless people in the track pursued !
by the whIriwIGd truly thought 40.
II struck the city AZ the far eud Il |
Fourth street, Rev. Stuart RJbiEsOn's house |
being one Of he first TO suffer. tn ne it !
in a northeastern direction, ieay-
ing the city st Cave Hill.
The south fence of the central part Is all
blown down.
Old Louisville Base Ball Park IL
COMPLETELY RIDDLsD
ard rot the least portion of the fence stand
iug except hall OF the east side The rloi
Of the grsnd stand ID sms-hsd into kiud
ling wood ard blown over the ground4, and
the streets are s:rewa with broken boards
and timbeTs.
Dr. Stuart Robin7on's house ia slightly
dsmagyd, sh3u; third CT the tin roof be
ing blown of.
NJ. S. Flsh5ack's carpet beati-g estsb
l;shmeat on Third street was completely
demolished. The building WAS frame
and
NOTHING Is NOW STANDING
but the foundation. The loss is 500.
The suburb known as BroSnslone Is
badly damaged. Roofs, windows, fences
and trees suffered generally.
Alfred Lewis brick house, on Third
street, had the roof blown of.
The eide Of Phil Balmer's vas shivered.
TONY kil-' ice house between ecOnd and
Thir !, hsd the roof tern of and generally
smashed.
The next place to su5er WAS Levaps
Crystal Spring. D:stillery, al the end of
First street. Here the wind across the
commons hsi a fu!l sweep and great dam
age was cour, the new brick warehouse
was completely blown down, not brick
beipg le'J sanding OF the south ard west
walls The warehouse contained 500 bar
rsis Of whisky, only three OF which were
destroyed. The in roof oil the warehouse
WIS blown of and
TORN INTO FRAGMENTS
like 50 much paper. Portions of i. we're
carried into a field a quarter Ci mile
away. Tie main Gistillery building, which
is frame, was also damaged slightly,
chimneys were blown down ard the roof in
iIred. The total loss to the disIillery Will
reacn s. 0G0. f. Msrat, pianist, Fist and
Ormsby avenue, suffered badly, a room
being torn from his house AMI one Of his
Conservatives greatly injured.
From here the tornado seemed to take
leap 10 Mechanic street, between Preston
and Shelby ami here 1t was in is
FIERCEsT FURY.
There Is hardly a house on the street
named that Is not more or less damage
The street. IL covered with shingles and
| broken boards. Adam SchUsteT's two
| story brick had the roof carried of and
! sew windows blown in, the west eide Is
| ba,iv msged. About Cave Hill there
wa auck dsmsce done 10 monuments,
/ sh, 5e.y and houses in the vicinity.
Ir three story grocery Of John
HoE-sn mad the roof Hi.sd, the
walls cracked and the wallr vas driven
into Tie building. The loss - about
$50.
| The residence Of Mr.. ". : Fleming, OF
I Eqst B-oadg sv. which was Cati hGIrhed
was badly damaged, involving lJss o.
! several hundred dollars.
| Al EurhoVs Garden the iencss wer,
rrosgratei and tees we're blown down.
st I0uer's nursery the fences were
| blown down, and a.! lie green houses more
or less damaged.
| \ large new green house % Broadway
| suffered most, the wind striking The glass
| and crushing nearly All OF it,
CAVE FILL CEMETERY
| suffered severely, the tornado st this point
appearing 10 have been exceedingly vicious
| An immense solid stone gateway was tossed
down and torn to piece. Tso-thirds OF II
| isa COMPLETE wreck, the stones being &c
| badly broken that they cannot be used
| again. II will cost about SfDD 10 restore
| the entrance. The inside Of the cemetery
looks a. IN ugh it had been Cannonsded. A
large number Of trees and shrubs were
blown down, and many monuments were
RAzED To THE GROUND.
In the southeast suburb, Germantown,
there was vide spread harm done.
The tin sheeting of the grocery OF Besss-
ford y Co, at the north G. rner Of Preston
and broadway, WAS torn OF, portion Of II
berg carried across the street.
The building at the corner OF Second and
Guthrie streets was served IN similar
manner.
on the Third street road about five miles
from she city the storm
WAS VERY sEyEEE.
At BevoUi Fig-s' place ali the stables
and on: houses we're blown down; al-o
over seven hundred panels Of fence, p1r-
tions Of the fence being carried three hun
drrds yards by the wind.
The fencing on Tie places Of John
Churchmau and Ben NclIeg5z. ia The came
neigh barhocd, were blown dpvu.
q. BOrts' house, sCioss the street, was
ULfJy4tt, ~ "fH A4-D C!luAt- L"O t-OIF
brick., little further down.
The windows 0! o. Oelhsp's cottage, on
Mechanic street, rear Shelby, were blown
in.
The roof Of ScbeId,'s grocery on Shelby
street, was Torn Of.
Conrad Ka.heiler's house was much
dam sged, the windows blown in and the
plsstering knocked down. Katheilsr had
house blown down over his head once
before, several year. ago.
The brick cottage occupied by Fred.
Apers Tas very
C-RTCU-LY D -s:CLI HE'D.
The south wall front was blosn IN and
two thirds cf the east wall blown out,
leaving tire house with two walls and a
roof. ihe furniture in the two front rooms
was carried out by the wind. Tae family
fortunately we're in the back roCom at the
time and escaped from the cottage.
TIE house at the corner e. Shelby and
Mechanic, occupied by Mrs. Rsbecca HH-
get and John HoI.z, had the entire north
half Of the roof carried of clear, while tae
south half ia uEhurt.
The Baptist church, rear Brook and
Broadway, cane in for share Of the an
age.
N INDIANA.
CIyrIysATI, o. Nov. pa dispatch
from Greeusb1rg. Ird., says heavy rain
and wind storm visited that place this