Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-29
TEMPEST TOSSED.
LOUISVILLE SHAKEN UP.

LOUISVILLE SHAKEN Ur.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Nov. ga fearful tor.
nado played havoc in the southern portion Of
the city this morning. Those who saw It say
that one immense black cloud came up from
the southwest at four minutes to o'clock. 1t
was a black and gloomy spectacle as it neared
the city. 1t was seen to revolve at fearful
rate. Directly deluge of rain began to fall,
lit up by red electric light 1t seemed to say
to those who witnessed it, that the world was
coming to an end, and doubtless people in the
track pursued by the whirlwind really thought
so. 1t struck the city at the further end of
Fourth street, Rev. Stuart Robinsou's house
being one Of the Grst to suffer; thence it
continued in q northeasterly direction, leaving
the city at Cave Hill. The south fence
of Central park is all blown down.
The old Louisville base ball park is completely
riddled, not the least portion of the eubstan-
tial fence standing except one-half of the east
into kiudliug wood and blown away. The
grounds and street strewn with broken
boards and timber. Dr. Stuart Robinson =
house is slightly damaged. about one third of
the tin roof being blown off, ". 8. Fishbaok's
carpet beating establishment on Third street
was completely demolished. The building was
frame and nothing Is now standing but the
foundation. Loss, 800. The suburb known
as Brownstoa was
BADLY DAMAGED.
Roofs, windows, fences and trees suffered
generally. Alfred Lewis Bucks house on Third
street had the roof blown of. The side of Phil.
Belmer's house shivered. Tompkin's ice
house, between Second and Third streets, had
Ill
The next place to suffer was tho Lavel Crystal
Spring dis:ilery, at the end of First street.
Here the wind from across the commons had
full sweep, and great damage was done. The
new brick warehouse com pletely blown
down, not a brick being left standing Of the
south aud west walls. The warehouse con-
tanned 500 barrels of whisky, only three of
which were destroyed. The tin roof Of the
warehouse was blown and torn into fragments
LIKE 80 MUCH PAPER.
Portions of it were carried into q field a
quarter of mile away. The main distillery
building, which is frame, was also damaged
slightly. chmneys blown down and roof In
jured. The total loss to the distillery will
reach $500. +. Morat, florist, on First and
Ormsby avenues, suffered badly, the roof be-
ing torn from bis house and one of his con-
seryatories being greatly damaged. From here
the tornado seemed to take leap to Mechanic
street. between Preston and Shelby, and here
1t was in its
F1gaoEsT FURY.
Thorc is hardly houss on the street named
that is not more or less damaged. The street
is covered with nhinglesj and broken boards
Adam Shustsr' 8 two story brick had the roof
carried off aud several windows blown in on the
west side badly damaged. G.. Bart's house
across the street was unroofed, as was also
Schultz two story brick. little further
down, the windows of O'Olhelp's cottage on
Mechanic street, near Shelby, were blown in.
The roof of Schalda s grocery on Shelby street,
was torn off. Conrad Kathamers house was
much damaged, the windows blown in, and
plastering knocked down. Kalthamar had a
house blown down over his head before, several
years ago. The brick co..
tage occupied by Fred. Akers was very
cUnIoUsLY DEMOLISHED.
The south wall front was blown in and two
thirds of the east wall blown out, leaving the
house with two walls and a roof. The furni-
ture in the two front rooms was carried out by
the wind. The family were fortunately in the
hack room at the time and escaped. The
frame cottage. corner of Shelby and Mechanic
streets, occ apied by Mrs. Rebeccs Huget and
John Holtz, bad the entire north of the roof
carried off clear while the south half is I'M
hurt The Baptist church, near Brooks and
Broadway. came in for share of the damages
struck the eastern slope of the roof tore up a
lot of slate on the lower edge, sent it up
towards the top aud driving it under the slate.
ABOUT CAVE HILL
taere was much damage done to the monu-
ments, scrubbery and the houses in this vicln-
ity. The thres-story grocery of John Hoffman
had the roof lifted, walls cracked, and the
water was driven into the building. Loss
about $3.50. The residence of MIR. W. B.
Flemming. on East Broadway, which was
about half finished was badly shattered, in
volving loss of several hundred dollars. At
Burthel Garden the fences were Frustrated aud
trees were blown down. At A. Lauers uurs
cry the fences we're blown down and all the
green houses moro or less damaged. A large
new greenhouse on Broadway suffered severely,
the wind striking the glass and crushing near
ly all of it. Cave Hill cemetery suffered Sc.
verely. the tornado at this point appearing tc
have been
EXCEEDINGLY VICIOUS.
The immense solid stone gateway was tossed
down and torn to pieces. Two 'thirds of it is
complete wreck, the stones being SO badly
broken that they cannot be used again. It will
cost about 100 to restore the entrance. In
side the cemetery it looks as though it had
been cannonaded. A large number of trees
and shrubs were blown down and many monu.
ments were RACED to the ground. In the south
costSltl ShoOt 0cEu3uLO"Q, GQcro was great
harm done. The tin sheeting of the grocery
store of Blassford & Co., at the north corner OF
Preston and Broadway, was torn off, a portion
of it being carried across the street. The
building on the corner of Second and Guthrie
stress was served in the same manner. On
the Third street road, about five miles from the
city. the storm was very severe At Beroni
Eggs place all the stables and outhouses were
blown down. Also over 700 panels of fence,
portions of fencing being carried 800 yards BY
the wind. The fencing on the places of John
Churchmea aud Ben McGeers, in the same
neighborhood, were blown away.
VELOCITY OF THE WIND.
The signal service officer says that from 5 Il
6 o'clock the wind blew at the rate of twenty
four miles al hour, but about O'Clock it sud
denly increased to So miles per hour, blowing
in quick, violent gusts. In five minutes time
it subsidized rs suddenly as it had risen. Dur
iug the night l. 60 inches of rain have fallen
Persons who saw the storm say i: was accom-
panied by singular milling or roaring nois,
caused by wind. The hurricane seemed to con
centrate its force within strip Of TERRITORY
two squares wide.
OTHER CASUALTIES
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION.