The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-21

here DESTROYED is not known for nothing is left
IN many niaces to mark the lot Fifteen founda-
saons sfiH remain. In six acres. formerly well
bullt up, hut three houses standing II the
path OF the etorm. and these are wrecked
On the right and left of the path
the oeoris plunged like catApuits IL homes
more fortunate. Looking northeast ward across
lne railroad ,he ruin appears more terrible, De.
cause the buildings were larger. heavier and
more compact. and the wave that swept for 600
Yards clean swatn, tearing down fences and
trees piled up the debris either side, and left
naked fence posts and foundAtion- walls to mark
the spots of residences There still remain on
either side Of the path dismantled frame houses,
stands the monumental ruins of the thrse-story
brick -four. mill, the walls stripped down
and the machinery exposed and on tbs
north, partially surrounded by uninjured houses,
the crushed Baptist Church and the large brick
Commercial Hotel, unroofed and partially torn
down. Six hundred yards further on 10 the
corner. and in front stands the shattered court
house with dome thrown down over the on
trance. the walla cracked and partially tumbled
down. and in the Supreme Court yard lie the
tin and timber and roofs of adjacent buildings.
In front of the postufice. across Bunton street,
q brick building was razed to the ground, and
nearly all to the south and east Jared likewise.
but Uncle Sans quarters were scarcely touched.
The streets here are broad. but to-day are filled
with the debris of the business houses of Bunton
and Washington streets. along the eastern side of
which not one house remains standing. even
partially preserved. Unable to thoroughly
tear asunder the frame work OF
twisted into useless masses, and the roofs
carried awav, aud the fronts and rear knocked
out. Several brick blocks of three stories gave
air of substantially to these streets. The
cyclone ground the walls to level. and the fnr-
naces set FIRE to the woodwork and destroyed
the last plank The Evans Bank. on the
safe cracked with the heat I'm
der the ruins yet uneartned lie
tas charred remains of j. c. Murray, owner of
the block. Looking TO the south and east from
this corner. the spectator will line of gro-
ceries. warehouses, and few damaged saloons
lying against each other, but still holding to-
gether. Wines and liquors had been swept out
but the enterprising hummer had headquarters
and signs up long before the excursi0nists began
to pour in or the ruins were cleared of their
dead. The reputable portion of this block,
bakery, caught fire, aud was consumed Other
bakeries were wiped out of existence and to-day
not q loaf of bread was to be purchased in the
town. nor will such a state OF affairs soon be
remedied. However. no one suffers for want of
food shelter clothing.
Along Washington street. just back of the
court house, IL was hard to tell just where one
building began and the other left off. Floors
roofs sides of buildings and partitions were
shuff14d up in confusion, and crushed against
the few brick walls that still remained standins
Every thing along here was dead loss, not even
the precaution of fire assurance heing available
Bunion street, east of Washincton, was COM
pletay blocked by the walls of Stratton & John
sons fallen block, from tho rear Of which the
view OF the destruction of large warehouses and
handsome residences is much like an abandoned
lumber-yard and rubbishot There were build
ines here. and the lumber shows it. but the
chaos is complete. Where houses have been
torn asunder and swept away and
the timbers scattered hither and
eye. the desolation that is presented by row Of
mansions with the sides stripped off, the roofs
upon the parlors below. yet supporting what
shows plainly q tidy chamber. but
strewn with rubbish, or. in many places, only
nors,co p" or steps and foanda.,on wall ana eel
that 10 left OF once luxurious furniture. This
is all that 10 left of East Mount
cloud bounded away through the woodland
and over the prairie to return no more.
The came ont at once, aud since
ensa the rloom '"s tn. dead wsrs lad swsy and
the wounded were carefully cared for. the
corps of physicians that responded TO the first
iS1.vs moved from place to place. The shock 20
many has been terrible, and outside OF breaks
mud bruises the physicians still have been re-
quired.
The property loss will aggregate nearly half a
million dollars. and falls heavily upon . thriv.
ing community. One hundred and hfty ons.
story frame residences Ia the northeast portion
OF the city. and as many OF tho same character
in tho southwestern, are total wrecks
Summing up. the county building, tbs churches,
business house. and stdcks OF goods aggregate q
loes or saO O00 fine residences totally destroyed,
900; nn- residences injured. $4,000; cot
taces. warehouses, barns. etc.. Sll5, 900; total.
$573.000 Other incidsntais will increase this.
All day long the funeral tramp has been heard
through the t0wn. and every little while a body
OF men passed down the street. carrying the re.
mains to the home OF q friend TO await burial.
As vet no arrangement has been made for gen.
eral funeral. Somo IF tho bodies have been
taken to other towns and some into the country.
The following is n list OF the dead:
David Yearwood; Mira. j. L. Waters and baby;
J. q. Murray; Mrs Russell Dewey: Mary West
brook; Henry Walters; James Peidson; Charles
Cunning; Mrs. Calvin Cooper; Geo. Persons aud
Elvina Martin tcolored;l Johnnie Yearwood;
Sam Yearwood and wife; Frank Cl,ghtman; Ada
Garter tcoored); Miss Josie sutton; John Dod-
son. jr.; Joseph Shew; Mrs John Shelton; Mrs.
Charles Hntchinson; Miss Irwin; NeItie
Shields; Amanda Rierdon; an unknown man;
Mrs l.. u. Lsges; George Jones's youngest
child
\ The following are injured:
Lizzie Bonnell, limb broken and head crushed,
will die; Chas. Pool. squeezed nearly to death
by q house falling HIM, but he is the
street; Lew Emerson, hurt about the leg and
knee; Henry Ellis. bruised, but not seriously;
Joe Howard. badly bruised; Walter Jones (col-
Harper. .tcolored), no. expected TO live; VIM
Hogan, badly iammed; Hogans child is diving,
6nth.sleR: are oroken;. Mr. Zach Brszza,
badly hur,; Mrs. ABE Hicks, very badly bruised;
Dolph Isain's ten-year-od daughter was buried
in debris and very badly bruised; Mrs. Henry
waite ifS not expected 10 i've, Mrs. anu Mr.
q Galbreath. seriously injured; Charles Wier,
badly hurt; Steve Maxey leg broken; Mrs. w.
H. .Henman, slightly; Amanda Bierden, badly
injured; ID. @. Hambrnk arm broken and in
jnrsd about the head; Corinne Hambrick
fatally injured; Mrs. Jacob Albright, not
expected to live; Mrs. Liiikraft, can
not live; Mrs. Isam, not seriously;
Mrr Hattie Snow, badly injured; Mrs. Emory
Malo. not expected to live; Jennie Lanth. badly
bruised; Mr. Shelton and wife, and Joe Stafford,
bruised, but able to be about; Mr. KIRK and fam
Ara nal IN nm hlft ut Garin W in
iured; Lew Lancy, injured able to b. out; Wm
Brazzle, wife and child, badly injured; John
Isam tcoioredl. arm broken; Mr. Hogan,
bruised wife and boy. badly; Sam Pounsney,
broken; Mrs Gabs Geries not expected TO
live; John Dodson and wife, badly injured, not
expected to recover Geo. Joness children (col-
ored).
As soon the injured were removed from the
ruins they were conveyed to their homes or 70