The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-04
STRICKEN LOUISVILLE.
Tho Tofnado's Terrible Work In
tho Faile City.
Wsrehoas~s. TShiis Ns,idinss and nes,.
ssnc~s Wreehsd and scor~s ~ People
Married. beneath the Kulas-Nuu.
dreds Killed and Injured.

tornado struck this city from the south.
vest, extending nor,heas,ward. leaving
death and destruction cvcrywhere. Out.
aide OF the clearly defined limits of tho
destruction the people knew only Of .
heavy rain accompanied by Ahigh Wind.
Soon came tho alarm Of fire from .
dozen different stations and the horrors
OF che calamity began TO dawn ON tho
people.
Great stone warehouses halls ~
amusement railroad stations and dwell.
Ing houses all went down before tho
mighty powers OF the air. The storm
soon passed on. the clouds scattered and
the moon cast ia light over . sorcly
stricken city. Relief parties ~crc soon
organized and the whole force OF the
mr. department was put 10 work.
The wrecked part OF the city lies be-
tween Eighteenth. broadway. seventh
and Main strrets, the storm passing d.
aGonally across that section. which IL
probably . mile squarc
Al lcas, 700 houses arc In ruins
The buildings on Main street, from
Eighth To Fourteenth, are In ruinA, not
one Of the handsome Wholesale houses
being left and all tho tobacco ware.
houses being swept away.
On Market street, Falls City Hall. .
Sour-story building. wAs blown down
while several Masonic and knights Of
Honor lodges were In session.
One hundred men and m were
buried in the ruins
Every other house on Market JcMcr-
son and Walnut strcets. from Eleventh
% sixteenth. IL In ru,nS Falkland, 0
suburb. was swept away.
A. the Union Depot, at the foot Of
Seventh street. the Chesapeake 4 Ohio
train for Washington was Just starting
hllcd with passengers The building
was Frustrated. crashing In on the train,
All tho passengers, however, wcr.
rescued except one ncwsboy
Every building. tree and telegraph
pole In the district struck Was lcyelcd.
Probably the greatest, loss 81 life a..
CURED a; he Falls City Hall. which was
the center o! the tornado. In the lower
rooms Of the hall were 80 or ~ children
with their mothers and other relatives,
taking dancing lessons There were as
least i25 persons on the lower floor, and
S5 more attending q lodge meeting ON
upper floors when the terrible wind
swept down upon tho building. Tho
entire structure, in less than Ave
minutes, was . sbarrless mascot brick
and mortar. burying 900 hclpicss victims.
Of which number few escaped uninj urcd.
Conservative estimates place the loss
Of life at this point nj 100. while other
reports Indicate the number to tc nearer
"
A. three o'clock a. m. ~ dead
bodies had been taken from this ruin
and - wounded and diving. Only those
an the th ri floor had been reached. tho
rom containing he dancing school
pupils and visitors not yet being opened.
Immediately upon the burst Of tho
cyclone the fire bells sounded and tho
police vent Ia work. In ton minutes .
posse appeared at the Falls City Hall.
The walls Of tho ad jOining house were
FIRST prcppcd un and then began the
work %! cutting through tho heavy slate
Fooi that covered all. Al ars, the work
was difficult and latorious on recount
Of the anxious multitude that throngcd
the wreck "a view the rutn. Women
worn found digging At The slate with
their fngcrS craxed st tho groans be-
meath. each 81 which they thought
aSrcnd~l from their dying oncA
The work a e~xcavating WAS then
moved from tho rcAs Of the building 20
enc front, whore IL WAS supposed th~
greater crowd ~as gathered. AZ Noon
- the roofing was removed and the
-AAA ~ Ist,l l. ~ A.. k.
that met the eyes wAs any thing bu.
hopeful. Ten women locked In zach
Others arms w~re drawn out Of tho de-
6eis. all dead but one. James Ha..cn.
whose wife hsd Neca 81 tho luis- meet
ing. VAS foremost In the work and the
drst person whom he drew out ~ the
building was his s!fc. Who died In his
armA lie laid her by the aid. ~ tho
Others ~ho were dcad and continued "a
work for the liviae.
Within the nsht hour thirty men and
women were drawn out dead. bu, With
no wounds on their bodies. and 8, IL
Enough; that all met their desth from
sufccsticn
A, twelve o'clock the opening up Of
portion ~ the debris ~ the FAlls City
Hall caused . drsuGh, 10 penetrate the
ruip~. shercupon th~ smoldsrtns Or.
broke GU, with Tremendous s~e-ccne.a
IL sprad rapidly and forced the workers
IN desert the pile. A. N a. the rr--
men bad be~n drivee Away eroans from
che imprisoned p~op.e bsrams
shr;ckS and ~ erest ~as the
horror Of the moment that the
Waschcrs grcv frsassc and scr~smed
and ran about Ike Gid. the .Hsribls
s~uHerncs which they v~rs unable 10
alleviate driving thew q despair sew.
esal lines Of men had b~~n shsovins
vsser on the AsmeA Sss IL vss more
than IN hour before vush could b. pro-
e~sded With. and tbes u VA carried %
eth much d~itneuisy % srcoans az sss
6est
TAe cyclone vss pr~As-tsi ny . sssnsi
0vvire bulletin In the s~farrnnon. bSs ~
hrsA sss Paid TO IL ussNias.
SoEyAfo IScyoWSva
A. ahntsht . ps~a osrresponAsas
called ~ the city hospital % the covssr
Vf CAsssnsi and Floyd ssr~~iA There
\ers fo.n A Sis @. the lstsrpA v.~.ius Of