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, 1890-04-03
AT JErfERsONvILLE.
No Lives Lost-,tany Marvellous rs
capes Iiep0rted.

Jeflersonville was struck by the cy-
clone at 3 O'Clock. II was heard two
miles into the country, where the peo-
pie wondered what II meant. Fortu-
huteiy not person was killed In Jeffer-
sonyille although some were badly
hurt. Scores OF business houses and
residences were more or less damaged
soine stores being nearly demolished
Dozens of people had marvellous escapes
from instant death. According to the
latest reports this evening, IL Il hoped
that none OF those injured will die.
The damage TO steamers on the river
front was considerable.
It's believed tonight that the loss
AMI damage to properly In Jefferson
vile will aggregate iully half u million.
a sKIyr BLOWN THRouon a WINDOW.
Among the many incidents reported
from there is n singular story concern
ing w. A Dorney. whose residence Is
half a block from the river. When the
tornado struck the river front, IL picked
up a skill moored there and carrying IL
along dashed it through the second
story winaow OF MIR. Dorney's resi-.
dence.
MIRACULOUS EscspEs.
AT tho Strauss house, at the corner Of
, 1890-04-03
AN WFUL FATE
The Stricken City Of
Louisville.
SEARCH FOR THE DEAD
The Grim Work Amid the
Ruins.
THE DEAD ESTIMATED AT rs
Conservative Estimates # the Pc
ouniary Loss Place II Ut
THE DEAD ESTIMATED At rs
Conservative Estimates f the Pc
ouniary Loss Place II at
Two Millions.
MANY THRILLING INCIDENTS
Marvellous Escapes From instant
Death--Ravages OF the Great
Storm Elsewhere.

LOUISVILLE, March pa tornado
entered tHu southeastern portion ut TIE
city ~ Eighteenth street and -WDp, a
path Tor i've ulucKs diugCnalS reuyuiuR
IN ragged line tu seventh street, level
lug cycty building IN its path, probably
GiuNu luuatr,
Tho city IS hllcd with ctalcd mass of
propie, wildly seeking tncir trends,
lrg force Oi men Utc ~ work on tic
runs.
An the tu,ldpC- on Main street, frou
Eighth to fuurteeutu, are In tuins not.
one oi the handsome wnOlcil!u-hnus','
being lett, and all tho tuoaeCo MAR.
hou e. weru swept away on NarSct
stfeet. The walls Ut the city hall, luur'
story lui,diu4 were h,uw' down, while
several Masonic ami Knights ol LABOR
lodges Wcrc la session. one hundNd
men and women were buried IN thc
runs.
IT CAME WITHOUT wAENtSG.
Every house on Market, Jefferson and
Walnut .troets, irUm luuIh tJSiNtuouth,
is In ruins. farkimid. suburb. has
been entirely swept away. .Such s,cs"ln'
tiun no city has known IN this country
Every building, tree and telegraph pole
Ia the district that WAS struck Isl now
lcNClrl,
Tho cyclone predicted by the signal
service came yesterday afternoon. NJ
hecu wa paid Ia tue warning ihc ~
C,One came With scarce u warning sound,
and ~ ali the buildings struCA thc IN.
laoitauts were enguuud at theu usual
work. The district laid waste cumpfecs
am area ot three mines, and nearly nail =
nulc wide.
finccn unidentified bodies are lyins
Ia heap at the Fails Clty hall There
are other heaps all over tue city. Many
bodies carried away 10y friends are in.
possible to reach.
At JEFFfiroNyiLLE.
The cyclone crossed The river, striking
!. Jcilefsonyillc, ind. and badly wreckiug
Front street, ou tnc river tront but no
lives were iust. A hundred wound .d
were takuu 10 their huuies aud the hos.
lr,'uis an tie phyHciaus ia the cttN
fires were burning, but all were cNtin.
, 1890-04-03

prcsaivc. Masses were said at the Cath
ollie churches, and sermons preached at
tho Protestant.
Offers of help continued To pour in,
and liberal contributions from home and
outside were received.
a water famine Is threatened In seri-
Gus earnest. Tho river Is at such high
stage that the injury to the pumping
station can not he repaired, and the river
Is still rising. As long as the Hood con
tinuos nothing can be done. President
Long estimates that the reservoirs barely
hold three days supply.
With four inches Of water-sohked snow
slowly melting, the situation In the dey-
astatei district hn- been gloomy to-day,
and many people tonight ars broken In
| spirit, although their physical wants
have hccu supplied. Most of the streets
in the devastated districts are ankle
deep in mud aud wltcr Tho worst re-
suit of this Is not 50 much In the addi'
/ tionnl injury to property as IN the sut-
icring to th1 Unprotected people. Scores
OF families are protected only 10y hastily
| put up huurls or canvas, and they arn
wet and cold. There Is plenty oi food,
however and the rolicf committee
and agents are striving iu every way TO
supply proper protection rom tue
weather Tor all. Tho heavy snow, how
ever, has greatly retarded the repairs in
1 the rcsiiougr district. \ vast quantity
OF household goods To-day have been
partially or wholly spoiled by the wet.
The tobacco warehouses arc pretty well
protected, and II is not thought that
their loss will bo serious.
Mayor Jacobs. in an interview this
evening, said that ho was satisfied that
the numuor of those killed uuth ght and
those wlo will die from wounds will
not reach 40.
Three Russian Jews were arrested
last night while setting fire To dc-
mOlishcd store ON Market street in the
midst of tue shattered district The
fellows will he severely dealt with. Be
sides this there have been but few
criminal attempts since the storm.
Mrs. Barnwcll, whose husband, the
rector ofst. Johns church, ami son were
killed, was rObbcd oil all her iewelry and
money, and even the body Of her dead
husband WAS not respected, his gold
watch being taken FROM his pockets.
nELIEF FfFoRrs WILL DIRECTED.
Miss Clara Barton, president OF the
American Red Cruss Association, ar.
rived IN this city with several of her
assistants.
/ In an interview last night she said
that slic found the relief work SO thor
oughly organized and proceeding so
efficiently that there was no
need OF her services here She added
tliat SHE had never known efforts for re
lief better directed. Miss Barton and
her corps of assistant. will devote their
attention to the other storln'stricken
points in this state Hud Tennessee.
MANY srRNS.TEs ~ towS.
Ther6'are great number of strangers
iu the city from outside points, and
many who had friends hero are com NJ
to see about them. Tho devastated
district was thrOugcd yesterday with
sightseers, and presented n dreury sight
TOTAL SuMBER OF rHB DEAD.
In Louisville the total number Of the
dead 50 far is ninety -thrse, and til,
wounded 100. OF the latter between
twenty and thirty are not eNpcCtcd t.
live. Possibly more than that number
will eventually succumb.
, 1890-04-03
THE STORM ELSEWHERE.
Twenty-Five Men Caught In the storm
ON Lake Michigan.

CnicAGo, March 2s-Durng the terri
BILE storm early this morning the inter-
mediate crib of the new water tunnel.
NEARLY three miles out In the lake, was
partly wrecked by the wind and waves.
Men to the number OF twenty-five, who
were NcrSing there, sought shelter on
the roof OF TIE house, where they re-
remained for several hours, the waves
dashinR over and freezing ON them, and
In momentary expectation of being car
riel away.
Fortunately a ting went out early this
forenoon with provisions and discover sd
theIr plight InV lorcc of the waves was
20 great the tug could not get near the
crin, hut returned to the city and got a
lie'saying crew and the Uoat went back.
After u couple OF flours Of hard work all
the men were taken oil and brought to
the city. Some of them were badly
trostDltten, siut il is thought that all
are now out vi danger.
, 1890-04-03

Terrible Lo = of Life and Destruction
OF Property.

LoUIsvILLE, March 3O--A special from
Poalls Mil, Ky, says that a large por.
ton of that country was devastated by
the great storm. In its track scarcely a
ycstige OF timber or property j. left.
Trees were torn from the earth and
buildings of every description were de
molishcd and scattered for miles.
Debris was picked up to-day four miles
from the place where the havoc was
wrought.
only meager accounts Of the casual
tie, have yet been gathered. as the
physicians have not returned from the
desolated district, Some people who
have como back for surgical aid give
terrible reports of the destruction, AMI
say that seventeen deaths are reported
so far, with great a number injured.
The storm first struck the hrus of
two cOlored men, laying them waste.
Next Richard Williams house was
wrecked, and ho and one child AMI
Mrs. Skclton wcTp killed and several
others hurt The farm house Of
Arnold was next visited, andthrrc OF the
family were badly injured. Thea jack
son Browns farm was struck, not II
Here three people were fatally injured.
six other farm houses In the direct track
Ol the storm were next wrecked, but the
residents fortunately escaped serious
harm. The work of destruction began
again at the farm of John Baby. Not a
yestge of this poor mans property was
lett and the'entire family were seriously
injured.
The tornado then took course across
Noblick fats, tearing half mile in
width through the forests aud leaving In
its track not single tree standing. he
yOnd the woods several more farm
dwellings were blown down. but the in
iurics. The house of Mrs. Walker was
completely demolished and all of the
family were badly hurt.
The scene Of devastation all along the
the course Oi the storm was the most
lrishtful ever witnessed Ia Kentucky.
The storm tore its way from tue last
farms through the dense forest, OF the
Green river bottoms, striking the
Louisville q Nashville ruud about hall
a mile from Sebrce. There "A heavy
freight train, including the engine, was
thrown from the track and tangled mp In
n mass OF debris. The engineer and two
train men were killed. From this point
the track OF the aerial monster stretched
across the broad bottoms toward the
Green river, crossing that stream m at the
mouth OF Graves creek and there leaving
Webster county.
dnENT LOSS or LIrE,
A Dixon, ky., special says; Aterriic
STERN passed through Webster county
Thursday evening. The tornado proper
lasted almost twenty minutes. and in
thn' time eight people were killed ana
about thirty injured, some OF whom will
die.
The property loss will amount TO $500,
a . N..
, 1890-04-03
INCIDENTS Oh rnH DISASTER.
Many Narrow Escapes and Thrilling
Exporienccs kecOuntCd.

Major Gait, of tho Louisville a Nash.
yillc and family, who liyel in two story
brick house, were sitting In an upstairs
room, when suddenly the walls fell upon
them. Major Gait succeeded in getting
out without iuiurN, but his wife was
buried IN the rUins. She was not badly
hurt, but the shock to her nervous sys-
tenn was great and sine is now lying
dan ugCrou~ly Ill.
Three lives were lost at the corner of
Eighth and Maple streets. The killed
were; John Wurrlck, aged 40; his
daughter aged l year, and James Fitz-
gerald. WarriCk Kept a grocery and at
the time Ot the accident there were in
tho stotO proper his wife and daughter,
and Fitzgerald, AZ the first gust oi
wind the walls dOuulcd up and the roof
cropped In. Warrick was crushed by
the falling timbefs and was taken out
clcau Ills wife was extracted in an
unu uonaclous condi ton, Later on III the
night the rescuing party saw tiny
hand ptolrudins rom the debris, and
the nanglod iurm OF tho baby son lay
besiue the dead iathrr's boly.
a Louisville ~ nashville brakeman
was next taken out
Eleven men were crowded into the
little barber shOp vi John Berthcr, ut
1893 broadway, AMI when the storm
burst tho roof was torn oil, the second
story Catrleu away and the sidewalks
tumpled IN. Inc mon broke windows
aud doors ana ran INTO the street. Not
ono of 1heln was huri, but the building
was totally destroyed.
IN going down the street in the oppos-
itc direction TO the course pursued by
the tornado, the first evidences OF seri-
oua destruction ans the topless and win
uUwiess houses On the north side be-
tween sixth ana seventh slreets.
, 1890-04-03
TAKING our THE DEAD.
Tho Awful Extent Of the Disa ster
Stl in Doubt.


LouIsvlLLE, KY, Mare h 29.-Up to an
early hour this morning cghty-siN
bodies hnd been taken from the Falls
CITY hail ami cellar at Eighteenth street
and Magazine street. The general be-
lief is that there are at least forty more
bodies IN the dancing HAN ruins,
The latest and most Intelligent csti-
mate OF the number OF dead throughout
the city will not exceed lJO This is
carefully made and fairly accurate.
The Masonic committee wired the
following to leander Bordick, grand
master at Toledo, ONO, to-day; "From
what We can gather there are about 400
houses DESTROYED Three hundred per-
sons are injured, of whom ~ per cent.
will probably die from the results of
their injuries. one hundred and twenty
five IRE now dead. The citizens seem tn
desire to care for their own dead and in
jured,"
Temporary roofs are being nut on
wherever possible. Hundreds Of hogs
heads ofeSposed tobacco are being carted
to the warehouses. In spite ofall efforts,
however several thousand hoPshcads
remain unprotected Oh second third and
fourth floors, There would be consider
able danger in reaching these. as they
seem ready 10 topplc into the street,
The streets in tho district where the
most damage was done are still picketed
Elsewhere wagons and ali but mere
sightscers are allowed to pass.
Hundreds OF men are busy trying to
save goods. Many OF those employed in
the wreckage are being paid by tho
board of trade committee. Whenever
help is desired II is given.
At Falls City hall the men are under
the direction of the chief of police, and
arc still at work. On the site of the
ruined hall are mounds of brick, NOR
tar beams and lnths in wild confusion.
and men are digging at the base of
them. hunting for the dead.
At the Falls City hall, when the hutri
cane struck it. in the main hail were Miss
App with her dancing school, number
Ing sixty-live. of whom it is feared that
not more than twenty escaped. These
were children with their mothers and
Nthers.
la one room on the second floor the
executive committee of the Roman
knights, consisting of seven members,
We're in session.
The Jewell Lodge, No, ., knights and
and Ladies of Honor was in session ON
the third iioor. NEARLY 100 members
were present when the building fell. OF
these it is thought that not more than
fifty escaped.
Tine Hum boldt Lodge Z. o. o. f., con-
sisting of seventeen metnbers, was hold
ing u meeting ON the same floor. Those
who escaped were badly injured.
1t is now pretty nearly certain that
the entire loss Of life will not go much
above 100. ir that number is reached.
up;o this writing the total number of
bodies recovered and missing, who 1t Is
reasonably certain are dead, is ~; in
addition there are about "A dozen SO
badly injured that death may ensuc
one hundred and fity 10 30 persons
were injured TO an extent worth no.
ticing- Probably 800 to i,uoo have very
slight bruises or scratches.
PATHETIC scrHK.
AZ Planters warehouse the body Of
Ed Moran, a foundry men In Dennis
, 1890-04-03

Spring and First streets, large number
OF people gathered for shelter a hail
OF brick and tumblIng walls fell around
building was almost totally wrecked,
none were badly hurt.
SAVED rRoM DROWNING.
At the foot of Front street boat, oc-
oupied by Henry Wilkins, his three
children and wife, were cnpsizod, and
the inmates would have been drowned
but for number of car works employees,
who heroicly riskod ther own lives and
sayeu them
, 1890-04-03
ARMED MEN ON GUARD.
Great Or wds OF women Seeking
Thotr .Flcnds Amid the Ruins

LouIsviLLE Murch 23.--Lato to night
the streets were lii only here ami thcro
by the tliCkerlng gnslamps, and present
Il dismal aspect. At the intersection Of
the streets, pass to and fro armed mill
tla-mun, who Keep back tho
croWds vino would otherwise
hamper the workmon searching for
tlte iend. The majority of tho crowds,
however, have dispersed, especially tho
women, who formed larger number Of
che spectators.
All duy hers and there along the resi-
denCo streets, within the trnck of the tor
nadO or near II, shine gnslight through
the windows, from which the glass wus
shattered nnd withilnay he seen b,aling
fires, heHped up to keep out the cool ar.
lhr los. Fortunate ones thal nave 10
roof to shelter 1neir hcuus have piled
their furniture, or rather, what Is lelt H..
ON the curb and are guarding 1t tonight
preparatory to seeking other homes to-
MORROW.
Add to all this. the frequent appear
auce of aubulancci and wngons, con-
Veying the dead or human freight To
hOspitnls, or in search OF the homes OF
stricken families and you have u slight
idea OF the sad appearance of Louisville
tonight.
, 1890-04-03

aud the debris is disappearing ON every
hand. The work Of relief IL now pro-
coeding systcmnticnllv. The clearing oI
streets entirely of the wrcckagc was be-
gun To-day.
A temporary mechanism has been
constructed, by which II is hoped the
water reservoir can bo supplied. Tho
health officers fear u great increase In
disclso as II result of tho lack of water to
Hush out the sewer connections, in case
there should be % water famine.
Out OF about eighty houses destroyed
by the tornado In JOilcrsOnvillo, the
owners of lour-iitihs of them arc poor
people, whose little homes were their
only possessions. Tho homeless ones
have heeh given shelter, but the situa'
ton over There has been much under
estimated, and help there is needed. In
the block between Market, Front and
Mulberry and Fort, nearly every home
was ruined, and most of the inmates
lost all except the clothing they wore.
subscriptions for Jctlersonylilc arv com
iuu In slowly.
, 1890-04-03

Great Damage Done at Cairo aud
Vicinity.

CAIRO, ILL.,, March 2s--The gale here
lust night on the river sank several
siantcs and fish boats on the Ohio
river, and rendered navigation almost
impo-sinl". la the city 1t blew frame
botIso inio the water. No one was hurt.
he galc blew at the rate oil sixty miles
an hour.
Al Mil Creek tive houses and several
barns were blown down .and Mrs. Hast
lin. ami Cltid were severely hurt
At Metropolis the torn do urrooied
aud otherwise d1mugod about 20
houses, among them uring tue court
house ana bank and Juugr MiIkoy's
residence. one person Was killed aud
several others were hurt.
, 1890-04-03
THE INDIANS AZ WAR.
A Three-Day Fight Betwsen Some
Mexican Troops and Two Apaches.

TuCsoS, ATE, March 2S.-Advices
from Bayispe, Sonora, Mexico, state that
official adyices have been received that
the national troops came upon two rene
gade Apachos on the 18th and ex-
changed shots with them, killing one Of
them. The other hostiies came to the
rescue, but were driven to
stronghold on the mountain. where
they kept up a fire from
early morning until late at night,
forcing the troops to retire and wound
ing three soldiers. one fatally. Next
morning the troops marched on the
stronghold but were again compelled to
retire. The next day they were REIN
forced and charged the stronghold, but
the Indians had He'd nurthward, leaving
a large amount OF supplies behind. They
were followed by the troops The In
dians had twenty-one horses and plenty
of ammunition.
, 1890-04-03

An Old and Trusted Servant Said To
Have Caused 1t.

New NoRK, March IA Washington
special in morning paper, printed with
q large display, says: lt is confden-
italy stated that tho mystery which sur
rounded the hre in Secretary Tracy's
residence is cleared up.
Well sustained rumors are that Bridget
Sweeney, a trusted cid servant, who has
boen living with the family fourteen
wears or more, has confessed that she
tired the house with kerosene. Her
statement il said to be that she poured
kerosene all over the room pareling. and
as far upstair, as her stock OF oil would
go, and went to church NO mo-
rible deed, and no possible incentive.
excepting insanity.
, 1890-04-03

western limits of the city, WAS wrecked
Tho storm struck that place before
reaching tic city, and It's course was o
most peCul lar one. IL dil not move In
direct line, moving down u path be-
tore IT, but went about its dreadful work
III u aig 2ag fashion.
ON the outskirts of the town the two.
story brick residence of Mayor Keepers
was struck by the wind aud entirely de-
mulished, The occupants escaped.
y great number OF houses wore blown
down, hut tho inmates were all up, and
cy1ry one mirnCuiuosly escaped, only u
lew being Injured, aud they not serious.
~. The track OF the storm In farklund
WAS about three blocks wide. To tho
west Of thu ,uWn, from the direction IN
which the wind came, pnth several
hundred yards wide is moved down,
trees uelng cut oil like stalks OF grain
before the reapers scythe.
rHHEE MEN BUHNED To pEATu.
one of thr most horrible occurrences
was the following; Three men were
caught in the falling timbers OF two
story building and burnCl entirely lp a
hltckcucd and chnrrcd mass in the tull
view Of tic Ieoplc in the street. They
were Bud sullivan, william Desmcrand
Zen Schildt. Nick phintmNn, the owner
OF tho buiidinE escaped, bat was badly
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thc n,i,lr
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At Thirtccnth and Walnut streets in
tho Odd Fellows hail colored lodge
was IN session. and about eight COlOred
men were badly iniured.
btsnlNrE SECTION
Ono Of the post uesolatc- looking sec
tuns Of the dHsulHtcd district Is thupgl
street. marrow thornughitrc one block
ia length extending from Main to
Market street, between Tenth and
Eleventh. Not q house ON it but is torn
to fragments, nud Debris lines bDth sides
so tliht there Is scarcely room To pass
u'tpugh the crhter OF the rFc'L
strange NJ II may seem, not WITHSTAND
M the trrrluc Iorce ol ne WlIi", "hu IN"
air being hlieu with nNinE missiles nl
every descriptions tue inofubcrs OF but
ollt lumhy ON lhc street were injured 'u
any serious extent
MUb RAEEp ur'
The devastation through the streets,
surrounding Baxter square, was COM
plctc aud Ht thc same time peculiar 1t.
Johns church was completely
wrecked, trees in the parks were
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, 1890-04-03

The white Cross Association Sends
Assl.tRuce.

WAsurNGros, March 2s.-Clara Bar
ton president of the White Cross As,o-
citation, called ON President Harrison to-
clay, ami informed him that size was 20
ing to Louisville. with large corps of
assistants to render all nid possible.
The president was much Affected ut the
tiuinRs from the 81 orm- stricken dis rlcts.
ana wished her God speed
, 1890-04-03
THE ARIA HORROR RECALLED
Captain MoCutrick Goes to Command
the Nirsle.

San FRANcBco. March 28--The steam
er Australia, which lsit here to-day for
Honolulu, took down Commander Felix
MoCutrlck, who will assume command
Of the United States steamship Nipsic-
lie was last stationed at Baltimore. The
steamer also had on board TWENTY-FIVE
men for the United States warship Mo
hican, which is at the island
, 1890-04-03
rnE STORMS IiAvAoEs.
work Commenced Repairing Dam
ages.

LOUISVILLE, April 1.-The sun came
out bright this morning and has been
shining all day The ruins dried oil
rapidly and the work of repairing the
damage by the tornado has gone forward
cnergetically. New walls are going up
, 1890-04-03
RUN rsro BIZ a TRAM.
Three Brothers Killed ON the Fri,
Ronh ThurslAY.

susouEnASs,, Penn, March 2L--A
train on the Erie road killed three well
dressed men at Rcd Rock this morning.
They are unid entitled, bat urc believed
to be the expert burglars who cracked q
safe IN Bingham last night
The men killed at Red Rock were not
burglars, but three brothers, Diedrick,
John and Henry Blakclsey, Of New
York. Henry disappeared some months
ago and the other brothers then went la
search OF him. They had just found
him and were returning home when
killed. 'n
, 1890-04-03
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ST. LOUIS, March s7.--fhs ofiicsn og
tho lower Mississippi sssamers rpost
much distress in the ov<rtiowsd districts
south Of Memphis, and the ou,iook Cor
the next crop is discoumE1nH. should
The water not dram OIL BY shA last ~
April, IL will keaiously lnleF6sr With
planting. 81 g
, 1890-04-03

Lonpos, March 4a--1sp th0ufAR6
shocmaken OF this clay have s3pSck<
The object Of tho ttriks n % ~ auo1
with Ne ''sveatkng'' 92elon- 7,