The evening world., 1890-03-31
DAMP SNOW At LOUISVILLE.
Adding to the Material Loss in
the Stricken City.
Yesterdays Funerals - To- Days
Continued Work at the Ruins.
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LOUISVILLE, March 3l.-The snow which
began last night continues to-day, and as II
is heavy and damp IL will materially increase
the financial loss brought about through
last weeks terrible visitation.
The tobacco men especially will feel the
added loss.
The leaden skies and falling snow make IL
q gloomy Monday, and il follows one OF the
saddcst of Sundays
Palms which decorated church altnrs yes
terday morning for the Palm Sunday services
gave way in tho afternoon to the symbols OF
mourning.
There were funerals at almost every
church. besides tn, number at which only
private services were held, and tho streets
were full OF the carriages of mourners. At
one time twenty professions were mov-
inc simultaneously. In all, forty-tive
victims OF tho to,nado were laid away
during the day. and not all the dead are yet
put to rost.
The Courier ,To,vndi's estimate of the
number OF lives lost allows range from
10 to l25. OF tho property loss
81, 900, 900 to 81, .5o, 900.
Thf ba BSSd sS loss o ]n'Se II SnE
and housefurnishings will reach 81. 6oo,-
Among the funeral services OF yesterday
dead in the Wright building, adjoining the
Loui,yille Hotel.
The bodies lay in Ave caskets. plsced side
sy de below Tue altar TIN IN the fhd
toned to the services.
The funeral of Rev. s.. Z. .Rarnwell. the
dead rector OF St. Johns, and hs little boy.
Dudlay, takes place to-day from ST. Pauls
prOteA ant EpiscOpal Church.
The charred remains of father and child
rcpose together In n handsome casket COW
simple inscription, Rev. =. L. Darnwell
and little Dudley"
The Systematic work Mt cleaning up debris
and ,opening streets has borne noticeable
All day yesterday it was kept up. and
bright and early to-day it was resumed,
though the snowfall made the task much
harder.
Many streets are opened so that the olec-
trio cars are again running and business 10
to kome extent resume ed.
Several thousand men were at work yes
terday.
Carpenters were busy constructing tenn
porary shelter for goods; timers were at
work putting ON nov roofs or repairing old
ones; bricklavers we're closing MP great
rents in brick walls Or rebuilding demolished
chimncys.
Transfers were busy hauling away to-
bGcco, while hundreds OF men were shovel
ling brick. mortar and broken lath into
whiting carts.
At the Union Depdt Feventy-ave men were
put to work, and by noon all the roof tim
berR, sheathing and tin had been removed
from half of the fhllen structure. leaving
the twisted, bent al, broken skeleton ex-
posed to the wondering stare OF the multi
tude.
When the tempest ttruck the depot il was
with u vertical crush Ing power that fiattened
the roof to the ground.
The platform, wheii the ruined roof was
raised, was sight. Broken trunks. whose
contents were scatt,red broadcast; burSt
valises, women's has1, bonnets and wells.
torn dresses and ruined trousers, smashed
baggage. trunks. and heaps OF freight mali
fiesta a md railroad reports we're sown about
as thickly a. rose lenvjis in June.
In escaping from Tho depot the panic
stricken passengers had left everything be-
hind.
Tho water supply in the city Is running
very low, aud IL Is feared that by tonight IL
will be almost entirely gone.
Every effort il being made to complete .
temporary stand-pip$, and it will be finished
by Wednesday,.
s4H, 900, the present amount OF tho private
the Relief Committee has
tBs, 900 on hand. and although no call is
made for outside assistance there Is yet a
chance to use much more money.