Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-02

Now Beloved That the Danger OF n
Water Famine Has Passed The
PerHous Situation OF an Infant.
1 LOUISVILLE, April AT the wsterworks
Ispporary machinery was tested to-day
Loc1srs'>d satisfactorily. It is now b..
of killed by t6s>s~- ~ . y...- Nv" 10
night is ninety -three: IS. n' nAS
Barton of Pittsburg is dead S.1.'..o wv. ~ 'no
His friends are inquiring and he css~>. suo"s
found. So far about 100 badly injusseS.o1,
have been discovered. The majority of
those who were worst hurt are at the hos
pitfalls, and several are not expected to live.
CAIRO, ILL.,, April 1.-The officers of the
steamboat Nail City report that the steamer
City of st. Paul d lying at Shotwell's Field q
complete wreck from the storm of Thursday.
The City of ST. Paul had circus on board,
twenty.three people, and Q small menagerie
belonging to George Edwards. Six of the
party are women, who are living in shanty
boat, and the mon are without shelter, fuel
or light and for days have had no food. The
spot occupied by the party is about an acre
In extent and no dry land is within twelve
miles.
ST.. LOUIS, April 1.-Information from
part of the tornado stricken region of SOUTH
fifteen families In the Bay bottoms near Coll
conda, Ill, were rendered homeless and most
of their members injured. The storm liter
ally swept growing wheat from the ground.
Ten dwellings were utterly wrecked and all
barns and other outhouses destroyed. Sew
ersl hundred head of cattle were scattered
and most of them are known to have been
across the Ohio river from Golconda, Jacob
Schab had his farm house blown away,
his barns and threshing machines wrecked
and was himself carried two hundred feet,
dashed against tree and killed instantly,
being mangled beyond recognition. Tho
house Of William Well was torn to pieces,
his furniture blown into the river five miles
away, his barn demolished, stock killed, and
of his family of five everyone had an arm or
leg broken or othwise injured: Eli Bobbett
and family were at supper, and although his
house was carried away and demolished, no
one was hurt. Some Of the dishes on the
supper table were found on the other side of
the Ohio river. At Henderson, KY, it is
estimated that over forty persons were
killed and fatally injured in that vicinity
and twice as many more wounded.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April IA special from
Glasgow, KY, says: The news just received
from the lower part of this and Allen eoun-
ties is that the tornado of Thursday night
did immense damage in that section. For ten
miles beyond Barren river and five miles on
this side the storm swept everything before
it, its track extending in width from 500
yards in some places to half mile in others.
1t seems to have Rugged the ground closely
and did not leave house or tree standing In
its course. So far as can be learned here
now Andrew Winn's house in Allen county
was leveled to the ground and his wife killed;
George Carver's house was wrecked and
his wife killed. child of John Green was
also killed; Samuel White, his wife and son
were crippled. Joseph Bush's house in Bar
ron county was just on the edge of the tor
nado and was unroofed while Alonzo Whit
ney's house near by was completely demol-
ished, as was also William Buttons. Seven
teen lives in all are said to have been lost in
Allen county.
Near Hartford, Ky, in the path of the
storm was the Gidcombe homestead. Mr..
Gidcombe, ST., had gone to Evansville on q
raft of sawlogs. His son aged twenty-two
and daughter aged seventeen were killed
outright by being crushed by stones from the
falling chimney. Two others of the family
were slightly injured.
LOUISVILLE, KY. April 1.-The work of
relieving the needs of the tornado victims in
contributions continue to come in with graf
flying libirality and these are being system.
atically applied. Notwithstanding the un-
favorable weather considerable is being done
toward restoring order in the devastated dis
trict and on Main street few of the firms
| are about ready to resume business. The
work of removing the debris from Falls City
hall has been abandoned. There are proba-
bly, no other bodies in the ruins.
The clearing of the streets of wreckage was
begun to day. A temporary mechanism has
been constructed by which it is hoped the
| water reservoir can be supplied. Health
Officer Gait said he feared a great increase of
disease as a result of lake Of water to flush
| out sewer connections in case their should be
| = water famine.
| While at work making repairs at the Falls
City tobacco warehouse last night Ernest
O'Lear fell, receiving injuries which will
probably prove fatal.
Out of about eighty houses destroyed
by the tornado in Jacksonville the
owners of four ffths of this numbe,
are poor people whose little homes
were their only possessions. All Of
the homeless ones have been given shelter BY
their more fortunate neighbors, but the stu
| ton over tire has boon much underestimate
ed and it is mistake to suppose that no as
sistance is needed in the little city across the
Ohio.
His Golden Wedding.