Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-04-05
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LOUISVILLE, KY, March 81.-All Sat
urday night the search parties contin
ued their labors and the sound Of rat
Ting wagons rose out Of every street
Carpenters and timers worked like
beavers the whole day trying to repair
broken roofs and strengthen dangerous
~ weakened walls. Gangs Of linemer
were getting the tangled and broken
wires OF the telephone and telegraph
out Of the way OF further repairs.
Meanwhile the solemn tolling Of
church bells, the frequent passage Of
laden hearses and long lines of funeral
carriages gave note to the hurrying
crowd that the tornado's victims were
passing to their last abode.
Careful estimates by competent un-
derwriters and salvage agents are nearly
agreed that the damage to buildings OF
all classes, to domestic goods and COM
mercial stocks will aggregate close to
81, 500, 900, with O liberal allowance for
rebuilding and repairs. The main point
Of comfort, though, is that the loss OF
life will not prove nearly so great as
first supposed. At late hour ninety
four names were borne on the list Of the
dead and Of these but three were taken
from the ruins during the whole Of
yesterday
The work of burying the dead went
on with CHASTITY systematic briskness
yesterday. All Of the hearses in the
city were taxed to their utmost One
procession contained five hearseS con-
veying the bodies Of the unfortunate
laundry girls, Maggie Mcclure, Mary
Ryan, Bridget Crow, Maggie Campbell
and Mary McGinty, whose funeral SER
vices were held at the Cathedral at the
same time.
So urgent we're the demands on the
undertakers that as rule but two hacks
were allowed to each funeral Even
with this arrangement the facilities
were inadequate and the electric street
cars via Green street and Baxter avenue
to the cemetery were called into requisi.
ton as more rapid means Of funeral
conveyance
Twenty-four funeral professions
passed out Broadway yesterday en- route
to Cave Hill. The funeral Of Rev. DR.
Barnwell, pastor of St Johns Episcopal
Church, took place at noon, and his son,
Dudley Barnwell, was buried ut the
Same time. The owners OF carriages
and hacks raised their charges to $40 for
the use of their vehicles, and as q con.
sequence all the carriages available in
Jacksonville and New Albany were
brought to this city, while some Of the
colored people and the poorer of the un.
fortunate families were forced to use
express and transfer wagons.
Offers of help continue to come in.
Liberal contributions to the fund are re-
ported from citizens here and several
from the outside. Among others j. FL.
Kemble, of Philadelphia, sends check
for 81, 900 to Hon. Henry Watterson at
Jacksonville, Fla, to be used here.
THE HAVOC AT DIXON.
DIXON, KY, March 31.-The most ter
rife storm that ever invaded this Sec
ton of the State passed through Web
ster County Thursday afternoon, about
six o'clock. The storm made its appear
ance as an ordinary storm usually does,
but it's cloud soon assumed light red
color, with dark cloud hanging in the
center and funnel shaped. Then q
rumbling sound ensued, accompanied by
thunder, lightning, hail and rain, and
the storm burst forth in its full furya 1t
was about twenty minutes in duration,
but in that time eight lives were lost
and about thirty persons were wounded,
some of whom will die, and about $780,
900 worth of property was destroyed.
SCORES MORE KILLED.
CLAY, KY, March S1.-The number Of
lives lost will not fall short of fifty in
this section, while the damage to prop
erty is estimated at about $4,000.
HARTFORD, KY, March 31.-A messen'
ger from the Duke neighborhood, who
came to town Friday morning for physi-
clans, reports that Farmer Gid Combs
house in that neighborhood was blown
down, killing two children and bruising
and injuring the remaining five persons
in the house so badly that one was re-
ported to be dying and the others suffer
ing intensely with broken limbs and in
ternal injuries