Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-31
KENTUCKY STORMS.
Fearful Havoc in the Blue
Grass State.
Great Loss of Life Outside
Louisville.
The TOrnado's Course Through
Webster County.
Everything in the Aerial Monsters Path
Leveled to the Ground-Innumer-
able Casualties.
Associated Press Dispatches. !

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 3O.--A Dixon
KY, special says A terrific storm
passed through Webster county Thurs
day evening. The tornado proper lastet
about twenty minutes, and in that time
eight people were killed and about
thirty injured, some of whom will die
The property loss will amount to 5000,
600. All through the storm section, as
far as can be seen, houses are derhol
! ished, trees uprooted and debris scat
tered all over the country. A large
amount of stock was killed. A number
of people are destitute, but are being
cared for now 1t will not be necessary,
however, to ask for outside aid.
Terrible Destruction.
A special from Poole's Mill, KY, says
that a large portion of that country was
devastated by the great storm. In its
track scarcely vestige of timber or
property is left. Trees were torn from
the earth, and buildings of every descrip-
tion demolished and scattered for miles
Debris was picked up today four miles
from the place where the havoc was
wrought. Only meagre account of the
casualties has yet been gathered, as the
physicians have not yet returned from
the desolated districts Some people who
have come here for surgical aid, give
terrible reports of the destruction,
and say seventeen deaths are reported
so far, with great number of injured.
The Tornado's Track.
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colored men, laying them waste. Next
Richard Williams's house was wrecked,
and he and one child and Mr.. Shelton
were killed, and several others hurt.
The farmhouse of William Arnold was
next visited, and three of his family
were badly injured. Then Jackson
Browns farm was struck. Not build
ing or fence was left standing. Here
three people were fatally injured. Six
other farm-houses in the direct track of
the storm were next wrecked, but the.
residents fortunately escaped harm. The
death work began again at the farm
of John Baby. Not vestige of this
poor mans property was left, and the
entire family were seriously injured.
The tornado then took a course across
Noblick flats, tearing half mile in
width through the forest, and leaving
in its track not q single tree standing.
Beyond the woods several more farm
dwellings, were blown down, but the in
mates escaped with slight injuries. The
house of Mrs. Walker was completely
demolished, and all of her family badly
hurt.
Awful Devastation.
The scene of devastation all along the
hurricanes course is the most frightful
ever witnessed in Kentucky. The
storm tore it's way from the last
named farms through the dense forest
of the Green river bottoms, striking the
Louisville and Nashville railroad about
half mile from Sebree. There heavy
freight train, including the engine, was
thrown from the track and piled up in a
tangled mass of debris. The engineer
and two trainmen were killed.
From this point the track Of the aerial
monster stretched across the broad
bottoms toward Green river, crossing
that stream at the mouth of Graves
creek, and there leaving Webster county.
A special from Hartford, KY, reports
several farm houses wrecked in that
section. Three persons were killed and
a number of people hurt.
Destruction at West Louisville.
OwENsBoRo, KY, March 30.-It is
learned tonight that at West Louisville,
not business house was left standing,
and but one dwelling can be seen. Only
one person was killed. The injured
number fifteen, of whom four are not
likely to recover.