The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-11
A CITY Tn Ruins.
! louisville, Kentucky, Wrecked
by a Great Tornado.
"S, women and Children Buried
Boncath Falling wNlIs-Huudrcds
oil ERni q H0melc.S

nS, Women and Children Buried
beneath Falling wnlIs-Huudrcds
OF Fami 4 8 Homeless.
Inc tornado which swept through tbi, city
shortly after eight o'clock left death and des-
O!ation in its track. Outside OF tho clearly
defue l limits the oitizans knew only of q
heavy rain, accompanied by a high wind.
Soon came the alarm Of fire from a dc z,n
different stations, and the horrors of the
calamity began to dawn on the people.
Warehouses, halls OF amusement, railroad
Stations and dwelling houses-a1 went down
iorm soon sssed on, the ciound 1cattered.
bnd the moon cast its light over strick, n
city. The tornado struck tn, southeastern
portion OF the city at ghteenth street, and
swept a path i've blocks wide Iiagohally,
re.ehing In ragged line to Seventh street.
The buildings Oh Main street, from Eighth
to Fourteenth Streets are in ruins, not one
OF the handsome wholesale houses being lef.,
and all the tobacco warehouses were swept
away. On Market street. Falls City HILL, n
four story builLiny, was blown down wb.Ie
several Masonic ami Knights Of Honor 10 Iges
were in -ssion, and one hundred men and
women buried in the ruis Every other
house on nj ,rket, Jefferion aud Walnut
streets, from Tenth to Sixteenth, is in rufus.
Parklsu1, suburb, wes demolished At the
Union Depot, at the fo,t OF Seventh street,
the Chesapeake and Olio train, Tor Washins Z
ion was just starting cut filled with passen.
gers. The building was pre- strateI, crashing
in ON the train. All the passengers, howover,
were rescued, except ono newsboy.
The relief committee of the Boarl OF Traie
issued the following:
ht ca'an ty that has overtaken the city
OF Lou sville by the tornado about min.
o'clock, Spread over territory Of our city
covering splcs Of ground four hundred
yards wide aud tl9ee mi,es1n length, through
.bs tusfne ss and resfd nee orrfon or our city.
The lose OF II Is In the neighhorhood, it is
believed, OF some ssventy-f five persons aud
the loss to the city, the calamity in damage
to houses and goois. 10 beiev cd not to exceed
two millions OF do lars. While the calamity
Is great one. our ctiz 'ns feel abl, to cops
with IL, and are not cast down, but will at
once proceed to repair and resume in ths
channels now interrupted. IL all other por.
tions OF tie city bu 'iness is resuming its usual
channels"
The greatest loss of life occurred at the
Falls CITY Hall, which W Is in the centre Of
the torna 10. In the lower rooms of the hall
were fifty or s,v' nty five children, " ith their
mothers and other relatives, taking dancing
les ons. There were at least one hundred and
twenty five persons on the lower floors, and
seventy. five more attending a 10 Ige meeting
on the upper floor when the terri BILE wind
swooped down upon the building. The entire
structure In less than Eve minutes was a
shapslSss mass OF brick and mortar, aud
number Of persons XII lei and injured.
The wiud had scarcely completed its awful
work when the fire bells sounded, and the
police aud citizens began the task Of search
ing for the dead aud caring for the d ing and
Injured. d fficult was the task to clear the
rutns OF woWaHxssh2, Hsls found digging at