Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30
THE LATE TORNADO.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF THE
DISASTER AT LOUISVILLE.
The Loss Now Estimated Mt = Little Over
Ono Hundred kiIlcd-Two Moro
Bad Breaks in the Levees.
iBY telegram % tho Dispatch

much above 100. il that number is reached.
Up to this writing tho total number Of
Killed at all places whose bodies have been
recovered and of the missing who 1t ia rea-
sonably certain are dead Is lightweight.
In addition TO these there are about
dozen who are so badly injured that death
may ensue. Any where from 100 to 200 per-
sons are injured 10 an extent worth no
tlcing, and probably 500 to LOCO have very
slight bruises or scratches that do not in
convenience them.
James Eorheet, director Of the Grand
Rapids Company, brings. the details OF
havoc played there by. the storm. The
city is located about eighteen miles south
Of PadUcah and midway between the Cum
berland and Tennessee rivers. IL Is a
small place-the headquarters OF the COM
pany which was organized to develop the
iron industry. The principal Office was
completely DESTROYED and the hotel par
italy so. and eight other houses were
blown down and completely destroyed.
Richard Beck. Abe Murray, and O little boy
We're killed and seventeen others were
seriously injured. There was TO have been
land sale there April I'd, at which large
attendance was expected from all parts OF
the country. A large party OF eastern capt.
talists are expected to leave Boston to-
morrow 10 be present. The new iron
bridge Just constructed over the Cumber-
land river by the Newport News and
Mississippi-Valley road was wrenched from
the piers and thrown into the river. The
track Of the storm was also through Eddy
vile. where il struck negro settlement
and killed two persons and wounded nine
teen others.
The Masonic Committee has wired the
following TO Leander Burdick, grand mas
ter at Toledo. Ohio: From what We can
gather there are about 400 houses destroy
ed. Three hundred persons are injured
hut still alive. of whom 90 per cent. will
probably die from their injuries. One hun
bred and twenty-five are now dead. The
citizens seem DESTROYS Of caring for their
dead and injured. One lodge-roOm was
destroyed, but no lives were lost. As far as
known only one Mason was injured and he
not dangerously.
At Eminence. Ky, two men and one
child were killed and several persons in
jured. In Paducah the storm was light.
| The streets in tho district worst damaged
are picketed except between Eleventh and
Twelfth on Market streets.
The street-cars now run freely and
wagons and all but mere sight-seers are al
lowed TO pass. Hundreds Of men are busy
III trying to save stocks Of goods and pri-
waite property. The excellent work done
by the Board of Trade committees in can
wasting and learning the names Of the ac-
! tUal residents and sufferers in the Storm
/ stricken section renders imposition for
purposes Of robbery next 10 impossible.
aud the people are allowed TO 90 freely to
thcr ruined homes with friends and en-
ployes and rescue what they can. Many Of
/ those employed at work in the wreckage
are paid by the Board OF Trade Commit
/ tee, and whenever help is deserved
l. is given. At Falls City Hall about
sixty men, under the direction of Chief-of-
Police Taylor. are still at work. In all
/ siyty-seven bodies have been taken out.
/ The citizens are coming up brayely with
Subscriptions and all needs are being
promptly met for the present. Inc total
/ insurance, il il believed, Will not exceed
/ $4,000 OF this 100000 is llte-lnsurance:
Tho life-insurance is upon laborcrs and
miidle-class people, and IN small ten-cent
companies aud the Knights Of Honor.
I About $4,000 Is in the Knights of Honor
and will DO promptly paid by on assess
ment Of eight cents upon members. The
remaining $50 600 III ten-cents-a-week COM
panies may be composed in companies
/ realizing only a small part to holders Of
/ policies.
The cyclone insurance amounts TO only
! 50. gOO-of this 81 900 ia held by }. L. Gala
! CHAN and 900 By Mattingly IL Co., both
| liuuor-dealers. Their joint losses are $500.
| Tho plate-glass insurance amounts to
! $4,000.
Tie great demand now ia for brick
/ LAYERS. Probably 1000 Of these can be
| given employment. and contractors an
| uounce they will pay them $40 day. 1t
/ was rumored tins morning that the local
/ brick-}ayers would demand So per day.
/ Tomorrow q thorough system will be
nut in operation by which all cases Will be
/ attended 10. The Executive Committee,
with full corps Of assistants and clerks,
under the management of W. Il. Trolph,
chairman, will be ct tho Board-of-1rade
/ building All who are found worthy will
/ be ASST ted according to their needs and
/ the extent Of the relief fund.
The amount now in hands of Treasurer
Ruckner except what was used for urgent
cases yesterday is $4,000. The committee
/ from the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
which came down on Friday returned home
to-day. They viewed the devastation and
| said the damage was much greater than
/ they had supposed. The Executive Com
/ inittee of the Board Of Trade politely but
| firmly declined offers of assistance-Chair-
man Rolph notifying the gentlemen that
/ Louisville proposed to stand up to the
racket and care for her own people:
MAYOR Jacobs received many kilograms
/ from all over the country Offering help
and financial assistance. To oil OF them
/ the Nav0r repllcd on behalf of the citl-
J Zcns of Louisville, thanking them for their
; kind offers of assistance and stating that
money ONLY could be used. Many oilers OF
| food. clothing. medical attention, and
nurses were offered, but the Mayor felt that
/ Louisville could house and feed her
+ wounded and distressed and bury her
dead. so ell offers OF this nature were KIND
ly declined.
A telegram from the Mayor Of Boston to
J havnr Iufpl yesterday enfd
DO YOU need help from Boston!
THOMAS n. HIATT, Mayor"
To this Mayor Jacob replied that money
/ could be used to great advantage.
! Messrs. Foft Weller x Co., large New
/ York mercantile firm, teegraphed through
4 Nlc,srs. }. Bacon d Sons authorizing Mayor
JACOB to draw on them Tor $1,000, which
was done. The Hon. George K. Tanner;
president of the indianapolis Board OF
Trade. tclegraphed 70 the same effect rs
/ above, and the Mayor also drew GU MN Tor
| $1,000.
/ The following dispatch was received
from G.. ". Ferguson. proprietor Of the
/ Spectator, San Francisco:
Mayor, Louisville. KY:
Can send YOU 81 600 If you need it,
The National Association OF the he'd
Cross. at Bedford, Ind, telegraphed offer
. This kind offer was declined by Mayor Ja'
cob.
A special from Hopkinsyille, KY, says
( Reports of q most distressing nature con-
tinue to be received from this and the adj
Joining counties that were swept by the
cyclone. In some places entire farms,
/ houses, barns, and fences We're laid waste.
The loss in property Is beyond computa-
ton. Tho town of Caledonia was entirely
DESTROYED. 4 great deal OF valuable stock
was killed in every section OF this county.
There are also reports OF a number OF per-
sons beng injured by falling trees and
houses. A dispatch from Gallatin, Tenn,
saws: The news Of the terrible storm OF
Tuesday night is slow 10 obtain, ana 1t Will
be tomorrow before the full list OF the
dead and injured can be had. 1t is known
that every house and building between
Bledsue and Euia in the path OF the storm
are blown away and hundreds OF people
ara injured and without food or shelter.
IL Is reported the whole town OF DIXON
Springs, in Smith county, thrty-hye miles
distant, was swept out OF existence by IEe
angry cyclone. Wire communication Is
interrupted. c.,..,.
Those injured by the storm near Gallatin
are dong well and al viii probably re-
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