The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-29

water famine is sure 10 follow. lue O.. 'in
industry is fearfuily crippled.
The steamboats, Hibcrnia, Tell ilg.
James Guthrie. Grace Morris. and other
boats were torn from their mooriugs and
were carried holplessly down stream. an
without fires iu the furnaces. However.
all We're safely brought into port. The ferry
boat ". &. llite. with many passengers.
was snatchcd from doom just as she noared
the falls.
one of the narrowing incidents of the dis
astcr was the killing of Rev. stephen J..
Barnwcll. rector of -. Johns Episcopal
Church. and his young son Dudley. Mrs
BarnWell was so badly hurt that she may
Idle.
Merchants Home, at ill9, lost the roof
which crushed iu the rear
DIR. g.. W. Grilith's handsome residence.
at 1923 was badly damaged The east side
wall is down. Tie doctor was absent from
from the city. but his family. consisting of
a wife and several daughters. were in the
house at the time Of the accident, bat all
escaped uninWrod.
At1l2l The Clark residence was badly
damaged Mrs. a. Clark was injured on
the head by falling brick. but not seriously
hurt.
The Grant residence at1025 was wrecked
I'm the rear.
Al Twelfth and jefferson streets. three
story brick. in which are the Offices of the
Louisville City Railroad, was blown down iu
the rear.
on Green street. between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth. considerable damage was done,
fbut nobody was hurt.
w. Church's grocery. $40 Twelfth sirceL
was deprived of los roof. ON Grays0a
/ street. between Twelfth and Thirteenth.
there was injury and loss of
life. Furniture wagons crowded an The
devastated streets: what of the household
effects remained were bcin. moved and plies
0fdamaeed furniture lined the streets. Many
! the families who live in the devastated
/ districts and whose residences were slightly
/ injured last night, are in constant fear That
some of ihencighDornc topping walls VIII
crash into their houses.
LATEST DETAILS.
/ I'm dozens of places the houses We're enc
/ tireiy razed 90 the ground, yet in many of
them the residents escaped uninjund. or
/ SLIGHTLY bruised The cyclone seemed iN
/ take hendish pride iu faniasilcaliy ninung
/ the residences. Frequently Tine front OF
+ three-st0ry house had Dos front cut u0m li.
/ the rest remaining unnarmed.
ON jefferson street the track oi the cyclone
extended from Ninih % Twelfth street.
/ Botweeni Ninth and Tenth streets mo- great
damage was done. The roof was torn oh
I fha residence of Charles Osborne at lOl4.
partly unr0oied. A.Bentey' house, no lOlv.
was wrecked in the second story. one OF iAe
family was slightly injured. Al lV2i. ine
+ Gray homestead had one of its sides blown
down.
/ J.. Whites property at 1925 is the worst
damaged house on that square, beng almost
entirely demolished.
II. Ncwman's residence. lN-. was de-
privcd of its roof j. GOitschalk. the Drug
D Cd ID N..II IIII .II I..If o.
bis house damaged IN the rear.
At Eleventh and Jefferson, tae NcDei-
mott House was utterly wrecked.
The residence of j. okillmln, at llDl lost
it's roof
Braxton Square. the beautiful and Well
/ cultivated park. was completely ruined. /
/ Handsome trees that yesterday added natu-
/ ty tl the surrounding De stretched ODD il.
ground. fully tw0-ihirds OF The ueauiiui
+ trees are down.
The Bland Bethel tobacco factory. Green
street. near Eleventh, is minus it's upper
story.
The Webb residence. at 1ill. is down in
front. just next door t0 tIi- Icsidenc. pre-
CURED one of the eaddcst tragedies Oi il.
awful disaster Rey. >. J.. BarnWeI anl
T DIS f0ur-ycar-oid SON. Dudley. were caus.i
/ in the ruins of The reciory and afterwards
/ burned Oh death.
The Barns residence, at lll7, was badly
/ damaged.
OTHER ACCOUNTS.
CINCINNATI Mar. 2S.-Conduclor Il. b.
llObun. of The Louisville and NashNiiie
train. which arrived at III. $50 this morning.
said tO "a reporter. "All along The line come F
/ ing ouf Of Louisville telegraph poles wires
and timber are scattered iu All directions. +
/ We were DELAYED for that reason. AT i.A
/ Grange. twonty-seycn miles ont from LOUIS
vile. there is much damage done. AT i..i-
nouce. forty miles southeast ol ioui-fili,-
several persons were Killed. ne "Do''
country coming ont of Louisville Dr. oh. +
mass of mingled TIMBER trees and DINER
DEBRIS
Another train-mau said. The storm
struck the city from tine southwest ANA ran
/ i'm "a zi.Iag direction across the cll. -iiuth
/ the depot and jumped the river. stiAih-
/ Jacksonville. st least nine or ten blocks
|rfthdt place were destroyed. Before iedf-
+ ing this morning at $ o'clock, siNti-ei-hl /
bodies were taken from RAILS Oiil
+ Hall. where there were hundreds ol
people at the time OF The accident lne
most destruction took place lu the main
part of thecity. IAe West End came in loi
4 "a biz share. The awful tornado didn't take
/ a straight course. bui jumped upon One
block and down another. and here and thtfc.
/ Port ROYAL. Henry county forty miles f.m
/ Louisville, is reported as beng entirely "'-
mClished.'
Al Pcndleton. thirty-ihree miles from
/ Louisville. q $1,000 insurance policy was
found hanging on bush near the railroad
track. The policy belongs TO man in
/ Louisville. and had been blown all the Wd!
from the city.
An SORTS of clothing, pieces Of timber ana
7 debris Of all sorts were scattered aiph- tit
F line.
MISS BARTON 40 THE RESCUE.
WASHINGTON. ID. g.. Mar. 2s.-1ii.7
T Clara Barton, of the Red cross 0o'i ttt'
called at the White House to-day and in-
/ formed the President. who is lhe ex-lilci0
/ chairman OF the government n1diu ul iAti
oro9nizafiOn. that DO was Der Intention io
start for Louisville and the devastated ais-
trict tonight. 90 give what and she could TO
the sufferers from last nights disaster.
ArOwN WIPED OUr.
CrNcINNArI. Mar. 2s.-Late dispatches
state that the tornado struck the town oi
Bowling Green, Warren county, hy.' ana
/ ccmulotelv wiped 10 ont As lhe wires are
down. mo- detailed report could De goi- ana
hus the meagTc fact that the calamity niu
occurred. has been received. boMiih-
Green had a population Of between '.'9'
and 5000 inhabitants. and the loss oil iiie DO
/ couierfurod 10 De cOrrespO spOndingly large.
.
OF the tornado. ar traced on the map, ana
/ the report, no doubt, is true,
MORE DEATHS AND pKsrRt CiioN.
CAIRO. Ills. March 2S-A ierrine
cyclone struck the town of Metropolis, lli.'
some twenty-five miles above here, on ihe
Illinois side Of the Ohio river, between
and . O'Clock last evening. and cut clean
swathe about "a quarter of mile
wide clear across the town. wreck
ing propertp OF all descriptions ana
burying men, women ana chiiuieh ii
the debris of falling buildings. The NUM-
her of victims could not De ascerianed lasi
night. but il is reported that several hum
dred people were killed or wounded ana
between two and three hundred houses
were swept from their foundations ana
dashed % pieces.
NASHVILLE, Ill.
-. LOUIS, Mar. 2S.-A special ifom NASH
vile. lll.. 30 the Republic. SAYS that ine eye
! clone struck that place last night witn ter
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