Daily Republican., 1890-03-29
#E DREAD CYCLONE.
|e1lcvLARs OF THE loo's-
VILE CALAMITY.

Track OF
mae, Long aud Four Hundred
Yard. wide-At Least 20
Persons Killed.
,.,,,tr. Ey., March 2s.-Besween
q o'e,ccK last night y tofnauo
y ss cl!y IRON the southwest
. A,s,,l @ leaving death and des-
a's''s ", 's,sryvterc. Outs de Of the
v. w. iesned limits the citizens Knew
af heavy rain, accompanied py :
~,rd soon cauc the alarm .. nte
.,lo,en different stations, aud 'he
~. If tue calamity began to dawn
r,,,;ie. Great stone warehouses,
r amusement, railroad stations
,,.Illug houses AL went down bel re
r,,ftv powers Of the ar. Tho s'orm
s.cd on, tho clouds sssttsred and
~ CAS-. its light over . sorely
\ civ. Relief parties were soon
,,.d The whole iorce Of the nrs
Itnent was g. work.
,I,.,, two hundred houses are 10
II IA feared that ut least 2O0 hves
lul, ,,-,,,. ,a
!. s,,s., warehouses could not possi-
tay, le,u more complstc. Thousands
ns,hc,a, Of tobacco lay In the mass
aIcl and n9,lar, some exposed TO
o,hc,, pu,lA from sight beneath
ieu,M.
% Nssp turnei iaio hastily improvised
,,ue, where ,hs ho lies are taken as
n, ,eeoyrrsl ari left awaiting iien,i-
k,iou. pa,pi sisons are bslng pressed
,.rIt, ., "dtll wagons" TO con-
the ccryss to the required places.
tub.hy ihs greatest loss OF life oo-
rdHihs Falls CITY Hall, which was
Ls cras oi the tornado. In the
n poms Of the hall were 60 or "a
lren, with their mothers and other
IiNs,, taking dancing ltssous. There
4 1t lea,t l25 persons on the lower
bn aud IS more attending a lodge
ttlrs ou the upper floor when the
tibls witd svooptd down upon The
dtg. TIE entire structure IN less
IN five minutes was shapsless mus,
btieS spl mortar, burying two hun
q helpless victims, OF which number
escaped uninjured. Conservative
mates place tie loss OF lilo st thii
BIT al 100, whilo other roports indicate
number ~, nearer geo.
1t 5 o'clock this morning IS deat
liz had been takcn from this ruin ant
sounded and dylng.
WORKING ON THE RUINS.
Immediately upon the burst OF th,
lone the hre bells .ounded aud tn
he were at work. Within ten minute
osse appeared al the Falls City Hal
ck. The walls Of the adjoining hous,
= fIs, propped AID then began tn,
X oil cutting through the heavy slAt,
that covered all.
y first work was difficult and laborl
on account OF the anxious multitud,
thronged toa wreck. Difficult wa
tack Ia "LssLil wi" NfS'- snro WITT
nnges, erasI at the Rroans be
b, eash OF which thoy thought ss
sd from their dying. Every one di,
kvork
ksomen, looked In each other
ihre drawn out OF the debrii
y llas,ou, whose wife had been q
htr meeting, was foremost In th
!, aud the frat person whom b
cut OF the ruined building was h,
sio died in Ills arms. He laid he
a,,ltc OF the others who were desc
tpt,iLusd to work for the living.
lds oi the next hour thirty men an
ln we're drawn out dead, but wit
Eoands on their bodiss, and II
gh oil met their death from sutloea
II o'clock the opening up OF q pol
tie debris Of the Falls City Hal
Ia diaught to penetrate the ruin
Aapon tho smouldering f1ie brok
VIVA tremendous nercsness.
rapidly and forced the workers
lie pile. As soon as the dr.
leadsay the groans OF the In
'ed p.oale became thrleks, aud Q
NM tic horror OF the moment tha
lEhers grew frantic aud screains
~ about like wild, tho terribl
nss which they were unable I
= driving them to despair. Be,
Us Of hose were soon THROWN
on tie iamss, hut n Wa mo,
IN hour before work could be pr,
with, And then it was carried q
uch difficulty on account OF Il
V o'c'ock onlv about az doa
md Is wounded and dving Ne,
vn ~ he Wick. The oorpses We
We Various houses scrosn ii
W. y. u u noaahsi,y & Kennan's u
Y \ establishment, one block b
AZ The lalttr pace people pass,
out, one by one 10 J ,coh ',, ~ !,
Aunllig fof frlends and rslstiys
"A IuRlLLlyo rxrr.,vs,r
rllIipa e,n..,a "a -A'Esol'
II. C,m,p m''ieaSe Was That OF NJ
wbo WV wv Oh No. l43l Stewa
Al u Iosa sas present at the msetis
Of HnNnsve' HUuse' Ne. ., Knights al
} aoor ~ ~. ~ 'heir lodge room {
when he Ma, n"e faiis Cty Mark
|rbls in',.u u'aihe collapsed und
hTae ,paTt g,p OF the cyclone. I
kre tNn I H. .,i ,h'lination OF danger '
6r, '%o ss',, q 'pnct rockings Of II
N in tbe loIa. INA ums q dorm