River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-03
In THE STORMS PATH.
The Recent Cyclone Proved Truly
to De but the Breath of Death.
Nearly 600 Lives Were Lost In Kentucky,
Tennessee. Southern Indiana and IllI-
mos. Not Including the Victims
at Louisville.
DEATHS HARVEST.

LOUISVILLE, n.y., March ol.- Is
now estimated that $50 persons were
killed in this State outside this city
and from fifteen to twenty-five in Ten
nessee. to say nothing OF the fatalities
in Illinois, Indiana and other States.
The destruction of property loss and
of live stock can not be approximately
estimated at present. A brief synopsis
of the loss of life and property, wher-
ever an estimate could be made, at 9TH
er points than this city, is as follows:
In Louisville the latest estimate of the loss
Of life is 1903; the injured number according to
close figuring about 1850, and the loss to prop
erty is about e.. $4,000
At Eminence, Ky.-Seven fatalities; proper
ty loss about $4,000.
At Marion, Ky-Four killed and afty-hve
wounded.
Eight miles ON Marion family of six per-
sons were crushed TO death by the fall Of their
dwelling
At Sulphur Springs, Ky.-One death.
In the vicinity OF Grand River, KY, and
Paducah. Ky.-Eight fatalities.
At West Louisville, Ky.-One killed and thir-
teen injured
At Pooltown, Ky.-Four killed and many
hurt.
At Biacxford, Ky -Twenty-one lives lost,
and many more persons injured. In this dis
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$4,000.
AT Hibbardsville. Ky. = Loss to property
about $1,000.
In the country just back of Point Pleasant.
Ky, twenty five houses and large number Of
barns were blown away. Several persons We're
fatally injured.
AT Bremen. Ky, every dwelling in the place
was destroyed. Six people were reported killed
and nine badly injured.
At Glasgow, Ky.-Five lives lost; damage to
property. about $4,000.
In Laurel County, KY One death.
In Crittenden County, Ky.-Two deaths.
AT Plymouth, Ky.-One death.
At Eddyville KY Six deaths. The property
loss in the neghborhood will reach $4,000.
At Sullivan Ky.-Ten or twelve persons in
iured-
In Webster County, Ky.-Eight lives lost;
thirty persons hurt; loss Of property about
$4,000
Between Hornburg and Clay, in Kentucky,
seventeen deaths are reported.
In Hardin County, Ky, farmer named
Pauey and his daughter were killed, and there
are two or three other fatalities reported.
Reports come from HoplSinsville. KY. that
for twenty miles around great damage was
done Houses and barns, fences and forest
trees were blown down and scattered At Gale
donna, a village in Trigg County, every house
was swept away.
A telegram from Bellev1ew, KY, states that
wrecked and burned and three men persisted in
the flames
Fer the second time in its history the town OF
Fayetteville Ky, was almost completely de-
stroyea The losses are estimated at Sl00O0O.
The tow boat Nail City was caught by the cy-
clone Thursday night at Gayoso, Tenn, 1876
miles above Louisville. Six Of the crew were
drowned and two produce barges lost.
At Rogana, Team. William Wood, u postmas-
ter was instantly killed, and John Jones, the
oldest man IN the county, was so injured that
he died IA a few hours.
At liallatin Tenn.-Two deaths and many
pers Jns hurt. 1t was known that every house
and building between Bledsoe and Eulia in
tie path Of the storm are blown away and
hundreds Of people are injured and
without food or shelter. 1t is reported that the
whole town of Dixon Springs in Smith County,
Tenn. thirty-ive miles distant, was swept out
of existence by the angry cyclone The loss TO
stock and other property in this district is esti
mated at 81 10000
In jackson county, Tenn-Twenty-f five per
sons are reported killed. Sixteen are report
ed killed in ana about Shiloh and north Of
Campbell Hill, N the northern part OF the
county. Several were killed about Poplar
Ridge, In the southern part OF the county. At
Grand Tower four were killed, three children
were missing and a great amount Of property
was destroyed.
In Washington County, d-The loss TO prop
ellN Is sdlu 10 DC eiuJODO lMb utdtuS re-
ported. over 100 houses in the bottom lands
between Evansville and Mount Vernon Ind,
were swept away by the wind and water in
the recent storm, the farmers losing all
their household goods and stock and
barely escaping with their lives. One entire
family who were living in a small farm house
between Fairplay and We Franklin, Ind, are
report ed TO have been carried of in their home.
At Metropolis, Ill, two or three persons were
killed, $50 buildings were destroyed and the
loss of property is estimated at $4,000.
At Little Prairie, ILL.,. fifteen houses were de
n.ylished and one won an was killed.
Several persons were hurt at olney, Ill, and
the loss will reach nearly $4,000.
In the neighborhood of Grand Tower. Ill, doZ-
ems of houses were wrecked, four lives were
lost and twenty-five persons were injured.
At Sparta, Ill, one woman was killed.
At Golconda, Ill, four fatalities are reported.
Rumors are constantly coming in from the vi.
cinity of residences destroyed, barns wrecked,
fencing blown away, orchards ruined and men,
women and children killed or washed away by
the rushing waters.
MORE STORMS TO COME.
ST.. LOUIS, March 3I.-Rev. Ira r.
Hicks, of this city, who has achieved
much more than local reputation as
weather prophet and who predicted the
late storm with wonderful accuracy,
now gives a forecast for April, which
includes numerous marked changes
in temperature and three storm
periods. tie says the month will open
with summer temperature and vernal
storms will occur on the LIST and I'd, es-
pecially on the I'd. The 9th, 9TH, Sth
and 9th are designated as danger days,
when there will be heavy storms OF
lightning, wind and hail, with snow in
Northern sections. About the 18th il
will be cold with much frost. Ac-
tive and violent storms will occur
on the 10Th, Goth and 21st, moving
from the west to the east From this on
there will be the usual April showers,
and the month will go out with high
thermometer The dates of greatest
earthquake probabilities are given as
the 9Th, 18th. goth and 2lst. Prof.
George Root, of Canton, Mo-, another
successful weather prognOsticator, pre-
diets a tornado period from the Goth to
the 25th of pril, and says it will be
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