Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-03
TERRIBLE Loss OF LIFE.
Louisville, Kentucky Swept By a
Tornado.
Hundreds If Not Thousands Killed.

NEW YORK, March 2S.-A report just
received here says that the chief operator
Of the Western Union company at Louis
Vile has arrived at Jacksonville, Ind
across the river from Louisville He re-
ports terrible destruction there almost the
entire western portion OF the city of Louis
vie Goiug in ruins, and ! 900 to 500 are
supposed to have been killed This infor-
nation is said to have come via the rail
road wire between Jacksonville and In
dianapois
CmcAGo, March %. The following
dispatch was received by the Associated
Press at 2:30 a. IN. from its Louisville rep
resentatiye. by railroad wires, and believed
to be an authentic statement Of the situa-
ton at Louisville. Shortly after o clock
tornado swept over this city wrecking
twoOr three hundred houses and killing
two hundred people. The wind came
from the southwest. The union depot
mt the foot of Seventh street was blown
into the raging torrents of the Ohio river.
A train Of cars making up for Louisville,
on the Southern road. went over with the
building The city hall on Market street
was wrecked IN the hall were over q hun
bred people, but few of them escaped alive.
Many of the buildings after falling took
! fire and the inmates were burned. All
the streets are blockaded with debris.
falling buildings, telegraph and electric
light wires
Thrty-6ve bodies, mostly women and
children, have been taken from the ruins
of the city hall tits impossible to get the
names. H. Mason. member of Legislature
from Hancock county was in Wright s
cigar store when the building fell. He
was instantly killed Eleven girls were
imprisoned in the cellar of Wright s
building Three have been taken out dead.
Meager information for Jacksonville is to
the effect that the little town is complete
" wrecked by the tornado The water
works. two miles above the city, is also
wrecked, 1t is impossible to get definite
information as the wires are al down and
boats cannot cross the Ohio tonight.
CINcINNArI, March 3D. Information
is Just received as follows: A cyclone
struck Louisville in the southwestern por-
tion of the city and took northeasterly
direction only saw the course of it
from l4th Walnut street to llth and
Market street From this latter point it
| followed its course to Seventh and River
eti ttLet Mlltlt ~ llIN lllt NilN, anu Nllihtli
across the river. reached Jacksonville at
theffoot of Spring treet Little damage
was done at Jacksonville, however. In
Louisville, however the devastation was
terrific and the loss of life will certainly
reach hundreds if not thousands. in
one building at Twelfth and Market
streets two lodges and a dancing school
were in session there being in the build
ing perhaps one hundred people not one
of whom are thought to have escaped.
saw six or eight corpses taken out in
fifteen minutes.
ST. LOUIS, March q. There was Sc
we're rain storm and high wind in this city
this afternoon. but beyond few signs be-
ing blown down no damage was done.
From various parts of the state come re-
ports Of storm but none of serious nature,
the greatest damage being at Webb City
and Carthage A special from OIney H.,
received tonight, says that the storm was
very severe there, unroohng houses, over
turning barns and wrecking windows
and chimneys. There was no loss Of life.