The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-01
DISCOMFORT INCREASED
At Louisville by a Snow Storm
Followed by SIush.
THE HOMELESS SUFFERERS
Have only Scant Shelter and Arc
Dcspondcnt-'rhcy DO Not Suffer
for Food, However Plenty
OF Relief Onrrcil Them. ii.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 3l.-lt la
been snowing hero since early las
evening, md this, it Is feared, has great
ly damaged the goods in the tobacco dis
trict, much Of which could not be pro
tected against tho Indictment weather
The heavy snow has also interrupted
the work OF repairing which was NctiveI,
pushed all day yesterday and has other
wise inflicted bardsbips on the homeless.
and destitute. Meantime the relief com
mittees arc doing all in their power tc
render aid 10 the stricken.
A water famine Ia now Threatened in
serious earnest. The river Is already IL,
such high stage that the injury to the
pumping station at the water works
cannot be repaired. It's coming up and
80 long ms the flood continues nothing
can be done. President Long has issued
another warning to consumers, and esti.
mates that the reservoirs barely hold n
three days supply for the city.
The last OF the dead arc being laid
away to-day.
The largest subscription TO the relief
fund was made by the Louisville 4 Nash.
vile railroad this morning. Ten thou.
sand dollars the amount. JE
SUFFERING AMONG TIE POOR.
With four inches Of er-soaked snow
which has slowly melted during the day,
the situation in the tornado. stricken dis.
trict has been gloomy indeed. Night is
settling down dismal and dreary upon
the wrecked homes, and in spite OF NIL
efforts there arc many broken in spirit,
thought physical wants arc supplied
The lights cleaning through a vapor
laden atmosphere serve only to reveal
pictures OF desolation. Tho streets are
in many places ankle.deep in mud and
water and ice cold streams
pour from everywhere. Tho worst
result OF the wet is not so much
in addition to injury to property and
goods, as in suffering to unprotected
people. Scores OF families are sheltered
only by hastily put up boards or canvas
and they are wet and cold. Thanks to a
generous and iutelligently conducted
tessSsf tHt' Q 80 f>tI1fyT-bi luuht anu uuu-
ger is not now among the miseries.
Much has been done during tho day for
relief aud much more is being done TO-
night. The relief committecs' agents
are actively supplying such protection
from the weather as is possible. The
most needy are first supplied.
In the residence portion OF the DESC
lated district the snow has greatly re-
tarded repairs. Tonight very few Of the
houses, even where least damaged, are
habitable.
In an interview with the Associated
Press to day Mayor Jacobs said: "We
have now about recovered all the bodies
OF those who we're destroyed by the re-
cent tornado, and am thoroughly sat.
isied that the total number of those who
were killed outright and those who will
die from wounds sustained thereby will
not reach one hundred and fifty. While
the destruction OF property was very
heavy, still the greatest suffering will
fall upon our humber classes, who were
living in their modest homes that had
been accumulated by years OF toll. In
my judgment $500, 900 will 20 far towards
making whole the losses OF these peoplc,
but such as these will have to be cared
for, no matter at what cost.