Telegram-herald., 1890-04-01

states that the store of Ae9hes Bros IA
ta2s place ~as pfeeke1 ana b1rnsd zAd
three Gen persisted in Ias tsmeA
AT LOUISVILLE
LoUIsvILLE. KY Manea sl.-N Ninety
. tcuf bodies have uoa been rooo ers4.
. snd ag Is supposed ll@s 1se or SIX moss
may be f0ll1 Ira ou--o--tAe-ya places.
F CT taose injured 20 a noticeable sx tent
the closest estimate = Is TIE
board ~ Trade committees esll-
rate q the loss of hle, lssue-
Fr.lay nighL Was incorrect that n
f-cl they lndeEesl1maIe2 tle number
+ that would be found Ia TIE rains of TIE
Falls civ Hall Carcfal estimates
place tAe total Il loS. ani il j. more
tnaa l.kely l1At zee nun ver N4l- ns la-
+ creased Dy deaths from wounds a4d ex-
poslre.
Pevton Clarke, Of Dun's Commercial
Agency. esumsees me loss from the
cyclone a. S.599o04 According 20
newspaper approximations tie losses
are distributed as fellows;
on Main street and between thar
street ana the river aggregate loss $3.50
000. on Market street about S4oo, ooo,
on Jefcrsoa street about $50. 0o0;
on Walnut street about $50, 00e; on
Chestnut street about SiOo U09; on
Magazine street about 500 O0o in Park
land about so, 900. On the cross streets
Tenth. Eleventh. Twelfth and others
the loss viii approximate Si0o, 600.
According 10 these figures the loss
foots up something less than si.150, oOo,
but II allowance is made for stopp2ge OF
business, loss OF employment, etc, s., ?
500. 600 VIII be low enough.
Business IS being generally resumed
throughout the city. Away from the
wrecked districts no signs are observed
that great calamity has occurred. The
militia have hard time keeping back
the swarIns Of sightseers. who insist
upon being admitted to the ruins All
teams in the city tina, can be obtained
have been pressed into service hauling
goods away from the wrecked buildings.
No work was done on the ruins Sun
day except by individuals and no bodies
were reported taken out Funeral pro-
cessions followed each other in quick
succession 10 Cave II II, 81. Louis
Bertrand and the other cemeteries
Many OF the funerals were attended
with military. Masonic or other hoEors.
~ TENNESSEE.
At Rogana, Tenn. William Wood, a
postmaster, was instantly killed, and
John Jones, the oldest nlan in the coun-
", was so injured that he died in q few
hours. Across the way young son Of
w. C Patterson was fatally hurt
So severe was the storm that grass
was torn up By the roots. Beyond Ro-
CANA the cyclone travelled directly
northeast and for twenty-five miles car
ried every thing before 1t. Hundreds
CT house along its track were swept
away and the crippled and wounded are
legion. People along the line Of march
of the storm were unable 10 find any
part Of the beds they retired on. Cloth
ing and provisions are all gone. Hun
dreds Of head of stock are killed.
The wind struck Galatin, Tenn. at
10 o'clock Thursday night, and passing
into the country two ind half miles
distant demolished residences, barns
and other buildings. Mr.. and Mrs
John Hibbett bad retired before the
storm was at its worst butdressed again
and were sitting beside the
fireplace when the tornado struck
their house with terrible
force and in an instant the walls
were crushed in, burying in the ruins
Mr.. and Mrs. Hibbett, their baby, o
months old, two sons, aged and 10
years, and Miss Langford, the 10-year-
old daughter Of Palo Langford. The
baby met instant death, the 1Cyear-old
son had his skull crushed and will die,
Miss Langford was killed outright and
Mrs. Hibbett and the S-year-sld son
slightly injured. Other persons in the
same neigh borhood suffered from the
storm. At D.shers Creek the heavy
iron bridge OF the Chesapeake & Nash
Vile railroad. measuring sixty feet.
was lifted up and preclpitated into the
waters below. II is known hat
every house and building between
Bledsoe and Eulia in the path
of the storm are blown away a1d
hundreds OF people are injured ard
without food or shelter. Il is reported
that tho whole town Of Dixon Spring.
in Smith County. thirty-fve miles dis
tant was swept out Of existence by the
angry cyclone. Wire Communication is
interrupted. In the path OF the storm
was % be found horses and cattle
lying upon the erouud in great
numbers killed by failing trees
and other debris The Chesa
peake & Nashville road suffer:
greatly. In two places about COO feet
OF high trestle work was destroyed and
two S0o-ton iron bridges were blown
from their pillars and wrecked A mile
Of track was torn UP by the cyclone
The loss to stock and other property in
this district is estima ed at s. 600. 600
A Mufphys boro tTenn1 dispatch saw.
the cyclone passed through Jackson
County Thursday evening. spreading
death and destruction in ia path.
About twenty-five persons are reported
killed. Sixteen are reported killed in
and about Shiloh and north Of Campbell
Hill, ia the northern part OF the coun.
y. Several were killed about Poplar
Ridge in the southern part OF the coun.
ty a. Grand Tower four we're killed.
three children we're missing and great
amount Of property was destroyed
II INDIANA
EvASsvILLE. Ind. March sl.-Over
100 houses IN the bottom lands between
this oitv and Mount Vernon. Ind. vere
swept away by the wind and water il
the recent storm, the farmers losing al
their household goods and stock and
barely escaping with their lives One