The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10
LOUISVILLE DISASTER.
LESS TERRIBLE THAN AT FIRST SUP.
POSED.
Fuller Accounts of the Cyclone--Only n
Hundred Killed.

one of the most destructive in the
history of this country. 1t swept
through the States of Tennessee
| kentucky, Illinois and Indiana.
GItHt damage was done to property
and many lives were lost. The great
est destruction occurred in Louis
allie, the first accounts of which were
appalling. The following paragraphs
are culled from the telegraphic nc
counts of the terrible storm. and give
some idea of its extent and destruc
tivencss:
The cyclone struck Louisville at
7.3O p. III. 1t entered the southeas-
tern portion of the city at 18th street
and swept path five blocks wide
dlagOnally. reaching in u ragged line
to 7th street, leveling every building
III its path. On Market street the
Falls City Hall, IL our-story building
was blown down while several Ma
sonic and Knights of Honor lodges
were III session and one hundred men
and women were buried in the ruins.
The district laid waste comprises IN
area of the city three miles long and
nearly half Il mile wide. Outside of
clearly defined limits the citizens
knew only of heavy rain, accompa-
MED by high wind. But soon came
alarms of fire from different stations,
and the horrors of the calamity began
to dawn on the people. Houses, halls
OF amusements, railroad stations, all
went down before the mighty of the
air. More than two hundred houses
were destroyed and many were dam
aged. A telegram dated Saturday
says: Cup to this writing the total
number killed at all places where
bodies have been recovered and of
the missing and of those whom it is
reasonably certain are dead is 80.
In addition to these there are above
Il dozen SO badly injured that death
may ensue: From $50 to 200 persons
are injured to an extent worth noting
and probably hard on to 1000 have
very slight bruises OF scratches that
90 not inconvenience them" Refer
ring to the wreck of the Falls City
Hall, the account says: 'Ten women,
Locked in each others arms, were
drawn out of the debris. James Har-
rlson, whose wife had been at lodge
meeting, was foremost in the work,
and the first person whom he drew
out of the ruined building was his
wife, who died Id his arms. He laid
her by the side of others who were
dead and continued to work for the
living. Inside of the next hour thirty
men and women were drawn out
dead, but with no wounds Oh their
bodies, and it is thought that they
all met their death from sutfocation.
The gas pipes had been broken,
which caused the lights to go out,
and which saved the ruins from fire
for II time, but flooded the debris
with Vapor almost as deadly as fire
might have proved. WAYS were
pierced into the ruins and the vic
TINS were drawn out dead and dying.
One part of the building was reserved
for the dead, but the wounded were
taken into stores and houses Oh the
opposite side of the street, where
and priests administered
to then souls and bodies"
The board of trade meeting held
Friday morning authorized the state
ment that there would be no call for
aid from outside. The lowest esti-
mate puts the property loss at ST.
600, 1000; the highest at $3,OOO,OOO, and
the least, founded upon the facts
presented, placed at So, 10000. There
lSa almost n insurance. Parkland,
Il suburb, IS swept away.
AT the Union 1pDOt ot flo Foot re
7th street, q Chesapeake and Ohio
tram was Just starting out filled with
passengers. The building was pros
trated, crashing down on the train.
All the passengers, however, were
rescued except one newsboy A dis
patch from Louisville dated March
3 lst says: ':The water supply is run
nlng very low. Every effort is being
made to complete u temporary stand
pipe to be finished by Wednesday.
Before that time, probably by to-
night, the city will be almost entirely
without water. Strong appeals are
beng made for all to observe the
3tnctest economy in it's use, but they
do not seem to be effective. Enough
water will be reserved as u protec-
uiol hSaluSb uIc' Inc UOtili SuDSCI1D-
ton now amounts to $4,000. This
added to $4,000 from the city makes
$4,000 at the disposal of the relief
committee. The ruins are still under
police guard. All streets are now
open and the electric cars are run
ming. Business everywhere will be
resumed today.
The tornado struck the town of
Bowling Green, Ky, and completely
wipedit out. Bowling Green has a
population of about 5000 inhabitants
md the loss Of life is conjcctucd to
be correspondingly large.
ONLY 93 KILLED IN LOUISVILLE.
LouIsvILLE, E,IKy., April 1.-The total
number killed hereby the tornado of
tuesday night is 93. 1t is feared
That r. II. Barton. of Pittsburg, is
lead III the ruins. SO far about $50
badly wounded persons have been
found. Several of these who wcro
hurt are at the hospital in q dying
condition.
The State Legislature this after
noon appropriated $4,000 for relief
0f the sufferers ry the cyclone.
HENDERSON, Ky, April 1.-The
Jotal OF the killed in Webster county
IS 40 and Of wounded 80.