New-York tribune., 1890-04-02
AWFUL WORK or TORNADOES
GLOOMY NEWS FROM REMOTE COUNTRY
DISTRICTS STILL COMES IN
sc0ELs or PEOPLE KILLED AND SCORES MORE
CRlPPLED-PITIFrL INCIDENTS OF
THE STORM.
THE STORM

Louisville. April f.. The work Of Relieving te needs
+ the tornado, victim, m this cty proceed, sails
fl,ioniv The contributions continue to come IN
Vi'h gratifying hcraltv. and are beng Systemai'aH'
applied. NoiVth~t,mdin. the unavorable weather
,on dcrl r vorl D. being done toward restoring order
300 Tie devastated district. and ON Manst fe" OF
flo finn, are about ready To- resume business Inc
worl. 'uf removing the debris from Fall, cry lail
ha. h,..l abandoned. There are probably no otAef
hodic- in o.. ruins. The first reports did not rN'
,e-erl'c the number of people who we're IN the haI
when 30 f,ll. but correct estimate, could be gwen
II the nunlc' killed. because great many e''apcu
who ve.. generally supposed To have met dcAth ne
meath fhe rilu. one of the greatest dangers IN the
,,.,.t ifatIun {, that OF water famine The water
u iN. reservoir, Is l,W. and even AZ reduced rd'r
q ..n.uu.pfi,n. there j, not more than three da'
-.r.l, and no immediate prospect Of pumping IN any
more. The PUMPING station j. crippled Tie 'ta"i'
r, D.. vrc hcl and the water company Is paialI 1ei
r. war, hou-cnc, have done an they could To protect
ih,.r tobacco from wei weather. Ihe' nave D. 'n
,fir los,ad- n th0,' portions of their houses WHICH
,. .f protected hy the remnants Of roof, ana li''
.,r,,d tarimuln- over their exposed wares. but I'LL
,.-c IF 4 bard or steady rain. even after 'u'A pre-
e,ntnns "A great deal # tobacco VIII be damt-"l'
4 dispatch from Glasgow. ~" 'ays Inc new
FMS, received from the lower part Of this ana Alch
,,.,... i tina, the tornado Of Thursday night d''
,n,fu.f.., damage in that section. For ten miles
l.,ort Barren River and hFc miles on thN sac 'No
storm swept everything before II, III track eA''""
in, i'm width from 300 yard, in some places 10 ""H
mill. IN other. II seems TO have h'S-ed the sI""""
,lol, and did aot leave house or tree standing III
IL. course - iaf a. can be- i''rh'u h'io """,
.,dr.v vinn'- house. in Allcn County was le'cll'd
-, ,l, .,,,una and hi, wife killed George 'arNcrs
n.,,.. va. wrecked and hi, wife killed It 'hd "l
rh Green wa, killed samuel White. Ei- VIE ana
-,n wen, crippled. White had fruit farm 'oni"n'"H
INV acres and large number "i bee hNc> "i" '''H
,r.c va. blown down and every hNc carried away
l,e nn.n', house. n Barren County Wa Ju'' Oh '"0
,d,, oi the tornado and "a' unro"i'd "''' N"'""'
vldtuc,-. hon,c mean hy va, completely demolished,
- t, william. Init,n'~. seventeen live, iu All
r lid f., have, been lost in Allen todnty. Dwellings
ba,u- timber and fence, were destroyed ana ''c
money JOSS VIII ho lriNN'
4 d.p,fch from LltchhclG. Ky. says New %
dr,a- done I'm the extreme rorihNc~tcrn paF' % '"''
count, and ..anircsn part OF breckenridge County
f., tine rcce1 storm ln. just iea'nd mere '"
ran. e Eou.h .vcral hou-c- AID snail n"nH,'
,,,., l,,,,r doNn amI Ms. Tom Edward, wa hi''
Mr. r.vari-.. husband va, drowned it"m rli' ''
t..,. AZ epott.vilc Bridge or "lecn h'N''' o"H
week or ten dll, ago. NJ N''im'i '-"' :" w.
n,,... were more or les damiS't a"e l"c vic ~
tbn l,,.o. a merchant of that place. Wa A'i'e' ~
,n ,i,,ucy being blown over and ciu. .h'nS through
I'M. roof TWO children oi John ru'"ci are repor''"
killed and several other persons more or les nJ''''
.-.r rl,.tt,ri kN.. 30 The path Of the si"im'
~ ,,. ,idcomhc homestead. Mr. 'idconnc' ST.
,, .,n. tn Evansville raft Of SAW log. Ills
, ,,. twenty two. and daughter, age NcN'l'e'h'
- f.uol lbs being crushed by stones from the ia'""T
,n.,,,., Two other of the family were slightly
.,,, but Mrs., ,,idcombe escaped. Ihcic Wa an
,,, f., ,nl,ncd loom on the upper floor ana II 'ru'ieu
n,.,,.h vita the falling chimney ahd completely
,,rcd Mrs, ,.idcombc under II, IL massive frame
,, .to,,t enough t. hold the roof ana iInhR '"i"'
ncy from crushing her TO del,h ,,r, . mart If IN,
~, cp % pi rrgion of southern Illinois and k,ntuShy
~ a., .l,. .flcrt that fifteen families III thc pay
,,,..,, near Golconda. H.. were rcnhcIcd nohle'o,
',L mast nt their members mJ"icu. me SVnlni
i,iIr a." went growing wheat from me ground lc
I.iii,- we're utterly vrcckcd ana an h'ihs any
u ,,' ,ho,i,c, destroyed. several hiihrI l'Hu "i
t,i, ,"r, scattered. and most ct ich are hhn~l !"
,', ,n,n tdllcd In Livingston comfy NY dir'ti
@ ''"n tbr ohio River from tolcond', JACOB r,nN1l
,, hi. l,rmhou.e blown away, hlr narl' ana t"r,m t
'' '" nm. vrcchcd and was himself .irrle" ~,
~. h.J AGAINST tree, and mahEicd p'!"" |
| ,', - ,,;;i,n Thr house Of william Eel was torn |
,ireD his furniture blown into the ilvcr hNc ncs
"a, % W W hi. Lorn demolished stock killed ana "t Ms
@iS,, -, n,, every one had arm or leg broken or
,''' irrvisc injured Eli liObbctt ana fany "ec
", .unner and although his honsc was carried AVA
and d.nni-hrd no was hurt some or the uishes
% ,i. .u,,,er table found on the othcr >luc oi
,i obi, ni,er Il Iicndcl son. Ky. Il lhi'lcu
,,, nvrr forty persons were killed or atalN ihJuiVa
H., th,t yicuity and twice as many more wOunueu'
INT M names gwen.