Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-30
LOUISYILLE'S LOSSES.
Terrible Effects of the Great
Cyclone.
The Work of Rescue Carried on
Increasingly.
Ninety-fOur Dead Bodies Already Re-
covered.
The City Bearing Up Bravely Under It's
Terrible Affection - Outside
Assistance Refused.
Associated Press Dispatches. |

Associated Press Dispatches.
LOUISVILLE, March 29-Temporary
roofs are being put on wherever possible
Hundreds of hogsheads of exposed to
bacco are being carted to warehouses
In spite of all efforts, however, severa
thousand hogsheads remain unprotected
ON the second, third and fourth floors ol
damaged buildings. There will be con
siderable danger in reaching these, az
they seem ready to topple into the
street.
The streets in the districts worst dam
aged are still picketed; elsewhere wag
ons and all but mere sightseers are al
lowed to pass. Hundreds OF men are
trying to save goods. Many of those
employed on the wreckage are paid by
the Board of Trade committee. Wher-
ever help is deserved it is given.
The Falls City Hall Wreck.
At Falls City hall men under the di.
rection of the Chief of Police are still al
work.
On the site of the ruined hall are
mounds of brick, mortar, beams and
laths in wild confusion, and men are
digging at the base of them, hunting
for the dead In all sixty-seven bodies
have been taken out there. The last
was that of c.. Lazarus, a small shop
keeper at 1,136 West Market street,
next door to Falls City hall. He was
in attendance upon a lodge meeting.
His Nbody was mangled almost beyond
recognition. 1t was taken to a tenn
pOrary morgue established in a barber
shop across the street.
Families Left in Distress.
At the Planters warehouse the body
of Ed Moran, a foundryman in Dennis
M,ong's iron-pipe works, was discovered
Hedged between beams and hogsheads
of tobacco. The remains were taken to
his home on Twentieth street, near
Main, where his wife and four little
ones had been kept in anguished sus-
in the woman sank almost fainting into
a chair, covering her face with her
hands, while the smallest children clung
to her skirts, wailing in sympathy, and
the two older ones stood by dazed with
sorrow. The family will be in want.
This is only one case out of several dozen
similar ones, but the citizens are coming
up bravely with subscriptions, and all
needs are being promptly met for the
present.
Remarkably Light Insurance.
There is about 100000 in life insur-
ance on those killed, mostly upon labor
ers and middle-class people in small
ten-cent companies and the Knights OF
Honor. About IS, 900 in the Knights of
Honor will be promptly paid by an as
sessment of eight cents upon the mem
bers. The remaining $4,000 in ten
cents week companies may break those
companies, realizing only small part to
the holders of policies.
The fire insurance is only $25, 900 ;
cyclone insurance, only $4,000, held by
two local dealers. Their joint losses
were $500. Plate glass insurance is
$4,000.
The Inmates of Falls City Hall.
At Falls City hall, when the hurricane
struck it, in the main hall was Miss
App, with her dancing school, number
ing sixty-fve. of whom it is feared not
more than twenty escaped. These were
children with their mothers and fathers.
In one room on the second floor the
executive committee of the Roman
Knights, consisting of seven members,
was in session.
Theo. Engelmeir, an upholsterer, at
Twenty-third and Market streets, was
killed.
Jewel Lodge, No. 2, Knights anc
Ladies OF Honor Association, was in ses
sion on the third floor, nearly 150 mem
bers being present when the building
fell. OF these it is thought not more
than fifty escaped.
Humboldt Lodge, l. O. G. t., consist
ing Of seventeen members, was holding
q meeting ON the same floor. Those who
escaped were badly injured.
Up to an early hour. this morning
eighty-six bodies were taken from the
Falls. City hall and the cellar at Eigh-
teenth street and Magazine street. The
general belief is that at least forty more
bodies are in the dancing ruins.
Estimates of the Dead.
The latest and most intelligent esti'
mate Of the total number OF dead
throughout the city is that it will moi
exceed 100. This is a careful and fairly
accurate estimate. The Masonic com
mittee wires the following to Leandel
Burdick, Grand Master at Toledo, Ohio
''From what we can gather there are
about 400 houses destroyed; 300 persons
injured, of whom 10 per cent. will prob
ably die from their injuries. One hun
dred and twenty-five are now dead. Tht
citizens seem desirous OF caring for theil
own dead and injured"
1t is now pretty near certain that thu
entire loss OF life will not go much above
one hundred, if that number is reached
# Up to this writing the total numbe
whose bodies have been recovered, an(
missing who it is reasonably certain arr
dead, is eighty-eight.I N addition, ther'
are about dozen SO badly injured tina
death may ensue. One hundred an(
fifty to 200 persons were injured to al
extent worth noting; probably 500 t.
1000 have very slight bruises o
scratches.
Estimates Of Damages Too High.
A good many of the estimates of tn
damage to property have been too high
The actual loss from a financial stand
point will not be 80 great as supposed a
first. The tobacco warehouses are no