Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-01
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FUNERAL TRAINS ON THE
STREETS OF LOUISVILLE.
TEE DEATH Roll DIMINISHING.
Only About 100 Bodies have Been Re-
covered in the Fails City. The Work
Of RehabfiitatiDg she DismantIed
Town Goes Ola Amid tho Mourning.

LOUISVILLE, March 3l.--If possible
the throngs of sightseers were even
larger tnan the day previous, when the
w0eful spectacle was first unfolded to
the light of day in all its hideousness.
The trains brought hundreds of
curious visitors and agents of relief
from ncighboring cities and towns to
swell the multitude of those who
wendell with local interest toward the
scene and guards had much difficulty in
maintaining their lines against the
pressure.
a Day of Toll.
All night long the searching parties
Continued their labors and the sound of
rafting wagons rose out of every street.
Carpenteas and timers worked like beav-
ers the whole day trying to repair bro
ken roofs and strengthen dangerously
weakened walls. Gangs of linemen
were getting the tangled and broken
wires of the telephone and telegraph
out of the way for further repairs.
Meanwhile the solemn tolling of
church bells, the frequent passage of
laden hearses and long lines Of funeral
carriages gave note to the hnrrY'-y'
crowd that the tornado's victims were
passing to their last abodes.
Loss of Life and Property.
Careful estimates by competent I'M
derwriters and salvage agents are nearly
agreed that the damage to build
ings Of all classes, to domestic goods
and commercial stocks will aggregate
close to 81, SOC, 900, with liberal allow
ance for rebuilding and repairs.
The main point OF comforting thought
is that the loss of life will not prove
nearly 20 great as first supposed. At
late hour on Saturday night ninety-four
names were borne on the list of the
dead, and OF these but three were taken
from the ruins during the whole of
Cntnrda-
Burying tie Victims.
The work of burying the dead went
on with ghastly, systematic briskness
yesterday. All of the hearses in the
city were taxed to their utmost. One
procession contained Ave hearses, con-
veyIng the lodies of the unfortunate
laundry girls, Maggie Mcclure, Mary
Ryan, Bridget Crow Maggie Campbell
and Mary McGinty, whose funeral SER
vices were held at the cathedral at the
same time.
Humboldt Lodge. /. o. O. F., re-
NAMED at Cave Hill cemetery during
the afternoon and received one at time
of the funeral professions o. the ten
members OF that fraternity killed ut the
Falls City hall. The burials with the
ritual services OF the order occurred at
hal.nour intervals. -.
TWO Hacks to :, Funeral.
so urgent were the demands ON the
undertakerS that as rule but two
hacks were allowed TO each funeral.
Even with this arrangement the facili-
ties were inadequate and the electric
street cars via Green street and Baxter
avenue were called INTO requstion rs a
more rapid means of funeral convey
ance.
Twenty -four funeral professions passed
out Roadway Ell route to Cave Hill.
The funeral OF Rev. DR.. Barnwell,
pastor OF ST. Johns Episcopal church,
took place ut noon. His son. Dudley
Barnwell. was buried at the same time.
The owners OF carriages and hacks
raised their charges to $40 per hour for
the use OF their vehicles. and as con-
sequence all the carriages available in
Jacksonville and New Albany were
brought to This city.
Some of the colorcd people and the
poorer of the unfortunate families were
forced to use express and transfer
wagons.
M Work for the Red Cross.
Miss Clara Barton, president of the
American National Association of the
Red Cross, with DR.. j. 3. Hubbell, gen.
eral field agent Of the association. and
j. Ii. Aorland, foreman of the work at
Johnstown, arrived here last night.
Miss Barton says in an interview: II
find there will be no need of our as
sistance here. The first news had placed
the loss OF life SO high and the report
that Bowling Green was entirely swept
away indicated such terrible distress
that we left work already before lis to
come. | find that the calamity in
Louisville has been met with admirable
courage and good sense. In large ex-
perience have never seen disaster so
efficiently handled"