Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-29
800 ARE DEAD.
STORY OF THE GREAT MIS-
SISSIPPl VALLEY CYCLONE.
LOCO WOUNDED IN LOUISVILLE.
The City QFaiI Destroyed-Buried I'm
the Debris-'The storm King Raging.
IL Leaves Hundreds of Dead iI fts
Wake. Fail Dis patcfes.'

One of the greatest storms the
country has experienced for years
passed over Louisville and the sur
rounding country Thursday night and
Yesterday morning. The loss of life
is verylarse. The TIMES gives below
number OF special dispatches from
the scene of the disaster:
500 DEAD, 1000 WOUNDED Al LOUIS
WILLIE.
Special to the TIMES.
LOUISVILLE, March 2S.-Since early
this morning gangs of workmen have
been constantly at work searching in
the great mass of debris for victims
of the disaster. Policemen made
great efforts to refrain the anxious
crowd from entering the dangerous
places In the devastated district, but
their efforts were of no avail. Within
a short time after the cyclone occurred
Il large number of men were at work
1T the fallen city hall carrying out
the dead. The first work was TO cut
through the slate roofing, and while
this was being done groans OF the
dying people in the hail were plainly
heard. 1t was more than an hour be-
fore the first victim were taken out.
Ten dead women were found locked in
each others arms. Within the next
hour thirty men and women were
taken out dead, all of whom had lost
their lives by suiTocation. The gas
pipe had been severed and flooded the
place with deadly yapor. The dead
were carried away, and physicians and
relatives carefully looked after the
wants of the injured.
THE CYCLONE COMING SOUTH.
Special to the TIMES.
New YORK, March 28.-Sergeant
Dunn in charge of Signal office here
said today: II believe that one OF the
greatest calanties the country has
ever known is imminent, and it is our
duty 10 warn the people of the lower
Mississippi valley to prepare for the
worst.
TWENTY DEAD AT JEFFERSON
VILE.
Special to the TIMES.
JEFFERsoSvILLE, Ind, March %.
This afternoon the loss OF life i'll
Louisville is placed ut 500. The scenes
are harassing and the loss in this city
is % The damage has been very
heavy. The wounded III Louisville
number over Il thousand.
CINCINNATI SENDS RELIEF.
Special to the TINES.
CINCINNATI, March 2S-A relief
fund for the Louisville sufferers has
been started here. 4 large sum of
money has already been raised.
THE STORM ~ TIE CITY.
Roanoke received Il fragment OF the
cyclone that did such terrible damage
at Louisville, KY, yesterday. The
wind blew fearfully all day, especially
in the West End, where there are few
buildings to break its force. and
buildings, roofs and fences were blown
down in large numbers. y house
that was being built for Il Mr.. Com
fort. on the corner of First avenue
and Ninth street n w. was literally
lifted from its foundations and blown
IL distant of several yards. completely
demolishing the structure. Two work
men were III the building ut the time.
and one, Il man named Peters, was
injured. but not seriously. \ house
belonging to Mrs. Taylor, on the cor
ner OF Third and Patterson avenues,
WAS demolished. The roofs of the old
Gi on warehouse and the residence
Of Captain n. p. Foard. on Terry
hill were blown of.