The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-04-03
A DEADLY CYCLONE
DEATHS CANIVAL.
THE FURY OF THE WIND
GENERAL STORM IN THE WEST
In Some Places tho Storm Partakes or tho
Nature ofa Blizzard.
THE FURY OFTHE WIND
STORM IN THE WEST
CITY or LOUISVILLE DEVASTATED.

The storm Of Thursday afternoon and
night was one Of the most ext .nsiye and de-
structive IN the history Of the country. IL
prevailed In several tatcs, beginning in Mis-
souri, running across Illinois. Indiana and
Kentucky with extraordinary velocity, and
making It's force felt both east and west Of
the region indicated. The grcitest velocity
of the wind seems 60 have been reached at
the crossing of the Ohio river in the vicinity
of Louisville. That city was struck
with tornado Of unparalleled ..,cr,
and hundreds Of lives are reported
70 have been lost The calamity fell upon
the city when the public halls and places Of
amusement were filled with patrons, and
since some uf the most substantial buildings
shared the same il,c uf the weaker the mum
Der killei and injured WI, cJrlosp spOndingly
increased.
In some sections there were heavy rains.
accompanied with laI. and much dluas,
resulted from these causes. The mos. fear.
fully destructive agent was the wind. To,
railway ami tc.c .raph lines have sustained
great dauigc but many win ,gc- and hamlets
have been badly wrecked
There s. considerable diversity Of opinion
as to the loss orlf. and of property by the
cyclone in Louisville. Estimate, of the
deaths differ by hundreds. The lowest c,-
innate Of the damage TO property puts 1t al
$1,000 % the highest at S3,oJJUO', aud the
best. grounded upon facts represented, place
it at S2.Jv.OO). There is almost no insur.
ancc. The Chairman Of the Relief Commit
tee gives the following authoritative state
ment
To the people;
of Louisville by the cyclone of last night
about o'clock spread over a territory of on.
city covering a space of ground some 30
yards wide and three miles in length,
through the business aud resident portion
of our city. The loss OF life 1, ln the hcgh-
burhOOd, II IL believed, of some scNcutY-lN'
persons, and TIA" loss - the city 10y the
calamity and damage 20 house goods - hc.
hcycd not to exceed 10000. While the
calamity Is a great our ctl'uS lcel anit
20 cope with It, and are not cast down, but
will AZ once proceed To repair and resume IN
the channels now interrupted. In all other
portions Of the city business IS rcsuminS ITS
usual channel.
A. K. Hollingsworth, a travelling man
from Baltimore, spcntthc night in the ruins
of the city, and saws the horror of the scene
Is beyond the power Of words to tell. lie
was at the Gault House few minutes after
Y O'clock, when clear sky gave way tc
clouds, and fierce rain began instantly TO
hll in sheets In moment the streets were
,mal rivers. At the same time sharp wind
plew gusts of rain before it like solid wall
of water The streets were impossible. At
ter half an hour the rain almost ceased but
the wind grew stronger and carried with 1t
peculiar moaning sound that attracted
general comment and attention
It was soon af.cr O'Clock that cracking
sound, like the snap Of gigantic whip, was
heard. followed in the same breath by sue
cesson oC sounds that made men turn pale
Without knowing how the news came, 1t De-
came known almost by instinct that
terrible disaster had occurred, and party
started out to investigate. just this side O
Tenth street, piles of shingles, boards an,
corn!ccs began 10 obstruct the path, an'
horror rcken people were met, crazy will
fear, who declared the whole south end O
the city was destroyed and thousands Killed
At Eighth street a mass of struggling hu
manty was fighting like lunadcs-somc t.
y
trict Shrcks Of agony and fear filled TIA
air.
At Seventh street the real point of deStruC
ton began. Magnificent wholesale house
were Crushsd in like mere shells, and thei
contents unhccdcd IN the excitement, cover
ell the streets There was dwelling iroI
whose ruins came groaus and cries OF agony
at Eighth and Main. J. G. koblegaus place
ignited from broken gas pipes, was sendin
up smoke that added TO the horrors OF III
surroundings. Just across the street tw
corpscs lay, half hid beneath a pile of brio
and other debris.
Passing further along lIollingswort
found Peters big foundry, on Fourtccnt
street, in flames. The fire department mad
heroic efforts 10 qucnch the flames, bl
worked under the greatest difficulties. Froi
that point clear tn ough Eighteenth stree
was a walk of death. Not whole houi
was found and alb ut almost every dwellii
were people moaning and crying for son
orc IN the ruins whom they were unable
rescue.
BY this time the whole city was arouse
and thousands hocked into the wreck,
section Hundreds went to work, and q
most Immediately dead or wounded bod
was taken out The sight was awful. III
point of greatest interest was at the FaI
City Hail. on West Market street, whe
about 90 people were gathered at a dancil
school and in ledges. 1 he great fyestoi
building appeared to have fallen
from the top first and th'
the walls had crushed
on top. At 10 o'clock l6 dead had been ia
en- out, including the commander of the
nous Louisville Legion. The property l'
is estimated at $},C0O,o,0.
The power of the wind was almost beyo
belief II twisted iron columns and to
great walls to fragments. Stones of gre
weight were hurled about rs II they We
shells. The largest negro quarter in to"
on Tenth street, was wiped out, with hea
loss of life. The coal fleet escaped WI
ECArCey any damare