Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-04-05


distances. Fences were leveled in tbs
country for miles before the Cyclone
reached Metropolis, and for miles be-
yond IL
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 81. If posi-
BILE the throngs of sightseers were evsn
larger Sunday than the day prevtods
when the woeful spectacle was first IN.
folded to the light of day in all its hide
BUSINESS. Early trains brought hundr4ls
OF curious visitors and agents of reliet
from neighboring cities and town. to
swell the multitude of those who wendell
with local interest toward the scene,
and the guards had much diiliculty In
maintaining their lines against the
pressure. All night long the searh
parties continued their labors and tha
sound of rattling wagons rose ont oi
every street. Carpenters and timers
worked like beavers the whole day, try
ing torepair broken roofs and strengthen
dangerously weakened walls Gangs Of
linemen were getting the tangled ard
broken wires of the telephone ant. .f.s-
graph out of the way of further repairs
Meanwhile the solemn tolling of
church bells, the frequent passage Of
laden hearses and long lines of funeral
carriages gave note to sthe harrying
crowd that the tornado's victims were
passing to their last abodes.
Careful estimates by ycompetcnt under
writer's and salvage agents are nearly
agreed that the damage to buildings Of
all classes, to domestic goods and COM
mercial stocks will aggregate close to
81, 100000, with liberal allowance for
rebuilding and repairs. IS ......
The main point Of comforting thought
is that the loss of life will not prove
nearly so great as first supposed At a
late hour Saturday night ninety-four
names were borne on thelist of the dead.
The work of burying the dead went
on with systematic briskness yesterday.
All the hearses in the city were taxed
to their utmost. One procession CON
tanning five hearses conveyed the bodies
of the unfortunate laundry girls Mag
gle Mcclure, Mary Ryan, Bridget Crow,
Maggie Campbell and Mary McGinty-
whose funeral service was held at the
cathedral az the same time.
Humboldt Lodge |. O. o. +. remained
at Cave Hill Cemetery during the after.
noon and received one at a time the
funeral professions of ten members of
that fraternity killed at tho Falls City
Hall The burials with the ritual sery-
ices of the order occurred at half-hour
intervals. 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 to the cemetery were called
into requisition as more rapid means
of funeral conveyance. Twenty-four
funeral professions passed out Broad
way yesterday en- route to Cave Hill.
The funeral of Rev, DR., Barnwcll pas
tor of ST. Johns Episcopal church, took
place at noon, His son Dudley was bur
led at the same time
Mayor Jacobs has received many tele-
grams from all parts of the country
offering help and financial assistance
10 all of them the mayor responded, on
behalf of the citizens of Louisville,
thanking them for their kind offers of
assistance and sitting that NOISY only
could be used. Offers from the Red
Cross Association as well as from physi-
clans in New York, Philadelphia and
elsewhere were declined. Two tele-
grams we're received from Governor
Campbell, of Ohio, offering aid and en-
quiring what was most needed The
mayor replied that any money sent could
be used to good advantage.
Telegraphic money orders aggregating
upwards of 5000 were received from
Chicago, New York, st. Louis, Cincin-
natl, San Francisco, Covington, Ky, and
other places, The relief delegations
from Cincinnati, indianapolis and from
the Kentucky Legislature viewed tho
devastated district yesterday. Neither
of the delegations was solicited for aid
but the matter was left In their own
hands to do as their inclinations sug-
gested
Miss Clara Barton, president of the
American National Association of the
Red Cross, with DIR. J. Il. IIubbpll. gen
eral field agent of the association, ar
rived here last night. Miss Barton says
in an interview: Il find there will be
no need of our assistance here. The first
news had placed the loss of life so high
and the report that Bowling Green was
entirely swept away indicated such ter
rible distress that | left work already
before MS TO come here. ! find that the
in Louisville has been met
with admirable courage and good sense.
In large experience have never seen
any disaster so efficiently handled, and
have never known efforts Of relief to be
better directed When see how care
fully and well every thing has been done
| am quite ready to believe Jour author
tiles when they tell me you do not now
need assistance, and that they almost
certainly will be able to take care of
your wounded.
Since the immense destruction of
property in this city by the tornado,
there has been much discussion in re-
gard to the insurance upon this de-
property Many thought that
the fire insurance companies would pay
the insurance upon an insured house,
no matter how the destruction occurred,
but an examination Of their policies
shows that there is nothing in them
which makes the companies liable for
losses by cyclones or tornadoes.
The swath of the tornado which
wrought such 'erriblc destruction in
this city is clearly marked through the
State. Reports flom paducah, near
which place the whirlwind must have
entered Kentucky, give details of much
damage. The new town Of Grand River,
on the Cumberland river, vas destroyed
and several people were killed. In
Laurel County many houses we're razed
to the ground. From Crittendon County
the same story comes. Heavy storms
are reported from nearly all the river
counties,
In Christian and Trigg counties. in tho
southern part 81 tfesState, the , oss of
life and property was very heavy. East
of Louisville but little serious da, lage
is reported, although anumber of no lses
were unroofed by the wind. On the fern
of Thomas l.. Barrett, president of ihe
Bank of Kentucky, about three mites
out, there was the most visible work of
the cyclone. The barns and dwellings
on tho farn, waro oo,ttorod clyuaot anJ