The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-04-03

cally reduced to nothingnes. AS il
rushed down this street it carried with
it the fronts of buildings, which are
mostly resides, on each side, leaving
in many instances the furniture and
other contents unmolested. Frequent
ly from the centre of some three-sideC
DIV cling an unbroken chandler i:
still swinging.
Jefferson and Market streets are ir
almost as bad a condition as Main, anC
hundreds Of wagons are busy cartins
away soiled and broken furniture from
what were homes yesterday but are nc
longer.
The massive trees in the park or
Jefferson street have been twisted anC
broken like reeds, and lay crossed anc
piled upon each other. Everywhere
in the track of the storm is wreck anG
ruin. The work of rescue
ing mangled dead bodies goe:
bravely on. Hundred of anxious mer
worked as they never worked before
for the bodies of their wives, fathers
mothers, brothers and sisters, that lie
buried in the heapless mass of brick
and mortar that covers the site where
yesterday stood Falls City Hall. The
cries of men, women and children
rend the air on every side.
A surging crowd of 10, 900 people
blocked the streets for squares about
the scene Of the catastrophe. *
Bodies mangled and shapeless beyond
recognition are being dragged from
beneath the ruins every few minutes.
Coroner Miller stands at the door OF
his temporary morgue in the McGrath-
ian saloon, opposite the wreck, direct
ing the disposition of the bodies.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of goods lay last night upon the
business streets at the mercy of thieves.
1t now seems almost impossible to find
store houses for this vast amount of
merchandise.
The search for the victims is going
steadily on and each hour adds largely
to the already long list. At many
places the men labor in danger of
burial beneath lettering walls at any
moment and other accidents are
looked for momentarily.
X X X
1t is very evident that it was not a
cyclone, as its effect was too wide
spread. For miles in either direction
of the city occasional roofs were torn
off and trees lifted out Of the ground
by the wind. A few miles out of
Henryville, about twenty-one miles
from Louisville, lay an engine with its
great iron nose plunged into a bed
Of soft yellow mud. On the opposite
side lay the massive tender and beyond
t two coaches tipped over on their
tides. 1t was the wreck of train No.,
}, a combination, which runs between
indianapolis and Louisville. The train
vas making the best time possible in
he heavy wind when it struck a birch
rec that had been torn up by its roots
nd flung across the track. No one
vas injured.
LOUISVILLE KY, March 2o.-The |
wath of the tornado which wrought
UGH terrible destruction in this city is
learly marked through the State.
reports from Paducah, near which
lace the whirlwind must have entered
give the details of much
amage. The new town of Grand |
,vers on the Cumberland river was
estroyed and several people killed.
n Larkln county many houses were
'ised to the ground. From Critten-
en- county the same story comes, say
1g heavy storms are reported. In
hrlstaln and Trigg, in the southern
art OF the State, the loss of life and
roperty was very heavy. East of
oulsvllle but little serious damage is
ported, although number of houses
ere unroofed by the wind.
The latest estimate of the dead
ade this afternoon places the figures
etween 100 and $50. One hundred
odles have been recovered up to the
-esent hour, and there are but a few
ersons not accounted for. The dam
Re to property approximates $4,000
90 in Louisville alone. In Jefferson
lie it is about $50, 1000.
The latest and most intelligent es-
mate of the total number of dead
lroughout the city is that it will not ,
coed $50 persons. This is careful :
I'd fairly accurate.
Estimates of the loss are placed by
unn 4 Co. at s2,5oo,ooo. ,
No one can yet count the number of :
dead, and the groans of the dying
n be heard in homes all over the
y, and even occasionally amid the f
eek OF the business marts, where thew c
still imprisoned. c
All day long the search in the ruins |
the dead and dying has gone on,
d as night closes the city in its folds V
ndS OF brave rescuers continue their !.
rk; but in the darkness they seem to
TX more silently, though no less t.
luouSly, and take on the gruesome V
oearance of ghouls. As each rem il
lnts OF the piles of wreckage is Il
ed 1t Is with the anticipation of e
covering TO view the lifeless form of o
uman victim of that awful storm. 6
,haps the wriggling member of ~ 81
'led man may start the searChers p,
1 cause them to draw back aghast q
moment; but with braced nerves ty
have been almost to the tension CT
or one whole night and a dav, they NJ
tlnue their labor and tenderly lift
unfortunate and carry him to an
oulance, only to see him expire in to
arms of wife, a mother or 4 is
nd.
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