News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
SOUTHERN DISASTERS
N1nety-fOur Bodies RecOy-
cred From Louisville
Ruins.
News From the Terrible Flood Along
The Mississippi.

The total loss of life at Louisville rs a re
SUIT OF the recent tornado, it il Thought vii
not much exceed 100, nearly thar man,
bodies having already been recoye, Ell. tn,
seriously injured number 125. MANY of III,
estlhates OF damage TO property have beer
w! nluch 100 nigh. The actual loss, from
nhanclai standpoint, VIII not be so great A,
was supposed at first. The tobacco ware
houses were not hurt to the extent stated
Nearly all of those demolished were oil,
buildings, and comparatively small sun
VIII pIt me new ones in repair again. The
great demand now is for bricklayers. Prob
ably loo of these can be given employment
anu the contractors announce that they vii
pay them S4.50 dav.
The Total insurance. it is believed, win no;
exceed $4,000. OF this 100000 is life in.
surahce; The life insurance is upon laborers
anu middle class people, and i'm small IO-ceni
companies. Abort $4,000 is in the knights
OF Honor and will be promptly paid.
The richest part of Broadway escaped seri.
Gus damage, Tut that portion from Sixteenth
10 Nlheteenth street Is a perfect wreck. The
most serious disaster was the demolition Of
the Church of the Sacred Heart, the church
school and the rertory and the residence of
The nuns. 1t will be removed to a safer place.
anu immediate steps will be taken 10 rebuild
the church.
Miss Clara Bart n, President of the Red
cross, with j. ID. Hubbell, General Field
Agent of the association, and j. II. Moreland,
foreman of their work at Johnstown, are at
Louisville. Miss Barton SAYS: Il find there
will be no need of our assistance. The first
news we had placed the loss of life so high
and the report that Howling Green was en-
tirely swept away indicated so terrible dis
tress there that in spite of strong reluctance
we left work all ready before US to come
Ut appears there were points in the storm
trac& where there was much more need of
our help than at Louisville. and we hope to
learn of these more definitely here. find the
calamity in Louisville has been met with adj
mlrabie courage and good sense"
The tornado did much damage elsewhere
than in Louisville, but details are learned
Win dlileuty. 1t Is known that every house
and building between Bledsoe and Euia
Tenn, in the path of the storm al blown
away. and hundreds of PEOPLE are injured
and without food or shelter. 1t Is reported
that the whole town of Dixon Springs was
swept out of existence. Wire communica-
ton Is interrupted. Those injured by the
storm near Gallatin ale doing well, and all
viii probably recover.
The Chesapeake and Nashville Road suf-
Tered greatly. At two places about 600 feet
OF high trestle work was destroyed, and two
SOO-ton bridges were blown rom their pillars
and wrecked. A mile of track was torn up
by the cyclone. The loss to stock and other
property in this district is estimated at
Sa0O0. 900.
Most discouraging reports come from Pet
SIsoufS, DEichIOru anu other points In the
path of the cyclone.
In West Louisville every business house
anu half the residences were either wrecked
or swept away. Tom Logan, aged wears,
was killed and 10 others were hurt, two IA
tally, at Pooltown. John Wilson, John Babb,
aad two children were killed and many in
jured.
At Petersburg several buildings were un-
rooted. Blackford was all but wiped out.
Twenty-one lives are known TO have been
lost In this locality, and four times as many
injured.
An Elizahethtown,K Ky. special says the house
of Nathan Paulsey in that county was demol-
lshe' and his family OF six caught under the
falling walls. His daughter was killed out
right, and Mr.. Paulsey himself died later.
The houses of William Hayden and Isaac
Richardson were unroofed. A negro was
Killed ut Hayden's. One or two her fatal
tiles are reported in the country.
A Dixon, (kv.) special saws: The storm
was about twenty minutes in duration, but In
that time eight lives were lost and about 80
persons were wounded, some OF whom will
die, and about S15O,000 worth of property
was destroyed. The track of the storm, as
far as known here, began at Blackboard I'm the
Ohio Valley. and ended at Sebree, ON the /.
and n. Railroad.