Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-31
CYCLONE AFTERWARDS.
Funeral PROFESSIONS the Order of the Day in
Louisville-TaIes of Distress from
surrounding Districts.
BURYINe THE !

BURYING THE
LOUISVILLE. KY, March 30.-No work
has been done on the ruins to-day except
by individuals, and no bodies are re-
ported taken out anywhere during the
day. Funeral professions have followed
each other in quick succession to
Cave Hill, St. Louis, Bertrand and other
cemeteries and the city has been all day
in mourning. Many Of the funerals have
been with military, Masonic or other
honors and some ceremonies have been
very impressive. Masses have been said
at the Catholic churches and sermons
preached at the Protestant. Hearts
have been touched that had long forgot
ten sentiment in the battle with the
world. Offers of help continue TO come
in. Liberal contribu tlons to the fund
are reported from citizens here and sew
eral Jm outside.
TOWN ANNIHILATED.
HoPKINsvILLE, KY, March 50.-Re-
ports of most distressing nature con-
tinue to be received from this and ad-
joining counties that were swept by the
cyclone. In some places entire farm
houses, barns and fences were laid waste.
The loss in property is beyond computa-
ton. The town of Caledonia was entirely
destroyed. A great deal of valuable
stock was killed in every section Of this
county. There are also reports of q
number Of persons being injured by fall
ing trees and houses
GALLATIN.
d,sDatob from HoIIo+;n Tanp COWS.
The news of the terrible storm of Thurs
day is slow to obtain, and it will be to-
morrow before full list of the dead and
in jured can be had. 1t is known that
every house and building between Bled
soc and Eulata in the path of the storm
are bio n away, and hundreds of people
are il nred and without food or
whole town of Dixon Springs in
Smith county was swept out of
existence by the Cyclone. Wire COM
munication is interrupted. Those
injured by the storm near
Gallatin are doing well, and will
probably recover. Business IN Gallatiu
is temporarily suspended, while the
people discuss the disaster. In the path
of the storm are to be found horses and
cattle lying upon the ground in great
numbers, killed.
The Chesapeake and Nashville railroad
suffers greatly. In two places about GOO
feet of trestle work was destroyed and
two 300-ton bridges were blown from
their pillars and wrecked. mile of
track was torn up by the cyclone. The
loss to stock and other property in this
district is estimated at 80 900, 600.
MARION.
dispatch from Marion, Ky, says
large portion of that town was destroyed
and eighteen lives lost. A family con-
sisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Montague
and four daughters and the mother of
Mrs. Montague, living in the country
eight miles from Marion, were crushed
to death by the falling of their dwelling.
ENTERPRISE.
At Enterprise the Methodist church
and four dwellings were demolished, but
no lives were reported lost. A dwelling
at the mouth of Race creek and two
farm houses near by were destroyed.
family boat moored about five miles
above the mouth of Green river was
dashed to pieces against a tree, and a
man named Frazier and his wife and
sister were drowned.
NEWS FROM BEAVER DAM.
BEAVER DAM, KY, March 3O.-News
reached here from Sumpter Springs that
the storm did considerable damage. Gid
Combs house was blown to pieces, kill
ing one of his daughters. B. N. Fitz-
hugh is crippled and is likely to die. Con-
siderable other damage in other parts Of
the country is reported.
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AT DICKSON.
DICKSON, KY, March 3O.-The most
terrific storm that ever invaded this
section of the state passed through Web
ster county Thursday afternoon about G
0 'clock. It was about TWEEN
ty minutes in duration, but
in that time eight lives
were lost and about thirty persons were
wounded, some of whom will die, and
about SIS 900 worth OF property was de-
stroyed The track of the storm as far
as known here began at Blackford, on
the Ohio Valley railroad, and ende at
Sebree on the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad. The list of dead
at present asoertained is as fol-
lows: George Newman, Miss Taylor,
Dick Wilson, Mrs. Shelton, John Trot-
ters' child, Mrs. Edwards, G. j. Ham
moeks child and Henry Pendergrast.
The wounded are: John Frotter, wife
and child; James Roland, John Eden5,
William Brayes' child, William Tulley
and wife, Forrest Shoulders child, Mrs.
Mamie Talrott, Grant Bakers wife and
Mat Morgan,