, 1890-04-03

rratlcr was demolished. a. was also the
immcnso building occupied by \, lhlcr.
mtn Is Co.., whnlcsaiu liquor dealer
and uisti'lcrl.
In nearly all upo business houses
wrecked some onoNAs injured, and fear,
are expressed that when the debris 10
finally cleared away many bodies will
be found.
MARKET sTaEEI DEVASTATED.
Market street this evening looks like
u ruined villuee. Tho devastation ON
this thurouglIlurc is nearly complete.
For luur blocks not u building escaped
partial Or total demolition, The progress
o pedestrians through the street j. al
most impossible, because of the wreck
age.
AWFUL Loss or LlEE.
In many of the buildings families re
sided over the storeT, and la nearly every
part come reports Of broken limbs Or
severe Injuries otherwise ~ one or more
ol cIcti httlo group. At Nc, lli2, Mrs.
Nhitnrn was fatally inju. sd Dy jump
ms nom the tflri lOpr winuoW. AZ
so. no two Ui Mrs, ounus children
were kilied, and Mrs. Siuui, was haily
injured. From l122 to li.O, inclusive,
Was the iauod rails tity haIl, Nhurc ou-
CURED tic most aWIut IUsa Of lie, ~ dc
tailed clseW Iefc.
ma uSIoN pEPor GONE.
The bllckenuI ruins mark the spot
where last evening sluuu inu splendid
large Union depot, at seventh street ana
tho river When the crush Uauv tIu
Louisville a southern Train had Just
cIuc IN, and the ]. a VI. were ready to
Iul out, but blth were caught
~ tHe ia,lIuB mass ana crushed ike
suVi!s, AlCdt u dozen peop'e were in
lurcu, bus it is though that none were
utuiiy hurt. The river. disturbed by
the Jury oi thr tornado, 40 yet angry,
and What WAS let OF tllo ucpot uy InO
wind, Is mOmcntoutly thrcslCncd by the
stormy waves tILt surge under ana
ABOUT thu platform.
scENE oF pEsoLArioN.
From seventh and thp river as far
down Us can be seen one continuous
scene of desolutiOn meets the eye, and
brNildCrs the spectators, who never
dreamed ui auy thiug 50 terrible. Every
where /, wreck aud runs. Iuc storm
seemed only to nave swept broadway
/ from Fifteenth to Smith streets, nut near
| ly all the houses between these streets
and on the interesting streets were
demolished. From Fifteenth and Six
tccnth streets the buildings were mostly
small frame houses. occupied by cOlOrvd
| families. The roofs were torn oil, but
not very large amount oi damage was
done, uud nOno Oi tho occupant wot1
I hurt.
Irum Sixteenth street down to Nine
teeuth street the houses destroyed WAS
something terrible. In these three
/ blocks the houses were larger ANA OF
much better quality. Nearly every ono
oNthem was dumuiishrd, but Ia most
cases tho occupants escaped with slight
injuries, Tie Catholic buildings at
Seventeenth and / galway, 1--we in NUM-
/ bor were all blown down, and Slater
/ Illus was killed. Al the other sisters
Is 'upeu without injury.
] A AREtiEF COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
The board of tra.e 10 day appointed u
3 general relief committee to at once ~
licye thu poor ptU le Who are in u desti-
tutc condition, and $4,000 was sub
scribod in a short time, and special
meeting of the city council appropriated
$1,000 Mu.c.
a nrgc corps OF men have been organ
i7cd to work on tho wrcukage unromit-
tiusly, First attention Is bciug pmi u
FAIL City hall, and other points where
great loss Of life IS feared.
Fortunately for thc homeless, the
weather Is very mild.
PROPERTY LOssLs vEisy GREAT.
The relief committee this evening dis
cussed the question ol the property
losses Opinions varied considerably,
. rom the lragmentary reports received,
/ but IL Is believed that IL Will reach two
[ and q half million dollars,
srArENENr TO THE PUBLIC,
I Tonight the relief committee pre-
I pared the following statement, which
/ was furnished the Associated Press
"lV the People:
The calamity that has uyeriaIon tho
[ city ol lnulsyilto ny the cyclone last
/ night spread over territory covering q
spuce Of ground some 400 yards wide
three miles in length, through the bust
ness and residence portion of the
/ city, The lO,s OF lile Is in
7 tic ncishhorhood, il is believed, OF
. some seventy pcrs ons, anu the loss to
| the city in damage to houses ana goo is
| Is believed To ho S2,uDNuuO. While tho
calamity il q great one, our citizens feel
able to cope with it, and arc not cast
down, but will IT once proceed to repair
the ruins and TO resume the occupations
now interrupted in all portions Of the
city"