Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-04-04
7WFUL GALA NIFTY.
Ar LOUISVILLE, KY. A
STU ,s.srRoUs CYCLONE.

and Manning """S-N"
ndFs's 60, Fatality in the Cyclone
preee .na t,ountry-A Few Details.
.odo which struck Louisville,
,a.s-ed the southeastern portion
en's- .. Eighteenth street ard swept
E ''s eve blocks %diagonally. reaching
% Q. line to Seventh street and lev
Fas hrilding in its path-probably
s.os at a rough estimate. The
LDr silled is placed at 5oo' with 'nous-
injured.
op. Hundred Bodies
.s, recovered. The buildings on
'ss from Eighth to Fourteenth
in ruins, not one Of the hand
nhnlesale houses being left, and all
SEs,o warehouses we're swept awayon
lei street.
r,tuI 10 secret Societies.
|. Falls City hall, a four-story build
flown down while several Ma
,as knights of Honor lodges were
s;,n and one hundred lei and
|an were buried in the ruins.
Nearly Every House Gone.
- ether house on Market, Jefferson
Wa,r,. streets from Eleventh to Six
b. street, is in ruins. Falkland, a
IN Is swept away. At the Union depot
+ foo, of Seventh street n chesapeake
fS;o rain for Washington was just
;,o M. filed with passengers. The
limo was Frustrated. crushing in on
trai,.. All the
Passengers Were Rescued
Int ore newsboy. Every building, tree
elsg.aph pole in the district struck
lerai4d. The district laid low was an
three miles long and nearly a half mile
he streets are thronged with multi
IS OF sorrowing people. They stand
y the corners with tear dimmed eyes,
mpIy discussing the dreadful catastro-
o. move from one point of the wrecked
rct TIC another, gazing at the scenes of
There are at least 100 families home
in tie streets that were happy yester-
in the possession of their Iomes. One
woman. between her half stifed sobs,
how that very evening her husband
maid TO a building association the last
lar they owed upon their house, and
all thai: remains is a confused mass of
X and mortar. There are many other
Is almos; parallel to this. Not only
e the heases dashed to the ground, but
~farlita,e in many instances was en-
liz destroyed. Hundreds of thousands
dollars worth of goods lay last night
bu the business streets at the mercy of
pyes. i now seems almost impossible
ind ~stc.e-houses for the vast amount of
EchanGlse.
/ many places towering walls of brick
rocking III the air, ready to descend at
ting. The points of danger are
ylai ~ the police and a military COM
who drive the surging crowds back at
polGt OF the bayonet.
t the entrances Of the various dead
ms stand b%reathless mohs. clamoring
aimi:tagee, but invariably refused I'M
ii b. 10 Identity some relative or
ni. Occasionally when one of these
es sound, half sob, half Shrek,
eAss lie outer doors.
la'5,arhone wires are all down and it
take ten days to get them up and
hiking again. The search for the victims
soils steadily on and each hour adds
fseIy to the already long list. In many
aces the men labor in great danger of be-
buried beneath the lettering walls at
Y moment, and other accidents are
Vkei to: m%omentarily.
An inspection of the water-works shows
sstand-pipe completely wrecked. Until!
palEs ate completed no pumping can be
le' and there is only about enough water
Tue Reservoir to last five days. AT the
d Oh 'ha' tlms the public will have to
pend on wells. 1t caInot be told how
Is II VII. take to repair the water-vorks.
rushed and %blackened ruins mark the
" "he5e last evening stood the splen-
T. 'a'se union depot at Seventh aud
Ms. Wien the crash came the Louis
s southern train had just come in and
l and NJ. was ready to pull out,
OoSh were caught by the falling mass
crushed like shells. About a dozen
o'le were injured, but, it is thought.
ne fatally.
| ne VIDE river, disturbed by the fury of
'9EAado, is yet angry, and what was
!. ol The depot by the wind is momen-
ny threatened by the strong waves that
y uhoer and about the platforms.
rom Seventh and River as far down as
'e seen one continuous scene of DESC
IVA meets the eye and bewilders the
.''of' who never dreamed Of anything
terrible Everywhere is wreck and
Ne storm seemed only to have swept
V'o"a& from Fifteenth to Nineteenth,
carry all the houses between these
ana on intersecting streets, were
sneo. From Fifteenth to Sixteenth
+loS'iv small frame houses, occupied
p'.fee families. The roofs were torn
Ivy no great amount of damage was
:, nna none of the occupants were
FROM Sixteenth down to Nineteenth,
l,i' 'ne destruction was terrible. In
,Nfee blocks the houses were larger
~ much better quality. Nearly every
'oem was demolished, but in most
We occupants escaped with slight
ss' The Catholic buildings at Sew
,, sNYn ana Broadway-fve in number
"i blown down and Sister Plus
injury. ~ ee'ape' "'n