The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-29
A GRAPHIC ACCOUNT
I;y the Indinnnr"lis Associated Press Men.
Thrilling Incitlsuts. .F

y hAAlIllu ACNUuNI
ly the Indianapolis Associated Press Men,
Thrilling Incidents. EEs
LOUISVILLE, KY, March est is very
evident that it was not cyclone, as its
effects are too widespread. For miles
in either direction fences were torn
off aud trcss lifted out Of the ground by
the roots. AS the special train sped to-
ward the iated city bringing Associated
Press representatives from indianapolis,
the evidences were first noticeable fully
fifty miles out. First came to view nm
occasional dead tree broken into pieces,
then larger and more substantial trees
and finally monarchs OF the forest. Many
OF the little towns along the Jefferson
vile, Madison & indianapolis railroad
were fairly stripped of their signs and
gingerbread work.
A few miles south Of Henryyille, about
81 miles from Louisville, lay an engine
with its great iron nose plunged into a
bed Of soft yellow mud. On the oppo-
site side lay the massive tender, and be.
hind it two coaches tipped over on their
sides. il was the wreck OF train No. G,
an accommodation which runs between
- Indianapolis and Louisville. The train
was making the best time possible in the
heavy wind, when it struck birch tree
that had been torn up by the roots and
flung across the track. No one was in
jured.
WRECK AND RUIN. 5-.s4.r-.
When the scene ofdisaster was reached
m appalling sight was presented.
Crowds OF people throngcd the Four
teenth street station and from there to
the heart Of the city was mass Of hui
manity, dodging horses street cars aud
all sorts OF VEHICLES. In the middle OF
the street and on either side was wreck
and ruin. Great masses OF stone in
heaps presented the appearance Of hav-
ing simply crumbled to the earth. Gangs
Of feseurers work like gophers on the
great masses OF debris in the search for
human victims OF the awful calamity.
Here and there lay dead mules, with
clots OF blood at their nostrils. that had
been dragged from the ruins OF tho great
tobacco houses, OF which they are most
common adjunct in this Southern city.
Women and lnen darted before mad
horses, whose hoofs it seemed would
crush them to death. Burly policemen
were stationed Mt street crossings to
prevent people from attempting to pass
through the ruined thoroughfares where
partially wrecked walls stood menace
to human life, but their efforts were iu-
tile and men, women and children made
their way down the dangerous streets
with astounding recklessnees. The
morbid crowd would hot be held back
in its desire to satisfy curiosity, and II
was sight worth their efforts to see.
The wreck was 80 great that it beggars
M attempt at detail. ~
Immediately upon the burst, Of the
cyclone, the fire bells' sounded and the
police we're ut work. Within ton min.
ntes posse appeared ut Fails City Hall
to work.
IEsCUERs. sl5i ( :
The walls OF the adjoining house were
frat propped and then began the work
oil cutting through the heavy slate roo
that covered all. a.
At first the work was difficult ant
laborious, on account OF the anxious
multitude that thronged the wreck
Difficult waB the ta8k to clear the ruin o
women, who were found digging Mt the
ruins with their fingers, crazed with tht
groans beneath, each OF which they
thought assembled from their dying
Every one did noble work. i
After an hour OF ceaseless labor tht
first victim, Mrs. Sarah Kelly, was un
earthed. Her body waB found sitting il
an upright position, her head bruised
and one arm broken. She said that a
the first quake mad rush was made TO-
the entrance. Women were knockec
down and trampled on in the mad hast'
to escape. Seeing the overwhelming
Jam at the door, several remained be
hind. "The last saw Of my friends wa
Just Eefore the floor geye way and th
ceiling iell." WI
The work was continued, but mono o
those whom Mrs. Kelly said were nea
her could be found. 49,. Isl
The excavation was then moved iron
the rear Of the building to the front
wherc it wac supposed the greater oroyI
vas gathered. AS soon as the roohn
was removed md tho mass Of brick, tn
first sight that met the eyes was any
thing hut hopeful. Tep y0Eep, locke
IN each others arms, were arawn opt c
the debris, all but one dead. IN
TAKING OUT DobiEs, 3.
Nr. James hassen, whose wife ha
been ut tho Lodge meeting, was fore
most III tho work, aud tho first ,perso
whom he drew ont OF tho ruined builG
Ing was his wife, who died in bis arm'
lie laid her by tho side Of tho Ole!
who. We're dead and continued to wor
Tor the living. x (; ~ ~
Inside OF the next hour 80 men an
Women were drawn out dead, but wit
no wounds on their bodies, and it
thought all met their death from sufle
cation. 81 x. s4],
Tho gas pipes had broken, whicl
caused the lights to 50 out and whic
saved the ruins from Ere for tho time
nut flooded tho debris with a vapo
almost as deadly rs the fro might hay
proven. Ways were pierced into tn
breast Of tho iuinand- bodies drawn ou
One n1rf NJ tho h,,;ll;pp u.na rnearve