The sun., 1890-03-30
an OLD TORNADO PATH.
The Same Thing Happened IN LouisVil
Many Years Ago.

The Sans Thing Happened In Louisville
Many Years Ago.
This IA not Louisville's hrst experience
with o tornado The storm Of Thursday was
almost an exact counterpart OF one which
visited the section In 1885. 1t was apparently
the result OF q cyclone very similar to that
which has Just passed. for 1t had been raining
and blowing O couple OF days at Louisville be-
fore the tornado came. 1t was singular CO.
incidence that the course OF that tornado was
almost Identical with the one OF Thursday. 1t
came from the southwest. across fields which
are now Parkland. and cut northeasterly, cross
ing the river near where the present Louis
vile bridge 10.
At that time the town had not grown out In
that direction. and. though It made profound
sensation In the neiRhborhood, the tornado was
not source OF great destruction. and caused
tho loss OF no lives At that time Louisville
was an ambitious town OF about Is, 900 inhabit-
ants. which had been enjoying city Govern
ment only seven years. 1t was centred about
where First street now is, and was extending
east and south. The present westerly part OF
the city. whore both tornadoes crossed. was OF
later growth In 1885 this western section. in
cluded in tho loop Of the river, and covering
the present sites OF Falkland and Portland.
was occuoied with farms. dotted with occa-
sionnl patches OF woodland. Through this tho
tornado plouRhed it's way. wrockinR farm
houses, destroying crops and fields, and cut
ting great channels through the woods 30
great was the impression made by this storm
upon the minds Of witnesses. that its history.
though never written. has lived, and there are
men living in New York to-day who remember
hearing thor fathers and mothers tell OF 1t.
when. as boys. they were still living in the
family homestead In Kentucky.
Nh4 AFA al hy n
tornado In town." unused Eckstein Norton.
President OF the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road yesterday; as he hung over map Of Lou
isvile and marked out the course Of The storm
Judging id % from " hat one Of Them can do with
pleoe OF woods, ! can nearly imagine, l have
nsdos s I had recently gently passed Their force eI must
be something incohoetyable. Judging from
what have seen. can eadily PEI believe eve that me h
storm has mixed up Louisville. Itis hard to
believe that wind can cut through golid timber
TO believe it have stood IN piece OF wood
land and looked down q straight swath cut as
wasn't " wider than half q city block. or perhaps
1t was half mile wide. In either case this
%e Ee ee IN s
limb from limb. and scattered in the pathway.
sides OF the swath We're lined BY forest trees
which haa not been toue1ed-stood almost un.
BCTuLCQeu. WHO tuelI uelRupOIS ELK Ieet away
were ground into atoms. And this fierce storm
will sweep over the country faster than an ex
press rain Directly before 1t there will be no
disturbance. In Its wake all will be calm"
The disaster at Louisville has served to
bring to light the fact that there are large
number OF citizens OF this town Who claim the
chief city Of Kentucky as their home In the
tobacco trade especially there are good many
Louisville people In town. They have been
discovering themselves TO each other in their
search Tor further details OF the catastrophe
than those contained In the daily newspapers.
The offices Of the two Louisville railroads here
have been q sort OF starting place for most all
OF them. IT. was thought that the railroads
would get information II anybody could. But.
as the event proved. the railroad people were
forced to have to buy TEE Sun themselves TO
get the news, for they were unable to get any
teleRraphic facilities south.
Ex-President Norton OF the Louisville and
Nashville road has been try Ing very hard to
get inside information. and has had hosts OF
calls from Louisyille folks. He lives In Louis
Breyfoele. the new head Of the Louisville. New
vile. He is. down there. now. having gone
there on business couple OF weeks, ago. A
few other. well l-known New Yorkere, who come
from Louisville are Norvin Green, President OF
the estern Union telegraph Company: ex-
Commissioner Albert Fink, II. Victor New
comb. Logan Q. Murray. Broker Wallace
Deane. and Reuben L. Pollard. the partner OF
Stephen pettuS.