Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-29

WRECK AND RUIN.
Louisville and Other Points Wis
tied by Fearful Disaster.
A Cyclone Leaves Death and Destruc-
ton in It's Path-Frightful Loss
OF Human Lives.
Scenes of Surging Humanity Searching for
Loved Ones Reggars rescrIptfon-Many
Ruins TAX Fire.
LIVES AND PROPERTY DESTROYED .

| LOUISVILLE, KY, March 2S, a. NJ
Shortly after 9 O'Clock Tonight a tor
nado swept over this city, wrerking 200
| wind came from the southwest. The
/ Union depot at the foot of Seventh street
was lifted from its foundation and turned
over into the raging torrent Of the Ohio
| river. train of cars making up for the
| Louisville Southern road went over with
| the Luildng. The city hall on West
| Market street was wrecked. In the
| hall were over 100 people, and but few
OF them escaped alive. Many buildings
after falling, caught fire AMI the inmates
were burned. All the streets were
blocked with the debris of fallen build
ings and telegraph and electric wires.
| This dispatch Is carried around the city
| to the bridge and sent over the railroad
wire.
| ESTIMATED AT EIGHT HUNDRED.
| WASHINGTON, March %, 8 a. m.-The
loss of life by the cyclone at Louisville is
now estimated at 800.
DESTRUCTION AT METROPOLIS, ILL.
| CAIRO, Ill. March 28.-A private dis
patch from Metropolis at a. N. states
| the cyclone there caused death and de-
| st uction, but no particulars whatever.
| The wires are down in every direction.
| indicating that the storm assumed large
| proportions, and but meager particulars
are obtainable. The Mobile and Ohio
wires are intact to Mill creek, this side
| of Jonesbore. Capt. Williams, claim
| agent, states that between Louisville and
Mill Creek fifteen telegraph poles were
carried down and that many people were
| injured. But to this hour of writing
a. p. m )there could be secured no par
ticulars. Reports from Metropolis state
that 100 houses were wrecked. At IL
o. clock tonight the wind is blowing
sixty miles an hour.
VARIATIONS OF AN EYE WITNESS.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, March %, 2 "a. m.
Information just received here is that
cyclone struck Louisville in the south
western portion and took northeasterly
direction. An eye witness narrates: 1
only saw the course of it from Eleventh
and Walnut streets. From this latter
point 1t followed its course to Seventh
and the river, where it left the city and
reached Jeffersonyille at the foot of
Spring street. Little damage was done
in Jeffersonville, however. In Louis
vile the devastation Is terrific aud the
loss of life will certainly reach hum
dreds, If not thousands. In one
building at Twelfth and Market streets
two lodges and dancing school were in
session, there being in the building per-
haps 100 people, not one OF whom ii is
thought to have escaped. stood and
watched men working in the ruins and
saw six or eight bodies taken out in fif-
teen minutes. There is scarcely any
thing left that would indicate there had
ever been building or that any OF the
inmates escaped. The path of the
cyclone was about square and half in
width.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, March ga late
special says: Metropolis. small village
in Illinois about thirty-fve miles from
Cairo, was destroyed by storm and sew
eral hundred people killed and injured.
COMMUNICATION SHUT OFF.
storms west appear to have been fatal in
the vicinity of Louisville, Ky, although
there are no positive reports upon which
TO base any estimate of the damage.
There is not at this hour g a. m. nor
has there been for several hours. any In
formation from the city of Louisville or
vicinity. There have been rumors
of alarming loss of life by
the cyclone, but everything
needed confirmation. The absolute
break down of all telegraph facilities
causes great apprehension and suspense.
The city of Louisville is beyond all reach
OF the telegraph and is dead city so far
as wire communication Is concerned.
The cyclone must have spent its greatest
foroe there.
ST. LOUIS SUFFERS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. March 28.-A terrific
wind storm occurred here this evening,
The electric light station building was
uuroofed, and schmidt's restaurant was
also unroofed. cornice of Springs
grain store was blown of, bov was
blown out of the window, but escaped
unhurt. The wind then tore down two
frame buildings belonging to the Clark
estate, unroofed the stores of
Messrs. McLane s. Newell, and DIR.
Aliens Office, and completely wrecked
Herrin g brick shoe store, two story
frame building occupied by Mrs. NJ Spin
ster as millinery shop, was crushed like
an egg shell and Mrs. Spinster buried in
the ruins. She was quickly extricated
aud found to be seriously injured. She
may not recover. Robert Byre's build
ing was unroofsd and John Colby 3 resi-
dence wrecked. The storm struck the
house OF Dell Harreil, which was COM
pIetely demolished. The family sought
safety in the cellar and escaped uuhurt.
Adjoining. the residences OF Mr.. Mar
shall and n. D. Morse were badly dam
aged. The residence OF Mr.. Mathes near
10y was lifted from its foundation and
crushed.
BURYING THE FAMILY.
in the ruins. All escaped serious injury
save Mrs. Mathes, who now lies in q
critical condition MANY other houees