Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-05

bridge crosses the Ohio river at Four.
teenth street. The City Hall and other
buildings are located in the quarter
where the damage was done, and the
courthouse is just outside of it, on JEFF
ferson. between Fifth and Sixth streets.
The Falls City Hall, which was de.
stroyed, is on the south side of Market,
between Eleventh and Twelfth streets.
The village of Falkland, which is said
to have been laid waste, is a residence
suburb, which lies at the southwest
corner of Louisville, just outside the
city limits.
Scenes Described by witnesses.
CINCINNATI, March 29.-Conduc tor r.
b. Holborn, of the Louisville & Nash
vile train which arrived at half-past
eleven o'clock yesterday morning, said
to re porter: "All along the line com.
ing out of Louisville telegraph poles,
wires and timber are scattered in all
directions We were delayed ior that
reason. At Lagrange, twenty seven
miles out from Louisville, there is much
damage done.
At Eminence, forty miles southeast Of
Louisville, several persons are killed.
The whole country coming out OF
Louisville is one mass of mingled poles,
timbers, trees and other debris"
Train No. s, over the same road, came
in at twelve o'clock. Brakeman G.
Ricketts, and Mr.. Williams were eye
witnesses ol the terrible storm Thurs
day night. Said they:
1T is beyond description. The ;enter
OF Louisville is one mass of terrible
ruins-all is woe and horrible disaster
We were in the city at the time. The
electrical display was the grandest spec
tacle of its kind we ever saw. The
storm began about half-past eight
o'clock. The thunder was simply aw-
full, and by the vivid glare of the Light
ming we could see for blocks. All was
a mass Of ruins, flying timbers, women,
children and men running here and
there panic-stricken, crying for aid or
seeking to find friends who were buried
beneath huge masses of ruins.
The storm struck the city from the
southwest and ran in zig-zag direction
across the city,, struck the Union Depot
and jumped the river, striking Jefferson
vile. At least nine or ten blocks of
that place was destroyed. Before leav-
ing yesterday morning at eight o'clock,
sixty-eight bodies were taken from Falls
City Hall, where there were hundreds
of people at the time of the accident
The most destruction took place in the
main part of the city. The west end
came in for big share. The awful
tornado did not take straight course.
but jumped up one block and down an
other and here and there. Port Royal
Henry County, forty miles from Louis
vile, is reported as being entirely de
molished.
cat Pendleton, thirty-six miles frem
Louisville, $4,000 insurance policy
was found hanging on bush, near the
railroad track. The policy belonged to
a man in Louisville, and had blown all
the way from that city. All sorts OF
clothing, pieces of timbers and debris
of all sorts were scattered along the
line"
D. L. Lockwood, baggage master on
the same train, was in the tornado also.
Said he:
81 was riding in street car on JET.
ferson street, between Seventh and
Eighth, when the tornado struck the
car. A heavy telegraph pole was blown
across the car, MASKING it, and nearly
killing lady passenger, whom | car
ried in my arms to place where medl-
cal aid could be had. / was uninjured,
but the poor-car driver was blown away
and never heard of or seen since. Il
was an awful sight. Scores of people
were killed and every thing was ono
mass of ruins"
Il was in the Kansas City tornado
several years ago." said passenger,
"but the horrible catastrophe of last
night was the most awful thing | ever
saw. / saw dozens of dead people being
taken from Falls City Hall, where per-
haps hundred or more were killed
The Union Depot was completely
wrecked"
Said another: "a steamboat was
bodily lifted from the river and blown
out on the land a quarter of mile.
The Western part of the city seems to
have got the worst of the storm"
81 never saw such time for selling
papers," said newsboy, who came in
on train No. yesterday morning. Peo-
pie are crazy for them, and almost tear
one to pieces to get them"
The orm in Tennessee.
GALLATIN, Tenn, March 29.-The
worst storm that ever visited this Sec
ton passed over this city Thursday
night. Two miles from Gallatin houses
were blown down. The brick residence
of John Hibbett was completely blown
away. The walls fell in and killed an
eighteen-months-old baby of John Hib-
bett, also boy twelve years old, son OF
Palo Langford. Hibbett is dying and
his wife is horribly mangled. Across
the pike from Hibbett's, VIM. Patter-
sons residence was blown down, injur-
ing five persons. Residences were COM
pletely wrecked and large trees up
rooted and carried some distance.
The worst features of the cyclone
have not been reported. After sweep
;nr NJ, Rooaua the storm kinr bera n