Huntsville gazette., 1890-04-05
At THE FALLS CITY
The Eff ct Of the Great Cyclone
Rapidly Disappearing.
Number of Killed Now Known
to Be Seventy-Six.

.mplete List .s Furnished by the Cor
oner-The Work Of Relief Systematic
ally Proceeding Poor People the
Heaviest Losers In JetfersonviIle, Ind.
Great Damage Done in Tennessee.
LOUISVILLE, April 3.-The work of re-
pairing the damage done by the cyclone
is pressed forward energetically. Walls
are going up and roofs reappearing on
all sides The work of clearing the
streets entirely of wreckage was begun
Tuesday.
The work of relief is now proceeding
systematically. A half-dozen clerks are
kept busy taking the statements of those
in need. another pays out the necessary
sums of money, and still another records
both the name Of the applicant and the
amount paid out. 1t is next to impossi-
bic for one family to draw twice and
not be recorded. The name, address,
amount of property destroyed, all are
carefully filed in the blank lines of the
application.
81 Nothing but absolute need is relieved,
and that only for the present. Only a
IS" Mtlt S,c tS to~c, tIltl tilcf WERE
for burial expenses. The ma jority were
So and So distributions
Insuranc,
1t has been decided by the under
writers that where building has been
only partially destroyed the fire in
surance will be allowed to stand if
proper repairs are made. v hen build
ings are totally destroyed the insurance
Is cauceled, but premiums pal in al
vance are refunded.
" hsle at WORK making repairs at the
| 1a.l5 City tobacco warehouse Monday
night, Ernest O'Leary fell. receiving in
juries W hi;n will probably prove fatal.
An examination of the ruined district
shows several buildings which withstood
the greatest violence of the wind.
The Fort Ne'son" building a. Eighth
and Main WAS in the very cen,er of the
storm, but suffered little damage. 1t is
one of the most substantial bu llings in
the city, It's walls of brick and stone
being unusually thick. Its cornlcing
and roof We're considerably damaged.
and big gap made i'll the top rear wall,
but it suffered little enough to demon
strate the fact that the strongest build
ing is the safest in great wind storms,
that will escape the most furious vista
ton ever known in this country.
In Jefrersonviile.
Out of about eighty houses destroyed
by the tornado in Jeffersonvilie the own
ers of -tifths of this number are poor
people, whose little homes were their
only possessions. All the homeless ones
have been given shelter by their more
fortunate neighbors, but the situation
over there has been much underesti-
mated, and it is a mistake to suppose
that no assistance is needed in the little
city across the river. In the blocks be-
sween Market and Front and Mulberry
nearly every home is ruined, and the
inmates lost the most of their furniture.
Some of them succeeded in saving
only the clothing they wore upon their
backs. Since the terrible accident &C
CURED Daniel Phipps has fed and given
shelter to thirteen families. John Fer
guson, grocer, has provided for an
equal number
A meeting of the Commercial club
was held at the city hall Monday night,
and speeches favoring the asking for
outside assistance were made. Thus far
subscriptions to the amount of only
about $3.50 have been sent in.