Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-04-05

CAIRO, ILL.,, March 29.--A terrific cy-
clono struck the Il wn OF Metropolis, Ill,
some twenty-five miles above here on
the Illinois side of the Ohio river, be-
tween four and FIVE o'clock Thursday
evening and cut clean swath about
quarter of mile vice clear across the
town, wrecleing proper tty of all descrip-
tions and burying men, women and chill
dren in the debris of falling buildings.
The storm was past in a moment and
then came binding rain. People out
side of the path of the storm were quick
ly on the streets and as fast as possible
the victims were taken from the ruins.
One whole family Of six persons were
crushed by the falling of wall. One
woman was found dead with babe
clasped in her arms and a little girl by
her side, all three horribly crushed,
while the nearly distracted father
himself desperately wounded-lay q
short distance away.
In the business district the havoc was
terrible. Stores that had been consid
cred substantial were emolished in an
instant and the goods scattered like chaff
on the awful blast. The cyclone entered
the town on the south and west, sweep
ing every thing before. Small barns and
outbuildings were caught up by the
whirlwind and carried with crushing
force against larger structures. Trees
were twisted off short and hurled long
distances. Fences were leveled in the
country for miles before the cyclone
reached Metropolis, and for miles be-
yond.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March S1.-If posi-
BILE the throngs of sightseers were even
larger Sunday than the day previous
when the woeful spectacle was first un-
BUSINESS. Early trains brought hundreds
of curious visitors and agents of relief
from neighboring cities and towns to
swell the multitude of those who wended
with local interest toward the scene,
and the guards had much difficulty in
maintaining their lines against the
pressure. All night long the search
parties continued their labors and the
sound of rattling wagons rose out of
every street. Carpenters and timers
worked like beavers the whole day, try
dangerously weakened walls. Gangs of
linemen were getting the tangled and
broken wires of the telephone and tele-
graph out of the way of further repairs.
Meanwhile the solemn tolling Of
church bells, the frequent passage Of
laden hearses and long lines of funeral
carriages gave note to Ethe hurrying
crowd that the tornado's victims were
passing to their last abodes.
Careful estimates by competentunder-
writers and salvage agents are nearly
agreed that the damage to buildings of
all classes, to domestic goods and COM
mercial stocks will aggregate close to
81, 500, 900, with liberal allowance for
rebuilding and repairs.
The main point of comforting thought
is that the loss of life will not prove
nearly so great as first supposed. At a
late hour Saturday night ninety-four
names were borne on the list of the dead.
The work of burying the dead went
on with systematic brisk ness yesterday.
All the hearses in the city were taxed
to their utmost. One procession con-
tanning five hearses conveyed the bodies
of the unfortunate laundry girls-Mag-
gle Mcclure, Mary Ryan, Bridget Crow,
Maggie Campbell and Mary McGinty-
whose funeral service was held at the
cathedral at the same time.
Humboldt Lodge l. o. o. f. remained
at Cave Hill Cemetery during the after
noon and received one at time the
funeral professions of ten members of
that fraternity killed at the Falls City
Hall. The burials with the ritual serv-
ices of the order occurred at half-hour
intervals. So urgent were the demands
on the undertakes that as rule but
two hacks were allowed to each funeral.
Even with this arrangement the facili-
ties were inadequate and the electric
street cars to the cemetery were called
into requisition as a more rapid means
of funeral conveyance. Twenty-four
funeral professions passed out Broad
way yesterday en- route to Cave Hill.
The funeral of Rev. DIR. Barnwell, pas
tor of st. Johns Episcopal church, took
place at noon. His son Dudley was bur-
led at the same time.
Mayor Jacobs has received many tele-
grams from all parts of the country
To all of them the mayor responded, on
behalf of the citizens of Louisville,
thanking them for their kind offers OF
assistance and stating that money only
could be used. Offers from the Red
Cross Association as we'll as from physi-
clans in New York, Philadelphia and
| elsewhere were declined. Two tele'
grams were received from Governor
Campbell, of Ohio, offering aid and en-.
quiring what was most needed. The
mayor replied that any money sent could
be used to good advantage.
Telegraphic money orders aggregating
upwards of $1,000 were received from
Chicago, New York, St. Louis, Cincin-
natl, San Francisco, Covington, KY, and
other places. The relief delegations
from Cincinnati, Indianapolis and from
the Kentucky Legislature viewed the
devastated district yesterday. Neither
of the delegations was solicited for aid
but the matter was left in their OWE
hands to do as their inclinations sug
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