The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-01
THE STRICKEN CITY.
is
A Water Famine Imminent at
Louisville.
The List Of Victims Of the Cyclone Now
:: s: ii Placed at One Hundred.
The hlsstssippt .l' River and its Tributaries
E. s Rapidly Rising, Owing 10. the Rain
!: ,..:= +: =: .." :: Il and Snow Storms.
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Special by the California Associated Press.

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!: LOUISVILLE. March :a1-The snowfall
Yesterday has done considerable damage:to
exposed. goods. The devastated section
was crowded with siglrt-seers.. =;
f.; In West louisville not a business house
was left standing, and but one dwelling can
be seen. Only one person was killed. The
injured number fifteen, of whom four are
not likely to recover: ~.'
a large portion of; Webster County was
devastated. Buildings were demolished
and timber uprooted.s Seventeen deaths are
reported.
At, Clay, KY, over forty buildings, in
Guiding all the churches and every business
house, were destroyed, and the loss to life is
heavy
In all the churches yesterday special SER
vices were held, and masses for the dead
were said in the Catholic churches.
In Daviess County, Ind, houses and
barns were lost and much cattle killed.
Relief measures in the shape of money
are being taken. Mayor Jacob has sent a
dispatch to Mayor Grant of New York. in
which he says: awhile ] am not soliciting
assistance, money could be used to great
/ advantage, for which our sufferers would be
happy"
Only one dead body has been found within
the last thirty-six hours. The correctness
ofSaturday's estimate that the loss of life
would scarcely exceed 100 is thus verified.
The estimates of property losses are also
diminishing, and many conservative men
now believe it Will not exceed $1,000. coo.
The tobacco business was resumed this
morning, and there was considerable ami
nation and fair sales.
|: Outside Of the city the death lists seem
| to be increasing as news from Isolated and
! interior points come in.
| The official list of dead, as far as COM
| pleted. shows that it will not go over 100,
| with l9 fatally wounded and crippled
| for life, This list will probably bs III
/ creased, but not enough to make any ma
.arial difference.
:, devised lists from the State make the
deau = 9i.~ outside towns las, wounded 6lS
| and property loss $500, 600.
/ lie tennessee dead will not eXcaed
twenty; wounded, us; property loss.
| Sl50000.
Illinois, Al dead; 1l6 wounded; pyoperty
| loss, 100000.
Indiana. dead; property loss, S5Qo.00l
| 20 $780, 600.
These estimates are approximately cor
rect, though subject to revision and reduc-
| ton. -
A water famine is threatened in efous
earnest. The river has already reached
such a high stage that the injury TO the
pumping station at the water works caDuoi
be repaired. President Long he's Issd ID
another warning to c0Gsuners, ana e.
thres days supply for the city.
The last of the dead were laid afav g..
day. The largest subscription to ths relief
fund was made by the Louisville ana IS FASH
| vile Railroad this morning Ten tnousspq
dollars is the amount
More definite returns received from Ohio
| County show that thirteen people. mostly
children. were killed, and the prc9erty loss