St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-01
railroad subscribed $4,000. At the
meeting of the executive committee OF
the board OF trade relief committee this
afternoon. the following was adopted:


Resolved In answer to numerous inquiries
from persons at home and abroad, the board
of trade relief committee announces that
further liberal contributions from Louisville
citizens and corporations are greatly needed
and most earnestly requested. II the contri-
buttons from our own people are not sufi1-
cient to relieve the distress of sufferers from
the storm, the committee will appeal Tor as
SStance from outside of the city and state.
Until then all voluntary contributions OF
money will be accepted and used if needed.
Offers of aid come in from all direc-
tons. The following are telegrams re-
oeived by the mayor and replied to With
expressions of gratitude:
Charleston. S. C.-Mayor Jacob, Louis
vile: Read with horror the terrible calamity
sistance? LOUIS MATTHEsE.
Oakland, Cal.-Mayor jacob, Louisville:
ANY account of r. Gilchrist and family?
Waiting patiently. Answer.
Brockton, Mass.-Mayor Jacob, Louisville:
The city of BrOckton, Mass, expresses sym
pathy. If substantial aid is needed will re-
spond promptly. WILLIAM L. DOUGLASS.
Mayor Grant, of New York. offered
any help needed The mayors of Kan
saS City, Norfolk, W. Va, and of neigh
boring Kentucky and Indiana towns
also rendered aid. The following cable
gram was received and properly an
SWered:
Dublin, March 29.-To Mayor of Louis
vile, Ky: Heartfelt sympathy with you.
KENNEDY, Lord MAJOR Of Dublin.
The tobacco warehouse men feel very
grateful to the Cincinnati warehouse
men and the chamber of commerce for
the substantial aid rendered by them
and the proffers of more that are so
freely extended. A delegation from the
Cincinnati chamber of commerce was
here to make personal examination.
Ninety-Three Were Killed.
The total number killed by the tor
nado here Thursday night is ninety
| three. This includes John Schnell, a
juries. Schnell was caught in the
wreck at Falls City hall. His leg was
! broken and he received internal in
| juries. 1t is feared that r. r. Barton,
| of Catlettsburg, is dead in the ruins.
| His friends are inquirtng and he cannot
| be found. Solar about $50 badly injured
| have been discovered. The majority
| of those who were worst hurt are at
| the various hospitals, and several of
| these are not expected to live.
Among those who persisted by fire with
| John Enrich and his child at Eighteenth
and Maple streets was Fritz Deph. AL
though Deph had a father, mother and
| sisters, and his remains were dug out
! Friday morning, yet the first public an
| nuuncement of his death was made to-
day. In the published list of the dead
| since the accident, another name, bear
| ing no resemblance to that borne by
| the dead man, has always appeared.
This was James McCalline, and under
! that name his remains were viewed by
Coroner Miller. Deph was going
| that night to the theater. and had
stepped into Emerich's grocery to get
| cigar, when the storm struck the ediflc6
| and he was thrown into the cellar.
When the burned timberS and ashes
were taken away late the next morning
the charred and blackened remains
were found in an inverted position. The
body was straight upright, the head
resting upon the rubbish at the bottom
of the cellar, and the feet supported by
the timbers. Deph was twtnty-nine
years of age and unmarried.
Freaks of the tornado.
The residence of John E. Green, son
of DR.. Norvin Green, OH the old Meier
raj stock farm, was unroofed and the
property destroyed to the extent of
several thousand dollars. Mr.. Green
and his family were in the house when
| the tornado. swept down upon them.
but fortunately all escaped un-
hurt, Fifty fine old forest trees
in the yard we're blown down.
day. the steam ferry Hlte was in mid
river, crossing to Jeffersonville from
| Louisville. Supt Dorsey, of the ferry
company. Pilot Mullen and Capt. Henry
Dugan were in the pilot house. They
saw storm approaching from the south
west, but feared no danger, as it rarely
comes from that quarter, but
to be prepared, the boat was headed to
| run up stream, before the wind. Sud-
denly they were enveloped in vast,
solid sheet of water. flashed through by
vivid lightning. Horrible rushing
noises drowned all other sounds. The
were three feet under water, and
they gave themselves up for lost.
In the cabin, thirty-five pas
sengers were running TO and fro, panic
stricken. while some of the crew tried
to hold the doors shut. 1t was all over
in an instant. and the boat bad been
lifted bodily and turned around end for
end. and heading for Kentucky instead
of Indiana. A dead calm sue
ceeded for q short time. The boat
was finally landed in Jetfersonville.
A special from Henderson says the total
of killed in Webster county is forty, and
of wounded eighty. Nearly all are in
a poor section known as Black Ford. A
relief corps has gone to them from Hen
derson. A coat was found near Hender-
son which contained papers showing
that it had been blown from Paducah, a
hundred miles away. A similar case is
the finding of check. supposed to be
from here, in yard twelve miles from
Cincinnati. The check was for 1922
and in favor of Louisville tobacco
| firm