Evening journal., 1890-03-29


debris. Mary Grove and Mary FarralI es-
capod and the rest were buried beneath the
ruins Officer lohn Tully and Joe Baldwin
heard The pit S appeals of a woman's voice
beneath the ms Both set 10 work and in
short time tes body Of a man was discov.
cred, who pre- ged TO be Hon l. Henry
Mason, Of IIawesville. The foot and hand
OF another were also uncovered.
Rescued, Revolver Ia Hand.
A mans voice was heard in a corner and
light showed the scarred face Of Virgil
Wright. He was penned in with a mass OF
bricks and mortar. In his hand he held
pistol, with which he was trying 10 end his
sutferings. His arm was SO badly bruised,
however, that he was unable TO pull the
trigger, and be was rescued quite badly
wounded, but was nhle 70 walk
Pat Rnidy, warehouse clerk was hurled
seventy-flve feet and was found fatally hurt.
The life savers under veteran Capt Devan
did gallant service, rescuing a score of river
men and snatehing valuable steamers from
the foaming stream The steamboats, Fal
City, Hibernia, James Guthrie, Grace Nor
ris and other boats were torn from theii
moorlnga and were carried helplessly down
stream Through tho hcrcuean efforts Of
the life savers and tho crew Of the City OF
Madison, however, nll were safely brought
into port Tho ferryhoat w G. Hite, with
many passengers, was snatched from doom
just as she ncared the falls.
Technical Description Of the Cyclone.
Sergt. Burk. signal service observer, SAYS
the storm possessed the characteristic feat
ures of q genuine cyclone There were
three distinct motions--an outward motion
at a rate Of speed varying from twenty-five
to sixty-ilye miles per hour; second, a spiral
movement around vertical axis with an
estimated velocity Of from 300 TO l,OOO
miles an hour, aud third, bounding mo.
tion with contacts with the earth at ir.
regular intervals
The saloon Of John Thierman, at Sixteenth
aud Magazine, was crumbled beneath the
storm. The woodwork ignited from the
stoves and Nick Sullivan, William Diemer
and Ben Chelt were burned to death The
corpses were charred beyond possibility Of
identity,
Fire and Lightning.
The residence of J. w. Bernhein, at /. 2Os
Second street, was struck by lightning IN
the midst Of the crash and was utterly de.
molished The cyclone swept the residence
portion Of the West End, doing immense
damage to property. In dozens OF places
the houses were entirely razed TO the ground,
/ yet in many Of them the residents escaped
uninjured or slightly bruised. The cyclone
seemed TO take flendish pride in fantastical.
/ ly injuring the residences. Frequently q
three story house had its front cut from it,
the rest remaining unharmed. On jefferson
street the track Of the cyclone extended
/ from Ninth 70 Twelfth street Between
Ninth and Tenth streets no grent damage
was done. The roof was torn of the resi-
dence OF Charles Osborn at No. l,0i7. The
residence OF w. G. Oliver, No. .OlO. wa.
/ partly unroofed A. Bentley's house al
i0i9, was wrecked IN the second story. On,
Of the family was slightly injured. At 02.
the Gray home had one Of its sides blowI
down. L. Whites property, at OBS, Is Iii,
worst damaged house on that square, bein.
almost entirely demolished
II. Newmnn's residence. O2s, was "a
prived Of iis roof AT Eleventh and Jenei
son the McDermott house was utterl
wrecked. The residencs OF j. Skillmun
7, l,l09 lost is roof Baxter square. the beau
tiful and well cultivated park, was complete
ly ruined. Fully two-thirds Of the beautl
ful trees are down. The Bland Bethel to
bncco factory. Green street near Eleventh
Is minus its upper story. The Webb resi-
dence at !, III is down IA front. The Burn
residence at LII was badly damaged. II
Merchants home at l. no lost the roof anc
was crushed in the rear. DR. g. W. Griffith
handsome residence at 1873 was badly dam
nged. AZ 1,l2l the Clark residence wa
badly damaged. Mrs A. Clark was injure,
on tho head BY falling brick, but not seri
ously hurt
The Grant residence at No. OPS wa
wrecked in the rear. AT Twelfth and JET
ferson streets, the three story brick build
ing in which are the Offices Of the Louisville
City railroad was blown down in the rear
| On Green street. between Thirteenth an,
Fourteenth, considerable damage was done
but nobody hurt W. Church's grocery
No. Gao Twelfth street, was deprived Of ii
roof on Grayson street, between Tweiftl
and Thirteenth, there was injury and los
of life.
In Terror Of Topping walls.
Furniture wagons crowded all the dc
vastated streets What Of the househol,
effects remaining wero being moved. an,
piles Of damaged furniture lined the streets
Many Of the families who live in the do
vastated districts, and whose residence
were slightly injured last night, are in con
stant fear that some cf tho neighborini
topping walls will crash into their houses.
Fails City Hall.
Two hundred or more men, women an,
children lie buried in the ruins Of Falls
City hall. The structure wns three storie
in height, and when struck by the tornad,
several meetings were being held within it
The loss Of life at this place far exceeds tha
at any other one locality, and OF the groa
number known to be under the debris it il
certairs that none will be recovered alive
The ground floor OF the hall was given over
TO marketmen, there being thirty butchers
and twenty-five gardeners stalls There wa;
no one in this part Of the building 50 far al
known On the second floor front were
three small rooms, two Of them for the
toilet and one an office. Next back OF this
was large ballroom, then the kitchen and
then a small hail where Miss App taught
dancing classes On the third door were
three large lodge rooms.
Little Dreaming OF Danger.
Miss App was teaching dancing class OF
young children, and there were in the room
mothers, fathers aud other attendants OF
the youngsters, aggregating sixty or more
people Probably dozen Of these escaped,
aud all the others are in the ruins with the
exception Of several taken out dead. In q
room on the second floor the executive