The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-04-02

than an hour before the work could be
proceeded with, and then 1t was carried
on with much more difficulty than be.
fore, or account Of the heat VI
Up TO twelve o'clock thirty-fve dead
bodies and twenty-five wounded and
dying were taken from the wreck. The
corpses were laid in the various houses .
across the street, and in. Dougherty q
Keenan's establishment on the block /
below. At the latter place people passed
in and out, one by one, to look at the
bodies, hunting for friends and relatives.
One man said he was looking for Louis
Lipp, and the very first sheet lifted re-
vealed the corpse Of the person wanted.
The man covered his face, groaned and
would have fallen had he not been sus-
tanned.
At about 11:8O o'clock the room whore
the children we're dancing was reached.
Mr.. Louis Simms, Jr., had for hours
been moving about in an agony Of grief
in front OF that portion of the wreck
where this room had been, for his wife
and four little children we're there.
When the room was reached Mrs. Simms
was the first one found, and she was IA
tally hurt. Then, within about fifteen
minutes of each other. three OF the
Simms children were recovered. They
were unconscious and there is only q
faint possibility that they will live.
While the father was imploring the
workers to get his other child, fire broke
out and work was suspended.
The last man taken out alive before
the flames started was John Hepden,
and Just previous to that woman, who
was unable to give her name, was re-
covered. It.was not possible to tell the
extent OF the injuries Of either. Mrs.
Whitman, wife Of policeman Whitman,
jumped from the third story Of the hall.
She was terribly injured and will hardly
| live.
The waterworks are ruined. The big
standpipe through which all the water
Is forced into the reservoir was demol-
ished by the cyclone. The city water
supply is thus cut on and it is not known
how long it will take to repair the dam
age. A water famine is sure to follow.
All the windows OF the pumping station
we're blown out. The standpipe was 1850
feet high and was built Of brick, iron
and wood and was four feet in diameter
on the inside.
The tobacco industry is fearfully Grip
pied. The Old Kentucky, Falls City,
Enterprise, Green River, Louisville,
Central, Crescent and Planters ware
houses on Main street are utterly de-
molished. The Phoenix, Pickett, Civ
ems, Headly & Co. and Sawyer, Wallace
& Co. warerooms are considerably
wrecked. The Globe and Farmers are
uninjured.
Sergeant Burke, signal service OBJ
server, says the storm possessed the
characteristic features OF genuine cy-
clone. There were three distinct mo-
tions-an outward motion, at rate OF
speed varying from twenty-five to sixty
Ave miles per hour; second, spiral
movement arounda vertical axis, with
an estimated velocity Of from 200 tc
1000 miles an hour, and third, a bound
ing motion, with contacts with the
earth at irregular intervals.
The saloon Of John Thiernan crum
bled beneath the storm. The woodwork
ignited from the stoves and Nick Sulli
, van, William Diemer and Ben Chel
we're burned to death. The corpsei
we're charred beyond possibility OF iden
tity. The residence Of j. w. Bernheim
at 1908 Second street, was struck By
lightning in the midst OF the crash ant
was utterly demolished.
! The space traversed was not less thar
, three miles, and on every side wide
spread destruction was visible. Massive
| buildings OF brick and stone wer'
, crushed and scattered on every side ant
hardly residence fell that some OF thu
, inmates we're not killed or injured. Tit
a cries OF the survivors and the groans o
b the injured mingled together and adde'
a TO the appalling desolation Of the scene
: At first there could be no organized ef
| fort at rescue. Hundreds Of homes ha'
A been demolished, husbands and wives
parents and children had been sepa
8 rated and each, knowing nothing OF tn
i condition OF the other, ran franticall
O from place to place looking for the lost
a Large crowds from other districts 500
= assembled and inaugurated search, bu
a the means were inadequate and tn
4 heartrending cries that broke the al
i. completely unnamed the searchers. A
a II to add 10 the horror fro at once brok
!. out In all parts Of the devastated dii
/, trict, and the bewildered hremen di
D. not know which Of the half dozen place
10 20 TO first Tbs Tsrrill A Deitz hous
q on Eighth street, Sims' furnishing hous'
N the colored Odd Fellows Hall and Sci
u gan's saloon, all some distance apar
II were on fre at the same time.
4 GALLATIS,. Tenn, March 2s.-Tf
q worst storm that ever visited this secto
h passed over this city Thursday nigh
M Two miles from Gsllatin several hous'
~ were blown down. The brick residen'
10 Of John Hibbett was completely blow
4, away. The walls fell In and killed
in baby of John Hibbett, also boy twel'
10 years old, son Of Palo Langford. HI
st bctt Is dying and his wife is horrib
40 msnRled. Across the pike from iii
re belts, william Patterson's residen'
a was blown down, injuring Ave. Rel
ID iences were completely wrecked Al
N largo trees we're uprooted and carrie
is some distance. The town 10 nearly vii
st Jim Patterson's house was unroofe
m and Mr.. Patterson aad three ladies we
n in one room when the roof fell in. n
On terson received painful injuries and ,
tn wife was also hurt. The storm was on
re Of short duration.
a. Tho worst features Of the cyclo