New-York tribune., 1890-03-30

wailing in sympathy, and the two older ones stood
by. dazcd with sorrow. The family will DC III
want and this is only case out Of many, puu
thc citizens are coming up bravcly with suDscrip-
tions. and all needs are being promptly met 1or
the present.
II is now pretty near q certainty that the
entirc loss of life from the tornado in this city
will not on much abaya 1 oo if that number Is
reached Up to this writing. the total numocr
killed at all places whose bodies have Deeh re-
covered and of the missing who 1t is reasonably
certain are dead, is Ss. In addition 10 'noSc
thcr, are about a dozen who are badly hurt
that death may ensuc, although fatal results arc
not Anticipated in most of the cases. Anywhere
from 15O to 900 persons are injured to an extent
worth noticing. and probably 800 to 1000 nave
SLIGHT bruises or scratches that do not lncoh-
vcniencc them.
The loss of property will be nearly doubled II
a heavy rain falls within forty-eight hours 1here
has been some snow tonight, which meited ao
once but not enough to do much damage Inc
principal single item Of property in danger Is To-
bacco. Of which a quantity worth Sloo'ooo ID
exposed.
The total Insurance. it is believed, will not ex-
coed S125 600 OF this 81 90, 900 is life insurance
The life insurance is upon laborers and middic-
class people, and in scall l0-cent companies and
the Knights of Honor. About $4,000 is IN the
Knights of Honor and will he promptly paid by
an assessment OF cents upon the members. Inc
remaining $4,000, in the lO-cents-a-weeK COM
panies may break those companies. realizing ONLY
a small part TO holders of policies. The storm in
surance amounts 10 only $4,000 OF this Sl.oOo
is held by j. T. Callaghan. and 81. 900 by Mat
tinely Il Co.. both liquor dealers. Their Joint
losses are $500 The platc-glass insurance amounts
to $1,000.
4 good many Of the estimates OF damage 10
prouerty have been much TOO high The actual
loss from financial standpoint VIII nou oc so
great as was supposed at first. On Maln-st., lor
instance the DAMAGE to Moore, BreinakeI ~ 70
wholesale house was placed at $4,000. b. w.
Crccl a member of the firm, stated TINS morning
that the building was injured TO the extent ,I 1i
So 600 and that the damage TO the STOCK Woulu
moi hc more than $500. The TOdd-Donlgan Duild-
ing was said 10 have suffered to the extent OF
$4,000, but Mr.. Todd said to-day the loss wouid
scarcely reach - 800.
The tobacco warehouses were not hurt TO the
extent stated Nearly all of those which were
demolished were old buildings, and a comparatively
small sum will put the new ones IN repalr ds1in. ~
The great demand now Is for brlctlayers, ana IL
il hoped that surrounding cities Will supply all
that are needed. Probably 100 OF these can I've
given employment. and the contractors announce
that they will pay them ~ % day. ~ WIS
rumorcd this morning that the local brlcklayers
would demand - day. -, ,
President W. T. IIustin. OF the Lousylllc Doaru
OF Ere | nGprWrfPrS. issues lllf lpil'"ih
The pubc Is respectfully requested 10 exercise I'M
usnai car to avoid fire at this particular time IL
/, well known that a very large amount OF excecchsE
nnammablc material /, exposed to Ignition bv INC
sn,Ii.,t stark and with the present low supply Of
water large confederation might happen at any any
moment Let verybOdy consider himself a. per-
sonally requested t. do his best TO prevent hTc'
The furniture manufacturing establishment OF
J. ". Davis y Co. caught Ire at 5'5V o oclocN
rhis morning. and before the flames could oe con-
irullcd S,O.OOO Joss Was sustained; insured.
The river is strcwn with floating debris from
The storm from Tenh-si. Ia the water-works. ana
li.odrr,s of sllins are plying about. collecting the
splinf,red wreck. All floating crafts are IN the
best Of condition this morning The ferry dock
al the foot Of FirSt-si. was tossed about Yesterday
hv the GALE and finally 1t sunk. George Kttcr.
the clerk was the only person aboard. ana ne
ESCAPED hy swimming ashore II can readily 10
pumpcd out The most damage was done at the
Pumpkin Patch. where siN pieces were lost ah,'
Capilir Dufy's landing one small boat OF coal.
belonging Wood n Son, Of Pittsburs. was
sunk The boat contained about 5000
bushels and was valued at Sl.5oO-
Al Cook. Hoffman & Co.'s landing were
sunk three boats belonging to Thomas Fawcctt ~
sons and two har-es Of :. :. Crump X CO., loaded
with coal. and containing 1900 bushels. valued at
about ~ 900 The coal and boats were owned
by Pi'tshury parties. and II is thought VIII prove
"a total loss as also tie boat sunk in Captain
Duhy'S fleet.
Cspfain John Hoffman If Cook. Hoffman &
Co.. brought the tug Wash GRAY over To the wharf
ln'c Yesterday evening. and tried 10 secure my
lahorcrs 10 10 M 10 the Meet Tor the p"rp"Se OF
that are anchored there. but his trlp proved un-
successful He offered lahorers - cents an hour.
but they asked 30 cents: and were not anxious
10 work az that He finally succeeded In securing
eight men. CAPTAIN James /. DufY also had some
trouble in securing help. lie hired fully 500 men.
and ont Of the lot only eighteen reported for
work
Captain "Dave" Penn. Of the City Of Owens
boro. Of the Louisville and Evansville mail hnrr.
which arrived IN port last ni-ht from tVanSvile
after rou.h voyage, IgDoliS that dwelling
house AT Knob Creek. owned and occupied 10y
a Mr. Jennings. vas blown 10 the ground ana
rnrrcly demolished He and his family SIC
crricd in .,rtfinc out without being hurt. The
contents of the house We're all DESTROYED
Al Eighth ard Vain sis.;, - thls city. 1t was
supposed three had been killed. There was only
ore. Ida Helm. e. lorcd. TWO other coiorcd
women. who with her. worked for Ed" Bull.
patent medicines and slept over 'he factory.
were away from home Frank Nml'h. pr'>siinah
for Carothcrs 4 Co.. next door. thought Will
working In the debris of their place Yesterday
that lie saw the face of a white woman twenty
feet away in tic wrcckase. But nj that m9mrn'
he was overcome by the escaping gas. and was
with difficulty rescued by an assistant II Is
believed lee was mistaken.
Phi Fisher. ST.. who slept in Bulls Office. was
supposed to have persisted. but was found safe
this morning -,
,clical Church. i'm JcllcrSonvillc. where the Rcv
IT. NJ Gcrsman was holdn, services. fine
congregation WAS present, mostly women. when
fh. storm struck the city. The building. mana,
SOME brick sWaNcd and rocked like a cradle. ana
the ,cst ,y,ll began t. bulge nwardly under the
terrific pressure Of the wind The roof blew
"n with a loud report. The women screamed
and lhc men stood acElst. Miss Caroline Buchl
tainted but the Rev Nr. Gcrsman remained cool
and led his flock SAFELY to the parsonage. where
nil remained uutL danscr was over. The church
is DANA ed 500.
Icncisonvlc. while not oiieially sccklng as
sist nee can find many places where aid viii be
of the utmost import 1ncc. Many are rendered
homeless and pcnnllc>s: some are thrown IRON
comfort 10 povcriy-"mong those the kew. l. >
Rostey. who loses all. There are many Others like
him But the people are not discouraged IheN
have cone 10 work. and this morning timers ana
masors were at work on numerous housctops M
the houses the owners have gangs OF men AT work
cic,rnn ND and at OF them repairs nave
hccun The Srausc House is already being re-
built and George Pau is busy getting his prop
crty in order The damage IN houses turluIe'
c,r ,,iU he larse More damage developed to
,f 4 tla