Telegram-herald., 1890-03-30

loved Mzay residences ~eFe 4is2 az
o0llshsA ne 2aaGge : estimated at
see. eeo znd many ~ gns poorer classes,
especially ths negroes. are destitcto
Al Trezsysnt ths igl4s s-Te4r-ola
ehna Of Z = Martha was kLled, sew
eral persons were in,area and many
touses wrecked AT Bellsyie~, Ky. joan
MeKes md two negroes sere burned -
death ia bailding shich be" down.
Al Eullnsnce, forty m44ss southeast of
Louisville, several persons were killed.
The whole country around Louisville Is
one mass CT mingled poles, timbers,
trees and oLher debris Port Royal,
Henry County. forty miles from Louis
VILE, IS said 10 have been entirely de-
s,royed
SIX TownoAr uASDS Losr
MEMPHIS. Tenu-. March 20. Word
as Just been received that the tow
boat Sail City was caught by the cy-
clone Thursday night az GSyoso, ls5
miles above here. The entire tow was
lost. including coal, one fuel and two
produce b4rges Six OF the crew were
I lost The namas are no, given. The
I boat Vas uninsured.
At GRAND RIVER KY.
PApUcAH, Ks, March %. - James
/ Norloleet, direobr Of the Grand River
/ Company a. Grand River. Ky, brings
I details Of the havoc played there by the
I storm. The city Is located about eight
I cen miles south OF Paducah and mid
! way between the Cumberland and
+ Tennessee rivers II IL small place,
/ the headquarters OF company
organized 10 develope the iron industry.
/ The principal Office vas completely de-
stroyed. the hotel partially so. and eight
/ other houses blown down and compile te-
ly destroyed Mr. Richard Beck, Abe
Murray and little boy were killed aud
seventeen others seriously injured.
Passing from Grand river the cyclone
struck the railroad bridge over Cumber-
land river half a mile beyond and tore
away a span and toppled the draw into
the river, thus cutting of all trains.
+ All telegraph lines were destroyed, and
only through a relief train sent out
from this place could the facts be
| learned.
At Pennington. twenty-five miles
south, there was great damage TO build
ings from the same storm, but no loss
Of life At Metropolis there was also
great damage. Rumors are that
many houses were destroyed and
several lives lost A small
tug. the packet between there and here,
Is also said 10 have been swamped. In
Paducah the storm was lignt, doing nc
damage Of consequence, but no telegraph
lines were left 1t is thought the story
as to this section is not half told.
NO FATALITIES AT BOWLING GREEN.
NEW YORK, March ga Cincinnati
special to the World says: No one wa:
killed at Bowling Green. The storm
did much damage there, but the town
was not in the direct path Of the cyclone
~ GEORGIA.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, March 29.-Re-
ports have reached here that a tornado
struck Graysville. Ga. a town eighteen
miles south of this place, Thursday
night The roof IVES blown off the large
fouring-mills, and two houses belong
ing to John Woods and T. T. Wilson
were blown down. Every house and
outbuilding at Allsbrook was destroyed.
Several narrow escae eJes are reported, but
it is impossible to learn whether or not
any body has been killed.
IT CUT A WIDE swATH.
CINCINNATI, March % The greatness
OF the disaster at Louisville overshad-
owed the results OF the storm here and
near by. 1t was a fierce affair and did
very considerable damage. On the
river it necessitated the abandonment
of all ferries and passenger boats, and
kept thousands of working-men from
reaching this side OF the river. Nc
boats have arrived or departed all day.
Several school-houses were seriously Y
damaged and a number of houses were
unroofed.
The srst newspaper men for Louis
Vile left this city At s o'clock Friday
morning via the Ohio & Mississippi.
road The train made the run across
Indiana and along the river under dan
gerous circumstances. The terrible
wind sent waves eight feet high against
the embanllment of the road, and dashed
them across the rails every foot Of the
way.
/ Long before Louisville was reached
evidences of the great disaster were ap
parent on all sides. All along the line
prostrated telegraph poles barred the
wsy. causing innumerable stops and
here snd there piece O. shingle or
splintered board were seen. Creat
wisps Of tobbaco huns from trees. and
paper, barrel-stGves. and hoops, pieces
OF window-sash, and strips OF cloth 1T
tered ths wav At Pendleton. thirty
three miles out. the train stopned 20 TO
move some debris from the track. and
Brakeman Ricketts, picked up o part O.
$1,000 insurance policy, evidently ir
force and the property 81 some one in
Louisville. Near By was a pair o
pants and a dress A mans has va'
picked up further along and az ever
stopping place news q tho avfulness O.
the storm was beard People told %
unroofed farmhouse. demolished haras
dead stock, and wounded and sometime,
killed humanity
~ Psn3leton & was learned tha
Port Royal a village In Henry Corntv
vas almost wiped Of the fsco of ths
sarth. Nine people arc reported killed
fbe hamlet Of sn0wden IS also repor "a
tnnihifated. the farm -house az James