, 1890-04-16

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them TO death. Bnrley policemen were
stationed ut street crossings to prevent
people from attempting TO pass through
the ruined thOrOugbfarp, where partially
wrecked walls stood AZ a menace to human
life, but their efforts were futile, and men,
women and children made their way down
the dangerous street with astounding reck.
lessness. The morbid crowd was not to
be held back in it's wild desire to satisfy
curiosity.
The Louisville Hotel, betweeR Sixth and
Seventh streets, was uhroOfed and other.
wise injured, while the building next to it
on the west, occupied as a cigar store upon
the frat floor, and sleeping rooms upon the
second and third, waS raised to the ground
not . single brick remaining in place. In
the destruction Of this house q number OK
lives were lost, principally of persons who
occupied sleeping rOOms there. Many OF
them were young. girls employed at the
hotel next door.
Eleventh street seemed to serve as a
f1ue for the storm. as ell intercepting OBJ
jects in that line are practically reduced to
n~Othingness. As the tornado rushed down
the street it carried with it the fronts of
the bu ildiEgs, which are m0Stly residences
on each side, leaving in many instances the
furniture and other contents unmolested.
Frequently from the centre Of some three
sided yelling the unbroken chandelier is
still seen swinging In its place. Jefferson
and Market streets are almost in as bad q
condition ss Main, and hundreds OF wagons
are busy carting away SOiled and broken
furniture from ruined homes. The massive
trees in the park ON Jefferson street were
twisted and broken like reeds, and now
lie crossed and piled up high on each other.
Immediately after the burst of the
cyclone the fire bells sounded, and within
ten minutes q posse apr cared ct the Falls
City Hall to begin work there. The walls
of the adjoining houses were hrst propped,
and then began the work OF cutting
Though the heavy slate roof that covered
oil. at first work was difficult and labori.
Gus on account of the anxious multitude
that thrOnged the wreck. Difficult was
the task of clearing the ruins Of women,
who were found digging at the slate with
their fingers, craGed by the grOans beneath,
each of which they thought came from
the lips Of some dying relative or friend.
Every one did noble work.
After an hOur of CeaselesS labOur the
arst victim, Mrs. Sarah Kelly, was un.
earthsd. She was fOund sitting in an
upright position, her head bruised and one
arm broken, but conscious. She said at
the arst quake q rush was made for the
entrance to the building, and many
women were knocked down and trampled
on in the mad rush to escape.
The work of excavation was then moved
from the rear Of the building to the front,
where it was supposed the greater crowd
Of victims was gathered. AS soon as the
roofing was removed and the mass Of
brick beneath disposed of, the sight that
met the eyes OF the workers was anything
but hopeful. Ten women, locked in each
Sther's arms, were drawn out of the debris.
Mr.. James Hass0n was foremost in the
work and the first person whom he drew
ont of the ruined building was his wounded
wife, who had been at the lodge meeting.
She died in his arms, and he laid her body
by the side of the others who were dead
and continued to work for the living.
Inside OF the next hour the dead bodies
of thirty men and women were drawn out
No wounds were discovered on them, and
1t is thought all met their death from
B~uffocation. The gas pipes had broken by
the crash. and this caused the lights to go
out. but the broken pipes flooded the de.
bris with q vapor almost as deadly as fire.
Ways were pierced into the breast of the
ruin, and dead bodies and dying people
were brought ont. One part Of the build.
ing was reserved for the dead, and the
wounded were taken into the storts and
houses on the opposite side eff the street,
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