The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-29
The Property Loss Probably
S2,5OO,0OO.
Great Destruction in the
Tobacco District - Fire
Among the Ruins Of the
Demolished Falls City
Hall With It's Scores Of
Dead and Dying,

LOUISVILLE, March %, 0 A. M-The tor
nado struck Louisville about $50 O'Clock
last night. 1t entered the southeastern por-
ton Of the city at Eighteenth street, and
swept path five blocks wide, diagonallv
reaching in ragged line to Seventh street,
leveling every building in its path, probably
$50 houses. A rough estimate puts the
killed at 250 to 300. with 900 injured The
city is filled with crazad masses of people
wildly seeking friends. A large force of
men is at work on the ruins, and about 100
bodies have been recovered.
The buildings on Main street from Eighth
to Fourteenth streets are in ruins, not one
of the handsome wholesale houses being left
and all the tobacco warehouses were swept
away.
On Market street the Falls City hall, a
four story building, was blown down while
several NJ sonic aud Knights of Honor
lodges were in session and 100 men and
women are buried in the ruins.
Every other house on Market, Jefferson
and Walnut streets from Tenth to Six
teenth streets is in rui s.
PGrkland suburb IS swept away.
a TRAIN BURIED.
At the Union depot at the foot of Sey-
enth street Chesapeake and Ohio railr DAD
train for Washington was ust starting out
filled with passengers. The building was
prostrated, crashing in on the train. All
the passengers however, were rescued, ex-
cept one news boy.
Every building, tree, and telegraph pole
in the district struck was leveed. A ely
clone was predicted by the signal service
bulletin yesterday afternoon, but no heed
was paid to its warning. The cyclone came
with scarce a warning sound, and in all the
buildings struck the inhabitants were en-
gagged in their usual vocatious without an
effort to escape when their homes collapsed.
The district laid waste comprises an area
of the city three miles long, and nearly half
a mile wide.
At o'clock last night seven fires were
burning. They were all exhnguished.
No trains arrived from Cincinnati. Lex
ington or the south on Louisville and Nash
vile, or Chesapeake and Ohio roads last
night. All the railroads, with the excep-
tion of the Pennsylvania lines, are com
PEELED to suspend operations.
HALF THE TOWN IN BLIssFUL IGNORANCE.
LOUISVILLE, March 28, II A. M.-The
tornado struck the city from the southwest,
going northeastward. Outside Of clearly
defined limits the citizens knew only of a
heavy rain, accompanied by high wind.
Soon came alarms of fire from different
stations, and the horrors of the calamity
began to dawn on the people.
Houses, halls Of amusement, railroad sta
tions, all went down before the mighty
powers of the air.
The storm soon passed on, the clouds scat
tered, and the moon cast its light over the
sorely stricken city.
Relief parties were soon organized, and
the whole force Of the fire department. was
at work.
1t is impossible that so wide sweep of
territory. covered with ruined home', with
the wreck of halls and buildings of every
character, does not contain many dead.
Enough is known TO show that Louisville
mas been visited by a most appalling
calamity.
The wrecked portion of the city lies be-
tween Eighteenth, Broadway. Seventh and
Malh streets, the destroying elements pass
ing dlagonally across the section, which is
probably q mile square.
at least 200 houses are in ruins.
TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
>, IL Is feared that at least 200 lives ere lost.
PROBABLY the greatest loss of life occurred
aC the Falls City hall, which was in the
center Of the tornado. In the lower rooms
ol 1he nall were fifty or seventy-fve children,
win Their mothers and other relatives, TAX
ing dancing lessons. There were at lea
d%o persons on the lower floors, and seventy
upper floor when the terrible wiud s4ooped
Gown upon the building. The entire struct-
ure IN less than five minutes was shapeless
mass OF brick and mortar, burying 200 help
Iess victims, Of which number few escaped
unlnJnred. Conservative estimates place
the loss of life at this place at i00 while re-
ports Indicate the number nearer 900. At
. O'Clock this morning thirty-fve bodies had
neel taken from this ruin and hfteon
wounded and dying. Only those on the
thlrd hoor had been reached, tle room con-
talnlng dancing school pupils and visitors
not yet being opened
WORSE THAN A CYCLONE
~ is very evident that II was not a
eyeione, as ils effects were too widespread.
for mlloi In every direction from tbs city
,eeaslonnl roofs were torn or aud trees
ilied cut Of tho ground by the wind. As
tAe tram sped toward the fated city. bring
Hs tho Associated Press Representatives
rom indianapolis, sidences wore first noe
ueeabie fully fifty miles out. First calns
~ FleA nR Nesasi nal dead tree broken ia
tN9 Pieces, TIE larger aDd ia 8re subsialfal
,tefi aild unailY m0uarc IS II lhg forest.
many q the iists loNns ai9ng lh9.J eaeiaon-