Daily Republican., 1890-03-29
with us. A German band was rehears
ing on the second door and . party OF
decorators were at work 10 tho large hall

with Nc. A German band was rehears
ing on the second door and . party OF
decorators were at work 10 tho large hall
-------'." Tar -so,ue enter.
Library Of Congress. uass: when be-.
than doseu al tU,u. .ot out un.
hurt and the crios for help ard groAns
heap were proef that scores were still
there unable to escape"
The property Lose 10 sstima ated at $500,
600 10 i.00O, 900, The deaths will mum.
Der loo. Forty mon hsve teen sent out
By tho Board Of Trade TO make thorough
canvas Of the district and report the loses
Of life aud property fully.
AWFUL SCENES.
The work Of rescuipg the mangled
dead gees bravely on. A hundred anx-
be ore for tho bodies Of their wives,
fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, that
lie buried III tho bhapeless mass OF brick
and mortar that covcrs the site whore
yesterday stood Falls CITY Hall. The
cIies oi inen, woman and children rend
the air OH every side. A surging crowd
u 1O,0UO people block the streets for
squares abont tho scene OF the catastro-
p6c. A large force Of police guard the
avenue TO II ep back the pressing massss
Of curious humanity that are gradually
forcing their way to the awful scene Of
tho calamity. Five hundred men stand
By the wreck daxed and helpless, too
weak or too lazy 1, lend helping hand
to the brave squad oirescuers. 1t 10 .
sight to strike anguish to the soul Of the
bravest Words are powsrless 70 ex:
press the awful scenes that each succeed
| Ia In nsvka vnlla fhrnnnh the china .
panorama. Bodies, maugled and shape.
lees beyond recognition, are being
dragged from beneath the ruins every
few minutes. Mon, women and chill
drcn linger about tho scene With facet
nIled with dread anxiety lest they recog.
nize In the shapsless mas Of nesh and
bone the sembiance Of the ieptures o
come relative or friend. Coroner Miller
stands at tho door of his Temporary
'norgus In tho McGrathisna saloon, op
] posite the wreck, directing the dispcsi'
) tion Of the bodies.
) The storm seemed only to have swep
/ up Broadway from Fifteenth 10 Ninth
3 but nearly al the houses between thes'
r streets aud on the Intersections Of street,
, were demolished. Most Of tho cottage
) however, and low frame buildings %
. capped without serious injury.
A The Catholic buildings, at Seventeentl
3 and Broadway, were the sisters Home
: the PArochlal School, Father Disney
+ residence and tho Sacred Heart Church
, They were all blown down, and siste
a Plus was buried in tho ruins. 6hortl
. after, when takcn out by Q rescuip
party, she WAS dead. All the other 81,
d ters escaped without injury.
HOMELESS PEOPLE.
There arc at least . hundred familit
homeless 10 the streets that were happil
o situated yesterday In the single posse
g sion of their homes. One poor woman
a between her half s,ined sobs. told ho'
II that very evening her husband had pal
o TO . building association tho last dolls
q they owed upon their house, ard now .
Q that remains 10 coniui ed mas OF brio
and mortar.
J. AwArER FAMINE fuREArRNED.
. Chief Engineer HermAny visited II
> water works tRia sftarpnap snd..B Ds4et
: tora He found that the stsndpipe ha'
been blown completely down, but =
!, other damage had been done. This
:" itsslf, however, 10 enough, for II will 400
>. leave the city without water. No pun
:. Ing can bc done, and there 10 only abol
- enough water 10 the reservoir to last lou
!. days. Al the end Of that tune the publ
~ wells will have to supply the demand.
"a Mr.. Hsrmauy was asked abont ho
a. long II would tako 10 repair the damae
Il and put an end to tho inevitable wat,
- famine.
i, '.It is impossible" no said, "for me
~ mako even an estimate, ior 1 do NJ
I. !. know. have put men to work clearin
40 away the wreck, aud It will bs done Ia
medistely, but Just how much time
will take do not know. But, ON q
=, count Of the scant supply 10 the rcse
" voir, tho city will soon be without wato
:, l estimate that the damage to tho stan,
I, pipe will amount TO about ~. .000."
10 TERRIBLE ExpERIsNcn ON TRAIN.
70 The early morning train on the L., s
u L. s. I. road had race for lilo with Il
70 demon OF the elements, and for thr
y long minutes the shrlek OF escspir
"a steam, mingled with the scream OF Il
10 passengers and tho tornAdo's cry Of deaf
70 WAS . terror never before realiz ID /
v man. Soon alter crossing the Salt riv
X bridge, 20 miles below Lsulsville, ii
re engineer heard an indescribsbls noiss. sI
o. q queer cloud In the southwest told hi
IN OF more danger than all the red ligh
no that had ever flashed on the steel ribDoi
before his engine.
al Faster grew his wheels, aud In OF
re minute the noise Of the tornado drown'
re tho c!atter OF wheels, and the sky WI
ne impsxetrable. Then all hope seem,
m gone. The tornado crossed the track
'e. front Of the flying train and the dreadf
Cd susponse was over. Ths train was rave
ne but the passengers realized their dang
GO. when they pulled into tho city and fouI
the trsck, from Fourteenth to Seven
r. streets, covered with trees aud houses
,rt all descriptions, and the west end ms
no. OF ruins, resembling only In shastlins
nj the great Chsrlsiton earthquake.
on MARION, KY, March 2S.-This city "
al devastated BY the same storm that caus
ler such ruin at Louisville. There was gre
He lofs OF life.
- JIFFEisoNvILLE, Ind. March % II
bs tornado last mig ht dvstroyed Is TO 20 re
,sr dences 10 Jacksonville. There were
vn fatalities here. The Lridges across I
tar Ohio are uninjured.
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nj interd to be without u.
nd II. b. KRAMER, Washington, D. q
nd -
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me To make your new home comfortable
len q barrel Of our Choice Family Flour =
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