New-York tribune., 1890-03-29
DETAILS OF DESTRUCTION.
VIEWING THE FIELD SWEPT BY The "ANO'
4 LIST OF THE NUMBERED SHOWS HOW oo"'
prErELY THE GALE DID ITS WORK.

list OF THE NUMBERED SHOWS HOW CON-
PLETELY THE GALE DID ITS WORK
louisville. March oe.-Along Main-st the pathway
of the storm extended from Sixth to Eleventh sts. anu
from Seventh to Eleventh sts not single puliu'hs
was left standing. Here and there massive sooiie VI
iron front still stood intact while the entire STRUCTURE
roner had been swept away. In the course OF the
Storm Law the prdcd tobacco market of the CITY, ana
TODAY the warehouses almost to the last one are IN
runs They include tho Kentucky. Ricketps' Nlhuh-
st. Falls City. Phoenix. Green River. LOUISVILLE
Enterprise Central and Planters The destruction OF inc
warehouses could not possibly have been more complete
Thousands of hogsheads of tobacco lay In mass OF
hric, and mortar some exposed TO view Others buried
from sight.
The Louisville Hotel between Sixth and Seventh sts
was unroofcd and otherwise wrecked while the build
Ing west, occupied cgarstore upon the hrso
floor and sleeping rooms upon the second ana tmrd'
was razed entirely to the ground not single ocR TO
naming in place. In the destruction OF this mousse
MANY lives were lost principally Of persons who oc-
c,njcd sleepna rooms there. Many of them were
vouug girls employed at the hotel next door, Saloons
end other available places were turned into hastily
imuroviscd morgues, where the bodies were taken as
fast as they recovered to await identlhcatlon
Patrol wagons pressed into service as "dead
wacons- to convey the corpses to the required places
Eleventh-st seemed to kind Of fue for the
practically reduced to fragments. As 1t rushed down
ts street il carried with it the fronts Of the build
inrs which are mostly houses each side, leaving In
manv instances the furniture and other contents I'M
molested. Frequently from the centre OF some thiee
sided dwelling the unbrokcn chandelier still swings.
jefferson and Market sts. are in almost as bad con-
diton as Main-st., and hundreds OF wagons arc busy
carting away soed and broken furniture from ruined
homes The massive trees in the park in Jeferson-st
tviete ed md
crossed and piled up each other.
The Carpenter Annear Iron Works, In Eighth-st,
four-story building, blown down. The WHOLESALE
LIQUOR establishment of J. T. Brown q sons. on the
corner of Eighth and Main sts fell and instantly the
LIQUORS caught fire. The building consisted Of five
stories and was comparatively new structure. By
hard work the fremcn managed to control the flames
The buildings adjacent TO 1t were considerably torn up
and it is positive that several dead lay beneath the
ruins. The great building No 14o Main-st., occupied
by S. F. Gunther, tobacco broker, H. II. TOewater and
James W. Prather, nearly demolished, as was also
an immense building occupied by the IL. A. Thierman
Company wholesale lQuor-dealers. The Langdon
Kriegcr saddlery Company lost the roof and Carter
Bros storage rooms were badly damaged.
Several men were injured In the queensware storo
of Charles Roscnheiman g. Co. Others were seriously
injured In the wreck. Johnston Bros.' wholesale
grocery and that Of Moore. Bremaker q Co.. the Iron
and Tin Company, ii. II. Newman's wholesale grocery,
Dunlap Bros G CO.'S sacuery stoie anu tc "oiesaio
clothing establishment Of Levy. Newbcrger Co. and
large number Of others have lost their roofs Mar
ket-st tonight looks like ruined village. The de-
vastation on this thoroughfarc is nearly complete.
The following is nearly complete list of the wrecked
buildings:
At No. 9o4 Market-st the roof and upper story OF
]. NJ. Gregory's building
No. o00 occupied by A. w. Eben, shoes, badly DAM
aged In the rear. but person hurt.
No. 910, adjoining Vile Bros, meat dealers suffered
bad The building but the family escaped injury.
At No. 914 the roof torn Of.
No. 920 the third floor crushed in and tie tobacco
factory Of Kremelberg g. Co. ruined.
No. 922 L. Hirsh, dry goods, roof off.
No. 92i, A. Simons. roof off and down.