, 1890-03-28
WIND. HAZE AND RAIN.
Fifteen Hundred People Killed
at Louisville, Ky.
Severe Storms Reported in the
Middles States.
Heaviest Fall Of Snow This
Season at Sioux City.
Disastrous Exlq,sion in a Chi
cago Sugs Rennery

New York, Mich gig a. ma
report has Just besh received here which
says that the chief operator of the West
ern Union compsry at LouisvilIe has
arrived at Jeffersos q lille, Ind. across the
river from Louisville. lie rts terri
BILE destruction there. Almost the entire
western portion of the city of Louisville is
in ruins, and from 1000 to / 500 persons
have been killed. This informstion is
said to come ovsr the railroad wire be.
tween J~effersonyille and l~ndianapolis.
CINc1NNAr. March 27.-2 A NJ
Information just received. is as follows:
Ihe cyclone struck Louisville in the
southwestern portiQn and took a north
e~asteriy direction. The devastation is
terrific aud the boss of life will certainly
re.ch L,andreds e not thousands. In n
buildlne II Twelfth and Market two. lod
there being in the building perhaps 100,
not NJ of whom is thought to have es-
capped.
CHICAGO, March 27.-The following
dispatch was received by the Associated
Press at 2:30 a. m. from its Louisville
representatives by wire and it is believed
to be an authentic statement of the situa-
ton:
LOUISVILLE, March 27.-Shortly after
Q o'clock a tornado swept over this city,
wrecking 200 or 300 houses and killing
| 200 people. The wind came from the
southwest of the union depot, at the foot
Of First street, blowing into a raging tor
rent 1.-THE Ohio river. A train of cars
making up for the Louisville South
ern road went over with the building.
The Falls City hall on West Market
street was wrecked. In the hall were 100
people, but few of them escaped alive.
Many buildings after falling caught fire
and the inmates were burned All the
streets are blockaded with the debris of
falling buildings or telegraph or electric
light wires.
CAIRO, Ill. March PA wind and
hail storm passed over Cairo this after
noon. No damage was done here, but
considerable damage is reported from
Birds Point, where. 1t is reported, several
houses were wrecked; also along the line
of the Mobile & Ohio railroad. All wires
from this city are down and there is no
chance to obtain further information.
ST. Louis. March 27.-There was a
severe rain storm and high wind in this
ctty thlb hllcTuOOn, Dut DeY0n1 a lew
signs being blown down no damage was
done. From various points in this state
come reports of the storm, but zone so
far OF a very serious nature, the most
damage being done at Webb City and
Carthage. A special from Olney, Ill.,. re.
ceived tonight, says the storm was very
severe there, unroofing houses, overtu.n
ing barns and wrecking windows and
chimneys. No loss of life.
CINCINNATI. March 27.-I'hore was a
heavy thunder and rainstorm in this city
this morning, lasting two hours. AMI IN
south and southwest Kentucky, southern
Indiana and southern Illinois and middle
and western Tennessee. Wire communi-
cation is entirely interrupted to night by
the storm. Meagre news from the upper
Ohio valley report tn It rain is falling
everywhere.
Sioux Cry. Ia. March 27.-The
snowstorm here to-day was the heaviest
Of the season Trains are delayed and on
some roads abandoned All the transit
lines of the city are blocked. The snow
is drifting badly tonight.
CHICAGO. Ills March 27.-The severe
storm which reached here at noon has
been general throughout the Northwest.
Snow fell heavily tins afternoon for an
hour and then turned into rain and sleet.
The, telegraph service to night is crippled
in all directions.