Transient AflrerHsements EeccM At tho Branch Offices of Tho IMsriatch For to-morrow's issue up to 9 o'clock p. k. For list of branch offices in the various dis tricts see THIrtD PAGE. - FORTY-FIFTH TEAR. A HARVESTOF DEATH. iScenes of Desolation and Destruction Greet the Gray Dawn at Louisville. THOUSANDS SEEKING Dead and Dying Yictims Becovered Prom Beneath the Burning Debris. FIVE HUNDRED DEAD AND rsracuii raxenxx to th cisrATcn.1 Louisville, March 28. At S30 o'clock last night the disaster came upon Louisville. The heavens were black as ink. There was a deep, awful, thrilling roar as the cyclone struck the southwestern portion of the city. Then the buildings crumbled like egg shells, and a broad swath of devastation was the result The path of the tornado was from Eigh teenth and Maple streets northeasterly across the city, past Seventeenth street and Broadway, Sixteenth street and Chestnut, Twelfth and Jefferson, and thence to the Union depot at the foot of Seventh street. ' The most ruin was wrought among the large and substantial structures on Market ana Main streets, and it seems as if the demon of the storm did his worst when just about to leave. But a moment's Work. The whole thing was over in half of a min ute. People living outside the track of the storm were unaware that anything unusual had hapDened. But where the cyclone had swept there was utter destruction, ruins and death. Great buildings tumbled like toy houses. Churches, factories, warehouses went down like cardboard. People fled in terror from death in their ruined homes. There were agonizing screams for help, surgeons were hastily summoned. Half a dozen fires broke out in as many different parts of the city. Mean time the cyclone departed as quickly as it came. The storm soon ceased. The moon came out and people thronged into the streets to learn the extent of the destruction. The most terrible rumors spread apace and unfortunately many of them were true. Daylight Revenls Desolation. The gray daylight this morning revealed a scene of desolation that is sickening to be hold. No pen can describe it To-nieht wreck and ruin have settled down in the city's very midst, and spectors of the dead, whose fuueral pyres are heaps of bricks and mortar, seem to rise up and enshroud in the awful halo o! their presence the entire city. The bands of brave rescuers continue their work, but as night comes on they seem to work more silently, though no less ardu ously, and take on the greusome appearance of ghouls. As each remnant of the piles of wreckage is lifted it is with the anticipation of uncovering to view the lifeless iorm or the death set features of a human victim of that awful storm. Rescuing the Djlne. Perhaps the member of a buried man may start the searchers and cause them to draw back aghast for a moment, but with braced nerves that have been almost to the tension of steel for one whole night and a day they continue their labor, and tenderly lift the unfortunate and carry him to an ambulance only to see him expire in the arms of a wife, a mother or a friend. In the presence of such, even a whisper sounds so loud that the utterer hesitates, half expecting to see the dead arise from his eternal sleep. But there is no time to con sider the dead, for the living may yet be buried beneath the mountains of debris, and with a sad look at the departing dead wagon they turn and delve again with re newed energy to the great mass in search of crushed and mangled humanity. Darkness Adds to the Horror. As night grows darker its work becomes more awfuL Even the advantage of light and its fear-dispelling qualities are denied them, ior all the electric wires were torn down by the storm and left there to be en shrouded in the deepest gloom. It grows so dark in the shadows of the crumbling walls that still stand a silent watch over the dead, that every object with the semblance of hu man form must be grasped to prove it is flesh or stone. Still the untiring and strong hearted workers continue to dig in the mer ciless stormmade graves of the dead. There is no estimating the number of those who lie buried in their track. The people are still learning of missing members of their families, and mothers and fathers stand wildly gazing on the ruins and crying on the Almighty to deliver to them at least their dead. Overwhelmed by the Dlsnsicr. Hardened hearts move with deep sym pathy, and idle men throw aside their coats and dive into the dirt and grime like veri table gophers. The streets are thronged with multitudes of people. They stand upon the corners with tear-dimmed eyes sol emnly discussing the dreadful catastrophe, t or move from one point of the wrecked dis tinct to another gazing at the scenes of rum. IJThere are at least 100 families homeless in the streets that were happy yesterday in the single possession of their homes. One poor woman between her half-stifled bods wu now mat very evening her hus- I FOR THEIR LOYED ONES FIFTEEN HUNDRED INJURED fband had paid to a building association the very last dollar they owed upon their house, and now all that remains is a con tused mass of brick and mortar. That even ing was perhaps the happiest and saddest in their lives. There are many other cases almost parallel to this. Homeless and Penniless. Kot only was the house dashed to the ground, but the furniture in manv instances is entirely destroyed. Hundreds of thou sands of dollars' worth of goods lay last night upon the business streets at the mercy of thieves. It now seems almost impossible to find storehouses for this vast amount of merchandise. At many places towering walls of brick are oscillating in the air ZZjr innnnnnndniiin PJD . . ' SHEErrsrz 1LUILLUUML im Jm'LJU i i i 1 1 ' 1 U Qjl)LMK ""L-JLJ rnrn The Storm-Swept District ready to descend at any moment These points of danger are guarded by the police and a military company called the Louisville Legion, who drove the surging crowds back at the point of the bayonet Searching for Loved Ones. ' At the entrance of the various "dead rooms" stand a breathless mob, clamoring for admittance, but invariably refused un less it be to identify some relative or friend. Occasionally, when one of these enters, a sound, half sob, in half-muffled shriek fills the outer doors. Main street from Seventh to Twelfth is a ruin, so is Market for a corresponding dis tance. Jefferson from Tenth to Thirteenth, Walnut from Thirteenth to Fifteentb.Chest nut from Thirteenth to Seventeenth, Broad way in the neighborhood of Eighteenth and Ninteenth streets is filled with debris of destruction. Even at this hour it' is impos sible to give an accurate list of killed and wounded. It will take days to do that. DEATH AT THE DANCE. BURIED BENEATH THE WRECKED FALLS CITY HALL. One Hundred and Fiftv Persons, Full of Life nnd Happiness, Carried Down With 1I10 Unlns Tho Lone List of the Killed nnd Itjarcd. .SPECIAL TELZGnAM TO THE DISPATCH. Louisville, March 28. In Falls City Hall, on Market street, the destruction of life was terrible. As near as can be cal culated 150 people were crushed to death in the ruins of that building. The two Masonic lodge meetings and a ball were in progress. The following is a partial list of the killed and wounded at the hall: KILLED: V Rev. Dr. S. E. Barnwell, Jefferson and Eleventh. Dudley Barnwell, Jefferson and Eleventh. bister Mary Pius, Father Disney's Church, Seventeenth and Broadway. Mrs. Mary McComb, alley between Twelfth and Thirteenth, Walnut and Grayson. Ben Echildt, Sixteenth and Magazine. William Deener, Sixteenth near Magazine. Robert Sullivan, Sixteenth and Magazine. John Ellerick. Eiehteenth and Maple. James McCnlline, Eighteenth and Maple. Maggie McClure, lanndry girl, Louisville Hotel. Mary Ryan, laundry girl, Louisville Hotel. Bridget Crow, laundry girl, Louisville Hotel. Maggie Campbell, laundry girl, Louisville Hotel. Mary McGlnty.laundry girl, Louisville Hotel. J. M. Hathaway, Chicago. John Paul Hill, residence unknown. John Raidy, 21 years old. Sixteenth and Gray- son streets. w wa&m William Sabrie, tailor. Chapel street. Bud Lusher, Ninth street, between Main and Market streets. Walter Davis, Pleasant street. Infant of Mrs. Austin. Walnut and Thirteenth streets. Foreman Eagle Brass Foundry, 225 Eighth street. Mrs. Joseph Niles, Portland avenue and Seventeenth. Mrs. Mary Hasson, Seventeenth and Lytle streets. Miss Annie Niles. Portland avenue, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth. Mrs. McLougblin, Eighteenth and Baird streets. Mrs. Belle Lelloff, Seventeenth and Lytle streets. Mrs. Peterson, Nineteenth and Walnut streets. Tom Puff, Worksaveyifoundry. Thaddcus Mason, Louisville. Theodore Angermeier, Twenty-third and Market streets. J. B. McCollom, brickmaker. Thirteenth and Maple streets. William Demarr, Pullman Palace Car Com pany. Mrs. EHoffstetter, Thirty-sixth and High streets. Miss Castleman, Seventeenth street. Moody Davis, colored boy. Thirteenth and Walnut streets. Charles Hcsscnbrcuch, Philadelphia. Frank Paine, barkeeper. J. B. Schildt undertaker, 330 East Market street. A small child of George W. Cnscaden. Park Cornell, 1104 West Green street Pat Raidy. clerk lor S. E. Edmuns. Charles Jenks, police officer. White Baldwin, McLoughlin, Eighteenth and Baird streets. August Fleischer, Master of Falls City mar ket Budolph Sanger, mechanic L. & N. R. R., 124 Zane street. Genevieve Sims, 4-year-old, 1124 West Market street Henry Lingo, Fifteenth and Tyler avenue. Esquire James M. Stevens, Eighth and Jefferson. John Riehl, 749 Fifteenth street Charles Siebert, Chapel street, between Main and Market Sullivan, Main street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth. J. Fleishcr, Twelfth, between Jefferson and Market Miss Mary Schatter, Twenty-eighth and pro posed extension ot Madison. A. Strnerling, East Market street Elmer E. .Barnes, 328 Chapel street. Annie E. Miles, ltd Portland avenue. Clarence Loeser, 315 Ninth streot. Robert Hamilton, residence unknown. E n K"sk m. j I I U ' nnu if Itttt: P3 vss VZT VZ PI Ezn mi 't t-J ' i.Ti DDil E LJMM D ' -'"'id. A.JU. it..y.i L7KZ1 Wl 'J S III II I I waWV mmmMMnmwnnnrnnriri WMEmmmmmmmm MHMfflnnnnnnnnn tewiiWTi B " . :. lis mmmrmwmj wmmwww u 11 " i'r-r:r:'-l'r.,! THE CYCLONE'S PATH. of the City of Louisville is Shown in the Shaded Portion of the Map. Mrs. John Horan, 1841 Portland avenue. Fonr unknown men mangled beyond recogni tion. WOUNDED: Mrs. Kittio Trotter, Walnut and Thirteenth, leg crushed. Mrs. M. Woods, Walnut and Thirteenth, head bruised. Charles Doolan, Walnut and Thirteenth, face bruised. Mrs. Mary Seyier, Walnut and Thirteenth foot crushed. Mrs. Dr. MuguV Walnut and Thirteenth, leg broken and internally injured. Mrs. Dr. Miller, Madison and Fourteenth, head injured. Mr. Stevens, Tenth and Jefferson, arm brolren. Chas. McBrlde, 1523 West Chestnut spine in jured. John McComb, alley between Twelfth and Thirteenth and Walnut and Grayson, internally injured and both legs broken. Catherine Timmons, Eighteenth and Broad way, Internally injured. Mrs. Major Gault and daughter. Eighteenth and Broadway, internally injured. Dr. Miguet, Walker and Thirteenth. Kato King, residence unknown. Mrs. Kate Frazier, Sixth near Oak, head and internally. Whitingtbam residence, unknown head. William Goode, Twenty-seventh, near Bank, head, both lees broken. J. Stern, Market between Ninth and Tenth, three broken ribs. Charles Taylor, New Albany, ankle broken, internally. Morris Thomas, Eminence, Ky., back in jured. G. M. Robinson. Campton, Ky. Miss Blanche Sabrie, Chapel street seriously injured. John Lawrence, 63 years old, 324 Chapel street internally injured. Mr. and Mrs. Sabrie, aged 63 and 63, badly in jured about bead. William Wells, 47 years old, badly injured about head and left ankle broken. Scores of Little Victims. The ground floor of the Falls City Hall was given over to marketmen, there being 30 butcher and 25 gardener stalls. There was no one in this part of the building, so far as known. On the second floor front were three small rooms, two of them for the toilet and one an office. Next back of this was a laige ballroom, then the kitchen and then a small room where Miss App taught dancing to a class of young children, and there were in the rooms mothers, fathers and other attendants of the youngsters, aggregating 60 or more people. Probably a dozen of these escaped and all tbe others are in the ruins, with the exception of several taken out dead. In one of the rooms of tbe second floor, the executive body of the Soman Knights was in session, there being seven in attend ance. All of these but one escaped death. PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1890 TWELVE The unfortunate man was Theodore Engle meir, an upholsterer at Twenty-third and Chestnut streets. His body was embalmed, and will be buried by the Koman Knights Sunday evening. A Handful Escape. On the third floor Jewel Lodge No. 2, Knights and Ladies of Honor, were holding a meeting. This was one of the largest lodges of the order, and there were over 150 members present when the building fell. A mere handful ot these escaped. On the same floor Humboldt Lodge No. 14G, I. O. O. F., had gathered, there being 18 mem bers in the room. But few of these are alive, and the few who escaped are badly hurt A. J. Reed, Past Grand Master of the I. O. O. P. of the State, was a visitor at the Humboldt Lodge meeting, and was one who got out alive. He was taken to the home of John Blaes, on Twelfth street, between Main and Market, where he was seen. "The meeting was just adjourning and I was entering the hallway," said he, "when thctornado struck the building at its south east corner. There were several crashes and the structure began to rock, whereupon the men and women from the Knights of Honor meeting began ponring out of their lodge room adjoining, shrieking in terror. It was only for a moment though, for the building collapsed, and I found myself on top of the great pile. I was Stnnncd nnd Blinded by dust, but recovered myself and crawled out. The agonizing shrieks of the others were terrible. I was finally taken away by a rescuing party." The hat store of Louis Simms, Jr., adjoin ing on the east, was utterly demolished. Simms was not injured, but his wife was badly hurt, while two young children lived but a few moments after being recovered, and two others were taken out dead. As the children were carried down the ragged pile by stalwart men in the light from a big bonfire, cheer after cheer went up from the crowd of watchers. They were found within half an hour of each other, but, meanwhile, the agonized father ran wildly about begging the workers to save his little darlings. When the third one was lilted out the father rushed up tbe pilo and grasping the child's bare feet, cried pite- on L r annnnn lEmLmimwnnnr-im 11 : rr 12UDQ vz?i T7zm 1 mi : ii ii li - r - 1 -- f BIO L ously, "Oh! its little feet are cold," and his anguish was heartrending. A Morgue In n Blllinrd Room. J. A. Barkley, saloonkeeper, almost directly across the street from the fated building, escaped harm. His place is three stories high and with the hall was the only three story structure in the neighbor hood. It is marvelous that his house r escaped ruin. He turned the billiard room of his redezvous into a morgue, and 15 bodies were soon lying on the floor. Five of them were women, and all of them pre sented a terrible spectacle. Their clothing was torn in shreds and all were disfigured. One man had a furrow, three" inches deep, from his forehead to his chin, rendering him unrecognizable. There was soon a crowd of volunteer work ers on hand, and quite a number of living and dead were recovered at once. Bonfires were lighted, the wreckage being utilized for this, and made the scene as plain as if it had been midday. Dead and wounded were taken to the various places across the street, the lower floors of which were un touched. Burned Alive In tho Debris. The Palls City Hall was a complete wreck, showing a pile of brick, mortar and lath, 30 feet high. Although there was no head to the force at work, the men went ahead with energy and did heroic work. Smoke was issuing from the pile, and when an access into tbe center was opened up by the removal of a lot of brick, the air rushed in, creating a draught that fanned the smouldering fire into flames, and in five minutes the whole top of the debris was afire. It drove the workmen away, and the shrieks of the im prisoned were so terrible that the people about were driven almost wild at their in ability to do anything. Six lines of hose were quickly brought, and the water sub dued the flames in 15 minutes. The work was then continued, but under great difficulties, owing to intense heat After 4 o'clock it was decided to wreck the building systematically, several expert wreckers having appeared on the scene, and while this course resulted in the immediate recovery of no more' bodies, it was no doubt the wisest that could have been pursued.' IMPRISONED AND CREMATED. Horrible Fate of Those Men Overtaken In Pboncmnn 's Grocery. mrECIAL TKLEGBAH TO THE DISFATOH.! Louisville, March 28. At the corner of Sixteenth and Magazine, the most hor rible cremation of the bodies of three men occurred. These men were caught in the falling timbers of the two-story grocery and , barroom of Nick Phoneman, and burned entirely to a blackened and charred mass They were Bud Sullivan, "William Deemes, and Ben Schildt, the two first laborers, and the latter an undertaker. Seven people were in the house at the time, and Nick Phoneman, the owner, escaped with his life, being badly burned and bruised. It was threo hours later before the fire was stopped and the wreck cleared away enough to get at the three men, and so black and charred were they that Sulli van's father and Deemes' brother were un able to recognize them. They were burnt to a crisp and they could not ba identified after a long trial. It was 12 o'clock when the bodies were removed, and they were im mediately carried away to their respective homes. Sullivan was an employe of the Pullman Company on. Lower Walnut street. EMBRACING DEATH. A BURIED VICTIM TRIES TO COMMIT SUICIDE. Rescned When Pulling; tho Trlaccr of a Revolver to Shoot Himself Rescuers Spurred On by a Woman's Shrieks lor Help. BFECTAI. TELEGIIAJt TO TUB DISPATCH.! Louisville, March 28. The most de structive work ot the cyclone on Main street was at 640, next to the Louisville Hotel, where Ike Baer kept a saloon and J. P. McFarland had a ticket broker's office. In the upper story some of the laundry girls of the Louisville slept, and several of these were killed, together with men who were in tho barroom when the wind struck the building. Those who occupied the upper floor were Mary Ryan, Katie King, Katie McClure, Mary McGinty, Bridget Crowe, Maggie Campbell, Mary Crowe, Mary Farrcll and several others who esoaped into the office of the hotel. In the barroom and ticket broker's office were C. H. Hathaway, of Chicago, traveling salesman for tbe Kirk Soap Manufacturing Company; Hon. T. Henry Mason, of Louisville, member ot the Legislature: Charles Hessenbreucb, Philadelphia. travclicgealesman; Ed Mintcr, of this city; Virgil Wright, of this city; J. P. McFarland, ticket broker; E. T. McKee, Danville, Ky.; Frank Paul, barkeeper; G. G. Barbour, ot Carbondale, 111., and prob ably several others who may yet be in the ruins, as the storm came without warning and they had No Time to Eicnpe. The walls fell with a crash, and the screams of the laundry girls could be plainly heard above the roar of tho falling debris. Mary Crowe and Mary Farrcll escaped and the rest were buried beneath the ruins. Those in the barroom made a dash for the door when the crash came, and Ed Minter and J. P. McFarland were the only ones to reach it before the walls fell to the ground, carrying everything beneath them. The firemen were working at the Brown fire when it was discovered that several hu man souls had perished beneath the ruins at Virgil Wright's. Officer John Tully, of the central patrol w.igon, and Joe Baldwin heard tho piteous appeals of a woman be neath the ruins. Both set to work, and with their hands threw away briefcs and timbers that kept the bodies pinned down. In a short time the body of a man was dis covered, and' afterward proved to be Hon. T. Henry Mason, of Hawesville. Preferred Sulcido to Cremation. The foot and hand of another were also uncovered and by this time Major Hughes arrived from the Brown fire and put the hook and ladder men and the firemen of the No. 2 engine company at work digging for the men. A man's voice was heard in a corner and a light showed the scarred face of Virgil Wright He was penned in with a mass of brick and mortar. In his hand be held a pistol with which he was trying to end his suffering. His arm was so badly bruised, however, he was unable to pull the trigger, and he was rescued quite badly wounded, but was able to hobble along. In the pile of bricks in front of Bam berger!, Bloom & Co.'s now vacant lot a large fire was built to aid the firemen in the work and boards for fuel were secured wherever they could be found. Two large locomotive headlights were also procured and stationed so that their rays would shine where the men were at work. Kntle Kins Recovered. About 11:45 o'clock the firemen reached the woman whose cries had spurred them in their work. She was placed on a stretcher and carried into a billiard room of the Louisville Hotel. She was badly wounded, probably internally. She was identified as Katie King, of the laundry girls, and complained of her head. Shortly after the dead body of Katie McCune, starching jirl of the laundry, was found. She too was carried into the hotel. The next bodies recovered were those of Thomas Bastable, a Western Union tele graph operator, and Thad Mason, well known bucketshop man. His head and body were badly mashed, and his face hardly recognizable. He was removed to Wyatt & Cralle's undertaking establish ment. In a short time afterward the body of Frank Pauls was recovered, horribly mashed by the timber and bricks which fell upon him. In a short time the disfigured body of R. A. McKee, of Danville, was re moved from the ruins. The firemen were at that time, 2 o'clock, called away to the Falls City Hall, where the fire had again got beyond control and the dead bodies were being roasted. 0SE OP THE HEnOIC ACTS. A Peddler Leaps Into a Ficrr Furnnco to Snve Ills Children. ISPZCIAt. TBLEOBASt TO THE DISPATCrf. 1 Louisville, March 28. At Thirteenth and Walnut streets, Odd Fellows' Hall, a colored lodge was in session. About eight colored men were slightly injured, and it was at first reported that they were killed. Next to the old Eclipse Hall, at the corner, dwelt a peddler named McCreary, with his wife and child. It was reported last night that he was burned, but he turned up a hero this morning. He first knocked a hole in the side wall and dragged out his help less wife and little child over a seemingly impassable pile of debris. But his work- did not end there. He thought another woman and two helpless children were im prisoned upstairs, and he rushed back into the ruins and dragged them out just in the nick of time to save their lives. Within two minutes after the last child had been dragged out, more dead than alive, the flames were licking at everything around that would burn, and bis disappearance into the furnace of fire was what gave rise to the report that McCreary was killed. Diago nally across the street from the colored Odd Fellows' Hall, Loeb's drygoods store was completely demolished. Mgpmxi PAGES. THE ECCENTRIC PATH Pursued by the Hurricane in Its Far-Reaching Work of Destruction. GREAT LOSS OF PROPERTY Throughout Portions of the States of Illinois and Indiana. SOME VERT CUElOUS PHENOMENA The Scenes and Incidents in tbe Wake of the .Tornado. MIRACULOUS ESCAPES AT METROPOLIS The destruction of property throughout Illinois and Indiana is very heavy, but tbe loss of life is not so great as at first re ported. But one person was killed out right at Metropolis, Many were injured and there were any number of narrow es capes. Metropolis, III., March 28. This town was visited by the most fearful storm yesterday that has ever occurred in its history, resulting in the wounding and death of a portion of its citizens, aod such a wholesale destruction of property as was never known before. Nothing peculiarly strange in the appearance of the skies occurred to fore warn the most cautious persons save the greenish cast of the heavens. Suddenly there came from the southwest a rolling, apparently born of the union of two clouds, which met in midair, in a mo ment swooped down into the Ohio river, at flood tide, and, on lifting, there followed it a column of water estimated all the way from 50 to 200 feet in hright A Curious Phenomena. This curious phenomena swept onward, striking the river front like the sledge hammer ot Hercules. The first buildings to go were the large three-story bricks owned by D. Davis and B. Baer & Co. They were wrecked in the twinkling of an eye. The large three-story flouring mills of Quanta were struck simultaneously, taking off a large part of the upper portion of the building. The hotel property of John K. Allen fol lowed in the general wreck. Shelton Bros', machine shop, a new industry, only started up, was knocked into splinters in a mo ment. The stave works of Glass & Minton were tbe next to go. The Metropolis Woolen Mills shared tbe same fate. Kraper's cigar factory is so badly damaged that tie concern is removing to-day where the stock can be kept in safety. Great Dnmnzc to Property. The new and elegant brick residence of A. Quante is unrooted and the end blown in. With it went the third story of the First National Bank Building. William Ebber lish's frame residence, the brick resi dences of Captain John Joiner and John Norden were wrecked com pletely. The two-story brick residence occupied by Postmaster Slack succumbed to the storm. The two-story brick wagon and carriage factory of, C. C. Whittman is a partial wreck. The jail and city buildings enter the general ruins. Cooley & Cope land's livery stables aro also damaged. The two-story brick residence of Solomon Touhouser has the end blown out The new two-story brick storehouse and residence of Jeff Shepard is blown down to the founda tion. In this building were Mr. Shepard, his wife and son Olie, John Korth, Jr., and Mrs. Mary Keebler. Mrs. Shepard's thigh is broken, Mrs. Keebler's arm is broken and tbe men are badly bruised, but no bones are broken. An Astonlshlnc Escape. The residence of William Matthias was swept from over the heads of himself and family, composed of a large number of little children, not a soul being hurt The upper story of Rankin's brick residence, owned by J. M. Choat, was wrecked. The Empire Flooring Mills are unroofed, and a large portion of the walls are down. Near them lived Emily Marshall, a col ored woman, and the owner of two com for ta abie residences. Both of them were de stroyed, and the owner instantly killed. The large, handsome residence of B. Baer, uncompleted, was wrecked. The brick resi dence of Daniel Proctor is destroyed. The private residence of John Allen, No. 2 was swept entirely away and the owner badly wounded. Three box cars on one side track of the St. L., A. & T. H. were blown from tbe track and a fourth is literally split in two. The depot is smashed and unroofed. The residence of Green Choat, an old man sick in bed, was blown down. Mrs. Catherine James is badly hurt by falling walls of the residence. Quite a Number Injured. At the stave factorv of Glass & Minton Mr. Glass was badly hurt, and Thomas Bob bins, a hand, had both arms broken. The residence of Henry Biggins, colored, was blown away and his wife seriously injured. In the country the devastation is even more appalling. Wm. Bruner's farm the residence and outbuildings are entirely swept away. Mrs. George Matthews had her leg broken. Kingston Chapel and the graveyard adjoining, gravestones and all, are wiped from the face of the earth. Gus Beik had a barn knocked down and two mules killed. The houses and barns of Harris Leech, Fred Munger.George Nuttendorff.Fred Baker, Frank Jones, Jack Gurlj, Tom Proffit, Mrs. King, Barrett Litton and a host oi others, are all gone. A quarter of a million is perhaps not an exaggerated estimate of the loss. GREAT DAMAGE JN VIRGINIA. Heavy Wind Storms Destroy Property and fisuutOITAII Communication. (SFXCIAI. TELXOKAU TO TBE DISPATCB.l Peteksbueo, Va., March 28, A heavy wind storm has prevailed here all day. The force of the wind at times was so great that houses could feel to rock. Telegraph wires are down.in all directions, and communica tion with the outside world considerably in terrupted. Great damage has been done in the ad jacent counties by the blowing down of barns, stables, fencing and trees, and it Is feared that in many localities orchards have been ruined. The wind has been blowing a perfect gale here to-night ANOTHER H0BB0B. Falling- Walls of a Brpwerr Cnlch Six Men at EvansTillr, Ind. Three of Tbcra Believed to be Dead In the Debris. Evan sville, Ind., March 28. A fright ful disaster occurred here this afternoon by the collapse of two side walls of the Fulton Avenue Brewtrv on Pennsylvania street and Fulton avenue. The walls toppled over, letting the roof rest on a large amount of ice in the lower story and thousands of sacks ot barley in the upper story. Six men were at work in this portion of the building at the time, three of whom es caped, but three others, John Winiger, Charles Reilly and Edward Kelley, were buried in the ruins, and are believed to be dead. Other portions of the immense build ing are cracked aud out of plumb, and the dangerous condition of affairs made it hard to get men to work in the ruins. The firemen are engaged in looking for tbe buried men, but up to 12 P. si. had not got to them. Large crowds of people are standing around the ruins, but men refuse to accept an offer of 510 a day to help in the work of rescue. fLACK'S CASK CONTINUED. The Motion for n Ncvr Trial Will Not bo Decided Until Monday. JSPXCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCH. New Yokk, March 28. Ex-Sheriff Flack, William L. Flack, bis son, and Jo seph Meeks came to court early this morn ing expecting to hear Judge Barrett pro nounce sentence against them on their con viction for misdemeanor. Various inter ruptions and a prolonged debate upon a motion for a new trial wore away the day, however, until tbe court finally adjourned in the afternoon. Dilworth Choate, tbe eavesdropping re porter, had been summoned under order of court to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt for violating the se crecy of the jury room. Lawyer Coudert announced that he represented Choate and was desirous of knowing (specifically the charges preferred against him. Judge Bar rett said he would render his decision on this and other matters on next Monday morning, when it is probable sentence will be pronounced. FREE EAW MATERIALS. The Wool Consumers Association Thinks Such a Policy Necessary. Boston, March 23. A second and secret meeting of the Woolen Manufacturers' As sociation was held here to-day. The asso ciation will be called ''The Wool Consum ers' Association," its object being to en deavor to secure a change in tbe tariff for the mutual advantage of wool growers, manufacturers and consumers whose present position demands relief. Tbe association believes all business ex perience in this and other manufacturing countries showskhat the interests of all classes are favored by free raw materials, and that the interests of the wool growers, manufacturers, dealers and consumers in this country require that wool nnd other raw materials should be free. CONFESSED HIS CRIME. A Murderer Sentenced to 30 Yenrs In Prison Unburdens His Conscience. Laconia, N. H., March 28. Sylvanus W. Hill, of Dorchester, N. H., who was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 years in prison for child murder, made a full state ment of the crime. The mother of the child was Alice Bolton, 1G years old, whom he had taken from a charitable institution in Bos ton at the age of 12 to live in his family. Hill says the girl urged him to poison the child, and he finally procured laudanum. The pair then took the child into the woods, where Hill savs be handed Alice the laudanum, which was poured into a bottle of milk. A few minutes later he says the child was dead. Hill then broke up the ground with a hoe and buried it IN THE HANDS OP THE JUDGE. No Chnnge In tbo Sltnnilon Concerning the Chesnpeake nnd Ohio Cnnn!. .'SPECIAL TELXGKAM TO TUB DISPATCH.. Annapolis, Md., March 28. An un favorable report was adopted in the Senate to-night on the House bill to give the right of appeal upon orders passed in the Chesa peake and Ohio Canal case, and to take evidence to submit the case to the Court of Appeals. This leaves the canal substantial ly in the hands of the Chief Justice Alvey's Court, who has appointed receivers to ascer tain whether the canal can be restored as a waterway. PROHIBITION FOR AFRICA. Tbo Anil-Slavery Conference Decides Upon Some Kadlcal Measures. Betjssels, March 28. The committee of the Anti-Slavery Conference to which the liquor question was referred has decided in favor of prohibiting the sale of alcohol in tbe African territories, where little liquor is now drunk, and of placing a heavy duty on alcohol imported into inc other regions, the area of which i defined. MINISTfiB PHELPS ENTERTAINS. Ho Gives a. Dinner In Honor of the Iron Chancellor's Son. Berlin, March 28. Mr. Phelps, the American Minister, gave a dinner in '.honor of Prince Herbert Bismarck last night. Count Schouvaloff, the Russian Ambassador, and Countess Schouvaloff, Court Marshal Lieben and his wife, Prince Von Badzuville, Prince Von Badolin and many other per sons of note were present WORK OF THE LIGHTNING. Tbo Second Tallest Chimney In the World Damaced by a Flash. NEWAEK, N. J., March 28. The chim ney of Clark's thread works, at Kearney, the second tallest chimney in the world, was struck by lightning this morning and badly damaged. Three mills are forced to shut down. Several houses in the outskirts are re ported to have been struck by lightning. No one was killed. NEW YORK'S NEW SHERIFF. Major General Daniel E. Sickles Appointed by Governor Hill. Albany, N. Y., March 28. Governor Hill has appointed Major General Daniel E. Sickles Sheriff of the city and county of New York in place of James Flack, re signed. Tho Dlfncnlty Has Been Adjusted. Lisbon, March 28. It is stated tha claims of Emrland and the Unite arising from the seizure of the Delat? AtllllUilU Uy LUC 11.URW6 uuicuBilb have been settled, with the exception of Var rying out certain formalities. The Freshman Clnss lu Trouble. Amhebst, Mass., March 28. The fac ulty of Amherst College lost night sus pended the entire freshman class, which had refused to attend any college exercises until three of their number under discipline for trouble in a cane-rush were reinstated. T9m!1baJ V .!. "Da tFmtaa n ..1 Transient Advertisements, INCLUDING WANTS, TO LETS. FOR SALES, ETC., FOB TO-MORROW'S ISSUE May be handed in at the main advertising office of The Dispatch, Fifth avenue, np to midnight. THREE CENTS :v i -" VI Kfc. o Over One red and Fifty DwellingsdQfferson- ville Are decked. v SCENES OF BLACK HORROR Mark the Path Cut Through the City by the Awful Destroyer. PEOPLE FLEE FOE THEIR LIVES, Darinz Rescne of a Whole Familj Swept Away in the Flood. LIGHTNING RETEALS THE VICTIMS Jeffersonville, the beautiful suburb of Louisville, lying across the river, was a ter rible sufferer by the storm. Although hun dreds of residences were destroyed, it is re markable that not a life was lost Several persons were severely injured and many hairbreadth escapes are recorded. .SPKC1AI. TKLEGRAJt TO TUB DISPATCH.I Jeffeesonville, Ind., March 28. The cyclone left Louisville about 8 o'clock last night and jumped to the Indiana line, . apparently crossing the great Ohio Falls bridge. Debris could be seen working up through the twisting and fiery balloon cloud, and a few moments later it left the river a mas3 of foam and struck this city, just missing the House of Lyon. The cloud ranged eastwardly, and almost completely razed Front street of its handsome resi dences in the space of a few seconds. Tho roaring of the awful destroyer was heard plainly ten miles back of the city, but was supposed to be the noise of trains, and even a few squares from the stricken street peo ple slept peacefully. Mr. C. B. Simmons heard the roar and got up to close the hall door of tbe parlor. To his consternation it blew to splinters in, his hand, and when he turned around only the hall remained standing of his handsome residence. His wife was found on topo the ruins, only slightly hurt. A Itrmnrknblo Freak. A skiff was blown entirely through tha window of A. P. Darney's house, while tho upper part of the residence disappeared in the whirl of lightning. The scene was now one of black horrors. People rushed out of their houses, roofs were flattened like autumn leaves and chimneys toppled. The next crash was at the house of Key. J. S. Bosley. Two men, Jacob Brown and George Jones, were picked up in bed and safely deposited ou top ot the ruined house. MattjPatterson'sand K.L. Voolsey's house) next succumbed, being completely razed. The families do not know how they cot ont. The Strauss House, full of guests, suc cumbed, but only the proprietor, Ed Strauss, was slightly hurt.'though covered by a fall ing wall. Excelsior Encampment of Odd Fellows was in session when the cyclone struck the building, and a panic ensued, tha members fleeing for life, followed by falling roofs and chimneys. Passenger Pnnic-Strlcken. The steamer Shirley was carried help lessly up the river and three feet of water covered her deck, while her passengers prayed for deliverance. She escaped un harmed. The steamers Lancaster and Shall Cross lost their smoke stacks and pilot houses. Among the houses bl.wn down were many of the handsomest resi jlences in the city, and the damage to bnildings and other property will not be less than $300, 000. Henry Wilsins occupied a shanty boat high on the bank of the river. This was) picked up bodily and hurled into the seeth ing flood, and Wilkins' three children and wife gave themselves up for lost, their shrieks ot terror sounding even above the horrible din of the cyclone. Several persons, one named Frank Wallace, and several car works employes dared the terrible water and wind, and at the risk ot almost certain death rescued tbe family. The utter darkness in which they risked their lives was rent by tb? white flashes of lightning, and this showed them the drowning persons. No Lives Reported Lost. At least 150 houses have been wrecked and many families rendered homelesss, soma penniless. It is an awful blow to this citv, but everybody exclaims, "Thank God, no lives were lost." The injured at Jeffersonville are: MISS LELLIA JEWETT. scalp wound. ED STAlNbO. scalp wound and arm braised. JOHN COLLINS, scalp wound and arm broken. MRS. C. R SIMMONS, shoulder dislocated. AGED LADY, name unknown, leg broken. It is very evident that it was not a cy clone, as its effect was too widespread. For miles in either direction from the city occa sional roofs were torn off and trees uplifted from the ground by tbe roots. As thespecial train sped toward the fated city bearing reporters from Indianapolis tha evidences were first noticeable fully SO miles' out. First came to view an occasional dead tree, broken into pieces, then larger and more substantial trees, and finally monarchs of the forest Many of the little towns along tbe Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapo lis Railroad were fairly stripped of their signs and gingerbread work. Passenger Train Wrecked. A few miles south of Henryville, about; 21 miles from Louisville, lay an engine witb. its great iron nose plunged into a bed of soft yellow mud. On tbe opposite side lay the massive tender, and behind it two coaches tipped over on their sides. It was the wreck of train No. 6, a combination which runs between Indianapolis and Louisville. The train was making the best time possible in the heavy wind when it struck a birch tree that bad been torn up by its roots and flung across the track. No ona aboard was injured. FREE TRADE WITH CANADA Will Practically Result to tbe United State From Pending Legislation. Ottawa, March 28. The budget debata will last a week at least The Opposition members will give a solid vote for Si Richard Cartwright's resolution, which practically means a wide measure of frca trade. All the Liberal members speak their minds freely to-day. They anticipate that the changes in the tariff; aimed as they are at the United States, will provoke retalia tory legislation, and they feel sure that tha McKiuiey bill before Congress will become a law. One Opposition member declares that an increase of duty on American pork; will injure the Canadian lumber industry. DATE, THE STORM 1 i i 3 ! 1 m
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