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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
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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