| Show TiE LOUISTILLE cur Vnou streets of buildings razed iuuu instant hundreds of people killed thousands injured and ten of thousands rushing frantically about in a wild starch fur loved ones Is the xulxtance of the ttory told in the dispatches today of what has happened to Louisville the metropolis of Kentucky In tpite of himself a feeling ol awe cornea over 1 man moM hardened against torch n sentiment when he reads of the appalling work done by the mysterious forces that Inflict devastation under the form of the cyclone At this hour 330 pm i is impossible im-possible to furl whether the p tl preta telegrams have overstated the calamity or whether the dead may not fa exceed the number ghenr in them Obviously men on the ground could not nnlve at accuracy ac-curacy within tire time which has elapsed ninco the tornado struck the city It I to 0 hoped however that the consternation with which the Inhabitants must have been overwhelmed hrrre made the diKiser Mom greater than i really Iand i that a deliberate In Its extent will vestigation Into It wi prove vttgtlon 8 of life and property much smaller than Ip l now supposed Further 1r particulars tn of the terrible event will be awaited with feverish and this ountryfttnd Interest all over tbi llter throughout the anxious sympathy thrgbout civilized world In Its suddenness distrucllveness and extended proportions few portions I would teem to have parallel la modern history |
