Tornadoes; Disasters; Falls City Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Buildings
Ruins of Falls City Hall at 1126 West Market Street. Large piles of rubble on a lot surrounded by standing buildings. People pass by on the street on foot and in a wagon. A tornado struck Louisville on March 27, 1890. Caption: Louisville Tornado....
Curved portion of the elevated railroad in New York with a train station to the right side and a row of buildings along the left. Title: New York The Elevated Railway. Text on bottom: Copyright 1888 by Geo. Barker. Text on left: Geo. Barker,...
Ruins of Sacred Heart Church at Broadway and 17th Street. Shell of a brick church whose roof and brick walls have collapsed. A tornado struck Louisville on March 27, 1890. Caption: Louisville Tornado. Wreck of Church of Sacred Heart - Interior....
Ruins of Union Depot at 7th Street and Water Street. Collapsed shell of a building with a train car covered by rubble. Men stand on the wooden platform in front of the debris. Caption: Louisville Tornado. Wreck of the Union Depot. Text on bottom:...
View from below of railroad bridge crossing the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky, and southern Indiana. A man stands on the ground, and a train appears to be crossing the bridge. Caption: Louisville Ky. Great Railroad Bridge over Ohio River....
Collapsed building on a lot surrounded by other buildings. The lot is covered with piles of rubble. Caption: Louisville Tornado. Ruins of Louisville Tobacco Warehouse. Text on bottom: Copyright 1890 by Geo. Barker. Text on left: Geo. Barker,...
A large stone statue of the Virgin Mary stands seemingly undamaged amid the wreckage caused by the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. The tornado killed an estimated 100 people and many more were injured. Sacred Heart Church...
A dead swan lies on the ground in front of a twisted tree and limbs. Two damaged buildings are in the background. The damage was caused by the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. The tornado killed an estimated 100 people and...
Several horses and carriages are on the street in front of piles of debris and the remains of a tobacco warehouse. The damage was done by the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. The tornado killed an estimated 100 people and...
Tornadoes; Disasters; Churches; Buildings; Ruins; Debris; St. John's Church (Louisville, Ky.)
The wall of the front of St. John's Church is left standing while the rest of the church and rectory are gone, following the tornado that hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. St. John's Church, located at 1115 W. Jefferson, was built in...
Two men and four boys stand in the street in front of the entrance gate at Baxter Square Park. Iron bars are bent over from the tornado which hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. Damaged homes sit across the street. Purchased in 1880,...
Tornadoes; Disasters; Men; Falls City Hall (Louisville, Ky.)
People standing on the wreckage of Falls City Hall, Louisville, Kentucky, following the tornado which struck on March 27, 1890. There were over 200 people in the building when it collapsed, and while accounts vary, at least 55 people died. The...
A man stands in front of a house on Madison Street destroyed by the tornado that struck Louisville, Kentucky on March 27, 1890. The tornado killed an estimated 100 people and many more were injured.
Warehouses; Tobacco industry; Tornadoes; Disasters; Carriages & coaches; Men
View of the debris from the remains of at least one tobacco warehouse, located on West Main, following the tornado that struck Louisville, Kentucky on March 27, 1890. Ruined buildings and an intact smokestack are in the background. A tall utility...
Bricks and rubble from damaged buildings lie in Market Street following the tornado which struck Louisville, Kentucky on March 27, 1890. A sign advertising "Montgomery & Bailey's," a candy manufacturer located at 1018 W. Market...
Tornadoes; Disasters; Buildings; Odd Fellows Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Fraternal lodges; Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Wreckage of Odd Fellows Hall following the tornado which struck Louisville, Kentucky on March 27, 1890. The top story is collapsed, and debris is spread around the building. A pile of bricks and iron rods are in the foreground. Originally called...
Debris; Tornadoes; Disasters; Buildings; Parks; Men; Fences; Trees
The corner of Baxter Square Park showing uprooted trees after the tornado which hit Louisville, Kentucky on March 27, 1890. Two men stand in front of the iron fence surrounding the park. Rubble and damaged buildings sit along the street in the...
Buildings; Tornadoes; Disasters; Debris; Men; Women
Men stand perilously close to a structure with the roof collapsed following the tornado which hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. Men and women are on the sidewalk walking past other damaged buildings at the corner of Eleventh Street and...
Crowds; Houses; Tornadoes; Disasters; Debris; Trees
A group of people, including several children and a man holding a baby, stand amidst the wreckage of a home in Louisville destroyed by the tornado which hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. Two trees stand in front of the house on Chapel...
Large pile of bricks from buildings damaged in the tornado, which hit Louisville, Kentucky, on March 27, 1890. Damaged buildings, a horse and carriage, and a horse tram are along Main Street in the background. The tornado killed an estimated 100...
