Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-07
TORNADO SWEPT.
Baton Rouge, La, Gets a Taste
of the Cyclone.
TEN DEAD AND THRBE-sCoRB HURT.

The states Prison and Steamboat
wrecked-Nuch Damage and Some
Fatalities Reported From Hississippi-
Dreadful Possibility That There Were
Twelve Other Persons Cremated at
Ravenna-stormsO Out West.
NEW ORLEANS, July AT $50 yester-
day morning a terrific wind and rain
storm struck Baton Rouge, La, and in a
few minutes had almost wrecked the
town. Great damage was done TO build
ings in the eastern and southern portions
of the city, and many persons were killed.
The governors mansion was demolished
Also the large brickyard and factory, with
wing of the three-story brick building in
the penitentiary known as the hospital
and commissary, with a pantaloon fac
tory on the upper floor were blown down
and totally destroyed. Forty persons were
at work in the factory, and of these six
were killed and twenty-five were wound
ed, and horribly crushed On the second
floor was the hospital where twenty-six
persons were under medical treatment.
-Four of these were killed and fourteen Sc
riously or fatally wounded.
Names of the Killed and Wounded.
The alarm bells We're rung, and the fire
department responded, and with citizens
went TO the work of rescue The scene
was one of great horror. a violent rain
was falling, but the men worked hard, and
soon had the dead and injured out of the
debris. The names of the killed are Isaac
McClelland, of Calca sieu Parish; ]. "
Wagner, of Clayborne. Fred Gage. of
Ouachita: James Van Meter, of Nachi-
tochez; John Gibson of Orleans: Nathan
banner, of East Feliciana; William Will
low, of New Orleans; Beauregard Harden,
OF Rossier; Henry Cellestine of Orleans;
Ed Buckner, of Caddo.
The wounded are Louis V. Clair, NJ
J. Finnigsn, Harry Mckay. James Molio,
John Duffy, John O'Leary, James VII
lere, Charles Summerfield, John Olean,
all white of New Orleans; Jake Jones'
James Jackson, Major White and Will
lam Gibson, colored, of New Orleans;
Joseph Powell, c. NJ Young, T. ). Stew
art, Gus Black, a l. barnett, ID. L.
Campbell, Marion Perkins, Felix Rich
ards, j. r. Dolan, Walter Douglass, John
Daley, Frank Aaron John Fasland, Meelie
O'Neil and Alexander Terrell. white from
different parishes. and Oscar Phillips
William Perry, Henry Dodson, Beril Pet
terson, Robert ComauX, Samson Alien
and William Scott, coIored. Six of the
wounded will probably not live, and seven
Others are in very critical state.
In Other Parts of the City.
The main building and the woman de-
partment of the institution were unroofed
and the walls badly cracked The damage
to the building is about $4,000. Ex-Judge
Ford, convicted for completely in the muir
der of Capt. Murphy, worked CALAMITY in
rescuing the killed and wounded He is
clerk of the commissary department. The
prisoners all acted in pratseworthy man.
ner and gave the guards no trouble. The
tow boat Smoky City was wrecked about
five miles from Baton Rouge. Several If
the crew were injured but no one was
killed. The path of the storm was
about 300 feet wide, and nearly every
house i'll its path was blown to atoms In
the southern portion of the city several
persons were injured by flying timbers.
The drug store of Mr.. b. A. Day was com
pletely demolished and the contents de
stroyed. Several grocery stores and stall
shops in this vicinity were demolished.
The loss on Carlo, Reddy Il Co.'S brick
yard is covered by insurance 1t is the
only place in the city covered by a storm
policy.
No Damage In the Business Portion.
The storm approached from a south
western direction, and swept path dag
onally across the city, leveling everything
as it went. A number OF handsome dwell
ings and tenement houses were blown to
atoms, and the beautiful shade trees on
many of the streets We're uprooted. \ visit
to the capitol and other state buildings
showed them unframed by the winds, as
was also the business portion of the town
Havoc Wrought in Catfish Town"
L.. Il.
"Catfsh Town" suffered great loss and
damage of property. The extent of dam
age done throughout the city by the storm
can not be accurately estimated at this
time, but it can be said that this i tine
greatest loss that Baton Rouge has ever
sustained either from n cyclone or fire
The total damage done will reach several
hundred thousand dollars.
Many Narrow Escapes.
A number of very narrow escapes are re-
ported. Charley Day was in his fathers
drug store when it collapsed. and although
the room was turned upside down, and the
timbers twisted in every direction. he es-
capped with a slight bruise on the forehead
Jacob Baum, Sr., and family We're covered
by the ruins of their house, but were res
cued by friends. Mr.. Baum had his feet
badly mashed, and Mrs Wolf, wife OF a
NphuuSNpAt was bduAS OlulNtu dDDuL lilr
body.
The Wreck of the smoky City.
In the wreck of the steamboat Smoky
City a colored fireman named johnson. of
Louisville, ny, was blown overheard and
drowned, and the following wounded:
Arthur Creeris, deck hand twhiteJ, of
Louisville, internally injured, serious;
Harry Martin white, of Pittsburgh. as
sistant engineer, leg and ankle hurt;
James Bardsley (white) of Louisville.
steersmsn, arm and legs bruised; G. w.
Mcbride (whiteJ, pilot, of Louisville,
slightly hurt; Alfred Jaerel (white), of
Cincinnati, cook, internally injured, ser-
Gus; Pete Hass, second mate (white), of
Pittsburg slightly; Chas Dickinson, fire
man, hurt in neck; Capt. Mcclure was cut
and bruised about the body in several
places, but not seriously.
DEVASTATION IN MISSISSIPPI.