Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-09
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Suffers
in Life and Property.
A NUMBER OF CONVICTS DEAD.
The State Penitentiary a Wreck-Seyeral
Patients in the Hospital Killed.
Some Fifty Houses In the City Demolished
and a Number of the Citizens
Injured-Narrow Escapes.
Scenes of Horror.
Terrific Cyclone.

/ A. terrible
| cyclone struck this city a little after 8
O'Clock this morning, passing from south
| west 10 northeast. 1t entered the city ut
| earrings brick yard passed up through
| Catfish town and struck the hill inst to the
east OF MIR John Johnson 5 residence. It's
| path continue! il northeasjerly direc-
| ton, crossing South Boulevard
hundred yards to the east of
| the governors mansion. IT then went
north, striking the penitentiary building
| and j. \. DOuCherty's residence on North
| street, and thence beyond the city The
| cyclone was go yards wide. and sped ao~ =
its course like cannon-bail, devastating as
it went In the city no one was
killed. though several persons were
injured. / have just returned from
the state penitentiary, which is partially
wrecked. Ten convicts were killed and
thirty-iive injured, five of these danger
ously Following is a list of the dead:
White, Isaac McClelland of Calcasieu, j. A.
Naggoner OF Claiborne, Fred Gage of
Ouachita, james Van Aletten OF Tanga-
panoa, Chas Gibson and William Willow
of New Orleans. Gibson was one of the
Mealy murderers.
CoIOred-Nathan CLANCY of East Felici-
ana. Henry Calcstin of New Orleans. p
Hardin of BOssier, Edward Buckner OF
Caddo
The convicts were at work in the Jean pants
factory in the third story when the storm
struck and entirely demolished the second
and third stories There were others in
the hospital in the second story, and it is a
miracle that any escaped.
John Rhodus. one of the guards. was sit
ting in the third-stOry window opening to
the south when he was blown out into the
yard along with bricks and other debris.
uninjurcd.
EX-Judge L. Ford was in the commits |
sary on the first floor when the building |
Hon IL l.
ana stood still muttering PRAYER, as he |
thought his hour had come When the ma |
terial quit falling he saw an opening and |
escaped uninjured. He immediately went |
TO work to rescue others.
In addition 10 the north wing cells, the !
building was unroofed and partially de-
stroyed. The Woman'S ward was also I'M |
rooted. II is impossible to estimate the
damage. IN the city fifty houses, at least.
were Unroofed or destroyed
j. II. Young and number of his family |
were seriously hurt by the collapse of thei
house.
Mrs. Cotton. son and two daughters 1iv-
ing IN a brick house on Main street, were
injured by the falling Of the building Mrs
Cotton received dangerous blow on the
head and also internal injuries One of |
the girls was cut on the limbs. Mrs. Cot
ton. 1t Is thought, will recover There
were no others seriously hurt.
There were forty persons at work in the
pants factory NJ the time Of the crash and
Of that number six were killed and twenty
two wounded and crushed.
On the second or central floor was the |
hospital, whore twenty sick persons Law IN
!ergOing treatment Of which number four |
we're killed and fourteen seriously injured |
The FIRE alarm was sounded and the de-
'arfmcnt summoned to the scene, and TO-
T"ther with the citizens and prison officials,
.lded nv the uninjured prisoners, worked
Vigorously for the rescue of the unfOrtu-
.ates who lay. some dead. others dying, con-
ihed under the heap Of debris. Scenes of '
THE GREATEST HORROR
'reeted those engaged in recovering the
Unfortunate cnes. Walls and death groans
rom men buried beneath the massive heap
+ brick and mortar could be heard arising
rom every part of the wreck. iInploring
clip, and altogether the scene was heart
ending
The storm was attended by most VIC [
mt rain. in which the rescuers worked for
everal hours, until both living and dead
'ere taken from the ruins
THE WOUNDED ARE: :,
From New Orleans, all white-Iouis
iairo, VI; J. Finegan, Henry Mckay, James s
lolin. John Duffy, John O'Leary. Charles 8
L. II. Durlick, James Val Ii
Colored-from New Orleans--Jake Jones,
am jackson, Ma. White, William Gibson.
rom the various other parishes-Joseph
Dwell, II, c. NJ. Young T. &. Stewart,
US Block. y. L. Gurnett, D. A Camp b
I'll, J. X. Dolan, F'eelix Richards, Marion
erklns, Walter Douglass, Frank Akron. -
,hn F. Melee O'Ncil, Alex Terrell, Oscar 3
hillps, William Perry, Henry Dorson, q
orie Peterson, Robert COmeauX Harrison is
len. William Scott
Total wounded, thirty-six OF the num- az
r wounded about six are expected to die q
lore night, and the recovery of several in
hers is doubtful IN
Total damage to the penitcntiary building iii
estimated at so, 900.