The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-10-04
| MILLION DAMAGE.
Ae Cyclone at Little Rock, Ark,
/, Was Most Destructive to
/ Property.
BUSINESS BLOCKS RAzED.
Loss Of Life Not Accurately Known,
But Many Persons We're
Injured.

LITTLE Ro K, Ark, Oct. 4.--Tues-
days cyclone grows III destIucayoness
as the details are gathered, and tho
sum total of the damage wrought by
the wreck is yet untold. The day had
been hot and sultry and its elimination
was the storm, which wrecked business
houses, filed the streets with debris
and wreckage, killed number of people
and seriously injured many others.
Dark, ominous clouds had been gather
ing from the west and southwest, yet
the city was all unprepared for the dino
visitation that followed in their wake.
The first intimation of the impending
storm was when the cyclone struck.
An electric lights were extinguished
and the darkenea streets
Were Filled With frying Roofs.
walls and debris of all kinds 1t swept
from the southwest, striking the city
near the insane asylum, the male ward
Of which was demolished. There Dr..
Ingate was killed and several inmates
seriously injured. 1t then passed on to
the penitentiary, doing but slight dam
age at intermediary points. The second
and third stories of the shop building
were blown off, the cell building I'M
rooted, the Office destroyed and the old
building scattered broadcast. a con-
vict was killed and several guards in
tured. The terrible work continued
toward the main part of the city and
its path was strewn with debris OF
wrecked buildings, tangled telegraph
and telephone wires and fallen trees that
had withstood
The Tempssts of Many Decades.
Many residences We're more or less dam
aged, roofs blown away and walls
partly demolished. The next marked
damage was when the storm struck the
Martin building at the corner of Spring
and Second streets. This was large
3-story brick Office and apartment
house occupied by The Arkansas Meth
odist and several lawyers offices. Gov
6IuOI L lShDttSA tllo StCnCi al
have rooms in this building, but they
escaped injury. The colored porter was
seriously injured. From that point
east, the scene that met the view of the
vast throngs of people who thrcnged to
the scene in the morning was beyond
description. Some of the most substan-
tial brick structures Of the district lying
along Main and Markham streets, south
to Fourth and Fifth
Were Raced to the Ground.
The win0 was followed by drench-
ing tempest Of rain that lasted for
nearly an hour and kept nearly every
one within doors, SO that the real ex-
tent of the damage could not be ascer-
tanned at the time. Telephone wires in
the bushes portion We're all blown
down and communication by that means
was impossible. All kinds of wild
rumors Of death sd destruction were
rife, but fortunately many Of them were
unfounded. 1t is a matter of comment
and wonder that hundreds were not
killed for no storm in the history OF the
country surpassed il II destructive pow
ers. The ruinors OF Widespread fatali-
ties caused intense soiicitIde for bust
ness men, who were in the city but
could not be reached by telephone.
Street car traffic
"a Was Entirely Suspended
and the only way to reach their homes
was to walk. The police were on the
scene promptly, with an increased force,
and everything was done to restrain the
disOrderly element from creating dis
turbance. The saloons, or those that
were not entirely destroyed, were or
dered closed at midnight by Chief Nc
Mahon. The patrol wagon was pressed
into service, and many Of the injured
were taken to headquarters, where their
wounds were attended to. The storm
proper did not last more than three
minutes. The wires operating the fire
alarm system were all blown down and
there was constant fear of fire, but
fortunately none occurred. Such a dis
aster has not been visited upon Little
Rock in it's history.
Total Loss Over q Million.
The body of DR.. Ingate was recovered
from the ruins of the asylum at noon,
but in such a mangled condition as to
be almost unrecognizable. Seven in
mates are still missing and there is no
way Of telling at present whether they
are at large or under the asylum debris.
A conservative estimate of the finaE.
ciai Loss on state institutions is 1925, 900;
ON business property $500, 900 and on
dwellings,, ETC., perhaps $500, 600 more.
Hollis Resignation Requested.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 2S.-Secretary
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