The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-10-06
Little Rock Cyclone.

LITTLE Rock, Oct. 3-Last evenings
cyclone grows in destructiveness as the
details are gathered. Dark ominous
clouds gathered from the west and south.
west, yet the city was unprepared for the
dire visitation that followed in their
wake. The first intimation of the i'm
penoing catastrophe was when the cy-
clone struck. All the electric lights were
extiDguIshed, and the darkest streets
were filed with flying roofs, walls and
debris of all kinds The cyclone swept
up from the southwest, striking the city
near the insane asylum, and the male
ward of which was demolished. There
DR.. Ingle was killed and several In
mates seriously Injured. 1t then passed
on to the penltent ary, doing slight
damage at intermediate points. The
second and third stories of the shop
buildings were blown of, the cell build
ing unroofed, the Office destroyed and
the old building scattered broadcast. i.
One convict was lied, and several
guards injured. Toward the main part
of the city, the path OF the storm was
strewn with debris of wrecked buildings,
tangled telegraph and telephone wires
and faien trees that had wlthstood the
tempests of many decades. Many resi-
dences were damaged, the roofs blown
away and walls partly demolished. The
next marked damage was when the storm
struck the Martin building, a large brick
building and apartment-house, occupied
BY the Arkansas Methodist church, apd
several offices. Governor FIshback and
General Armistead, who had rooms IN
this building, escaped injury. The
colored porter was seriously injured
From that point east the scene that met
the view of the vast threngs who focked
thither this morning was beyond descrip-
tion. SOne of the most substantial
brick structures In the district living
along Main and Markham streets, south
to Fourth and Fifth, were rszed. The
wind was followed by drenching rain.
that lasted nearly an hour and kept every
one within doors, so the real extent of the
damage could not be ascertained at the
time.
Telephone wires IN the business portion
were blown down. Wild rumors OF death
and destruction are rife. As soon as the
ram had abatei the streets were filled by
an. excited pepulace. PedestriaDlsm was
attended with extreme difficulty and
danger, as there were no lights, and
tangled wires, heaps Of brick, twisted tin
roofa, and great plate glass windows
filed the streets and sidewalks. Many
were the stories of narrow escape ana
most sad the deaths. 1t is a matter of
common wonder hundreds we're not killed.
The police were on the scene promptly,
and everything was done TO restrain the
disorderly element from creating a dis
turbanCe. Saloons that were not entirely
destroyed were ordered closed at mid
night by Chief McMahon. Petrol wagons
were pressed into service, and many of
the injured were taken to the hssdarar
ters, where their wounds were attended
to. The storm proper did not last more
than tep minutes.
The body of DIR. Ingle was recovered
from the ruins of she asylum at noon,
but so maugied as to be almost unrecog-
Dizabe. Several inmates are missing.
Conservative estimate of the financial
loss on state institutions is $225.00O. On
busipess, property, s6oo2oo. On dwell
HoT .SPRINes, Ark, Oct. 3-The
cyciDDe which did go much damsge TO
Little Rock last evening. passed north of