The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-10-04
A MILLION DAMAGE.
The Cyclone at Little Rock, Ark,
Was Most Destructive to
Property.
BUSINESS BLOCKS RAZED.
Loss of Life Not Accurately Known,
But Many Persons Were
Injured.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct. 4.--Tues-
days cyclone grows in destructiveness
as the details r gathered, and the
sum total of the damage wrought by
the wreck is yet untold. The day had
been hot and sultry and its continuation
was the storm, which wrecked business
houses, filed the streets with debris
and wreckage, killed a number Of people
and seriously injured many others.
Dark, omhnous clouds had been gather
ing from the west and southwest, yet
the city was all unprepared for the dire
visitation that followed in their wake.
The first intimation Of the impending
storm was when the cyclone struck.
All electric lights were extinguished
and the darkened streets
Were FILLED with Flying 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 DIR.
Ingate was killed and several inmates
seriously injured. 1t then passed ON to
the penitentiary, doing but slight dam
age at intermediate points. The second
and third stories Of the shop building
were blown off, the cell building un-
rooted, the Office destroyed and the old
building scattered broadcast. a con-
vict was killed and several guards in
jured. 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
hi Tempests Of MANY DecaaeA
Many residences were 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 D large
3-story brick office and apartment
house occupied by The Arkansas Meth.
odist and several lawyers Offices. Gov
ernor Fshback and General Armisted
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 nk the
vast throngs Of people who thronged to
the scene in the morning was beyond
description. Some Of the most subatan-
tial brick structures of the district lying
along Main and Markham streets. south
to Fourth and Fifth
wsre Rased To the Ground.
The wind was followed by d drench-
ing tempest Of rain that lasted for
nearly an hour and kept nearly every
one within doors, 80 that the real ex-
tent Of the damage could not be asesr-
tanned at the time. Telephone wires I'm
the bushes portion were all blown
down and communication by that means
was impossible. All kinds of wild
ruInors of death and destruction were
rife, but fortunately manyo of them were
unfounded. It is a matter of comment
and wonder that hundreds were not
killed for no storm in the history Of the
country surpassed it i'm destructive pow
ers. The runors of widespread fatal
ties caused intense solicitude for bust
ness men, who were In the city but
could not be reached by telephone.
Street car traffic
was Entirely Suspended
and the only way to reach their homes
was 10 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 Mo
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, bui
fortunately none occurred. Such q dis
aster has not been visited upon Little
Rock In its history.
Total Loss Over . million.
The body Of DR.. Ingate was recovered
from the ruins OF the asylum at noon,
bnt In such a mangled condition All ii
be almost unrecognizable. Seven In
mates are still missing and there Ii nc
way Of telling at present whether thes
are at large or under the asylum debris
II IA conservative estimate Of the fnan,
cial loss on state institutions is $225, 900
. on business property 100000 and or
dwellings. etc, perhaps 100000 more
Al score Perished.
NEW YoRK, Oct 4.-The Ward lin.
. steamer from Tampico and Havana haI
arrived In port. Captain Berries say
! that at Havana il was reported tia
! the little village Of Dagua, about III
] miles eastward, had been almost Sd
tirely demolished, and that about q
souls had persisted. The report wa