The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-04

Little Rock, Ark, Oct 3.-Last even
ing's cyclone grows in destructiveness as
the details are gathered. Dark, ominous
clouds had been gathering from the west
and southwest, yet the city was unpre-
pared for the dire visitation that followed
in their wake. The first intimation of
the impending catastrophe was when the
cyclone struck. All electric lights were
extingulshed. The darkened streets were
filled with flying roofs, walls and debris
OF all kinds. The cyclone swept up from
the southwest, striking the city near the
insane asylum, the male ward of which
was demolished. There DR.. Ingate was
killed and several of the inmates serious
~ injured. 1t then passed on to the peni-
tertiary, dong slight damage at interme-
date points. The second and third stories
OF the shop building were blown off. the
cell building was unroofed, the office de-
stroyed and the old building scattered
broadcast. One convict was killed 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 fallen trees that
had WfthStood the tempest of many de-
cades. Many residences were damaged,
roofs blown away and walls partly de-
molished.
The next marked damage was when
the storm struck the Martin building, a
large three-story brick office building and
apartment house occupied by the Arkan-
saS Methodist, and several lawyers offl-
ces. Governor Fishback and General
Armistead, who had rooms in this build
ing, escaped injury. The colored porter
was seriously injured. From that point
throngs who f1ocked thither this morn
ing was beyond description. Some of the
most substantial brick structures in the
district lying along Main and Markham
streets, south of Fourth and Fifth, were
RACED. 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
in the business portion was blown down.
Wild rumors of death and destruction
were rife. AS soon as the rain had abat-
ed somewhat, the streets were filed with
the excited populace. Pedestrianism was
attended with extreme difficulty and dan
ger, as there were no lights and the tan
gled wires, heaps of brick, twisted tin
roofs and great plate glass windows filed
the stories of most narrow escapes and
most sad, the deaths. 1t is a matter of
common wonder that hundreds were not
killed. The police were on the scene
promptly and everything was done to re-
strain the disorderly element from Great
ing disturbances. The saloons that were
not entirely destroyed were ordered clos
ed at midnight by Chief Mcmahon. Pa
troll wagons were pressed into service and
many injured were taken to the head
quarters where their wounds were at
tended to. The storm proper did not last
more than three minutes.
The losses of last nights storm will
aggregate nearly $1,000000. The damage
at the state insane asylum is 100000. DR..
Ingate, assistant superintendent, was kill
led between a falling wall, two attend
ants and two patients are also missing.
1t is said they were buried under the
walls. The state penitentiary sustained
loss of $4,000. A convict named James
was killed and several others injured.
Jackson Boyd and three-year-old child
were crushed to death in their home by
a falling wall. When taken from the
ruins the child was .clasped in its fathers
arms.