The morning news., 1894-10-03
little ROCK RUIN STREWN.
The City Swept by a Cyclone Of
Fierce Force.

. fanatic Asylum Reported Blown
1own and Many of It's Inmates
Killed.
1i+tIe Rock, Ark, Oct. "A terrible
.,..Ione struck this city at 7:3O o'clock
80 evening and almost devastated the
t,ziDess portion of the city. Several peo-
sIs are known to have been killed and in
iured.
bounded on the south by Third street, on
,be north by the river front, on the west
Nv Center street and on the east by Com
nerce street, is practically in ruins, and
,hoamount of damage is incalculable. The
,o,sI nroperty loss will probably approx
mate S5OOO00.
The cyclone was accompanied by
,.rrifc rain storm and the stocks Of goods
IN the business houses which were un-
roofed though not otherwise wrecked,
rere destroyed by water
3. The storm struck the state penitenti-
,rv which stands on hill in the western
art of the city, with fearful force, de-
Craving the dining room, tearing down
tha stable and shops, unroohng the main
"eil bnilding and demoishing the war
Sen office. Several of the convicts were
ssriously injured, one of whom died an
bour later.
WRECKED BY LIGHTNING.
Dovn town the lightning struck the
Martin block, corner of Spring and Sec
md streets, totally wrecking the third
Soor A man named Eaton was fatally
injured there.
The Times building, corner of Center
and Markham streets, was unroOfed and
i anart of the fourth floor of Gleason's s
hotel. was blown away.
At Main and Second streets, the tops
Of several adjacent buildings lie piled up
in an indescribab bile heap.
The worst damage, however, was done
10 property on Markham and Commerce
streets Nearly every building in that
district was unroofed, and many are
totally wrecked.
The large three-story building at Mar
ket and Cumberland, occupied by the B.
4 H. Mccarthy Co., is total wreck, as is
also the two-story building on the op-
posite corner, occ upied by Max Elkans,
as saloon. The third story of the old
Deming house was blown OF and the
several stories under it were flooded by
water and filed with debris
THE STREETS A MASS OF wRECKAaE.
The streets are filed with tin roofs.
will Le several days before the extent Of
the damage is known accurately. The
large cotton warehouse, situated at
Second and Scott streets, owned by j. H
Bacum, was wrecked. 1t fell on the
Western Union Telegraph office, next
door and wrecked it, thus cutting of all
telegraphic communication with outside
points
The city is in the densest darkness, and
II
Rescuing parties are busy searching for
the wounded, but list of the casualties
is utterly unattainable.
SOME OF THE INJURED.
Among those known to have been seri-
ously and probably fatally wounded are
CP Monroe, member of the Arkansas
legislature, and - Eaton. Sam Smith.
81 prominent cotton buyer, is also badly
# injured. Others are known to have been
more or less injured, but the
names are not obtainable. All
II kinds of rumors are afoat,
one to the effect that the insane asylum, in
which 800 patients are confined, has
been blown down and many patients in
lured, but the asylum is situated a mile
from the city, and the rumor cannot be
confirmed A number of escaped luna
Tics have been captured near the union
depot, aud this fact gives color to the
rumOr.
MANY PATIENTS INJURED.
Little Rock, Ark, Oct. 2. l1:45 p. m
AT Il o'clock tonight a message was re-
Ceyed from the insane asylum, situated
t"o miles from the city, and the state
n enltentiary, Just west of the union de-
pot, calling for a corps of physicians and
oIner assistance. 1t is reliably stated
tnat number of patients az the asylum
are fatally injured and that great dam
age was done to the buildings. Reports
from the pcnltentiary say six convicts
were BADLY injured by falling timbers,
Two OF whom will die. Mayor Hall, as
soon as possible, called out the entire fire
suu ponce departments and sent ten hack
maGS OF physicians and citizens to the
asylum and penitentiary. Intense excite
TenI prevails, and it is utterly impossi-
ole 10 learn the names of the killed and
INJURED All kinds of exaggerated re
lutIS are IN circulation. Through the he
toc services Of Mayor Hall anu his
vucieht chief of police, Frank Mcmahon,
Tue injured and helpless are receiving the
oGSv oil attention. The loss to property
Gyue Will amount to at least 81 ,O0O, 600.
tn;uoSt t;St every building situated in the dis
uicI was more or less damaged by the
m-uo ana water. The damage to the in
zane zane asylum will reach 100000; that al
,r5 n5 pG6nItentiary $4,000, and the Capitol
o a,os NCnelleu hotels We're badly dam
- - ENery window in both buildings
'''uer broken to pieces or cracked.
THE PRINCIPAL SUFFERERS.
A., me business houses on East Markham
NJ G nam streets from Markham and
tor, riIu streets, are damaged to a great ex-
III I me greatest sufferers are: Col.
H. Mccarthy, f. Ellenburg, Bradield
Eno"uy, D. N. Jabine, Rudolph Bros.
u| George, Max Elkan. Ger
Gitn. national Bank, Bank oil
,aS. .e kock. Missouri Pacific
III 0r'Tloau 0'B.u ticket office, M. j. Forster, f. j.
Nen' Herman Kahan, Ofiner, John Nj
II WC.to Wos,o estate, j. w. Turner, James Joyce
s'eTn nj Union Telegraph Office, d. Pol
o. w. Beidelman, w f. Baucum
6iptI'dI hotel, Walter G.. Hall, Richeleu
C~jrH - Suifles, Wolf Bros, Joe p,
ca Try Goods Company, Gus Bias &
H Sei,,a N M NJ. Cohen, f. g. Lewton, j. M.
vI,Io, Garrison Bros, A. Lotion, Louis
lin tiD'Aler' 1T = T. II. Basi, j. Erby Il. =. Mar
ana T.. ,!haleigh Hollock a. Son. Wilson
I'M Rr1. "tDO Stationery company. Jones
M b,JIS' ana others, whose names could moi
rearned tonight.
owra r's Hst embraces the names of the
wb1Is0 OF The property and merchants
h suffered from the water that poured
mi"SEn the openings in the top of the
hgro5t UP to IL O'Clock the dead and
bsSlp bsHSelpresentative elect c. T. Monroe
tinborS.u,' Su' on the head and body by falling