The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-10
TIE TERRIBLE TEMPEST.
LOSS OF llFE AND PROPERTY IN LIT
TILE ROCK CYCLONE.

TILE ROCK CYCLONE.
ThS Aa,lunl sud the Pepiten5iar7 BADLY
wr: cHed and sc varal Iumstes Knled.
Lors Of 81, 900 900 With $4,000 1u.ur-
nrc>.
LITTLE Rock, Oct. 3.-News from
the Arkansas State insane asylum at
an early hour this morning confirmed
first reports concerning the damage
done 10 thai institution by the tornado
Witch caused devastation and death IN
this city, Jas. evening. All the male
depart mtnt and annex w6s r"Z VI 10
the ground, four floors falling Ia mass.
DR.. Ioga,e, formerly OF Mobile. Ala,
and two patients were instantly killed,
apd four OF her patients seriously and
perhaps fatally injnTed. Destruction
in the residences part of the city In the
vicinity Of the DenitGnttary is very
great. STATE Senator V3st'5 daughter,
who lived in that ueighborhood. was
injured by falling ronf. State Engi.
neer EyIlcstGL'3 house 10 the same
Q6lSIDUUOJu " aS uLI oo'SN. Aoo~ AZ
Warmers house WAS demolished and
a two ssrry tenement on West Third
street, near the peniteD tiary, and Peter
English's two story house were
wrecked. The DeBrill house, one of
the oldest buildings In the city, located
at Markham street and Broad way was
demolished. Young's grocery was un-
rooted and a boarding house at Sec
ond street was blown down, but no one
was Injured. The Presbyterian Church
at Fourth and Stale streets, was un-
rooted. Abraham Ollenhimer's resi-
dence was wrecked. Damage to resi-
dence property in West End will ex-
ceed S50O,OOO. The name of the convict
killed at the penttenttary is Griftin.
Two gnards. Smith and Witt, were
badly injured and seven trusty pris.
oners were seriously hurt. Property
loss to the State Is $4,000.
The storm came from toe Southwest
and swept nearly everything In Its
path. Pedestrians and teamsters has.
tily sought places OF safety but the
velocity of the wind was terrible and
the list of injured will be very large.
Roofs, signs and trees were tossed
about like paper. The path of the tor
nado was not more than 200 yards wide
and its course was ziQzag. Its dura.
tion was not over three minutes,
though rain continued to pour In tor.
rents afterward for an hour. The
damage caused by the tornado will un.
doubtedly reach 81, 100000.
A most miraculous thing occurred at
Fourth and Martin streets. A carpen.-
ter named Clark. with his wife and
baby, were occupying a room IN the
house when the storm struck 1t, blow
ing the roof from off their heads, and
tearing away the walls around them
leayidg the inmates untouched and un-
harmed in The center Of the floor.
Ths instruments of the weather fore.
caster here were blown away. The To-
sane asylum authorities report the fol-
lowing patients missing: Percy Jones,
Dennis Callahan, James McPeters,
william M. Miller, William Surratt,
Joseph w. johnson, and George w.
Ackerman. Thousands Of people have
gone to the asylum, where large force
Of men is at work, removing the de-
bris.
The destruction on East Markham
street covering four blocks, along which
the wholesalers are located, ls even
greater than first reported.
Out of total loss Of million dol
lars or more the only insurance held
by the sufferers amounts to about
S2 600. OF that amount q plate glass
insurance company Of New York holds
policies amounting to $1,000. The re-.
naming $500 was against losses by cy'
clone.
1t was at the insane asylum wEers
the most complete wreck was to be
seen. The buildings puilt by the State
at cost of 100000 are located on a
prominence three miles west of the
business portion Of the city and offer.
ed a splendid target for the fury Of
the storm. Besides the destruction
wrought In the main building the east
wall of the male ward was completely
torn away. Wards 1, 3. 5 and are q
total wreck. The roof Is blown off and
debris has been found hal mile east.
Pandemonium reiRned after the fury OF
the storm had been spent. The cells In
the south wing were occupied by In
mates at the time. Abous fifteen eB'
caped, but all but seven were recap
tured.
The third story and the east wall of
the second story of the penisentfary
were blown down and are lying be-.
tween it and the house, a vast mass OF
brick and mortar. The west wall was
cracked at the Hoor and inclined to the
east about forty.five degrees. 1t was
IN this building where the only death
occurred. J. F. Griffith, a white man
sent up from Clay county for incest.
was descending the stair way from the
third story when the wall caved 10 and
buried him under tae debris. His re.
mains, badly mangled, were removed
from the ruins this morning.
The heaviest losers by the storm are:
State insane asylum, 800, 900; peniten-
tiary, $4,000, property of the State;
Dickinson hardware Co., $4,000; Dudley
E. Jones s. Co., 81 900; b. H. Rottaken,
Sis GOO; G. F. Baucum, 500, 900; J. Il.
MeCarthy. So 5000; Louis Volmer, $5, 600;
Ralph Goodrich, 5000; A. Lotion,
~ COO: Mrs. G. P. Redmond, S2l 900;
CapitoI Hotel, $1,000. San Rudolph i
Co. 5000; Arkansas Stable, $1,000;
Bell Bell Telephone Co., $1,000; Etlenbereeu,
al 600: Arkansas Carpet aud Furniture
Co., $4,000; Little Rock Tent and AVN
ing Co., $4,000; Wilson s. Webb, sta
tionery company, $4,000; W. H. Ho-
mann, $1,000; J. w. Blddmsp, 81 800.
Several others sustained losses rang
ing from $500 to $1,000. Fully 200 cit.
zens escaped death IN q most mlracu.
ious manner. Telegrams from all sec.
tions of the country offering assistance
were received by Mayor Hall today.
All the injured, with few exceptions
ora doino r,lcelV