The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-04
LITTLE ROCK is
WIND WRECKED
Part Of the City Completely Wiped Out by a
Cyclone.
The insane ASYLUM IN Ruins
The Penitentiary Was in the Path Of
the Whirlwind-Many Persons Are
Crushed by Falling Timbers Loss
of Property Not Less Than $l, ,0oo,-
ooo-Scenes and incidents of the
Catastrophe.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct. 8.

lhNl bduO db I'LL 0dIy uUuI tulo
lWi morning confirmed the first re-
uO ports concerning the damage done
that institution by the tornado which
caused devastation and death in this
city last evening. All the male de.
partment and annex was razsd to the
ground, four floors falling in a mass.
DR.. Iugate, formerly Of Mobile, Ala.
and two patients were instantly killed.
and four other patients were seriously
and perhaps fatally injured.
The destruction in the residence part
of the city in the vicinity Of the peni-
tentiary is very great. State Senator
Vests daughter, who lives in that
neighborhood, was injured by falling
roof. The house was blown down and
everything destroyed. The other oc-
cupants escaped serious injury. State
Engineer Eggleston's house, in the
same neighborhood, was unroofed
Thomas Warmers house was demolish-
ed, and two-story tenement on West
Third street. near the penitenti.
ary, and Peter English's two
story house were wrecked. The
Dibrell house, one of the Oldest
buildings in the city, located at Mark
ham street and Broadway, was de-
molished. Young's grocery was un-
rooted, and boarding house at Second
street and Broadway was blown down.
but no one there was injured. The
Presbyterian church at Fourth and
State streets was unroOfed. Abraham
Olleneimer's residence was wrecked.
The damage to residence property in
the west end will exceed $50,000 The
name of the convict killed at the peui-
tentiary is Griffin. Two guards, Smith
and Witt are badly injured and seven
trusty prisoners were seriously hurt.
the property loss to the state there is
$20 900.
LIST OF KILLED AND INJURED.
The list Of killed as far as can be
learned is rs follows:
DR.. j. T. 1pgate, Mobile, Ala.
Two insane asylum patients.
The convict, Griffin.
Jack Boyd and baby, colored, killed in
the Wahrfritz building.
Joseph Holloway, colored, killed in the
Little Rock bakery.
The injured are:
State Representative Elect c. T. Monroe,
probably fatally.
John Eaton. an employe at the Martin
block, fatally hurt.
Captain S. o. Smith. hurt on the head.
Mrs. Janko, fatally injured.
Fritz Refs, seriously injured.
John FouterouweZ, fatally injured.
James Swift, injured in the head.
Guards Smith and Witt badly injured.
Several children were covered wi tn
debris in the ruins Of the st. Charles
Hotel, but they have all been account
ed for. The bell over the Torrent en-
gine house, weighing 700 pounds, fell
into the street and demolished the en-
gine house.
The worst effects Of the storm are tc
be seen at the insane asylum, which is
three miles west of the business center
Of the city. The entire south half Of
the main building was demol.
ished. The tower fell through Super
intsndent Robsrtson's rooms, buryinu
DR.. Ingate in the ruins. Mrs Roberts
escaped with slight injuries. All but
twenty Of the inmates have been dis
covered. Many were found down town
and placed in Jail, and some, it IL
feared. are buried in the ruins. DR..
Ingste's body will probably not be re-
covered until this evening, as it is
buried under heavy mass of mortar
and timbers. The loss to the asylum
will reach $150.0OO.
FREAKS OF THE STORM.
Many peculiar freaks OF the storm
are reported. A large sheet.iron stand
pipe. four stories high. which stood in
the rear Of Gleason's hotel, was struck
by lightning and fell to the ground.
Every iron rivet in tho pipe was cut
and it was unrolled. r. II. BstOman,
who rooms in the third story of the
Alls block. had thrilling ex,
perienee. He was sitting in his
room near the window read.
ing, when suddenly four by-six scant
ling, twenty-five feet in length crashed
through the window. just above hi
head. and made a hole in the opposite
wall, passing almost through into the
next room. He was uninjured.
The damage caused by the tornado
will undoubtedly reach the first esti
mates at 81, 00O. 600.