The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-10-03
Tho Arkansas City Visited by q
Cyclone and Furious Rain
Storm.
Main Portion OF the Business Con-
tor Is Practically In Utter
Ruin.
A Great Deal Of Damage Doss TO the State
FonltentlRtJ-Ths City la
Darkness.

LITTLE Rock, Ark. Oct. "A terrible
cyclone stfuok this city Al 1850 this evening
and almost devastated the busInsss portion
Of tho city. Several people are known 10
have been killed and many injured. The
main portion Of the businosa centor,
bounded on the south by Third street, on
the north by the river front, on the west by
Center street, and on the east by CONNER
cial sttsst, 10 practically In ruins. and tho
amour, Of damage 10 inoalouihbls. The
tot,l property loss will probably hpproIi-
mate half million dollars. The cyclone
was accompanied by q terriffio storm and
stocks OF goods In those business houses
which were unroofed. though not otherwise
wrecked, arc destroJsd BY water
The storm struck the state penitentisry
with fearful force. destroying the dining
room. tesrina down the stable and shops.
unroofnR the main cell building. and de-
IN olishing tho wnden's ONCE. Several
conyicts we're seriously injured. one OF
whom died an hour afterwards. The
lightning struck the Martin block. corner
of Spring and Second streets. totally
wreeking the third foo. A man BY the
name OF Eaton was fatally injured there.
The Times building, corner Center and Oak
streets. was unroofed. and part OF the
fourth floor of Gleason's hotel was blown
AwAf. A. Main and Second streets the
tops of several adjacent buildings lie piled
mp in an indisorimiunts heap.
The noat damage, however was done 10
property on Markham and Commercial
s,reeia Nearly every building in that dia-
trlet 10 untoofcd and many arc totally
wrecked. Tho large 'hrss-sto,y building
al harkhsm and Cu.bsrt. ocoupisd by the
X. II. Mccarthy company, is a total vrssk.
as Ia also the two story building on ,hs op-
posite cornsf occupied by Max Eltias as n
"a oop. The third stofy OF the old DemIng
house was blown of and several stores uu-
der it we're flooded By wstet and filled With
debris
A large cotton warehouse situated al Soc
ond and hoott, owned by J. h. Bachum,
was wrecked. 1t fell on the Western Union
telegraph Office next door and wrecked It,
thus eating of all telearaphio oommuniea-
tiou with outside oints. The city 4, In
darkness. RescuinR parties As buay
searching for the wounded, bnt q list OF the
casualties 10 unobthinable.
Amoag those known TO have been seri-
ously aud probably fatally injured; @. II.
Monroe. member q the Arkansas ls9isls-
turs. and Eaton, Sam smith. a pfominsnt
cotton buyer. Ia also badly wounded. All
kinds of rumors nfe sfoat. ono to the effect
that the inshno asylum, in which GOO pa
tients are confined. has been blown dows
and many patients inju ed, but the asylum
IL situated n mile from the CITY and ,he
fnmor cannot he conf med number Of
esoUp ped lunstics have been captured near
too union depot. and this fact RivOs color
TO the rumor.
PAwsEK Neb.. Oct. "A cyclone struck
the house of John Nelson. seven miles south
of here. at hins o'clock last night. The
family OF seven persons were blown into an
ndioiuinR aslj. A al nine wears old had
"a stick driven through her skull and cannot
live. Eve others vers seriouslr Injured.