The evening world., 1894-10-03
TORNADO KILLS FIVE,
Damage Done by Wind in Little
Rock Estimated at 81, 100000.
Several Persons Fatally Injured by
Falling Walls.
Part Of an Insane Asylum Wrecked
and Penitentiary Damaged.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Oct. 3.-The
tornado that devastated this place last
evening did as great damage to the
Arkansas State Insane Asylum as was
at first reported.
All the male department and annex
were RACED to the ground, four floors
falling In a mass of ruins. DR.. Ingate
formerly Of Mobile, Ala, and two pa
tients were instantly killed. while four
other patients were seriously and per
haps fatally injured. The destruction in
the residence portion in the vicinity of
the penitentiary is very great. State
Senator Vests daughter, who lived in
that vicinity, was injured by falling
| roof. The house was blown down. and
those occupied by Engineer Eggleston,
Tom Warren, Pete English and others
were also demolished, while many build
| ings were unroofed. Damage to resi-
denee property in the west end will ex-
The name Of the convict killed at the
penitentiary is Griffin. Guards Smith
and Witt were badly injured and seven
property loss to the State Penitentiary
Is $4,000. The main losers by the tor
nado In the business centre are;
Psassl aressTy Company nns~
Waer Fritz Foundry Company, Torrent
Engine House, Curtain Building, Mer-
chants Cafe, E. Ellenbogen. Arkansas
heId 4 powd. Faik, ottenheimer s Co. /;
J. w. Dedleman & Co.. Max Elkan,
st. Charles Hotel, ,yolmer Dry Goods
Company, Daily Democrat, Deming
Hotel, j. B. Bond and BriZzai.
The killed. as far as can be learned ut
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| JACK BOYD, and Baby, colored,
CONVICT GRIFFIN.
| JOE HOLLOWAY, colored.
John Fouterouwez and Mrs. ]. Janks
were fatally injured, and many others
| were hurt.
The damage done to property in the
All but twenty of the escaped inmates
Of the insane asylum have been discov-
cred. Many have, been found downtown
and placed in Jail, but 1t is feared that
some are buried In the ruins.
frame cottage on Fourth and Bishop,
daughter, was blown down. Mrs. Lynch
was crushed beneath the falling timbers
and her head frightfuliy bruised, She
Is not expected to I've Miss ,,., Mlnkle had had
house, on west Third street. near the
penitentiary, was almost completely de-
whose name could not be ascertained,
| sustained broken hip.
The storm came from the southwest
anu swept nearly everything IN It's pain
hastily sought Ravens of safety, but the
velocity Of the wind was terrific and
the list OF the injured will consequently
be large. Roofs, signs and trees were
tossed about like paper. The path OF
the tornado was not more than two
hundred yards wide. and its course was
of a Zigzag nature. The duration OF
the tornado was not over three min
| utes, though the rain continued to pour
| for an hour.
The Police Department performed the
work of relief corps and the patro
wagons were utilized for conveying in
jured persons to the City Hall as fast
debris, where temporary hospital was
established. The rain was followed by a
brilliant electrical display. accompanied
by loud .peals of thunder which was con.
tinued for over an hour. At 8 o'clock
the rain ceased to fall. and in the down
town district was a scene Of excitement
never before witnessed in this city.
Trees. telegraph. telephone and electric
200 yards. The roofs of about thirty
| Of the largest buildings In the city were
torn from the houses and hurled against
buildings on the opposite side of the
erty within at the mercy of the drench-
The Western Union Telegraph office
was wrecked beyond recognition, the
keys, having narrow escapes. ,.
Gov. Fishback's quarters, In the Martin
block, are mass Of ruins. At the peni-
Tertiary the Office Of the main building
'ished. A stampede took place among The
conyicts, but Supt. Mcconnell and his
assistants soon succeeded in quieting
them. Fortunately only about 10 con.
We're taken to sunny SIDE Plantation
| some dayS ago.