The evening world., 1894-10-03
TORNADO KILLS FIVE.
Damage Done by Wind in Little
Rock Estimated at 81, 900, 1000.
Several Persons Fatally Injured by
Falling Walls.
Part Of an Insane Asylum Wrecked
and Penitentiary Damaged.


LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Oct. a-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 mass OF ruins. Dr. Ingate,
formerly Of Mobile, Ala, and two pa
tents 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 a falling
roof. The house was blown down. and
those occupied by Engineer Eggleston.
Tom Warren, Pete English and others
ings were unroofed. Damage to resi-
dence property in the west end will ex-
coed $4,000.
The name of the convict killed at the
and Witt were badly injured and seven
trusty prisoners seriously hurt. The
property loss to the State Penitentiary
is $4,000. The main losers by the tor
Pensel Grocery Company, Dickinson
Maer Fritz Foundry Company. Torrent
Engine House. Curtain Building, Mer-
chants Cafe, l.. Ellenbogen. Arkansas
Carpet and Furniture Company, Brad
field & Dowd, Falk. Ottenheimer & Co.
j. w. Dedleman & Co, Max Elkan,
St. Charles Hotel, ,volmer Dry Goods
Hotel, ]. B. Bond and Brizzai.
The killed, as far as can be learned at
4. NJ, are:
DIR. j. INGATE,
Il pnyn and ha hv pnlnrad
CONVICT GRIFFIN,
JOE HOLLOWAY. colored.
John Fouterouwez and Mrs. j. Janks
were fatally injured, and many others
were hurt.
The damage done to property in the
city will probably reach 81 10000.
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 RUNS.
A frame cottage on Fourth and Bishop,
streets occupied by Mrs. Sarah Lynch and
daughter, was blown down. Mrs, Lynch
was crushed beneath the falling timbers
and her head frightfully bruised; She
her hip, broken and her injuries are also
believed to be fatal. The Burrows
house, on West Third street. near the
penitentiary, was almost completely de-
whose name could not be ascertained,
sustained a broken hip.
The storm came from the southwest
and swept nearly everything in Its path.
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 zigzas nature. The duration OF
the tornado was not over three min
utes though the rain continued IN nour
for an hour.
The Police Department performed the
work Of relief corps and the patrol
wagons were utilized for conveying in
jured persons to the City Hall as fast
as they could be recovered from the
debris, where temporary hospital was
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
light poles were uprooted and carried
200 yards. The roofs of about thirty
torn from the houses and hurled against
buildings on the opposite side of the
street, leaving the occupants and prop
erty within at the mercy OF the drench-
ing rain.
The Western Union Telegraph office
was wrecked beyond recognition, the
operate who were at work at their
keys, having narrow escapes.
Gov. Fishback's quarters, in the Martin
block, are a mass OF ruins. At the peni-
Tertiary the office of the main building
was torn away and completely demol-
convicts, but Supt. Mcconnell! and his
assistants soon succeeded in quieting
them. Fortunately only about rs con-
yicts are inside the walls; the other 40
were taken to Sunny Side Plantation
some days ago.