The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-04

wilhstcod the tsmpests of many decades.
Many residences were damaged. the roofs
neiag blown awsy and the NAis partly de-
modished- The next marked damage was
WHEN the storm struck the Martin build
iag. large three-story brick building and
apartment house. ocenp4ea BY the Ar
kansas Methods. Society and several Of
nc~s. Gov. FGshbacx and Gen. Armisteaa.
who had rooms IN this building. escaped
without injury. The coscrea porter was
seriously injured.
From that point east the scene thar met
the Faes Of the vast thFongS that locked
ihitaer this morning was beyond descEip-
non. Some Of the most substantial brick
structures in the district. iying along
Main and Markham streets south TO
Fourth and Fifth. we're rsz@d The wind
Was followed by n drencaing rain that
lasted nearly al hour ami kept every one
within doors, so that the real extent of the
ds mage could NOT be aseertained at the
time. As soon as the rain had sbated the
streets were filed with excited people.
fetiestrianism vas attended wl.h extreme
Difficulty and danger as there were no
llEhis. and tangled wires. heaps % bricks.
tSIsted Iin roofs and great plate glass WIN
duws 4 led the streets and side salks. Ii is
matter Of common wonder that hundreds
Were not killed The police were on the
scene promptly. and everything vas done
20 prevent the disorderiy element from
creating a disturbance The saloons that
were not entirely DESTROYED we're ordered
closed at midnight by Chief Mcmahon.
Patrol wagons were pressed into service,
and many of the injured were taken to
headquarters. where the wounds were at
tended to. rhe storm proper did not last
more than shree minutes.
The disastrous effects of the cyclone that
visited this city last night were not fully
realized until this morning The property
loss will reach si,o4aOeo. Four human
lives were lost, and forty people we're in
jured. seme probably fatally
The killed are: DIR. ]. I. Ingate, Jack
son Boyd, son of Jackson Boyd, ]. T.
Griffin.
The injured are: C. T. Monroe, John
Eaton. jerry Donohue. sam o. Smith,
viii Ward, John Brown, Fritz
Refs. Mrs l.. Coimer. Mrs. j. J.
Janks. Mrs. Lulu Perwitt, Joe Holloway.
Joe Swift, John Fonteneins. w. II.
Trotter, Miss Lucille West. w. A. Lang
ford. John Ballou. Tom Forbes, - Houser.
George b. Cross. Calvin Prather, j. NJ.
Ryan. ]. C. Biggs. ]. u. Bowiin. DIR. Lake
land, A. Henry. VIII Harvey. convict:
Tom Mitchell. convict probably fatally;
Gilbert Baker. convict, Lee Hinson. con-
vict; VIII Singleton, convict; ]. j. Smith,
guard John Witten, guard.
The path of the cyclone lay along the
the Arkansas river. sometimes touching it.
TO- .s~ Il Ia
south bank, aud never crossing il TO the
tion have been reported from
Lonok. twenty-eight miles east of
here. Its course was almost
directly east. the first disastrous
effects so far as reported here
being at the insane asylum. situated on a
hilltop three miles west. There its de-
structiyeness was appalling. DIR. 1ngate.
second assistant physician, was killed aud
eleven inmates were injured. Thence in
direction almost due east the funnel
shaped cloud, in slightly xlgzag
course, wound its way with furious vio-
lenee. now rising and again descending.
and p!owed its wav through two miles OF
residences and the best portion of the city
for distance of nearly four miles before
emerging from the city limits.
Thousands of people visited the insane
asylum during the day.. A large force of
men has been engaged since the storm in
removing the four floors under which the
body of DR.. Ingate was buried. and finally
came upon the doctors remains. The storm
did great damage at the penitentiary.
The cell house was completely torn away
and carried outside the walls and the
chapel and kitchen were badly wrecked.
The third story and the east wall OF the
third story were blown down and are w.
ing at the side of the building. The coHvicts
confined in wards which we're demolished
by the cyclone were removed Immediately
after the walls fell and taken to the chapel
or dance hall of the, institution. Eleven
of them were hurt, and seven others are
unaccounted for. The main building, the
south half of which was destroyed.
was erected twelve years ago at g
cost of $500. 600, and is one of the
most beautiful structures of the
kind in the United States. Be-
yond unrooiing about 200 buildings. the
damage to buildings is confined to the
insane asylum, state penitentiary. the
Martin block aud the large wholesale gro-
cery house of c. +. Baum. while scarcely a
mercantile house in the town Is not a suf-
ferer by water. Many stocks are almost
total losses from the deluge.