Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-04
TIE ASYLUM DISASTER.
Dr. IDgate and Two Patients Instantly
Kiiled-Others Seriously Hurt.

Kiiled-Others Seriously Hurt.
! LITTLE ROCK. ARK, October g
News from the Arkansas state Insane
Asylum at an early hour this morning
| confirmed the first reports concerning the
| damage done that institution by the tor
nado which caused devastation and death
in this city last evening. All the male de-
partment and annex was razel 10 the
ground. the four floors falling in IA mass
Br. Ingatp. formerly Of Mobile, Ala, and
two patients were Instantly killed, and
four ether patients Were seriously and
perhaps fatally injured.
The destruction IN the residence part or
the city in the vicinity OF the penitentiary
IS very great State-Senator Nesrs daush-
ter. who lived IN that neiehborhood. was
injured by falling roof The house was
blown down. and everything destroyed.
Other occupants escaped serious injury.
Engineer Eagostone's house in the
same neighborhood, was unroofed.
/ Thomas Warmers house was demolished.
ana Il two-story tenement on west Third
street near tho peniteuuary and Peter
Eng.isl's twO-stOry house were wrecked.
The Dibrcll House. one Of the oldest buic-
ings IN the city. located at Markham
street and Broadway, was demolished.
NounCs grocery was unrOOfed. and u
clearinghouse at Second street and
Broadway was blown down, but no one
there was injured The Presbyterian
church az Fourth and state streets was
unroofcd. Abraham Oucheimer's res!dence
was wrecked. The damage to residence
property in the West-EnI viii exceed So
90.
The name Of the convict killed at TIE
penitcutiary IS Griffin. Two guards,
smith and Witt. were badly injured and
seven "trusty' prisoners seriously hurt.
The property loss Il the State there Is
$4,000.
KILLED AND INJURED.
The list Of killed as far as can be
learned is as follows: DR. i. T.. Ingate.
Mobile Ala; two insane asylum patients;
the convict. Griffin; Jack Boyd, and
baby (colorcd. killed in the Wahre-
fritz building; Joseph Holloway (col-
oreD, killed in Little Rock Bakery.
The injured are: tateRepresenta-
tive-elect {. +. Monroe, probably fatally;
John Eaton. employee in the Martin
block, fatally hurt: Captain 5. .. Smith,
hurt on head; Mrs. Janko, fatally in
jured; Fritz Refs. seriously injured; John
Fouterouwez. fatally Injured; James
Swift. injured in the head; Guards Smith
and Witt. badly injured.
Many others were injured whose names
were rot learned. Several children were
covered with debris in the ruins Of the
81. Charles Hotel but they have ali been
accounted for. The bell over the Torrent
engine-house. weighing 700 pounds, fell into
the street and demolished the engine
house.
The worst effects Of tn. storm are to
be seen AZ the insane asylum. which
is three mics west OF the business centre
Of hal If
the main building was demolished The
tower fell through Superintendent Robert
sons rooms, blryng D-. lngate In the
runs. Mrs. Robertson escaped with
slight injuries. All but twenty OF the
inmates have been discovered. Many
were found downtown and placed in
jail, and some. it is feared. are buried in
the ruins The loss TO the asylum will
reach $1,000
THE STORM TERRIBLE.
The storm came from the southwest,
ami swept nearly everything in its path.
Pedestrians an1 teamsters hastily sought
places OF safety. but the velocity OF the
wind was terrible. and the list of in
jured viii be very large. Roofs, signs,
and trees were tossed about like paper.
The path OF the tornado WAS not more
than 20 yards wide, and its course was
zlgzag. Its duration was not over three
minutes. though rain continued 10 pour
afterward for an hour. The damage
caused by the tornado will undoubtedly
reach the first estimate Of 100000.
DIR. INGATES BODY FOUND.
LATER-The remains OF Dr. Ingate
were dug out OF the asylum-rulns this
morning and taken to an undertaker's.
The asylum Is damaged 10 the extent of
$4,000.
y most miraculous thing occurred at
Sixth and Markham street. carpenter !
named Clark, with his wife and baby, !
were occupying a room In the house |
when the storm struck II. blowing the |
roof from over their heads and tearing |
away the walls around them. leaving the |
inmates untouched and unharmed in the |
centre Of the floor.
The instruments Of the weather fore
caster here were blown away
The insane asylum authorities report |
the following patients missing; Percy !
Jones, Dennis Callahan. James McPeters, [
william NJ. Miller. william Surratt. Jo-
seph W johnson. and George w. Acker-
man. Thousands of people went to the |
asylum. where a large force is at work
the debris.
LOSS AMONG WHOLESALERS.
The destruction on east Markham
street. covering four blocks. along which
he wholesalers are located. Is even I
greater than AT first reported. Following
are the latest estimated losses: Dickin-
son Hardware Company. $1,000; Charles
f. Pencil Company, $500; damage on
stock caused by collapse OF the former
irm's new building; Baum block. three
stories, 5000 on building: Max Elkan and
he old Robinson Hotel, $1,000; Oak Leaf