Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-10-11
THE STORM IN ARKANSAS.

Eurtner Reports from Devastated Little
Rock-Wrecked and Ruined Buildings
RENDER the Streets Impassable-The
Scene Of DesOlation as Witnessed by Day
HGht-Wrecks OF the Insane Asylum and
Penitentiary.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct. 5.-Never in
the history of Little Rock was there
buildings as was presented on the
streets of this city yesterday morning.
The streets were almost impassa BILE
and great yawning chasms in brick
fronts told of the fury of the storm
The damage will aggregate about ST.
100000. The only insurance held b.
the sufferers amounts to $500. AL
most every building between Main and
Markham and Third and Main streets
was unroofed and in numerous i':-
stances entire fronts were levellcd To
the ground. On East Markham stree.
the destruction toproperty was greater
than elsewhere. Several large build
ings were leveled, and not one escaped
injury. Windows and doors wee
blown out, tin roofs carried away, tele-
phone and electric light wires blown
to the ground and poles twisted off.
1t was at the insane asylum where
the most complete wreck was to he
seen. The buildings. built by the
state at cost of $500, 900, are located
on a prominence three miles west Of
the business portion of the city, and
offered a splendid target for the fury
of the storm.
Thousands of people in buggies and
h.. L., ba l,r,
ruins. The ruin was not complete,
but the damage is estimated at from
$4,000 to 100000. There was one
death here, DIR. i. T. Ingate. second
assistant physician. He and DIR. Rob-
inson, the superintendent, were stand
ing in the hall talking just before the
storm struck, and as they started to
GO to their rooms the two towers.
browning the main office portion
crashed through the three stories.
burying him under the debris.
DIR. Robinson had a narrow escape.
but by pressing up against the wall
while bricks and heavy timbers were
flying about his head in the dark-the
lights having been at once extin-
guished-he succeeded in getting out
without injury. A heavy force of men
worked all night and yesterday fore
noon in removing the debris to find the
body of the unfortunate physician, but
his remains were not recovered until
II o'clock. He was found under a mass
of brick and timbers in the vestibule
OF the main building. lying on his face.
and mangled beyond recognition. His
remains were forwarded to his parents
at Mobile, Ala. last night.
Besides the destruction wrought in
the main building. the east wall of the
male ward was completely torn away.
Wards /. 3, ) and are total wreck.
The roof is blown off and debris has
been found half a mile east.
Pandemonium reigned after the fury
of the storm had been spent. About
fifteen inmates escaped, but all except
seven were recaptured up to noon yes
terday.
The following are still missing and
it is not known whether they were
killed or are at large:
Quincy Jones.
Dennis Callahan.
James McPeters.
William NJ. Miller.
William Surratt.
Joseph w. Johnson.
George w. Alderman.
The storm did great damage at the
state penitentiary, estimated to aggre-
gate $50, 900. The south half of the
cell house was completely torn away
and carried outside the walls. The
windows were all broken out, but very
little damage was done to the interior.
Many of the convicts We're in their
cells at the time and were not hurt.
The new workhouse, chapel and
kitchen were badly wrecked. The
third story and the east wall of the
second story were blown down, and
are lying between it and the house-a
vast mass of brick and mortar. The
west wall was cracked at the floor and
inclined to the east about 45 degrees.
1t was in this building that the only
death occurred. J. +. Griffith, white
man, sent up from Clay county for in
cest. was descending the stairway from
the third story when the wall caved
in and buried him under the debris.
His remains. badly mangle, were re-
moved from the ruins this morning.
He was a native of Montgomery coun-
ty, Ky. and has son named Eugene
Griffith in Chicago. The hospital
building was uninjured except for the
wrecl1ing of several chimneys and a
portion of the roof The two-story
stable, blacksmith shop and woodshed,
that stood in the center of the yard.
was badly wrecked, being torn down
below the second story. Several head
of stock were killed.
THE HEAVIEST LOSERS.
Insane asylum, $50. 900: penitentiary.
$50. 900. property of the state: Dickin-
son Hardware Co., s., 500; Dudley E.
Jones Co., $4,000: II. III. Rottaken S15,-
600: c. F. Baucum, $4,000; j. p. Nc
Carthy, $4,000; Louis Volmer. $1,000;
Ralph Goodrich, $1,000; A. Lotion,
g.. 900; Mrs. c. P. Redmond, S1O.-
900; Capitol hotel, $1,000: Arkan-
sas stables, $1,000; Bell Tele-
phone Co.. s.. 900; Sam Rudolph & Co..
5000; E. Ellenbogen, $4,000: Arkansas
Carpet and Furniture Co., $50, 900: Lit
tie Rock Tent and Awning Co.. 5000;
Wilson & Webb Stationery Co.. 81, 800:
W. p. Holman, $4,000; j. w. Bidelman,
$500. Several hundred others sus-
tanned losses ranging from $500 to
$1,000.
More Than Three Hundred Turkish and
Kurdish Soldiers Killed.
VIENNA, Oct 5.-Advices from Ere
roum, Armenia. say that the Turkish
and kurdish soldiery at Sassun have
been attacked by the people of tina:
region and more than 800 of then