The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-10-09
WRECKED BY A CYCLONE.
A NIGHT OF TERROR IN LITTLE
ROCK.
Heavy Loss OF Life and Property
The Asylum and the Penitentiary
Badly Damaged.

The Asylum and the Penitentiar,
Badly Damaged.
The terrible storm which visited
Little Rock, Ark, on the 1st inst left
death and destruction in its wake
The news from the State lunatic
asylum has been confirmed as to the
damage done that institution by the
tornado. All the male department
and the annex was razed to the ground,
four floors falling in mass. DIR. In
gate. formerly of Mobile, Ala, and
two patients were instantly killed and
four other patients serious ly and per-
haps fatally injured.
The destruction in tn, res idence
part OF tho city and the vi ,inity of the
penitentiary is very gr, at, State
Senator Vests daughter, who lived
in that neighborhood, wa, injured by
a falling roof Her house was blown
down and everything destroyed. The
other occupants escaped serious injury.
State Engineer Eggleston's house,
in the same neighborhond, was un-
rooted. Thomas Warner house was
demolished and a two-str y tenement
near the penitentiary and Peter
! English's two-story house Sere wreck
cd.
The Dibrcll house, one of the Oldest
| in the city, was demolished. Young's
| grocery was unrOofed and the board
ing house at Second and Broadway,
was blown down, but no one there was
| injured.
The Presbyterian church at Fourth
and State streets, was unroofed
| Abraham Olleneimmer's residence
was wrecked. The damage TO the re-
sidence property in West End will ex-
ceed $4,000.
The name of the convict killed at
the penitentiary is Griffin. Two
guards Smith and Witt, were badly
injured and seven trusty prisoners
were seriously hurt. Tie property
loss to cqle State there is $4,000.
learned is as follows: DR.. j. T. Ingate,
Mobile, Ala; two insane asylum
patients the convict Griffin; Jack
Boyd and baby, eolored. Joseph Hollo-
way, colored. The Injured are Rep
resentative-elect G. II. Monroe, prob
ably fatally; John Eaton, employee
at the Martin block, fatally hurt;
Capt. S. @. Smith, hurt on head; Mrs
Janko, fatally injured John Fouter-
ouwez, fatally injured James Swift,
injured in the head; Guards Smith
"tbo,s CHI n; mnoV' i, ,nJ tnnJureu. Many
not learned. Several children were
covered with debris in the ruins of the
st. Charles Hotel, but they have all
been accounted for. The bell over the
;Eorleht engine house, weighing 200
pounds, fell into the street and demo:
lished the engine house.
The worst effects of the storm ere
to be seen at the insane asylum, which
is three miles west of the business
center of the city. The entire south
half Of the main building has been
demolished. 'tRhe tower fell through
burying DR.. Ingate in the ruins. Mrs
Robertson escaped with slight iuju-
ries. All but twenty inmates have
been discovered. Many wore tC3.... tc@"a
down town and placed in Jail, and
some, it is feared, are buried ia tho
ruins.
The loss to the asylum will reach
$l5O,OOO The storm came from the
southwest and swept nearly every
thing in its path. Pedes trians and
teamsters hastily sought shelter and
places Of safety, but tue velocity of
the wind was terrible and the list OF
injured will be very large. Roofs, signs
and trees were tossed about like paper.
more than two hundred yards wide
and its course was zigzag Its dura-
tion was not ever three minu tes, though
the rain continued to pour afterwards
for hours.
The damage caused by the tornado
will undoubtedly reach the nfirst esti
mabe OF 81, 600, 900.
A most mirticulous thin. occurred
at Fourth and Martin streets. A car
penter named Clark, with lis wife and
baby, were occupying room in the
house when the storm struck it, blow
anS ng tn" tens 1ef gS@ tbxs Pbxsf 1Hf hsaas
them, leaving the inmates untouched
and unnarmed In the eel ter Of tho
floor.
The insane asylum authorities re-
port the following patients missing
Percy Jones, Dennis Gala IAN, James
McPhetcrs, William M. NJ ,ller, Will
liam S,irratt, Joseph w. Jphnsoa and
George A. Askerman. Thousands OF
people went out to the asylum, where
large force of men were at work re-
moving the debris.
a RAILROAD MANS VERSION.
Charles Joseph, d railroad man who
during the cyclone and makes the fol-
81 was standing On the corner OF
Main and Third Streets" said he,
"about 1880 o'clock when | heard an
awful noise and roaring. 1t was unlike
any ordinary sound. In moment
there was burst Of wind and / ran
across the street into q stairway. Like
lightning the storm burst in all it's
fury. The rear OF the building in
which / stood was torn away. Across
the street saw @ telegraph pole torn
to pieces A horse and buggy stood
near the sidewalk. They were blown
across the pavement and slammed
| against the side of the wall. Main
| street, from Third to Markham, was
torn to pieces and filed with debris.
On Markham street opposite the State
building several houses were unroofed.
Down Markham, east, the wind tore
| off the roofs of houses and tore down
many others as far as Rock street, q
| distance of half mile. This Is the
heart of the business portion OF Little
| Rock. Between Markham street and
the river from the State buildings as
| far east as the Little Rock and Fort
| Smith depot great damage was done,
q number of buildings being torn
down. Out third street, west from
Main, the wind did great damage, un-
roofing many residences and tearing
down others, 'H
After two minutes the wind ceased
and then the rain fell in torrents.