The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-04
Worst REPORTS CONFIRMED.
Portion ofthe Insane Asylum Demolished
and three kIll,d-Many Injured

LITTLE ROCK, ARK, Oct 3.-News
fom the Arkansas State Insane Asylum
at an carly hour this morning confirmed
| the first reports concerslng the damage
| done that institution by the tornado,
| "nlch caused devastation and death in
| TINS city last evening All of the male
! department and the annex were raZed to
| the ground, four floors falling in a mass
| Dr. lngate, formerly Of Mobile Ala,
| and two patients were instantly killed
| and four other patients seriously and
| perhaps fatally injured.
| The destruction in the residence part
| of the city In the vicinity or the peni-
| tentiary is very great. State Senator
Vests daughter VINO lived in that negn-
bOrhoOd, was injured by a falling roof.
The house was blown down and every
thing destroyed. Other occupants es-
capped serious injury. State Engineer
Eggestone's house in the same neighbor-
hood was unroofed. Thomas Warmers
house was demolished and a twostory
tenement on west Third street near the
pententiary, and Peter Engish's two
story house wrecked. The DiDrell House.
one of the oldest buildings in the city
located at Markham street and Broad
way, was demolished Young's grocery
was unroofed, and the boarding house at
Second street and broadway, was blown
down, but no one there was injured The
Presbyterian church, at Fourth and
State streets was unroOfed. Abraham
damage 10 the residence property in the
West-End will exceed $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. seriously hurt
The property loss 10 the State there is
$4,000.
THE BILLED AND INJURED.
The list of the killed as far as can
10 10
Dr. j. T. Ingate, Of Mobile, Ala; two
insane asylum patients; the convict
Griffin, Jack Boyd, and baby, colored,
killed in the WahrefTiH bulidlng; Joseph
Holloway, cOlored, killed in the Little
The The Injured are: State Representative
elect, c. T. Monroe, probably fatally; |
John Eaton, employee OF the Martin |
Block. fatally hurt; captain ,; .. smith |
hurt on the head; Mrs. Janko, fatally |
injured: 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 not
learned Several children we're covered |
with debris in ruins OF St Charles Hotel,
but they have all been accounted for
The bell over the Torrent Engine House, |
weighing 100 hunods, fell into the street
and demolished the engine mousse. Inc
worst effects Of the storm are 10 be seen
at the insane asylum, which Is three mles
west Of the business centre OF the cry. me
entire south half of the main building
Was demolished. The tower feIl through
ROhertsons rooms, Dury-
ing DR. Ingate i'm the ruins Mrs tobgrt
son escaped with slight injuries All Dut
twenty OF the inmates have been as
covered Many were found down town
and placed in jail, and some, it Is fear
ed. are buried in the ruins.
THE AsYLUM's LOSS sl50,OOO.
The loss to the asylum will reach
l5O. .OO The storm came from the south |
vest and swept nearly everything . .h !iS
path Pedestrians an1 teamsters hasti-
V sought places of safety, but the VeloCl-
v of the wind was terrible, ana me
isl of injured will be very large Roofs,
igns, and trees were tosseu doyul IIhe
amer The path of the tornado was not
nnre than two hundred yards wide, and
rs course was zig gag. It's duration
vas not over three minutes, though rain
our The damage caused by the tornado |
nm undoubtedly reach the first esti-
lates of 81 10000.
The remains OF DR.. Ingate were dug out
( the asylum ruins this morning ana |
AIKEN to the undertakers. The asylum
] damaged to the extent OF Sl10OO.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
A most miraculous thing occurred at
ixth and Martin streets. a carpenter
amed Clark, with his wife and baby, /,
ere occupying a room In the house !
hen the storm struck II. blowing the '
1of from over their heads, and tearing
way the walls around them, leaving !
le inmates untouched and unharmed
the centre OF the floor. The instru- :
ents of the weather forecaster here
ere blown away. s
The insane asylum authorities report 4
,e following patients missing: Percy e
mes. Dennis Callahan, James McPeters,
rIlliam NJ Miller, William Surratt, a
,seph w. johnson. and George w ls
ckerman. tl
thousands OF people went 10 the asy- n
m, where large force is at work re-
owing the debris.
The destruction on east Markham
rect. covering four blocks, along which
g wholesalers are located. Is even great | +
than first reported. c
Following are the latest estimated loss Al
I: Duckinson Hardware Company | ii
DOO0: Charles +, Pencil Company. | j.
go; damage on stock caused by tue ST
lapse OF the former firms new build n.
:; Baum Block. three stories, $500