The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-10-06
THE STORMS WORK.
Details Of the Fearful Damage at
Little Rock, Ark.
STREETS BLOCKED WITH WRECKACE.
A Scene or Havoc Everywhere-The Loss
tn Property VIII Aggregate Nearly
o1,O00,OO0-four Persons Killed;
Thirty-Four Injured.
RUIN BY THE WIND.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Oct. 4.-Never in
the history of Little r ,ck was there
such a scene of wrecked and ruined
buildings as was presented Wednesday
morning. The streets were almost i'm
passable and great yawning chasms in
brick fronts told of the fury of the
storm The damage will aggregate
almost Si,000,000.
The death list now known is not so
large as was expected. but there are
several persons missing and their
names may yet be added To the roll OF
the dead So far as reports received
now indicate the dead number four
and the injured thirtyfour.
Wreckage of Buildings.
Almost every building between Main
and Markham and Third and Main
streets was unroofed and in numerous
instances entire fronts were leveled
to the ground. On East Markham
street the destruction of property was
greater than elsewhere. Several large
buildings were leveled and not one cs-
capped injury. Windows and doors
were blown out, tin roots carried away,
telephone and electric light wires
blown to the ground, and poles twisted
off at the curbing.
At the Asylum.
1t was at the insane asylum where
the most complete wrecl; was to be.
The buildings erected blythe state at
u cost of 100000 are located on a
prominence 3 miles west OF the bust
ness portion of the city and offered
splendid target for the fury of the
storm. Thousands of people in bug
gle, and on horseback tnrouged the
road to the ruins this morning.
The ruin was not complete, but
the damage Is estimated at from
$4,000 to $500 There was one
death here, DR.. j. T. Ingate, second
assistant physician. He and DR.. Rob-
inson, the superintendent, were stand
ing in the hail just before the storm
struck and as they separated to go to
their rooms the two towers which
crowned the main Office portion
crashed through the three stories,
burying DIR. Ingate under the debris
of one of them. DR. Robinson had
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 extinguished, he sue
ceeded in getting out without injury.
A heavy force of men worked all night
and forenoon in removing the debris
to find the body of the unfortunate
physician, but his remains were not
uncovered until IL o'clock. He was
found under q mass of brick and tim
bers in the vestibule of the main
building, lying un his face and
mangled beyond recognition. His re-
mains were forwarded to his parents
at Mobile, Ala.
Fifteen Inmates Escape.
Besides the destruction wrought in
the main building, the east wall of the
male ward was completely torn away.
Wards /, 3, ) and are a total wreck.
The roof is blown off, and debris has
been fonnd half a mile east. Pande-
monium reigned after the fury of the
storm had been spent. The cells in
the south wing were occupied by in
mates at the time. Fifteen escaped,
but all except seven were recaptured
These are still missing, and it Is not
known whether they We're killed or
are at large,
At the Penitentiary.
The storm did damage at the state
estimated to aggregate
$50, 900. The south half of the roof OF
the dollhouse was completely torn
away and carried outside the walls
The windows were broken out, but
liJtle damage was done TO the interior
Many OF the convicts were 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 as degrees. 1t was in this
building where the only death occurred
j. +. Griffith, white man, sent up
from Clay county, was descending the
stairway from theN third story when
the wall caved In and buried him in
the debris His remains. badly man.
gled, were removed from the ruins
Wednesday morning.
Fully 200 citizens escaped death in q
most miraculous manner. kilograms
from all sections Of the country offer
ing assistance have been received by
Mayor Hall. All the injured, with few
exceptions, are doing nicely.
Result Of Quarrel.
DENTON, Tex, Oct. 4. - Jim and