The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-08
DEATH In THE WIND.
4 CYCLONE STEIKES TITTLE ROCK
and DOES GRE1T DAMAGE.
Whole Blocks are Unroofed-The Peniten-
tiary ard Insane Asylum D"maCed-fhe
city ia Darkness-Loss sf,000,Oo0.

Little Rock. Ark, October "A terrible
cyclone struck this city At 100 o'c!ock to-
night ana almost devastated the business
portion of the city. Several people ere
known to have been killed and injured.
The main portion Of the business center
bounded ON the south by Third street on
the north by the river front on the west
by Center street, Is practically ralht' "'''
:he damage is ncalculable. The total prop
erty loss will probably approximate a han
million dollars.
The cyclone was accompanied by Ter
rife rain storm and the stocks of goods Ia
the business houses which were uhr"oit'''
though not otherwise wrecked, We're ae-
stroyed by water The storm struck the
state penitentary. which stands on mn
in the western part Of the city, WIN rear
FIJI force destroying the dining room tear
ing down the stables and shops unrooiih6
the main cell building and demolishing 'he
wariens office. Several of the cohVicts
were seriously injured. one OF them uled
an hour afterwards.
struck by Lightning.
Down town the lightning struck the Mar
lin block ut the corner of Spring ana sec
on / streets totally wreckinS the tnifH li'"i
\ man named Eaton was iat2hS muir"
there. The Els building. corner OF center
and Markham streets. was unrootei anu 4
part Of the fourth floor OF Eleas3i' h"'e,
WIS blown away. At Main ana S''ohH
streets The tops of several adjacent hniid-
ina,s lie piled up in an indescribable heap.
Tba worst damage. however. was zone 10
property on Markham ana 'Vi"''e,''
streets Nearly every building IN 'ha' "r
trict was unroofed and many are 'u'a"s
wrecked The large three-story hulldlhe
=, Market and Cumberland. occupied by the
n n Mccarthy Company. is total Wt'fh'
as * also the two-stOry buildinS on TN "
poste corner. occupied by Max En!aiis ~
a saloon The third story OF the 81" 49,"
ing house was blown on ana the seNeiat
stories under It were flooded by water ana
filed with debris.
The city IL in Darkness.
,rba str.ets are filed with ain roofs. cleo
trlc wires and other wreckase' anu ~ -
be several days before the eN'en,
damage is known accurately me iai X
cotton warehouse situated at Second ana
So .,reats owned bv j. II. Bacum. was
,,.,cctsad II fen on the Western thioh iei-
arraph Company's office, next dooi' an
wrecked il thus cutting III all teltsid pin
communication with outside points
c,tv is In the dersest darkness anu 'i''
streets are a veritable stream Of hluu,
the wounded. but HSt OF '"e
utterly unobtainabc.
m. Dead and Injured
Among those known TO have oeeh perhaps
fatally wounded are: ,
- u MONROE, member Of the Arkansas
Legislature.
j. EATON.
Sam Smith, prominent cotton ouSer'
is also badly injured. Others are known 70
- heap more or less injured, but the
names are not obtainable. All kinds oil rd-
,oors are afiont one to the effect tAat me
insane asylum. in which coz patients are
confined has been blown down ana many
patients injured. but the asylum Is si'ua'et
n mile from the city and the rumor cannot
,F.ar 81
been captured near the union cepot anu
this fact gives color to the report
Insane Patients Loose.
Al II o'clock tonight message was re
celved from the insane asylum anu the
state penitentiary. just west OF the union
depot. calling for physicians anu 0thtF as
sistauts II is reliably stated that mum
b-r of patients NJ tine insane asylum are
fatally injured and great damage was done
I, me buildings. Reports from the peill-
Tertiary say that iifty-siN cpnNiets We're
badly Injured b. falling tiubers, two %
whom Will die Mayor Hall, rs soon as pos
sihle called cut the entire IRE and p''le
dapartments and sent ten hnck i'''is ol
nsvsirlans and citizens to the insane asy-
lum and penitent:ary. Intense excitement
prevails and il Is utterly Impossible 70
iearn The names Of the killed and injured.
An kinds Of exaggerated reports ar" IN
circulation. Through the heroic services Of
Mayor Hall and the chief OF police. FRANK
NcNIahon, the injsred ana helpless ale re-
! ceiying the best of attention. he losses
on property will amount to at least $lVoo'-
| 900.
Almost every building situated IN the
starn,-swept district was more or less dam
ayed by the wind ana water IN damage
| a. the insane asylum VIII reach SloNV"' that
| ~ the penitentlary 5000" and the Capi,a'
| and Richel!eu hO;els wer' badly damass''
! Every window in both buildings was either
] broken TO pieces or cracked The business
/ t.,,,sss ON East Markham and Main streets.
/ from Markham ami Third avenue, are dam
/ aged TO great eStent-
/ some. Of the sufferers.
Tn. roofs on majority OF these bu.li-
| ;,,,e were, torn away and stocks Of goods
/ entirely ruined.
| Tn. greatest sufferers are: Colonel J. H..
McCarty. r. Enrnnpogen, traiheid \ DON
j. !. y Jabine. Rudolph Bros, HenrE
| george Max ElKan, German National
! h,nk Rank Of Little Rock Missouri IA
cine ticket office Mr. }. Forster. = )
] o.pri.u. Herman Kahn. -. Ofuer. John ~
/ uaora estate. j. ". Turner. James joyet.
| Western Union telegraph office. -. Pollock.
! ". Beidelman. ". h. BaErHm 'dpii3'
| hotel Walter q. Hail, Richelru hotel 6.
/ crfies. Wolf Bros. George r. Qn-hh i'tN
| ,.,,.ls COMPANY. Gus Bias a 90, ". ~
] -, =. a. IeWtuu. }. VI. : iSeL t'HFfl-
! s,u Eros ~ Lotion. 4. H. l'lSln. j. T.
/ rrrh, m. H. NJ. Martin Company. the
/ I.,ui Compaur. Hloock * 3. ms. NilSos x
| webb Stationery Company. Jones Bros
The list embraces the names 81 owner
NJ The prouerty and merchants Who SUI
| fer,i from tn. water that pourci 'h from
TN. ou.uiu. in the tops Of The BUILDINGS
! IN To- n o'cioco the dead and injured are;
Observation-Disclosures r.. e. Monroe. badly
| cut On tn, head aad body 10y faliins TIM