Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-03
A CYCLONES WORK.
Details Of The Terrible Destruction
Of Little Rock, Ark
ALL DONE IN THREE MINUTES.
The Path Of tho storm SirtWu with
Debris Of wr,c kcd buildings
and Fallen Trees.

LITTLE Rock, ARK, Oct 3-Latt
ovening'a cyclone grows In dss,tuc.
ti~rnoss ne the details are gathered.
Dafk, ominous clouds had been gath.
ering from the west anI southwest, yet
the city was unprupafed for tho dire
valuation that followed In tholr wake
The fret inlimatlon nf the Impending
catasirophe was when the cyclone
struck. All electric lights were cx,iu-
guishoI. Tue darkoned streets were
iilled with ilylng roofs, walls and de
bris Of oil Kinds. The cyclone swept
ny from thv southwest, striking tho
city near The insane asylum, the male
war; oil which was demolished. There
DIR. lugstu was Killed and several of
ihe inmatUH sufioaly inluro4. IL then
passed on 10 the peuiicntiafy, doing
slight damage NJ intermediate points.
Tue second and thirI stories Of tho
shop building were blown Oh, the cell
uuiidiug was unfOUisd, The Oillcn des.
toyed and the OLD building scattered
broadcast. One convict was killed aud
several guafls injured.
Toward the main part Of the city the
Inth Iui the Storm WAS stfawn with
1ebfis OF wrecked buildlngs, tangled
telo raph anu telephone wirrs aud
fallen tIces that had withsIood the
ltnipeuls VI many decades. Many
Fcsiuenoca were damaged, Togfs blow n
away and walls partly demolished.
lhu Mex marked damage was whom
the storm struck tue Martin building,
large laboratory brick office buil !.
ing aud apartment house occupied BY
tue Arkansas Methodist, aud severnl
lawycf' offices. Governor Fishbaek
anu General Afmi,tcsd, wi no had rooms
IA thih building, escaped Injury. The
eolofea porter was seriously injured.
From that p0int east, the scene that
net tue view of vast tutougs who
Il .ekci thliher this morning was be-
You'd Description, Some Of tue most
tuhtianual brick structures In the die.
if.ct iying along Main and Markham
streets south 10 Fautth anu Fltb, were
rGzeJ. The wind was followed by
dfunohing rain that lasted near.
ly an hour anu kept every one
within doom, 10 the real sx.
tent OF TUT damage could not be-
ascvrlaihed at tho time. Tclephone
NiFco In the business portion were
hloWn down. Wild Tumors OF death
aud destruction were Tiie. AZ soon a.
tue rain had Abated somewhat. The
streets were oiled with the excited
plpulAcc. Pedosirisuism was attended
with extreme difficulty and danger
az there were no lights anu tho tangled
wires, heaps VI brick, twisted tin roofs
and great plate glass windows filled tue
streets anu sidewalks. Many were the
Stories Of narrow escapes anu most sal
the deaths. IL IL matter Of common
wonder that hundruds were not killed,
Tue police were ON tho scene promptly
anu everything was done to restrain
the disofuefly element from creating
disturbance. Tho saloons that were
not entirely destroyed were ordered
closed At midnight by Chief McMAhon.
Patrol wagons were pressed into service
and many injured taken TO the head
quarters where theif WOUNDS were at.
tended 10. The storm proper did NOT
last more than three minutes.
the PATH Or THE DESTROYER.
Hon SPRINGS, Ath., Oct. 3. - The
cyul0ne when dliso much damage at
LATHE Rock last evening passed north
OF this city few miles. Reports from
thnt section Today say considerable
damage was done 10 farm property,
tut no fatalities arc reported.
The b0dy q DR.. inglo was recovered
from the ruins VI the asylum at noon,
but 40 mauglod M 10 be almost un.
recognizable. Several inmates are
missing. A conservative estimate Of
the fnancial loss ON the state inslilu.
llons ~ sg2o,VOO' on business property