Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-10-12
WRECKED BY A TORNADO.
THE BUSINESS PART OF LIT
TILE ROCK DEVASTATED.


Four Lives Lost and Many PERSONS
Injured The state Insane Asylum
ana the
strOyed-Ihc Loss VIII heach
Million.
$500. .,,, t,,,.i.,,.s
terrific cyclone swept over '''
nortio, of little Rock. Ark. at 40 o CLOCK
oarr,-i,,,. death and destruction in its
P. m carry 'ii7 0,''' r,.,. .l-,,,
path. SHORTY a''er "'''N Il
came from the west, accompanied 10y NN''
flashes oe lightning and heavy
Tho civ sul-
clashes OF thuh"er' iH' ~
denly ciearen' am , ,,,I1aD1, .,
t1ouSut 10 -. ,ht 'son+hwsst anpsnred
and in thraa minutes the city was badly dam
~ ,'ll.' T-,,s +Iinr,-anb teIephOne and eicr-
49, ii,h+ ,,oIes were 1iprootet and carried 200
..i- of ,hnut thirty Of he largest
| F"tIS. I"t -; ~, ,it,- war. Torn from the
bC,i,sae ma buried AGAINST buildings on tn"
ar.oe;+a -iin of the :, rect leaving the Occu-
! n9ppts ~ tha mercy of the rain. which be
p,sn'9 -, I,,enord in torrents When the cy-
| cione had ceased it was discoveret
! tl't .b rosi,Ianra norton Of the city
| fnI on+i-,I,, oscaned tut Main street to
| ND uarEhan, street. from Centre 70
| Cu-Il,orinn1 and Second, from Cum@ar-
| I.r1 v,e almost "A total wreck. This terri
! torv covers the principal business portion OF
| 81, a Western |
,-r,.l-nd and the operators had narrow eS-
oor,os
''no7' o1, o.nea3 the following fatali-
to-, a,,d Injuries. Killed Dr. J. 7. Ingate,
Ioo,,snn Rovi son OF Jackson Boyd. ant
| T = GrifatS Iniured-C. T. MOnrO" john
Eaton. Jerry Donahue, S. o, smith, WIZ
| WorJ John Brown. Fritz Res, Mrs.
vo,Ir,nr Mrs ! Janka, Mrs. Lulu Prev
- -: Ia UaIioway Joe Swift. John
! Fontareaus w. D. TrOttcr, MISS 1Iur'l'
Wnst w Iangford. John BaIlan, Tom
! Forhes - Houser, George b. Cross, {,
| p-ator NJ RYAN. J. c. BigSS. J. d. Bow
H. ~ Iol-aIonL 4. Henry, VIII Harvey
ar,,;o+ r NIitcheI. convict G. Baker, con
-iat n g Jenks. convict Lee HlnsOn. con
'iot win SINGLETON. convict J. j. Smith
l.,,ord Iohn Witt. guard.
Suttru 'onn w. rie3orv of little Rock wa
Never III III ai'o o,nno of wrecked and rune
MI tnci 49,; oe ,roa nresnnted on the street
oul.S'-Ii-2 .1--.,i' The streets were almost i'm
hoAt . tpoi 1bo ,lo1naoe will aggregate half
paSSdDIe Tbo onI,- insurance held bN
tha sI,fPerers amounts to about S25OO.
AlinUI. NJ +rootS on Main was unroOfed
anu anu i, 1'tn sa,,oraI cases entire fronts wor,
TdI.Ila On East Markham street tho de
a+rnntion of nr0perty was greater than else
J1hero Several large buildings We're de
moIished and not one escaped injury
ujo T ~ 1 Iooro ware blown out, til
W Nlnuo"3 "a "4U oryov teIephone and electri
iil 100 .ira blown TO the ground and pole
twisted off at the curbing.
II was n the insane asylum where tn
la+ ,,Intn wreck was to be seen. Th
LriIdings built bv the State at u cost o
5000 nn0 arn on n prominence three mile
9ooo 10 niI I,Ieine.9 mart of the city, an
offered a splendid target for the Jury OF IN
dorIac,o is estimated at IRON $4,000 t
-iCl s10o 400
There vas ore death there, DR.. j. I. l.
cate second assistant physician. He an
Dr Robinson, the superintendent, Wer
standing in the hall talking just before tn
9 Storr,, struck and as they separated to 90
their rooms. the two towers which croWhe
the main office portion crashed throug
> the three stories, burying DocI'
Inpate under the debris Of one OF them. u
Do6inson had n narrow escape, but by pres
in,,IIn AGAINST the wall while bricks an
| tiT1hars were fying about his head in tf
dark. the lights having been at once GTtll
e ouished he succeeded in getting OUT WlIho
3 injury
heavy force Of men worked all night an
forenoon in removing the iepri9 ~ L., ILL., h
body of the unfortunate pnya'cLnn' w - -
romans wpre not uncovered until II o'cioc!
: He was found under Il mass OF BRICK III
tinbers in the vestibule Of the main bulI'
; ing. lying on his face. lis remains We
. forvarded to his parents at Mobile, Ala
q Resides the destruction wrought In II
S main butldinc. the east wall of the ma
} ward was completely torn away. Wards
= g. and are Il total wreck. Inc Fooi
= blown off, and debris has been found hail
mile east. Pandemonium reigned tt after II
furv of the storm had been spent. Ihe Gel
!, in in the south wing were occupied 10y inmat
d al al the tIe 1Tut-i 3i,ue- "'--7
About % fifteen escaped, but all but sev'
y were f1e recanturel, The following were mis-
It inc and It was not known whether tn
- were killed or were at large: Quincy J0ns
ReppiS 3 CaHhnn 1in 1smes snrrtt Sf'J Josp6 W. JON
IS snn y" Ol.tf1t; Gpor;,,e " Wackerman.
d son Tbo 1oott5T stoTm '' dii damage at the Sta
y nenitentiary ne iaJt-- aggrecating $50 900. 7
D south half of the roof OF the cell house "
in coLEPleIiGiy CO..! w. Tbo rn,ows w~rs all brokt
-. 49,. --l,.,, l:,+Io daronce WAS done to /