The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-01-20
CITY SWEPT BY A TORNADO.
Fort Smith, Ark, the Scene of Death
and Desolation.
F0RTY-THnEE LIVES KNOWN To Be LOST,
The Property Loss VIII Reach More
Than n Million Dollars-Dam-
age in Crawford County.

Forty three human lives and upwards
of 81, 900, 900 worth of property were
destroyed by terrible tornado which
burst upon Fort Smith, Ark, few
minutes past IL o'clock Tuesday night.
The storm struck near the national
cemetery and tore its way through the
entire city, leaving its path marked by
death and desolation. Men, women
and children, peacefully asleep in their
homes, were, without moments
warning, awakened to horrible death
in the fearful storm, while others mo-
mentarily more fortunate and who es-
capped the furies of the wind, met far
worse fate few moments later In the
flames which soon engulfed many of
the wrecked buildings.
List of the Dead.
The list of the dead and wounded,
so far as known, is as follows: Sllas
Miner, prominent young merchant.
His residence was blown away and he
was struck across the back with a
heavy piece of falling timber Harvey
Rutledge, negro; Mary Zimmerman;
two unknown young men from Bur
CESS hotel; John Grisgold, a tailor;
John Martin and J. J. Kiley, farmers
from Madison county, here attending
United States court; George Carter,
foreman grand opera house; Mrs. Milt
Burgess, proprietor of the Burgess ho-
tel: two unknown men died at the
hospital; J. NJ Foutz, farmer; Joe
Kyle, farmer; two Lefevere boys; Malt
Knapton, Jr; Mrs. Malt Knapton;
Joe Ukase, negro; Ed Terrell, butcher,
and his two little children, Irene and
Roy; Frank Richardson, restaurant
keeper; John Adams, carpenter; Mrs.
Charles Mauver; - Ritter, gardner;
Mrs. Will Lawson; Louie Sengel; Miss
Holden; John Badt, farmer; Mrs,
Maggie Shehan's infant; l.. Woehle,
butcher; James Smith, a clerk; Mrs.
Jones; Mrs. Gray, son and wife; Atlas
Jones; Frank Lefevere and Eta Knes.
The Injured.
The injured: Mrs. Braden, arm
broken; D. l.. Grimes, collar bone
broken; - Martin, chin fractured
and side bruised; - Hosea, jaw
broken; William Lawson, back in
iured; Bell Martin, chest smashed;
Tony Eberhardt, hips bruised; F. F.
Hubbell, back hurt; r. H. Crenhol1er,
back injuree; A. B. Stafford, back in
jured; - Ashworth, chest chrushed;
Dr. Gate, both arms broken; Mrs.
Gate, badly Mashed; Mrs. Gates
mother, seriously crushed; Minnie
Burgess, spine injured; Mrs. E. Grell,
injured about chest; Mrs. Hugh Rog-
ers, badly bruised about body; Mr..
and Mrs Ritter, caught under falling
walls; Mrs. f. H. Brown, body
crushed; Mrs. Luther Hunley, chest
crushed; - Lane, hip dislocated;
Ed Yaden, badly bruised; - Wool
sey, seriously hurt; r. l.. Hirschber-
ger, shoulder dislocated, injured
about head; Miss Lily Stahl, seriously
injured.
The scene following the first terrific
crash of the storm was one of awful
grandeur. Business blocks, handsome
residences and humble cottages were
RACED to the ground and scattered in
shapeless masses. Several of the
wrecks caught fire and the infammable
timbers burned furiously.
The beautiful National cemetery is
q wreck. The huge trees are uproot
ed, the lodge demolished and the wall
torn down.
Fort Smiths $4,000 high school
building, the finest of it's kind in the
south, was badly wrecked, but was one
of the few buildings upon which there
was any tornado insurance.