The herald., 1898-01-13
The Damage in Money Exceeds a
Million, and Many Other Towns
Struck Are Yet to Be
Heard From
Associated Press Special Wire

FIT. SMITH, Ark, Jan. 1.-TWO score
of human lives and upward of $1,00O,000
| worth of property were destroyed by a
terrible tornado which burst upon this
city a few minutes past II o'clock last
night. The storm struck near the Ma
| tional cemetery and tore it's way through
the entire city, leaving it's path marked
by death and desolation. Men, women
| and children, peacefully asleep in their
homes, were without a moments warn
| ing awakened to meet a 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 a few minutes later in the
flames which soon engulfed many Of the
| wrecked buildings.
| The list of dead and wounded, as far
as can be ascertained, is as follows:
| The known dead
| SILAS MINCER, a prominent young
merchant.
HARVEY TURI.EDGE.
MARY ZIMMERMAN.
Two unknown men from Birgess hotel.
JOE GRISWOI4D, a tailor.
JOHN MARTIN of Madison county.
! ]. B. RILEY of Madison county.
! GEO. CARTER, fireman at Grand op-
era house..
MRS. MILT BURGESS, proprietress
| of Burgess house.
Two unknown men, who died at st.
Johns hospital
]. NJ. F'OUTZ, farmer.
JOE KYLE, a farmer.
Two Lefevre boys.
MILT KNAPTON, JR.
MRS. MILT KNAPTON.
JOE LUCAS, negro.
ED FERRILL, a butcher, and hS two
little children, Irene and Roy.
FRANK RICHARDSON, restaurant
keeper.
JOHN ADAMS. a carpenter.
MRS. CHAS. MAUVER.
- RITTER.
MRS. WILL LAMSON.
LOUIS SEMCEL.
JOHN BADDT, a farmer.
Mrs. Maggie Shehan's infant.
D. WOEHL, butcher.
JAMES SMITH, clerk.
MRS. JONES.
JAMES SMITH, JR.
MR.. GRAYSON and wife.
ATLAS JONES.
FRANK LEFEvRE.
ETA KIES.
The seriously injured:
Mrs. Baden, arm broken.
Martin, chin fractured and side
bruised;
- Hosea, jaw broken;
Will Lawson, back injured;
Belle Hardin. chest mashed;
Tony Eberhardt, hips bruised;
F. E. Hubbell, back hurt;
r. H. Crownholden, back injured;
A. R. Stefford. back injured;
- Ashworth chest crushed;
DR.. Cate, both arms broken;
Mrs. Cate, badly mashed
Mrs Gates mother, seriously crushed:
Minnie Burgess, spine injured;
Mrs e. Grell, injured about chest;
Mrs Hugh Rogers, badly bruised about
body;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ritter. caught under fall
ing walls;
Mrs. F. II. Brown, body crushed.
Mrs. Luther Hunley, chest crushed;
- Lane, hip dislocated;
Ed Yaden, badly bruised;
-Wolsey, seriously hurt;
r. L. Hirschberger, shoulder dislocat-
ed, injured about the head;
Miss Lily Stahl, seriously injured;
Frank Magruder, chest crushed;
Unknown tramp, will die;
Mrs. Emma Austin, leg broken;
Irving Kohler, shoulder broken;
Mrs John Beal. ribs broken, may die:
Baby Beal, badly bruised, may die;
Mrs. Kohler, leg broken:
Jos. Jones, leg cut and arms fractured.
Miss Wilson, arm broken.
Pearl Knapton, arm broken;
D. d. Foreman, arm and leg broken.
H. Fl. Fisher, arm broken;
w. A. Dumford, hip injured;
]. ]. Short. spine injured;
VIM. Blake, injured internally.
AN AWFUL SCENE
The scene following the first terrible
crash of the storm was one of awful
grandeur.
Business blocks, handsome mansions
hotels and humble cottages were razed
to the ground and scattered in shapeless
masses Several of the wrecks caught
fire and the infiammable timbers burned
furiously.
The city was crowded with rural visit
ore, many of whom were sleeping at
boarding houses unregistered. For this
reason the number of victims who per-
ished may never be definitely known.