The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-14
|IHE ARKANSAS TORNADO
Forty.thrcc Lives Mere knoxn to Bt
Lost at Fort Smith.
TIE DEBRIS SCATTERED FOR NILES
TkSrsccn Dodtcs Recovered FROM
On- naiidtrg--ssans Seriously In
surca-Dcaths nt Van nnrcn.

Fort Smith, Ark. January is,--The
latest official death list shows a total
of forty-thrcc lives lost IN tho tornado
which swep, through Fort smith Tuesday
night Not less than seventy others are
injured. largo numbcr of whom are scsi-
ously hurt. and several are expected 10
die The list OF the dead Is us follows:
1 Gene Grcbe. Mary Wilkinson. John r..
Wright. Mrs. y. $. Dodson William ortcn.
Alfred Hoscy, Mrs Ida Ennis. James
Hooper. w. j. wctson, Frank Richard
son. Atlas loues James I, Griswold, Mr..
Grayson. Mrs. Grayson, Mrs. Charles
Maurcr. ] NJ. Foutx, Cerpcs Lucas. John
Lcfevrc, George I4nyell Mrs. Mary Holder
Joseph Kyle, John noldt, Mrs, Milt Bur
goss, j j. Riley, John Martin. Philip
Ritter James Smith. Jr, Willie Sheehan.
Edward Farrell. Roy Farrell, Irene Farrell
George Carter. Miss Eta Kics. n r..
Lefeyere, Charles Lefrycro Walton KNAPP.
ton, Jr., y. II, Wolle, Mary kinacrman,
Mrs. NJ d. knapton, Harvey Rutiedgc,
Mrs. William Jameson, Silas Minccr.
Tho work Of removing the debris and
excavation OF the ruined buildings pro.
gressed today. Five new names were added
to the list OF the doaa.
Two bodies were dug from the ruins OF
the Smith block, from which eleven had
previously heen taken ~
The full extent OF the storm may pe
coinprchcudcd from tho fact thai thirty
fivos miles northeast OF the city quantity
OF tin roofing from the Garrison avenue
buildings was found Twrnty<twu miles
northeast OF this city was found the street
sign Thirteenth ami Garrison avenue"
II point IN the center OF the tornado swept
district ms this city
An unknown woman was taken from the
ruins OF the Burgess hute and WAS atrr
identified as Mrs, Ada Ennis OF Elm
Springs, Washington county, Ark Her
brother Is missing and Il IL believed his
body is stia buried In The ruins
Mrs, NJ. +. Lefevre was imprisoned IN
.hr burning Smith block. Scores OF relief
workers were at work but before they
could reach her she was burned
Bertha pomronke, servant employed
NJ the old Major Elias Rector place,
trmpcd from second story window lust
before the house burned to the ground
and barefootcd and IN her night dress
walked II mile into tho city,
Business III the devastated districts
where tho buildtngs were only partly dam-
aged resumed today
Ladies OF the city are all working dis
trihutlug food ard clothing To the needy.
The relief committee. composed of the
prominent business men, md difficulty in
housing the sufferers. One hundred aud
ffty bindings were demolished aud viii
have to be rebuilt 10 accommodate Tho
people. =
orionSand Wright. two OF the dead. were
Indian Territory farmers and had Just
stepped into tho Smith building for shell
ter,
Thirteen dead have been takon from this
building
Memphis, 81 Louis Kansas City, Little
Rock and other elites have wired readiness
10 ona aid IL necessary,
a census Ia nov being taken of the dead
md injured and property loss. The nun
her OF dead VIII not exceed Any Over 4
hundred are seriously injured and Two hun
drod more sustained moro or less serious
In filttcs