The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-13
LIST OF; THE DEAD


Fail Extent OF the Damage Not Yet
Known-Two Historic Buildings Dc.
moliuaetI. 3 ,-tEsss ~.
FORT SMITH, Ark, JAN 12.-Last
nights tornado was OF such magnitude
that the full extent OF the damage is
not yet known. 1t swept straight
across the city, leaving behind a path
of desolatlon: and ruin. The known
dead ore:
Silas Mincer, prominent young mer-
chant; Harvey Rptledge, a negro: Mary
Zimmerman, two unknown men from
the Burgess hotel; Joe Griswo!d, a tall
or; John Martin. Of Madison county; ].
g., Riley, OF Madison county George
Carter. fireman at Grand Opera House;
Mrs. Mllt Burgess, proprietor OF the
Burgess hotel; two unknown men, died
at St, Johns hospital; J. NJ. Foutz, a
farmer; Joe Kyle, a farmer; two LIE
Fevre boys; Malt Krapton, jr, Mrs.
Malt Knapton; Joe Lucas. q negro; Ed.
Ferrell, butcher and his two little
children, Irene and Roy; Frank Rich
arlson, restaurant keeper; John Ad-
ans, q carpenter; Mrs. Charles Mauv-
er, -. Ritter, gardner: Mrs. VIII
Lawson, Louise Sengel, Miss Holden,
John Badt. 4 farmer; Mrs. Maggie
Sheehan's infant; L. -Woehle, butcher;
James Smith. clerk; Mrs. Jones.
The injured are: Mrs. Bradcn, arm
broken; D. L. Grimes, collar bone bro
ken; - Martin. chin fractured and
side bruised; - Hosea, Jaw broken:
william Lawson, back injured; Bell
Martin. chest smashed; Tony Ever
hardt, hips bruised; L. L. Hubbell, back
hurt; r. H. Crcnholder, back injured;
A. E. Stafford, back injured; - Ash
worth, chest crushed; DR.. Gate, both
arms broken: Mrs Gate, badly mash
ed: Mrs. Gates mother, seriously
crushed; Minnie Burgess, spine injur-
ed; Mrs. Il. Grell, injured about chest:
Mrs. Hugh Rogers. badly bruised about
body; Mr. and Mrs, Ritter, caught
under falling walls; Mrs. +. H. Brown,
body crushed; Mrs. Luther Huntley,
chest crushed S- Lane, hin tisloca-
ted: Edward ,Yaden, badly bruised; -
Wolsey, seriously hurt; r. l.. Hlrsch-
berger, shoulder dislocated: injured
about the head: Miss Lilly stah, SER
iously injured.
The tornado. struck Garrison avenue
at the corner OF Ninth street and made
a clean sweep from there to the Texas
corner. .,li
I. Isaacson's store was totally de-
struyed and the stock Ia n total lose
Babcock's grocery store had the rear
end blown out. . ~ y
The following stores were totally de-
molishcd: Fleming Bros. coffee unu
tea; Hart {: Fields restaurant: Smiths
grocery store; Martlne's secondhand
store:{ ]. Marco, dry goods; Mann &
Wilson. grocery; City Feed Store. Al &.
Those badly damaged: ]. W. Patrlcls's
shoe store; Boyd Bros, flour and feed
store; Tom Caldero, fruits: Racket
store, dry goods: Frank Bollnger, IL
quors: O'Shca 6 Hirsch. grocery; Il. y.
Payne. drugs: A. & j. Grer grocery:
j. *. Jones, liquors; Tom Hocott, gro
Gerry: BennosteIn. dry goods; Thomp-
sons second hand store: job Male
don, grocery; Kelly's meat market: IT.
l.. Beard. grocer; Pat o O'Keefe, liquors.
The upper floor OF the block on the
corner Of Garrison and Towson avenues
Is used as a fiat. The ruins caught fire!
from the night lamp. Seven bodies were
taken from these ruins. two OF them
being 20 badly burned TINT they could
scarcely bc identified. Burgess hot 81. a
trcc-storys brick on Towaon: avenue,
was demolished, There have been eight
bodies already taken from tho ruins.