Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-01-12
FIFTY PEOPLE WERE KILLED
Fire Added to Horrors Of the Night
and It is Supposed That Many of
the Missing Were Cremated.
LARGE PART OF THE CITY In RUINS
Storm Game Up Suddenly from Southwest
and Did Its Appalling Work in the
Twinkling Of An Eye Hundreds
Are Homeless Many Injured.

Fort Smith, Ark, Jan. IA terrili,
cyclone struck this city at l1:15 las
night. Fifty persons are dead and a.
many more are missing.
Homes were wrecked by the score anC
hundreds are without food or shelter
The situation is appalling. The deat
are:
Ed Farrill.
Roy Farril.
Irene Farrill
John Ball
Riley.
John Martin.
Two LeFevre boys.
Joe Kilos.
Faux.
Mrs. Will Lawson.
Frank Richardson.
George Lover
George Carter.
| Louis S. Enger.
John Martin. Jr.
-Four unknown.
The list is by no means complete.
But little effort has been made to
| search the ruins of the residence portion
of the city that was in the storms
path.
Fire broke out in a number of places.
1T Is known that some bodies were
cremated
The high school building, just finished,
costing 800, 900, was leveled, beside one
or two churches
The storm came up suddenly from the
southwest, and in the twinkllng of an
eye large portion of the city was in
ruins
All the physicians in the city are at
work dressing wounds and binding up
broken limbs,
The home Of Mrs. Hendrix, on Thir-
teenth street, was destroyed and the
family nearly all killed.
Both of DR.. Gates arms are broken
and his wife is probably fatally crushed.
The wife of Luther Hunter was badly
injured.
Mrs. Hugh l.. Rogers was dug
out of the ruins of rock house on South
Ninth street. She is badly injured but
hopes are entertained of her recovery.
r. L. Hirschberg was on his way
home when the cyclone struck the city
and was lifted off his feet and carried
quite distance His clothes were torn
off, his shoulder was dislocated and his
head injured.
Details of Appalling Disaster.
At noon, it looks as though so persons
have been killed. The death list is
growing hourly. Hundreds of persons
have been injured, some fatally.
The tornado, after passing through the
residence district, did its worse work in
that portion of the business districts in
which the older buildings were located.
For this reason $5OO,O will cover the
loss.
The debris of many buildings in the
lodging house district caught fire, and
those unfOrtunates, not at once eXtricated
alive, perished miserably by being
burned or smothered to death.
A heavy rain followed the terrible
tornado.
In less than 80 minutes the streets
were crowded and willing hands were
ready to render all the aid the emergency
required.
The streets were 50 filled with debris |
that it was with difficulty that carriages
could get around.
Roll of Dead, Injured and Missing.
Following is a partial list of the dead
and injured:
Dead:-Georgc Carter. Ed Ferrill,
Irene Ferrill, Roy Ferrill, Frank Rich
ardson, George Lowell, =. Murdock, un-
known woman, Mrs. Shehan's baby, J.
J. Riley, John Marston, unknown man,
unknown woman, =. Ritter, Louis En-
gel, John Bolt, two unknown negroes,
Mrs Burgess and Mrs. VIII Lawson.
Injured:-Mrs. Braden, arm broken; d. |
L. Grimes, collar bone broken; =. Martin,
chin fractured and side bruised; =.
Hosea, jaw broken; Will Lawson, back
injured; Bell Hardin, chest mashed;
Tony Eberhardt, hips bruised f. E.
Hubbell, back hurt; r. G. Crownholder,
back injured; A. R. Stafford, back in
jured; =. Ashworth, chest crushed; DR..
Gates, badly mashed; Mrs. Gates mother,
seriously crushed; Minnie Burgess, spine
injured; Mrs Ed Ferrill, injured about
chest; Mrs. Hugh Rogers, badly bruised
about body; Mr.. and Mrs. Ritter, caught
under falling walls; Mrs. F. H. Broen,
body crushed.
Missing:-J. Clayland and wife: Mrs.
VIII Lawson and Miss Lawson.
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