Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-01-20

there lost criminal jurisdiction over
Indian territory it was the scene of
more legal executions than any other
place in the United States.
Garrison avenue is the principal BUSH
ness street. 1t runs east from the riv-
er. The wholesale houses are west of
Sixth street. Ninth street and Garri-
son avenue. where the full force OF the
tornado was first felt. is in the heart
of the retail district. The wrecked Bap-
fist church is little north of east of
| this point, and the Brownscom church.
which was damaged, is a little east
of north. The storm passed northeast
from Garrison and Ninth streets, ap-
parently jumping about twelve blocks
before striking the high school, which
is located in the northeast corner Of
the city, the new and fashionable resi-
dence neighborhood.
Alma, the town said to have been de-
stroyed by the same tornodo, is about
IA miles northeast of Fort Smith
A Line of Death aud Devastation Through
Crawford County.
VAN BUREN,. Ark, Jan. 13.-The tor
nado that descended upon Fort Smith
crossed the Arkansas river one-half
mile south Of here and tore path 200
yards wide through this (Crawford)
county and dealt death and devas-
tation to everything in it's path.
The Disaster FOretOId to the Very Night.
FIT. SMITH, Ark, Jan. 13.-The tornado
with its accompanying devastation
| and disaster was foretold to the very
night. Aunt Katy" as she is known,
| is a local fortune teller of consider
| able renown among people who peer
into the future out of curiosity or from
other motives. She lives in little
frame building at the end of the Tow
son-avenue street car line.
Last Friday afternoon party of So
cietv young ladies made the trip to
Aunt Katy's hut and listened to the
prophecies she made for each of them.
In the course of the fortune telling she
said:
Fort Smith will be swept by a
tornado next Tuesday night. Many
people will be killed and great dam
age will be done"
Aunt Katy is not fortune teller by
profession. She is a maker of hot
tamales and by the sale of them sup
ports herself and five children. She is
perhaps so years of age, and shows
that her lot in life has been no easy
| one.
Il have been telling fortunes since I
was Is years DID," she told reporter,
| and Il have never failed in all that
time"
The weird prophecy was strange
| coincidence.
| A Pathetic Scene-LittIe Brother and sis.
| ter Taken from the Ruins Dead.
| FORT SMITH, Ark, Jan. 13.-''My
God, this is is awful! What shall l do
with this child?" The speaker was a
rough, bearded man. He was stand
ing in front of the ruins of the build
ing from which the bodies of the
Ferell family and the other victims
were being taken. In his arms lay the
limp and lifeless form of little Ray
Terrell, which had just been taken
| from the ruins. The speaker gazed
| into the tiny white face and looked
for a spark of vitality. There was
none.
A moment or two later the body OF
| the little sister, Irene Terrell, was
| brought out clothed in her night robe,
and it was hard to tell whether she
was dead or only sleeping. But a
hasty examination showed that the
| lives of both children had been blOtted
| out.
What shall we do with the bodies, ~
asked the first speaker of the man to
| whose care had been been intrusted
the second little white-robed form.
THE only thing you can do is to
take them to the morgue," said by
staEder, whose eyes were moist. And
so to the temporary resting place of
the dead the bodies of the two chill
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