The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-13

/ here, who crowded the cheaper board
ing houses and wagon yards. The
National house. a two-story frame,
went down in the wreckage with il in
mates, but all escaped without serious
injury. George Carter's house was one
of the seriously wrecked, and 1t was
turned completely over and is now sup
ported on the roof. A half-pane of glass
was driven through Carter's body, al
most severing his head from the trunk
The Cemetery Wreck.
The beautiful National cemetery is a
wreck. The huge trees are uprooted
the lodge demolished and the walls torn
down.
Fort Smiths $4,000 High school build
ing, the finest one of it's kind in the
Southwest, was badly wrecked, but was
one of the few buildings on which there
was any tornado insurance. The tor
nado destroyed two historic buildings.
Judge Parkers residence is badly
wrecked and the old Rector mansion,
where Allen Pike passed his days. is IA
| pile of ashes the ruins having caught
| fire from a. lamp
The First Baptist church and the
| Central Methodist church were razed TO
| the ground and are now only scatter
| ed pile of kindling wood. The Church
| OF the immaculate Conception and
| Brownscombe Memorial lost their
| spire and sustained other damage.
1t is now thought all the persons in
| the storm wrecked buildings have been
accounted for. The citizens relief com
mittee has $4,000 on hand for assist
| ing sufferers. President Robinson of
/ the Frisco railroad, unsolicited. sent
/ his check for 81 900. Business is prac-
| tically abandoned all over the city and
men of all classes are assisting in clear
| ing the debris
Scattering Destruction.
! The storm struck the city in the
southwestern section, right at the
| point where the two rivers came to-
gether and near the old fort From
| there it spread out over the whole city,
/ dipping down and scattering destruc-
/ tion here and there. There is rise
| in the city toward the east 10 meet the
hills on that side, and most of the dam
age 10 property and loss of life was
| through that section. After leaving
! Fort Smith the tornado yeered over and
/ touched Alama. nine miles northeast
/ causing considerable damage. but
whether there is any loss of life is not
| yet known.
Mrs. Kings homo on Twelfth street
| was wrecked. The home of Mrs Hen
| Dirk on Thirteenth, was destroyed and
| the entire family killed. William Wer-
| ners S home was wrecked, but the in
] juries of the family are not known, The
home of John Harrington also suffered
| destruction. A shanty on Thirteenth
| street was swept away and the woman
! occupant is reported dying from her in
| juries. Her two children were also in
iured. The roof Of Judge Porters home
was lifted off. Andrew Dowds home
was wrecked Mrs claylands house
was blown down, catching the family
! of Mr.. Stetts in trap. They made
| their escape through the chimney. The
| home of Mr.. Cheniworth was blown
| away, injuries TO family not known
| Among other residences blown down
are George Martins. on Thirteenth T.
| II. Browns and DR. Gates homes.
! Gates arms are broken and his wife is
| probably fatally crushed. Gates serx-
ant girl is supposed to be dead in the
! ruins. Breen's building. large brick
| structure. was unroofed and the wife of
/ Luther Hunter. one Of its occupants,
| badly injured.
! On the south side of Garrison avenue
Mrs. Birds home was blown away and
krones tHo-story building wrecked.
| The wing of Mr.. Crows house on Eley-
! enth street, was torn off The family
/ was caught in the wreck, but Mrs. Crow
| crawled under the debris and got her
/ children out without injury. Guy Part
/ ridge and wife and child crawled from
/ the wreck of their home and escaped
/ VIII Lawson and young man named
! Lane. Ed Yaden and butcher named
Wolsey. are among the injured quarter
i ed in 0'keefe's saloon. Mrs. Captain
/ Hugh L. Rogers was dug out Of the
ruins of a rock house, on South Ninth
street. badly injured
r. l.. iIirsehberg nu his way home
/ when the cyclone struck The city. lie was
lifted off his feet and carried quite a dis
lance. His clothes We're torn off his body.
his shoulder dslocated and he sustained
! injuries about tho head.
Perished niserabis.
The debris Of many buildings in the
! lodging house district caught IRE and
those unfortunates who were not AT once