Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-01-12
TERRIBLE TORNADO /!
Fifty Killed, Hundreds IajlH
and Many Missing.
Port Smith, Ark, Almost Destroyed
by Fire and Cyclone.
Creates, Excitement Prevails over the
Uprising Of Seminoles.
BRAVES ON TIE WAR PATH.

Fort Smith, Ark, Jan. IA terrific
cyclone struck this city at 111b last
night. Fifty peOpleare dead and as many
more are missing.
Homes were wrecked bv the score and
hundred are without food and shelter.
The situation Is apalliBg
The dead are; Ed Ferrill, Roy Fer
Till, Irene Ferrill, John Ball, Kiley. John
Martin. two Lefeyre boys, Joe. Kilos,
Faux, Mrs. Lawson. Frank Richardson,
George Lover, George Carter. Louis g.
Enger. John Martin, Jr., and four un-
known.
The list Is by no means complete. But
little effort has been made TO search the
ruins Of the reiidence portion Of the city
that was In the storms path. Fire
broke out In q number OF places. IL Is
known that some bodies we're cremated.
The high school building. just finished at
q cost OF 100000. was leveled, besides
one OF the Ane churches.
The storm came up suddenly fro IN the
southwest. and In the twinkling OF an
eye q large portion OF the city was In
ruins. All the physicians in the city are
at work dressing the wounds and bind
ing the broken limbs.
The hone OF Mrs. Hendrix. on Thir-
teenth street, was destroyed, and the fam
lily nearly killed. Both OF DR.. Gates arms
are broken, and his wife is probably IA.
tally crushed. The wife OF Luther Hun.
ter was badly injured. Mrs. Captain
Hugh L. Rogers was dug out Of the rulus
OF rock house on south Ninth street.
badly injured, but hopes are entertained
for her recovery. r. l.. Hirschberg was
on his way home when the cyclone struck
the city, and was lifted of his feet and
carried quite distance. His clothes
were torn of, one shoulder was dislocated
and the head injured.
At ~ m. 1t looks as though hfty per-
sons have been killed. The death list Is
growing hourly. Hundreds Of persons
have been injured. some fatally. The
tornado, after passing through the resi-
dence district, did It's worst work In that
portion Of the business districts In which
the older buildings are located. For this
reason 100000 will scarcely cover the
loss. The debris Of many buildings In
the lodging house district caught fire.
and those unfortunates not at once extri-
Gated alive perished miserably by being
burned or smothered 10 death.
A heavy rain followed the terrible tor
nado.
In less than thirty minutes the streets
we're crowded, and willing hands were
ready TO render all aid the emergency
required,
The streets were 30 filled with debris
that II was with difficulty carriages could
get around.
THE DEAD AND INJURED.
The following Ia a partial list Of the
dead and injured; Dead George Carter,
Ed. Ferrill, Irene Ferrill, Roy Ferrill
Frank Richardson, George Lowell, -Mur-
dock, an unknown man, an unknown
woman, Ritter, Louis Engel. John
Bolt, two unknown negroes, Mrs. Burgess
and Mrs Will Lawson.
Injured-Mrs. Braden, arm broken; d.
l.. Grimes, collar bone broken; N. NJ.
Martin. chin fractured aud side bruised
Hosea. jaw broken; win Lawson. back
injured; Bell Hardin. chest mashedi Tony
Eberhart, hips bruised; II. X Hubbell,
back hurt; r. II. CrOwnholder, back in.
jured; A. r. Stafford, back injured; Ash
worth, chest crushed; DR.. Cate, both arms
broken; Mrs Cate, badly mashed; Mrs.
Gates mother, seriously crushed; Minnie
Burgess, spine injured; Mrs. Ed. Ferrill,
injured about chest; Mrs. Hugh Rogers.
badly bruised about the body; Mr.. and
Mrs. Ritter, caught under falling walls
Mrs. +. II. Brown, body crushed.
Misslng-J. l.. Clayland and wife; Mrs.
viii Lawson and Miss Lawson.