The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-13
HORRIBLE RESULT
OF A CYCLONE.
Portion Of the Town Of Fort Smith
Demolished by the Wind.
NUMBER OF DEAD
IS UNKNOWN.
Thirty Bodies Found and Identified
and Many More Missing.

Thirty Bodies Found and Identified
and Many More Missing.
SCORE OF HOUSES WRECKED.
II Looks ~ Though the Dead WIN
Reach Half a Hundred and the In
Jured NJ Many More-some of
the Dead Were Cremated.
FUrt Smith, Ark Jan. 49, "A terrible
storm struck this section Of country and
tore through this city shortly before ~
O'Clock last night Everything is con
fusion a. the result Of the great destuo-
ton OF life and property and the loss Il
unknown Fifty persons are reported
dead and a. many more missing Houses
have been wrecked by the score and
hundreds Of people are without food or
shelter.
The dead as far as found and identi-
fed arr a. follows:
Ed Farrell.
Roy Farcll
Irene Farrell.
John Ball
j. Kirley
John Martin
Two Lcfeyre boys
Joe Kiles
Mrs. VIII lawson.
Frank Richardson.
George Lover
George Carter.
Louis Songal
John Martin, Jr
silas Minccr
Harvey Rutlcdgc.
Mary Zimmerman.
Two unknown women from Hotel
Burgers.
Joseph Briswold
]. J. Riley.
Mrs. Milt Burgers
An unknown man, who died at 81
Johns hospital
J. NJ. Foulso.
jos Kyle.
Miles Hampton, Jr.
Buster Lucas.
John Adams.
Mrs. Charles Marurcr
A woman supposed to be Mrs William
Lawson.
Mrs. Holden.
Mrs. Mary Shop and baby.
L. W. Horles
John Bold.
Two Of the largest houses Of worship
in the city, the Baptist and Central
Methodist, are completely destroyed.
The Brownscome church was badly
damaged and the towers Of the high
school building blown on
Mrs Kings home, on Twelfth street,
was wrecked.
The home Of Mrs. Hendrix, on Thir.
teonth street, was destroyed and tho
family nearly killed.
William Wcrncr's home wrecked; in.
jurics to his family, II any, unknown.
The home Of John Harrington also
suffered destruction.
A shanty, which stood on the triangle
on Thirteenth strceth north Of Brchts,
was swept away and a woman from
thorc reported dying from injuries Her
two children were also iniupsd
The rpof Of judge Portcr's home, &C.
eupicd by Marshal Siahland family, was
lifted on; Mrs Lily Stah was slightly
injured, but none Of the Others wcro
hurt
Andpw Dowd's home was wreckcd.
Mrs Clayland's house was blown
down, catching the family Of Mr.. stctti,
Of the United States marshal ONCE, In a
trap. They made their escape through
the chimney.
The home Of Mr.. Cheniwurth, also Of
the marshals Office, was blown away,
but whether any Of the family wcrc in.
5urcd Is not known
George Martins home, Thirteenth
street, a bakery ON Fourteenth strcot,
and the home Of r. ~ Brown, wcro
demolished
Tho towers Of the high school building
wen blown away
Dr. Gates home sas completely fiat.
tened Both Of DIR. Gates arms VEN
broken and his wife is probably fatally
crushed Shcis still alive aud at the home
Of a noighbor. The Gates housgirl h
supposed TO b. dead In the ruins Of then
home, and search Is being made for the
body.
brons bnilding, large brick struct.
nrc, was unroofod and the wife Of Luth.
Cr Hunter, one Of It's occupants, badly
injurcd.
shortly after the storm passed over
the city, the homo Of Joseph p. Mat
thows, east II the city, was seen 20 b
burning, no IMPORT has hccn roccived
from thcrc yet.
On the south side Of Garrison avcnu'
Mrs Birds house was blown away ans
Mr.. Krone's 2-story house was wrecked
Wm O'Shoa, who was sleeping Il