The Forrest City times., 1901-03-15
THE WORK If 4 CYCLONE
Portions of Arkansas and Texss Suffer Great Damage From
 the Storm.
FIVE DEAD AT WILLS POINT, TEXAS.
Entire Business Portion of New Boston Wiped Out.-FIn cen Buildings Unroofed at Conway.-Grsat Damage in Little River County.

hiver County.
 A disastrous cyclone swept over DOT. tions of Arkansas and Texas on the evening of the 9th.
 Total number of dead reported in Arkansas is sixteen Al
 In Texas the greatest damage was done at Wills Point and New Bos- ton. At the former place five people were killed and large number in: jured. The dead are: Maggie Clouse. infant of Rev. J. H. Clause; Leon, 3-year-old son of J. w. Williams; child of John White and Chas. Pow CTS.
 At New Boston hardly a building escaped damage, and many were com pletely demolished. A Mr. Petit was fatally injured, and many had limbs broken. 10 cnw
 The following buildings were de- molished: Tipp .Trimble, drug store; J. Brown. shoe store; w. Jones, blacksmith shop; Jack Green, wood shop; Methodist church, colored; Odd Fellows hall Woodman hall, J. A. Fuller & Co, warehouse; G. w. Ruff warehouse; J. N. Walker, resi- dence; w. c. Mitchell large barn; C. A. Berkshire. store. &A al E
 In Arkansas the greatest damage is reported in Little River county.
 At Pine Prairie son of MT. Fur ner Was killed.
 In the country many houses were wrecked and fences swept away. @
 Several persons were killed and many injured in St. Francis county. In one neighborhood sixteen houses were blown down. and miles of fences were destroyed About eight miles from Forrest City the home of J. A. Mooley was lifted from it's founda- tion and shattered to fragments, kill ing Wooley and seriously injuring his wife and stepson, Bob Allen. and John Latimer. In the Wooley house was $200 in trunk, of which only one s5 bill and s1 bill were found hanging on bushes three quarters of mile dis tant from the dwelling. Nooley's body was found some fifty yards dis tant from his house site and across a ravine. Mrs. Wooley was pinned by logs of the house and was rescued by neighbors some three-quarters of an hour later. A~tH f At Rock Hill. three miles west of Paragould, Mrs. Mollie Davis, widow. was killed by logs of the resi- dence falling in and crushing her. 13-year-old boy named Osmer Rob erts, who was stopping at the house over night, was also killed, his limbs being broken. In the same neighbor- hood boy 12 years old was crushed seriously beneath falling residence. At the Jackson commissary, twelve miles west of Paragould, all the houses except two were blown down and demolished. Charles Bowling, a grown son of Wad Bowling, was killed outright by the roof falling in.
 Advices from Piggott are to the ef- feet that great damage resulted from the storm in that town. The Meth
 
 court house, an elegant structure, un- roofed
 At Osceola, Mississippi county, the gin of J. D. Driver and many tene- ment houses were destroyed, the Ma sonic hall was wrecked and the front or Morris & Co.'S new brick store was blown in. Two livery stables were partly wrecked. No lives were lost At Evadale R. E. l.. Wilson's new gin and store were completely demolished and nearly every building suffered. The Baptist church and a colored church were torn to pieces. A col ored boy named Dreams was killed at Carson Lake. J. H. Myers barn at Pecan Point was blown down and tenement house and the drug store or Or Richards at Luxora were wrecked. The store of T. J. Mahan at Garfield was blown down vand the wreckage caught. fire and burned, to- gether with about $1,00O worth of goods
 At Van Buren lightning struck the residence of James Morrell. Mrs. Morrell, who was on the stairway at the time. was rendered insensible by the shock. and did not regain con- sciousness for an hour. Fortunately tne house did not take fire. as Mrs. Morrell was alone at the time. A 12- year-oid boy named Geo. Hankins was Knocked down on the street. and man named Leonard Dyer. who was standing near him, was badly shocked by flash.
 At Pine Bluff but little damage was done by the wind, but the downpour of rain and hall was perilous to life. pr John Waters. prominent physi- clan, who was returning to the city rom a visit to patient in the coun- ", was painfully injured by his horse taking fright at flash of lightning, the buggy turning over and rolling down an embankment.
 Fifteen buildings were unroofed at