The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-03-16
TH[ WORK (f A CYCLONE
Portions Of Arkansas and Texas
Suffer Great Damage From
the Storm.
FIVE DEAD At WILLS POINT, TEXAS.
Entire Business Portion of New Boston
Wiped Out.-Fif cen Buildings Unroofed
At Conway.-Grsat Damage In Little
River County.

A disastrous cyclone swept over por
tons Of Arkansas and Texas on the
evening Of the 9th
Total number Of dead reported in
Arkansas is sixteen.
In Texas the greatest damage was
done at Wills Point and New Bos
ton. At the former place five people
were killed and a large number in.
jured. The dead are: Maggie
Clouse, infant Of Rev. ]. H. Clause
Leon, S-year.old son of j. w. Williams;
child of John White and Chas. Pow.
ers.
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.
The following buildings were de.
molished: Tipp & Trimble. drug
store; ]. Brown. shoe store; w.
Jones, blacksmith shop; Jack Green,
wood shop Methodist church, colored I;
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.
In Arkansas the greatest damage is
reported in Little River county.
At Pine Prairie son OF Mr.. Tur-
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 its founda.
ton and shattered to fragments, kill
Ing Wooley and seriously injuring his
wife and stepson, Bob Allen, and John
Latlmer. In the Wooley house was
5000 In trunk, of which only one
S. bill and 81 bill were found hanging
on bushes three.Quarters Of a mile dis
tant from the dwelling. Wooley g
body was found some fifty yards dis
tant from his house site and across a
rayine Mrs. Wooley was pinned by
logs Of the house and was rescued by
neighbors some quarters OF an
hour later.
At Rock HILL three miles west OF
Paragould, Mrs. Mollie Davis. a
widow was killed by logs OF the resi-.
dence falling in and crushing her, A
13year.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 a boy ~ years old was crushed
seriously beneath n falling residence.
AT the Jackson commssary, 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.
Advlcos from Plggott are to the ef'
feet that great damage resulted from
the storm in that town, The Meth.
odIst church was wrecked and the new
court house, an, elegant structure, UNI
rooted.
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
Of Morris & Co.'S new brick store was
blown In, Two livery stables were
partly wrecked, No lives were lost,
At Evadalo II, Il, Il, Wilson's new gin
and store were completely demolished
and nearly every building suffered.
The Baptist church and colored
church were torn to pieces. A col
ored boy named Dreams was killed at
Carson Lake, j. II. Myers barn at
Pecan Point was blown down and n
tenement house and the drug store
OF Or, Richards at Luxora were
wrecked Tho store OF 4. j. Mahon
at Barnold was blown down and the
wreckage caught Are and burned, to.
gether with about $1,000 worth OF
goods
At Van Buren, lightning struck the
residence OF james Morrell. Mrs.
Morrel' who was on the stairway ut
tho time. was rendered insonsible by
the shock, and did not regain con-
sclousnoss for an hour Fortunately
tho house did not take ilrc. as Mrs.
Morrol was alone at tho time. a IL
ycar'old boy named Geo Hankins was
knocked down on tho street, and IA
man named Leonard Dyer, who was
standing near him, was badly shocked
by u fash.
At Pine Nun but little damage was
done by the wind, but the downpour
OF rain and hall was perlloua TO HE,
DR., John Waters, u prominent phyel'
clan, who was returning to the city
from visit to patient In the ooun'
", was painfully injured by his horse
taking fright at u fash OF lightning,
the buggy turning over and rolling
down nm cmbankment
Fifteen buildings were unroofod ut
Conway and three houses were blown
down, The electric light plant and
telephone system were badly crippled
In Tcxarkana several small build
ings were blown down. and on Col
lego Hill, a suburb, tho stores Of j. j.
Poavy, VIII Combs and Jim Bur-
roughs were levcled TO tho ground,