The Newark journal., 1903-04-17
TORNADO DEALS DEATH At Least Nine Persons Killed and Many Fatally Injured by
 Ter fic Storm.

suffering the heaviest losses.
 Homer Leggett, Littlered.
 Bert Leggett, Littlered.
 James King, Littlered.
 Mrs. James King, Littlered.
 Ira King. Littlered.
 Dennis King, Littlered.
 Alma King. Littlered.
 Young lady school teacher who was boarding at Kings.
 4. c. Williams, near Heber.
 Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. George Shipp Culpepper Mountain.
 Total, 10.
 Fatally injured:
 Mrs. A. c. Williams4 Heber, Gle. burne county.
 Mrs. Hoverton and child. Pangburn, White county.
 Mrs. Henry Wells, Pangburn.
 Mrs. Walter Pollard, Littlered. White county.
 Mrs. Tom King and child. Littlered, White county.
 Two children of Bud Worthen, Rosebud. White county.
 Mrs George Shipp and one child. Culpepper Mountain. Van Buren county.
 Mrs. pr. Pavatt and child. Slick Rock, Van Buren county.
 Unknown man, near Bradford5 White county.
 Total. II.
 Seriously injured:
 Infant child of King family, Little red.
 Miss Barkhousen, Littlered.
 Albert Killer Ebert Derile. Walter Pollard, Littlered.
 Walter Muller. Pangburn.
 Unknown woman, near Pangburn.
 Mrs. Houston. near Heber.
 Buck Neely, Searcy.
 Two of the Pollard family AL bion, White county.
 George Shipp, Culpepper Noun. tain.
 MT. and Mrs. White, Slick Rock.
 Dr Payatt. Slick Rock.
 Bud Worthen. Rosebud.
 Tom Nicholson and his family. Rosebud.
 Several people at Pearaon. Gle burne county.
 The cyclone swept down upon Gle burne, White and Van Buren coun- ties without warning soon after dark and dealt death and destruction to everything in it's path.
 The greatest loss of life and prop. erty occurred at Littlered in White county. Out of population of 100. l at least eight persons were killed, and several others were seriously in- 1 jured All of the dead were killed in | one house. party was in progress at the home of James King when the l storm swooped down upon the town. | The house was completely demolish- | ed, the inmates being buried under the falling walls and roof. When the | storm had subsided eight dead bod | les were taken from the ruins. The bodies were those of King and his wife, their three children. Homer and Bert Leggett. and a young woman boarder at the King home. An in- fant child of the King family was carried some distance by the wind and lay all night exposed to the cold and hail which followed the storm. When discovered the child was nearly frozen to death. Forty-thr resi- fences and sixteen barns were com oletely destroyed at Littlered, but no accurate estimate has been made of he total loss to propertv
 Mrs. Walter Pollard and Mrs. Tom King and one child, of Littlered. were 'atally injured At Rosebud in White 'ounty, the entire family of Thomas Nicholson were seriously injured md two children of Bud Worthen re- .eived fatal injuries.
 At Panghurn six residences were Aown down. A woman named Hoy. 'rton and her child were fatally in- ured. Several barns were destroyed md a large number of cattle. hogs md horses were killed.
 A man named Williams who lived Iear Heber was killed.
 A large church at Pangburn was down over half mile and com letely demolished.
 In Van Buren county, the towns f Culpepper Mountain, Scotland and lick Rock suffered heavily At Gull epper Mountain the infant child of ieorge Shipp was killed and Mrs. ieorge Shipp and another child were atally injured. At Slick Rock, Mrs. )r. Pavatt and her child were fatally injured. A number of others re- eived less serious injuries. Dozens f houses and barns were completely emolished.
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