The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-25
ARE
 CONFLICTING Number of Tornado Vic
 tins in Doubt SIXTEEN MAY HAVE LOST LIVES Two Different Tornadoes Swept All
 Before Them  one stsrted From The south And Ons From North Meeting And DOins Damage In western Part
 Of Arkansas. 
MAY HAVE LOST LIVES

received tonight from Western Arkan- sas. where tornadoes swept portions of the country late Monday, show that the loss of life was not as extenstve as was first reported. but the property loss will be larger than anticipated. The known dead number sixteen, while unconflrmed reports declare that xix other persons lost their lives as result of the storm Verified reports place the number of injured at twenty ! three. three fatally.
 The known dead: Mrs. John Ros. son. near Ozark, and three children; Jack Hill. near Mulberry, farmer; - Hawkins, woman, near McNeu; - - Bsshau, wife and eight children. near Wataiulu..
 Fatally injured: John Rosson. near ozark; Mrs. l.. A. Hill. near Wataiuiu; - Jackson, farmer, near Van Buren. Injured: Son of E n. Wharton, in- jured about the head; - skinner, left arm injured; Mrs. William Rachel and two sonss slightly injured; James Mar | tin and son. injured about head; Ar thur sims and wife, slightly bruised about hody; Mrs. Tom Martin, injured about shoulders: Alexander Mule, tn- i tured about head. all near Knoxville; | two children are reported killed near Mena, and fourteen are reported to be killed near Mulberry ten of whom are reports, say, were members of one fam- fly.
 Many injured whose names are not known are also reported at Huntsville, Meua and Clarksviile.
 Reports last night, which were to the effect that the tornado was most se- were at Piney, were not substantiated today. Later reports showed that no one was killed at that place. Several freaks of the tornado were reported. School houses were lifted off their foundations and moved, but ] the pupils and teachers inside escaped unhurt One house was wrecked and more than thirty people inside escaped death or even serious Injury. That the loss of life would not be | enormous under such circnrnstances | would be considered remarkable. From all reports tNera appeared to. be- two | diYerent tornadoes, one starting from | the south and another from the North.
 both dipping to the earth at intervals and apparently meeting in the central | western part of the State. where the | most damge has been reported. Conflicting Reports. | The town of Piney. a German settle ment between Knoxville and London, l suffered the most according to re- ports. The reports from Russellville
 and Knoxville. the only near points
 from which anything can be learned are to the effect that a number of | people are believed to have been 1 killed. The number is variously esti-
 mated at from nine to twenty. while
 one report stated that all other ru-
 mors were exaggerated and that only 1 one person. a girl, was killed. Five | business houses and a number of
 homes were destroyed there. according
 to the~ reports. All the physicians of | Knoxville have left that place for l a.. kk.1rr
 ons but nothing has been heard from
 them.
 It was first reported that the town | of London had been destroyed but
 upon investigation 1t was found that Piney was referred to instead of Lon- | don.
 One Family Killed.
 From the towns of Berryville and
 Cravens the most definite reports are
 received At the former three persons 1 were injured and the property loss Is
 roughly estimated at between $25,000
 and $40, 900. At Cravens four persons
 are known to be dead, members of
 the family of John Resin. a farmer.
 who were caught under the falling timbers of their home. L. c. Holt
 and wife. an aged couple. were seri- ously injured and may die. EIght persons who took refuge in a store 1 were caught in the crash of the build
 ing and injured and eight others are
 reported as missing, At Craven prac- tically all the larger buildings were | either demolished or badly damaged.
 From Knoxville a despatch received this morning partially confirms the | report that the village of Barr. four ! miles from that place. was totally | wrecked. Section men who went to 1 the scene state that the entire inter | mediate country has been laid waste
 by the wind and hall which followed,
 the hall in some places standing to depth of six inches.
 In the vicinity of Mulberry five per
 sons are reported killed and many others injured. At Lodf one woman
 was seriously injured and the Metho- dist Church and several other build ings were destroyed. | But Three Known Dead.
 The only deaths from the storm in the State which can be verified are
 Mrs. John Rosson and children at Cravens. Franklin county. who were killed by falling timbers.
 The escape of many from death
 seems miraculous. A farmer named Rachael. residing in Pope county. was lying up his death bed, surrounded by his sorrowing family when the tor nado struck the house. carrying away everything but the floor, without in- turing anyone
 The tornado was accompanied by
 rain as Is usual but Is described as A | black cloud resembling a volcano in eruption Until communication is re-
 stored it will be impossible to secure
 reliable information from the storm
 swept districts.