Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-11-25
TWO T0RNADOEs RAGE.
Portions Of Western Section Of
Arkansas Devastated.
THIRTY THOUGHT KILLED.
Travelling In Different Directions, the
Bodies Of Wind Did Considerable
Damage, Amounting to Hundreds Of
Thousands Of Dollars.


Little Rock. Nov. 24-Two lorna.
does. one north and the other south
bound, swept portions of western Ar
kansas, destroying many lives and
much property. All means of com.
munication were destroyed and only
indefinite reports have been received
rom the districts which were visited
by the tornado From reports re-
ceived at least thirty lives were lost.
1t is impossible to estimate the dam.
age done.
The only definite report Of damage
came from Berryville. where the dam
age is estimated at between $4,000
and $4,000 All reports indicate that
the damage in the state would amount
to hundreds OF thousands of dollars.
One tornado in the extreme south
western part of the state and went
north. following the second tier OF
counties from the western boundary
line The other started in the north
western ocorner of the state and went
ing the second and third tier of coun-
ties.
Reports were to the effect that the
two tornadoes struck the following
counties Lafayette, Columbia. Miller,
Pike. Howard.( Hemstead, Montgom-
cry, Yell, Pope. Johnson. Franklin and
Carroll.
The most severe storm was report
ed to have struck Piney, German
settlement on the Iron Mountain rail.
road between Knoxville and London.
Late reports from Russellville were to
the effect that between twelve and
twenty people had been killed at Piney
and about thirty injured The larger
part OF the town, according to indefi.
mite and authentic reports was wiped
off the earth.
But very little was known at Rus
sellville concerning the disaster at
Piney. One man returning to Russell
vile from London brought the report
and others reached the place from diff
ferent sources, none OF which was
considered definite or reliable.
Five lives we're also reported to
have been lost ten miles from Null
berry, where one OF the tornadoes did
great damage.
The storms also visited Ozark. from
where nothing has been heard as yet;
Lodi, near Texarkana where three
buildings were destroyed and wo-
man injured: Lewisville. in Lafayette
county, where great damage was done
to timber and fences and one house
barn and some livestock destroyed:
Berryvllle. where three people were
injured one seriously and number
OF residences were destroyed; Patmos
where great damage is reported and
Jethro and Wallerville. which towns
are reported to have been wiped off
the map.
Practically all telegraph aud tele.
phone lines In western Arkansas are
down.
The tornado also struck Walla Walla
and Dyer, two other small towns. doing
damage.
Paths ranging In width from two
miles to a half mile wide were swept
clean through towns, forests and open
Some reports. stated that nothing
had been left in many districts; that
homes, timber buildings, fences and
everything had been uprooted and
blown TO bits.
A report from Fort Smith states
that II is estimated that twenty-five
lives were lost in towns outside OF
Piney and Mulberry. Reports from
the TWO latter towns are to the effect
that at least twenty or twenty-five
lives we're lost In the two towns. Ac.
,otdinr the dispatches, here total
IF ttty or more lives were lost in the
state II is believed, however, tina;
lie Ieports exaggerate the loss of life
,nr that a conservative estimate IL
thirty
The country between Knoxville and
Barr Is waste Farm houses wciV
.lattoIed and some occupants Killed.
The path Of destruction in some places
was four miles wire.