The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-24
Terrible Tornado Sweeps the
Southwestern Section of Ar
kansas Late Monday.
HALF A DOZEN TOWNS
COMPLETELY DESTROYED
Path of Storm Said to Have Been
Two Miles Wide, Seventy
Miles Long.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Nov. 23.-Accord-
Ing TO advlces received up 10 midnight.
meager because OF the remotsness Of the
eectlon affected, more sthan a score OF
lives were lost and many other persons
were injured IN tornado which swept
the northwestern section of this state hte
today, demolishing several towns and
razine vast tracts Of timber.
The section reported stormswept is re-
moved from both telegraph and railroads.
and details and confirmation OF many OF
the reports are necessarily lacking
The tornado approaching from the
southwest. crossed the Arkansas river
several miles south OF the settlement o.
Piney and proceeded in a northeasterly
London. Wellervi1e. Jeshro. Louisville,
Patterson and BerryVille and outlying
portions Of Mulberry, either completely
wrecking or laying waste tho larger part
Of these places and destroying timber and
crops throughout the intermediate -oun-
try.
Twelve Dead at Piney.
AT Piney II is said that twelve persons
were killed and number injured. Prac
tically the entire settlement was oer1ol-
Ished,
At London three arc reported TO have
lost their lives.
wellervile and Jcshro arc reported dc
siroyed. several fatalities occurring in
each place.
In the vicinity OF Mulberry the death
list is placed al seven,
At Berryville, one woman. Mrs. J. o.
Hosklns. was seriously Injured and sew
eral other persons sustained lesser inju-
rics. path 100 yards wide Was cut
through the town. six buildings being
completely wrecked and a number of
others damaged, either Urrns torn fron
their foundations or unroote1. Here the
property loss is estimated at a bout $25, 900.
From the outlying districts consider
able damage to property Is also reported,
but no loss of life.
At Lodi three buildings were destroyed
and one woman was seriously hurt.
Heavy Damage to Property.
Advices from Lewtsville, from the west
crn part OF Lafayette county. report tho
destruction og several buildings at that
place, and at Palmos considerable dam
nge 10 property as well as injury 10 a
number OF persons is reported.
In response To an appeal for aid from
P!ncy, q relief party. including three
physicians, left Knoxville, Ark. late to-
night for that place. The message re-
ceivcd here stated that 4 number OF per-
sons had been Injured and others killed.
but nothing can be ascertained as yet
mostly by Germans engaged in clearing
the adjacent land.
The tornado today swept through q
section OF country two miles wide and
storm was greatest In the vicinity OF
Ozark. Ark, the small town OF Cravens.
four miles west, being completely wiped
out. Four persons were killed and three
fatally injured.
The Dead.
MIR. and MRS. JOHN ROSIN.
TWO CHILDREN.
Injured.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill. an aged couple,
who were caught in the collapse of theig
house and crushed.
a grocery store In which several people
had taken refuge was blown 10 pieces and
all the occupants were more or less in
jured. DR.. Croker OF Lenall. Ark. was
slightly hurt
Eight people, three men. two women
and three children. ara reported missing
storm crossed over the Arkansas river at
the mouth OF Pincy creek. demolishing
everything In It's path, Twenty people
We're injured and several are reported
missing.
Sore Need Of Aid.
Calls for doctors have been sent from
Barr, q small town four miles northeast
of Knoxville. Physicians went TO the
stricken town on a handCar and have not
returned. Barr has heen almost destroyed.
The country between Knoxville and Barr
Is waste, the laymhouses shattered. The
path OF destruction IN somo places is four
miles wide,
The damage at Berryvllle was confined
mostly to stores and churches. Tho storm
came up from the west at 2:i5 O'Clock and
lasted but q few minutes. The Methodist
church was wrecked and the parsonage
badly damaged. The Baptist church
cupola WAS blown $50 feet,
\ telegram from Knoxville at II o'clock
tonight states that the storm passed near
Russellville and killed fourteen people and
injured a score. This report cannot be
confirmed.