The log cabin Democrat., 1909-03-10
TORNADO HORROR
 CR0WS;35 DEAD
RELIEF TO TORNADO VICTIMS
Hundred Convicts Sent to Brink
 ley to Clean Debris.
Injured Being Brought to Little Rock Governor Brings Order Out of
 Chaos

Little Rock, March Io.-Special. Promptly on his return from the storm stricken city of Brinkley, Governor Geo. w. Donaghey this morning sent special message to the legislature asking for an ap- propriation of $Io, ,ooo for the re- lief of the Brinkley sufferers.
 A bill to that effect was immedi- ately introduced in the senate and read twice It will be passed by the senate tomorrow and by the house Friday. The bill also pro- vides for the relief of other cyclone suherers.in, the state, the fund being payable on vouchers signed by the governor.
 Sight-Seers to be Barred.
 Gov. Donaghey this morning received telegiaphic appeal from Mayor T. H. Jackson of Brinkley asking that sight-seers be restrained from coming to Brinkley. He says that curiosity seekers are pouring in by the hundreds and are devouring supplies sent in for the relief of sufferers.
 The governor has issued an ap- peal through the press that outsid- CTS stay away until conditions are normal.
 Losing no time in making ptepa- rations, Supt. James Pitcock of the Arkansas penitentiary, left this morning on special train over the Rock Island for Brinkley, taking 100 white Conyicts from the new penitentiary, with all the guards and provisions required, and the convicts are now cleaning the de bris from the Brinkley streets and assisting the stricken residents to get under shelter. The Rock Island supplied the prison cars for the men, in which they will be housed while in Brinkley. The men will remain there as long as desired by Mayor Jackson to make the town as presentable as pos sible.
 Injured Brought to Little Rock
 Thousands ot LittleRock citizens will go to Brinkley Sunday, when cheap excursions will be run over the Rock Island, to witness the devastation of the Monday night cyclone. About 50 of the injured were brought to Little Rock on a special train last night to be treated at local hospitals and more are being brought in today. What supplies could not be secured yesterday were rushed forward today, several thousand loaves of bread and large quantities of fresh meats being sent onfan early train.
 Gov. Donaghey, having been on the scene and being we'll informed on what is needed, is attending to the matter here. He brought order out of chaos in a few minutes after he arrived there yesterday after noon, and when he left the McCr> ry and Helena companies of the Arkansas State Guard, under the command of Adjutant General l.. P. Berry, were in charge.
 Death List Growing.
 As the work of clearing the wreckage proceeds the death list at Brinkley is growing. Thirty-five bodies had been recovered early this morning, II of whom are white people, and it is believed that the list will almost reach fifty. Less tn an a score of the 1000 busi- ness and dwelling houses were un- damaged and the majority of the structures were literally wiped off the earth.
 Miraculous Escapes.
 Many are the miraculous stories of escapes told by the survivors. of the cyclone, but the most remarka- hIn tIot Of n fa i1xy of