The bee., 1909-03-11
SIXTY ARE INJURED AND PROP.
ERTY DAMAGES EXCEEDS
A MILLION DOLLARS.
CHURCH ALONE ESCAPES STORM
Four Hotels Are Totally Demolished
But the Many Guests Escape
InJury-strets Are Piled High
With Wreekage.

Brinkley. Ark, Mar. 10.-Thirty or
more lives were snuffed out, 60 people
were injured and property estimated
to be worth one million dollars. was
destroyed as a result of the tornado
which wrecked this little city Monday
night. OF the known dead, IA are
white people as follows:
Isaac Reed, Mrs. Isaac Reed. Russell
Reed, Raymond Reed, Porter Foote.
j. L. Starrett, Harry Stovall, jr., Mrs.
Ethel Phillips, Mrs. Belle Darden, two
chllren Of Mrs. Darden. Charles
Frenze, A. NJ Hood, unidentified man.
Many women are among the seri-
ously injured, some of them sustaining
broken bones and wounds from which
recovery is improbable.
Church Escapes Damage.
The tornado shrieked above the city
only a few minutes, but its work Of
destruction was complete. The Roman
Catholic church, standing directly in
the path Of the storm, alone escaped
damage or destruction and stands
grimly in a scene of desolation. It
has been converted into a hospital.
Main street and Cypress avenue, the
two principal thOroughfares of the
town, are now impossible and are
piled high with wreckage from end to
end Every business house Is in ruins
and there is hardly a home that has
not at least suffered the loss OF u roof
or a window.
Hotels Demolished; Guests Escape.
The Arlington hotel was totally de-
molished. Eighty guests were regis
tered there, but all escaped uninjured.
The Brinkley hotel, Southern hotel
and Kelly hotel were all destroyed,
without loss of life however. Relief
squads have been at work all day car
ing for the dead and injured. The
Rock Island and Cotton Belt railway
have placed cars at the disposal OF the
local relief committee and many
people are leaving Brinkley, seeking
a temporary refuge at other points
nearby. The dead were sent TO Helena,
from which point interment will take
place.
Governor Arrives With Aid.
Governor Donaghey arrived from
Little Rock In the afternoon in re-
Spouse to a call from the citizens com.
mittee. He has the situation well in !
hand and says food, clothing and
shelter are the things most needful. |
Hundreds OF people are homeless and |
are wandering about seeking a tenn
poTary abode. Three special trains ar /
rived from neighboring towns bringing
relief workers, physicians and nurses.
In the Catholic church doctors and
nurses are caring for the injured. The
citizens of Helena have offered the use
Of their homes for the destitute.
Mass meetings were held to-day in
Little Rock and other cities
10 raise funds and supplies for the
storm victims.
Six Dead Near Little Rock.
Little Rock, Mar. 10.--Six dead and
eight injured are reported Tuesday In
his vicinity as the result OF the
ornado. Among the dead are three
)rOthers.
The Methodist church and school
lcuse at Mount Carmel were demol-
shed and eight houses at Hurricane
resk were destroyed.
Tornado in Georgia.
Cuthbert, Ga, Mar. 1O.-The north
western section OF Cuthbert was
truck by tornado at o'clock Tues
ay night and almost totally destroyed.
Between seventy-hVe and one hun.
red dwellings and business houses
lere demolished. Several brick build
lgs including four mercantile estab-
shments were wrecked. One white
ian was killed. six negroes are dead
nd perhaps thirty seriously injured.
he tornado came up suddenly from