The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-17
MANY killed
And Many More Injured by Cy-
clone in Arkansas
HUNDREDS HOMELESS
The Town Of Brinkley Almost; Wip-
ed OF the Map-Fourteen White
and Sixteen Colored People Known
to be Dead-Many Killed at 9th

Little Rock, Ark, March s.--Many
persons are reported dead, and
number injured as the resul: of
violent storm which swept through
western, eastern and southern Ar
kansas late this afternoon and to-
night.
Three are reported to have been
killed at Brinkley and dispatches at
midnight on the only wire in opera
ton between that place and Little
Rock, a railroad wire, were to the ef-
feet that the town was IN :iames, and
it's complete destruction seemed in
evitab BILE.
Brinkley is a town of 5000 per-
| sons and the junction point Of sew
eral important railroad systems.
A dispatch from Fores: City says
late advices from Brinkley indicate
| that practically the entire town is
now mass of ruins and that eight
persons have ben killed and the in
jured will be numbered by scores.
The fire at 2 o'clock this morning is
still burning and the reflection can
be seen from here, a distance OF
twenty miles. Every physician of
this place as well as many nurses
were dispatched to Brinkley at mid
night and other towns are rushing
aid to the storm-swept town.
A Cotton Belt passenger train due
in Little Rock at $50 o'clock to-
night is lost in the vicinity of Bau-
cum, where a tornado struck, and is
reported to have been swept off the
track. Another report is to the
effect that the train was struck by
lightning. Railroad Offices in Little
Rock have been endeavoring to 10.
cate the train for hours, but have
been unable to do so.
The tornado struck at Fourchdema
at FIVE o'clock this afternoon within
five miles Of Little Rock, killing 9
negro boy and injuring other ne
groes Two houses were demolished
by fire after it had been blown tc
bits. Several negroes are reported
to be fatally hurt.
The tornado crossed the Arkansa:
!; river at Fourchdema and raised {
!, spout Of water about 200 feet high
1t travelled toward the northeast ant
swept clean path about sixty yard:
} wide. Il was impossible to get an!
definite reports from that vicinit.
tonight The tornado was followed
by a violent hail and rain storm
which kept up throughout the night
; The same tornado passed into Bau
cum, where the extent Of the dam
age is also unknown and from there
to Kerns, in Lonke county where sew
eral home were demolished and E
B. Adams, a farmer, was seriously i
not fatally injured.
! He, with his wife, son and three
others were in the house at the time
Of the storm. They were hurled
in the debris, but all escaped alive
The home Of Dan Wagner, q saw
mill operator, near there. was alst
destroyed, but he and his wife es
capped with a few bruises. A gil
and several negro cabins were de
molished.
All the windows of a train .betweer
Gurdon and Roster were blown out
At Balvern the Methodist church
was entirely destroyed at loss O
$4,000. The Baptist church wa
damaged, portion of the court house
was unroofed and other extensive
damage was done. No loss Of lift
was reported, although the extent o.
the damage in the surrounding coun
try was not known.