Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-03-11
HAVOC DONE
BY TORNADO
FATALITIES REPORTED IN WAKE
or TERRIFIC WIND STORM.
Town Aflame Is Doomed Passenger
Train Lost in Zone Of Devas-
tation Relief Parties =
Are Sent. ~ :.

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Little Rock, Ark, March 9.-Four
persons are reported dead and mum
Der injured as the result of violent
storm which swept through western,
eastern and southern Arkansas last
night. - - "a Il r. ~ 81
Three are reported to have been
killed at Brinkley, and dispatches at
midnight on the only wire in opera
tion between that place and Little
Rock, a railroad wire, were to: the ef-
feet that the town was in flames and
it's complete destruction seems newt
able. Pr }. =. t]~'-.s =
Wires are down throughout the
state and only meager reports have
reached Little Rock thus far. At mid
night a special train. bearing physi-
clans and nurses and, the fire fighting
apparatus of that place was started
from Forest City for Brinkley.
Those reported to have been killed
at Brinkley are:
Daughter of T. M Burch.
- Foote, merchant.
- Starrett, merchant.
A Cotton Belt passenger train due
in Little Rock at 6:30 o'clock last
night is lost in the vicinity Of Bau-
cum, where a tornado struck, and is
reported to have been swept on the
track. Another report is to the ef-
feet that the train was struck by
lightning.
d.; ~ ~
been endeavoring to locate the train
for hours, but have been unable to
do so.
A tornado struck Fourche dam at s
o'clock in the afternoon within five
miles of Little Rock, killing negro
boy and injuring other negroes. Two
houses were demolished and one was
completely destroyed by fire after it
had been blown to bits. Several
negroes are reported fatally hurt.
The tornado crossed the Arkansas
river at Fourche dam and raised
spout of water about 200 feet high. 1t
travelled toward the northwest and
swept a clean path about sixty yards
wide.
It was impossible to get any def
mite reports from that vicinity. The
tornado was followed by violent
hail and rain storm which kept up
throughout the night. 49, So
The same tornado passed into Bau-
cum, where the extent Of the dam
age isszalso unknown, and from there
to Kerr, in Lonoke county, where sew.
eral homes were demolished, and e.
B. Adams, a farmer, was seriously II
not fatally injured. He, with his
wife, son and three others, were in
the house at the time of the storm.
They were buried in the debris, but
all escaped alive.
The home of Dan Wagner, Saw-
mill operator, was also destroyed, but
he and his wife escaped with few
bruises. A gin and several negro
cabins were demolished.
All the windows in a train between
Gurdon and Roster were blown out.
At Malvern the Methodist church
was entirely destroyed at q loss Of
$4,000. The Baptist church was dam
aged, a portion of the courthouse was
unroofed and other extensive damage
was reported, although the extent Of
the damage in the surrounding coun-
try was not known. .... q5 ........
A special wrecker left here last
night over the Rock Island railroad
for Brinkley.
Up to midnight it was impossible
to communicate with eastern, south
ern and western Arkansas. Only a
few wires have been opened since.
Heavy transforms were the extent
of the damage at Hot Springs and
Texarkana, where it was feared tor
nadoes had struck before commune
cation was restored.