Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-06-29
With Wires Down, Impossi-
[hle 10 Learn Extent of
dayoc Caused by Storm.
IMPRESS, SAWMILL,
AMONG PLACES HURT
,.tue Of Angel Gabriel Blown from
.leside Methodist Church-Fiye
uiles of Telegraph Poles Down
Near Stuttgart.
N this section of Arkansas was

n, thic section of Arkansas was
dted yesterday afternoon by a
4,dstorm that w,2s terrific in in
rsty although it did not continue
ore than Is or 20 minutes.
Damage of more or less minor
kture has been reported from all
|Iections, but no point reports any
keat loss.
piue Bluff perhaps suffered as
law a loss, in the aggregate, as any
! the communities in this section.
Il was impossible to ascertain last
BaE il crops had been damaged tc
u extent, principally because of the
et that wires were down in all ri
lotions, and that in most cases the
ephone and telegraph poles them.
lives have been leveled to the
round by the winds.
There is no ind-gauge in Pine
Matt, but the opinion is expressed
III for a few minutes the wind blew
gsle, perhaps 60 miles or more pei
bur-
Church Loses Statue.
Perhaps the most noticeable
image done in Pine Bluff, and on
Mich will be generally regretted
u the blowing down of the large
hl statue of an angel which has
h occupying a prominent place at
top Of the Lakeside Methodist
|rch building since the church was
me statue was perhaps s feet or
Re in height, and replese nted in
sellent and artistic manner an
)sel blowing a horn. Capt. G. L.
dding is credited by the members
the congregation with being re-
pnsible for the erection of the sta
which was quite costly affair,
wing been manufactured especially
the church by a northern artist.
the statue fell on the south side of
church, into the grass. 1t was
Ny bent, smashed and denied by
iall and it was stated last night
thsre is little likelihood it will
replaced in its former position, be-
We Of the damage it sustained. No
Of the church building was
naged by the storm.
Compress Suffers Damage.
The plant of the Pine Bluff Cotton
IMPRESS company, which suffered
mage some days ago when part Of
walls Of ~ new cotton shed col
% as a result of recent wind
ms, again suffered In yesterdays
20 another section of the same
giving way before the gale.
ae wall which was, blown down
seroay was not 80 extensive as
the cast last time, but the
lase is quite heavy. The COM
y preparing to begin work OF
u!dlng the shed at once.
~ Leaf Lumber Plant Damaged
usmage aggregating perhaps $500
suffered at the plant of the lar.
e'as snort Leaf Lumber company
nng the storm. A brick wall col
l'ed and some of the smaller build
at the plant were more or lesf
aged. The wall which collapsed
Oeen weakened by the fire some
Y ago which ragged Tor severa
IN the fuel house, and which
uvyed the roof and most of the
portlng joists Of that structure
ssuse OF the fire damage, the bricl
was unable to withstand thu
y OF yesterdays wind.
City Buildings Suffer. /
'aa business section of the city
lal buildings were damaged III
vt Or less degree. The heavy
- cornice of the building at 2lt
second avenue was partly de
~sd' large section being tori
Tue building and cast hanging
me telephone cables ON tn
along the sidewalk. Linemel
VEG 1t from the cables at once
Invent s' damage to the wires. The
ae Is owned by Mrs. A. NJ
INA