The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-12-04
OBSTRUCTIVE STORM
|A|Is HOT SPRINGS
TEN KILLED AND ABOUT 100 IN
JuREp AS RESULT OF RE-
CENT TORNADO.
PROPERTY DAMAGE HEAVY
That the Storm Was General
Throughout the State Is Shown
BY the Fact That One Death
Occurred In Fulton County.

Hot Springs
Reports show that outside the Hot
|yS4 ugs district at least 10 persons
killed and between so and rs in
a.
.4 These, with the l. dead and 35 In
Ared near Hot Springs, brings the to-
tal of dead up to 20 and the injured
70 100 or more. II is feared that
these totals may be increased as be-
lated reports come in. Four or five
of the injured are not expected to
survive.
Southwest Arkansas appears to have
suffered most In the tornado that
plowed its way across the state The
damage and loss of life were greatest
in Hampstead, Lafayette and Nevada
counties. That the storm was gen.
eral throughout the state, however, IS
shown by the .act that one death oc-
CURED in Fulton county, on the ex'
treme northern edge of the state.
Scores OF residences were literally
swept from the earth and much
stock, including cattle, hogs, horses,
was killed. More than 100000 prop
erty loss has already been reported,
and rescuers and relief committees
say they have not yet covered the
ground.
Shortly before 8 o'clock. when many
residents of that section were enjoy
ing the holiday, a heavy gust Of wind
passed over Stamps from the south
east. Eight miles north of the town
It gained a velocity that swept every
thing before it in a district half
mile wide and Is miles long.
The farmhouse of John Bailey, near
Stamps, was one of the first hit. The
wind carried 1t 200 yards, tore 1t to
splinters over rocks and gullies. John
Bailey had Just returned from pleas
ure trip to Falcon. He was bruised
and cut when swept from his feet and
set down in his pasture. w. M
Bailey, so, farmer, and father Of Johr
Bailey, was killed Instantly. Mrs
Bailey was found several yards from
the site of the house. She is at th'
home Of a neighbor, unconscious. PLY
4 sicians say she will not live. Th'
eight-month-old Bailey baby wa
blown many yards away and wa
found dead in field. The seven
year-old son Of Bailey was found
-uuarter of q mile from the home sit
hn hour after the storm. He was still
alive. Tie suffered only a dislocate
shouIder 70 his rescuers he told
ptifuI s,ory of mental agony. The II
81 year-old daughter OF Bailey suffere
a broken leg. Other injuries are onl
slight. She is sure to recover, tn
6 physicians say.
Bailey is poor cotton farmer. H
hsd Just sold his cotton crop the da
before and had 500. every cent th
family possessed in the world, hidde
+ in the house. This is gone and cal
not be found. Furniture Of the hous
was found as far as q mile distant.
"a Sweeping on up the pike the deaf
trap caught Lewis Armstrong. youn
farmer, and his bride Of week. M
Armstrong was assisting his wife
cleaning up a little cottage prepar
tory to moving in. The cottage IS
mass of splintered timbers. Arr
strong was crushed beneath u
wreck. His lifeless body was take
out after midnight. Mrs. Armstror
Us being cared for by neighbors. 81
~Aannot recover from injuries, both
k~pal and external. She is deliriol
- ! asks for her husband.
lortune favored Walter Mccoy, h
- .le and four small children, liviI
30 yards beyond the Armstrong &C
tage. Their home was demolishe
but members Of the family escaped
scratch. Blown from the house tn,
clung to trees and other objects UNI
the worst was over. Clothes we
taken from their todies. They a
left without a roof or clothing. Neig
bors are caring for them.
In this territory are many fine pea
orchards. These were uprooted a
the trees carried over the earth wi
mch velocity that the bark W
skinned from the trunks of scores
them.
Several bales of cotton were pick
up at Sardis and carried from tn,
resting places. One was broken, a
DR.. Kelley, a rescuer, says parts
the bale were found all over [
county.
A heavy falling timber pierced
root OF the cellar and striking the
OF Tom Hamilton. crushed it. Am,
tation win be necessary. The Ha
ltons are well-to-do farmers. Not
nving thing was left on the p,an
NON. Cattle, hogs, horses, were
killed.
AT Asore, negro settlement I
q eegroes we're huddled in a one.ro
s. eAoin- The wind lifted this ca
nom its foundation and carried
nsre than 100 yards. Four of the
instant death. The fifth is
scrtsa dying.