The Monticellonian., 1915-12-02
DESTRUCTIVE STORM
 HITS HOT SPRINGS
TEN KILLED AND ABOUT 100 lN- JURED 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

Hot Springs
 Reports show that outside the Hot were killed and between 50 and 75 in. jured.
 These, with the 10 dead and 35 in- Jured near Hot Springs, brings the to- tai of dead up to 20 and the injured to 100 or more. It 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 it's way across the state The damage and loss of life were greatest fin Hampstead, Lafayette and Nevada counties That the storm was gen. eral throughout the state, however, IS shown by the fact 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 S100,000 prop erty loss has already been reported, and rescuers and relief committees say they have not yet covered the ground.
 Shortly before 3 o'clock, when many residents of that section were enjoy. ing the holiday, heavy gust of wind passed over Stamps from the south east Eight miles north of the town 1t gained velocity that swept every thing before it in a district a half mile wide and Is miles long
 The farmhouse of John Bailey, near Stamps, was one of the first hit The wind carried it 200 yards. tore it 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, 60 farmer and father of John Bailey, was killed instanly. Mrs. Bailey was found several yards from the site of the house. She is at the home of neighbor, unconscious. Phy- sicians say she will not live. The eight-month-old Bailey baby was blown many yards away and was found dead in field. The seven year-old son of Bailey was found quarter of a mile from the home site an hour after the storm. He was still alive. He suffered only a dislocated shoulder. To his rescuers he told ptifu story of mental agony. The To- year-old daughter of Bailey suffered broken leg. Other injuries are only slight She is sure to recover, the physicians say.
 Bailey is a poor cotton farmer. He had just sold his cotton crop the day before and had $210, every cent the family possessed in the world, hidden in the house. This is gone and can not be found. Furniture of the house was found as far as a mile distant.
 Sweeping on up the pike the death trap caught Lewis Armstrong, young farmer, and his bride of a week. MT. Armstrong was assisting his wife in cleaning up little cottage prepara- tory to moving in. The cottage IS mass of splintered timbers Arm strong was crushed beneath the wreck. His lifeless body was taken out after midnight. Mrs. Armstrong Is being cared for by neighbors She cannot recover from injuries. both in. ternal and external. She is delirious and asks for her husband
 Fortune favored Walter Mccoy, his wife and four small children, living 200 yards beyond the Armstrong cot. tage. Their home was demolished, but members of the family escaped scratch. Blown from the house they clung to trees and other objects until the worst was over. Clothes were taken from their bodies. They are left without a roof or clothing. Ne1gh- bors are caring for them.
 In this territory are many fine peach orchards. These were uprooted and the trees carried over the earth with such velocity that the bark was skinned from the trunks of scores of them.
 Several bales of cotton were picked up at SardiS and carried from their resting places One was broken, and Dr. Kelley, rescuer, says parts of the bale were found all over the county.
 A heavy falling timber pierced the roof of the cellar and striking the leg of Tom Hamilton, crushed it. Ampu- tation will be necessary. The Ham, Ntons are well-to-do farmers. Not living thing was left on the planta- 0on. Cattle, hogs, horses, were all killed.
 At Azore, a negro settlement, five negroes were huddled in a one-room cabin. The wind lifted this cabin from it's foundation and carried 1t more than 100 yards. Four of the five met instant death. The fifth is re ported dying.