The Dermott news., 1916-06-08
FiFTY-NiNE PERSONS KNOWN TO BE DEAD, AND SCORES
 ARE INJURED.
COMMUNICATION STOPPED
Hot Springs Electric Light Plant Put Out of Commis ion, One Church Destroyed, and Many OweIl-
 rngs We're Demolished.
Little Rock

Little Rock
 tlrty-nine prsons are taown to be dead, scores are injured. and property to the extent of more fhan SI,o00.660 damaged n the wake oi tornado which passed Jhrough Nr- kansas from the southwest
 The s1orm struck Hot Springs at about } p. n Four persons We're killed and F injured in Chat city The electric Hght plant was put out Of commission, one church was destroy ed. many dwellings demolished, Oak lawn Park severely damaged, and Ma jestic Park laid waste
 SweepJag on 10 tho northwest tho tornado missed Little Rock but swooped down upon Nensett and ]gd- sonia. m White county There nom five to l. Were killed, scores were !. jured. and property damage was heavy.
 A section crew of the Iron Mountain Railway. composed of foreman and 10 men. sought refuge in section house near Kcusetl The hWld.Hs Was demolished and all ot the men were injured The foreman named Jones. probably will dIg.
 The Riges Hotel at J0dsonia ~as demolished. but t is mol known heN many were killed or injured whore tHe building collapsed Other buildings in Juds0nia were wrecked.
 It is reported t6at the storm passed north of Bald Knob and that practr cany all residents of Bald knob hlzo gone 10 Kensett and Judosa.a to ren. der what assistance they can. They drove m autos, w7euus. hueg'os and other -eeaYeyaaees.
 Special Trains Run.
 ! Nj Dean of Gatre RaeA seaeaaI superintendent of frr Iron Na#aHa. was in Memphis when rews of tae storm came in over crippled r..-seaH5 wires. He learned tbat zaf.t# ls intense in the vicinity at kensgr anu Judsonia
 Mr. Dean. accompanied by W e. Morse. superintendent, Of fhn Mem phis division; D. w. tHun.H4Ham master mechanic. and Q F EHaetoa, claim agent. departed by special .r1m for Judsonja and keusett
 On the way the special picked up many Iron Mountain surgeons and took them to the scene of the dizas ter. MT Dean also ordered out a spe cial train from Little Rock, with phy sicians and nurses.
 Practically all telephone and ale graph wires lending to The interior of Arkansas were out carly m tHe even Ing. No railroad t,'r4sapr wires were working west of BrsGcy Nev- port. Clarendon and other cities on a north and south line
 The Western Uaou and Postal com panies lost their wires early. as dId the telcphons companies. Only one wire was worEin1 to the Vy-t With any degree of certainty tHe Assocat ed Press wire and ihat worked Inter mittently
 Greater Losses Feared
 Mir. Dean learned that trees and houses were blown across the Iron Mountain tracks at several points o Arkansas, but special crews We're or dered out from nearby po-uts to to pair the damaee Hofaia AEr bean departed he learned tha..at laasr.ane of the Iron Mountains double tracks had been opened to tra.gc
 Although he main .aab of aae storm was evidently from hr south west corner of thr slaHa. toward thc northeast, another storm or 3e sweep Of iJs man track ga.-.3 on. dead, many ugr and Hrays rra1 erty loss in Waosou eoaurs near Fayetteville almost u Che northwest corner of the state.
 Greater losses arc feared in thls sec ton. which has been cat off from wire communication suco early m The night.
 Coming on the heels of tbe torna do the om.nous looking storm clouds which came from the west caused general alarm in Memphis.
 The clouds brought on wicked wind. but which inflicted only minor damage in the city X plate .lass win dow in j. Goldsmith X sons store was blown in, and the broken class showered from the fifth floor to tho Main street pavement No one was in jured by the failing glass, however ----->-----
 Eat Fruit.
 Disease germs are ever present in sho y,o,,tb ,t,v,.,ob l,g,,-