The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-27
Victims by Score Injured, Suf-
fer Cold Exposure.
COLD WAVE THRU ROCKIES
Below Zero; Heavy Shows Gen.
eraI in Colorado.
Slides and Drifts DemOralize
Denver Train Schedules.
LIST OF DEAD.


ALBERT L. SWARTS, a farmer Nv
ing near England.
CHOICE PADGETT, ten years old
ALLALEE PADGETT, seven years
old
FRANCIS SNOW. nine years old.
All living near Carlisle.
FRANK BRIDG ES. 80 years old.
JAMES BRIDGES. 25 years old.
Two negroes near Pine Bluft.
Two negroes near Sheriff..
One negro near England
Another death near Pine Bluff; not
known whether black or white.
Little Rock, Dec. 27.-Reports at
noon in Little Rock from storm areas
gathered by roundabout communica-
ton disclosed that twelve persons are
known to be dead and twenty-three
injured in the storm that swept over
central Arkansas late yesterday. Wires
are down in all directions where the
storm struck and it is only where
couriers have reached the passenger
stations that accurate information of
the extent of damage can be gained.
Three Little Girls Killed.
Three little girls were killed and
four persons were injured when the
tornado hit the w. S. Snow plantation
near Carlisle. These were the Padgett
and Snow children killed. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Pa6gett and Mr.. and Mrs. Snow
injured. All the injured are expected
to recover.
The Padgett home on the Snow
plantation was demolished and the
Snow home was damaged seriously.
Francis Snow and the little Padgett
girls were in the Padgett home when
the tornado struck.
tremendous downpour of water
and a high wind accompanied the
storm and railroads today are facing
washouts,a high water, torn up tele-
graph and telephone lines. making op-
erations perilous. No trains have ar
rived in. this city today from Pine
Bluff just south of the stricken area.
At Leola, Charles Stevens, butcher,
was telephoning in a store when the
line was struck by lightning. Stew
ems was knocked unconscious and
three of the storekeeper's children and
another child in the store were
stunned by the bolt.
Hospitals Crowded.
For a hundred miles from Grant
county over portions of Pulaski,
Loneoke, jefferson and Prairie coun-
ties, the tornado took toll of lives and
stock Estimates of the property
damage today were impossible. 1t is
cOnservatively placed near $4,000, 900
tho it is certain that complete reports
will augment this amount The list
of injured may reach fifty it was
thought here. A score of victims were
taken to Pine Bluff and placed in hos
pitfalls there. The suffering of many
left injured thru the night on the
plantations and farm houses between
the little country towns was acute.
without medical attention, shelter or
fire and suffering from injuries, the
cold rain added further to their mis-
or hn ar-iT Of INV
of the victims today was assigned to
the exposure of the night.
The Pilkington plantation six miles
north of Pine Bluff, was severely raw
ished by the gale. The home, all farm
buildings, barns and cotton gins were
wrecked, the cattle and stock killed
and the negro cabins razed. The dam
age on this plantation, one of the fin
est in the heart of the states greatest
cotton producing area, was said to-
day to be quarter of a million dol
lars Relief crews were sent out from
Pine Bluff and searched the stricken
area. Many of the injured now in Pine
bluff We're brought back by the scouts
who took up their rescue work this
morning.
Fear for Convict Farm.
Much apprehension was felt here to-
day regarding the fate of the state
here, where 325 prisoners were sta
toned. The farm was believed to
have been directly in the storms path
and, as all wire connection with it was
lost when the tornado first descended,
1t was feared some of the convicts
have escaped during the confusion.
Capt. j. r. Burkett, warden of the
state penitentiary here, left last night
for the farm with a strong detachment
of guards
Passengers arriving here today
brought further reports of the wipjng
out OF negro settlement at Keo, be-
tween here and Tucker, with a loss of
seventeen lives. Accurate informa
tion on the situation there, however. is
lacking. -
The tornado swept to earth a few
miles north of Pine Bluff and cutting
a path four miles wide, assumed a
northeasterly course. finally wearing
itself out in the vicinity of DuvaIls
Bluff and Des Arc. Many homes were
set on fire by the lightning which at
tended the storm with great violence.
Rockies in Grip OF Blizzard
Denver, Colo. Dec. 27-The cold
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