The Little River news., 1919-04-12
TORNADO STRIKES OGDEN; TWO ARE DEAD END 3
 MORE MAY NOT LIVE
Path of Wednesday Morning Cyclone Scene of Death and DesolatiOn;
 Work of Relief Needed.
People Homeless;
 Relief Committee at Work
AshdOwn People Organize Relief COm- mittees to Care for and Restore
 Homeless and Suffering.

The tornado, which swept the north
 part of Ogden, eight miles south of | Ashdown, Wednesday morning at 7:1O, left path of death and desolation l hardly comparable with destruction 1 reported in east Texas and othe- points ill Southwest Arkansas at the l same tme. The main blast of the storm passed over the north part of Ogden inhabited principally by neg
 roes.
 The dead are:
 Kittie Medlock, negress, and year
 old son.
 Probably fatally injured, negroes, son and daughter of Ed Davis, about
 10 to 13 years of age; three year old
 child of John Medlock, negro. 1 Asburry Fortson had a leg broken;
 J. J. Oneal received a broken shoulder.
 Others received minor injuries more or less serious.
 It is impossible to itemize com plete list of damages, but list of l those whose homes are absolutely gone with every vestage of contents are: | Ed Davis, John Medlock, Will Love,
 Henry Walker, Mill Nichols and As. bury Fortson, all negroes, are left
 completely homeless. Most of these houses were fairly torn to pieces and
 brown all over the country. Their
 barns and most of their stock were
 also destroyed and killed They were
 left with only the clothes they wore, and some of them were very scant, only having their "nighties" on when the
 wind hit them.
 The Ben Leatherwood home was a complete ruin. Only one room was
 left standing, and the furniture was
 greatly damaged. The Nathan Furlow home was almost
 torn to pieces, it being thrown from it's foundation and badly damaged. His
 garage was torn down and the car inside brown twenty yards but not
 damaged. He carried insurance. The Mrs. Mcdowell home was dam aged, one part of the house being blown away, garage destroyed, and one COW killed. The Methodist and Baptist churches
 were blown from their foundation and torn considerably. They will have to rebuilt.
 The J. G. Smithson home was par
 tially destroyed, and the main body of the house thrown from the founda- tiOn.
 The Jim Reed house was destroyed,
 only part of the floor being left The
 people were not injured. The pretty new home of Will Hicks, negro, was damage, the porches and
 all roofs being blown away; his barn
 was also damaged. The home of J. H. Furlow was com
 pletely destroyed The home of Mrs. Welch was dam aged, being thrown from it's .founda- | tion.
 The gin, owned by the United Oil
 Mills, suffered the loss of a smoke
 stack and other minor damages. The Kansas City Southern depot was
 damaged, and will probably have to
 be rebuilt. Dr. I. N. Hutts office was badly shaken, all the medicines being brok-
 en. His large hay barn was complet-
 ely destroyed.
 The front of A. E. Velvin's store was blown in and damaged. I A large barn belonging to Roy Budd
 was blown away. Parts of the tin roof from the Budd barn were found seven miles away. l Many other homes and outbuildings
 were damaged, but left standing. storm scenes. Nothing short of visit to the storm area will reveal the full picture of the terrible force of the storm. It
 was as if mighty drumfire of modern artillery had swept the earth. Places
 where homes had been were swept as bar as tennis court, while the wreck
 az could be found in the drifts under tree tops as if great mountain flood
 had swept them there. The dead and the injured had been found in these