The Mena weekly star., 1920-04-01
|ORT SMITH HARD
 HIT BY STORM
ind and Rain Combined Left Trail sf Havoc in Border City-Sev- eral Hurt and Much Damage
 Was Done.

om the Fort Smith Times Record
 Fort Smith Ark, Mrch 29.-Several seeaa were injured, at least one ser usly. during the high wind storm e Saturday night and Sunday, while operty losses including the damage flood waters to the free bridge will SC the $5O,00O mark, according to ports which filtered into official cir ss this morning.
 1drs. Fannie Carson. fifty years old. 10 North Seventeenth street, re- wed a broken leg about ? o'clock nday Afternoon when she was crush. to the ground by section of roof which fell from her home. She zs taken to St. Edwards Infirmary q her right leg amputated.
 The high wind Saturday night tore section of the roof from her home. hise Inspecting the damage to her me Sunday another section slipped, q before she could escape, she was nshed beneath it's weight.
 Girl Hurt at Dyer.
 Many houses in the poor district bre damaged by the wind which Rched a velocity of 65 miles an hour. cording to the government weather reau
 From Van Buren. came reports of ditionaI property damage In some stances houses were unroofed while ares of trees were hprooted. The mage was estimated at $5,000.
 One girl whose name could not be krned was seriously injured at Dyer h6n she was struck by plank car 3d through space by the strong wind.
 unknown man was also injured ben he was struck by flying glass. le damage to property at Dyer was i'd to be heavy. Up until late today was impossible to get into telephone mmunication with Dyer, the wires wing been damaged by the storm.
 Bridge Damage $5o,00o
 Damage to the free bridge by the bod waters of the Arkansas river as estiinated at s50.O00. The river eehea high stage Sunday afternoon len official government reports owed the stage at 229 feet The ster was receding this morning and c danger mark was considered past. iis morning the river stage was 22.2 Bt. Accurate estimate of the damage mot be made until after the wa rs recede and the condition of the 1rk on the bar and amount of mater
 carried away is ascertained.
 Four pu1nps. two engines, concrete yer and a derrick were located on bar. but all that is in view is the Rck of one engine protruding above water.
 Although the records show that the kansas has exceeded the 20-foot lev only three times in the last 33 years, ldge work has been suspended three nea since October by floods which ve caused loss of $100,00O or more the bridge contractor and delayed completion of the bridge five onths
 Flood Attracts Crowds
 The flood attracted crowds of sight CTS Sunday afternoon, not withstand rne nigh wind. No signs of over w were to be observed along the rhansas. but large part of the point tween the Arkansas and the Poteau rers was under water. The clearing the thickets, fayorite haunts of the ckhnaters in bygone years, gave the ectators full view of the overflow trough one of the swales the waters
 the Poteau and Arkansas united, tting off half dozen farm houses ont of the road. The inhabitants are not in danger, as the houses cod several feet above the water. ost Of the damage done in the farm E districts is delay in planting, for tIe corn had been planted, although