Deseret Evening News | 1898-05-07 | Page 3 | Bad News from Arkansas

BAD NEWS FROM ARKANSAS Waterspouts and Tornadoes Have Played rear ful Havoc There Great Ion nf Irnp rty Arkansas ntve S3 miles VlilfJllT be Ssrlous Lou ot Life Little nock Ark May eA special from Vanburen Ark says 1 Water srtouu and torpedoes have played I havoc been and done rfundreds of I thousands of dollars worth ot dam a ge Thn houses were blown down at Ruils eight miles east of here las night and It Is I reported that Wlulow n summer resort on the top of the I1oson mountain Is I entirely gone Two bridges on the Frisco railroad over Clear creek have I xtcn swept nvra a nd the road abandoned Their trains haie run for two Ias around via Claremorc I T send then down the Kansas Cecil Arkansas Valley road hut the latter had n two mile wnahout 1 and hl lg t Id NIC 300 yards landslide nnd V nburen in I now cut off entlrily i savo by way of Little Hock The Arlnnas river Is I S miles wide In places and Is now four Inches higher high-er than It Wits In 1S92 which was the highest on record All last Millet I heats were busy In the bottoms rescuing the Inhabitants Thousands were rescued and It Is feared that mans have bee drowned Two houses were seen olng down the river but boatmen could not roach them Rain la failing In torrents tor-rents and the end Is I not In might