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Show oo TORNADO DEATH TOLL INCREASES IN ARKANSAS' j t LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 19.' I Fifteen persons were killed and : a score or more seriously injured by tornadoes which swept north ' and western Arkansas late last night, according- to reports today. , Wire communication was badly impaired and it was believed to-' ! night belated advices would increase in-crease the number of casualties. ! J Apparently there were two tor-j nadoes. One twisted through 'Franklin, Johnson, Logan and i Yell counties in western Arkansas, Arkan-sas, while another hit Boone, one of the northernmost tier of counties, coun-ties, in the state. I Reports indicated that the tor- nado cut a winding path about 100 . yards wide through the four west-: west-: era counties. I Few details have been received ! concerning the effects of the storm in Boone county, which is in a hilly, hil-ly, remote section. |