Little Rock Tornado - October 2, 1894

The Little Rock Tornado of October 2, 1894 struck around 7:30 PM, killing four people and damaging the Arkansas State Lunatic Asylum, State Penitentiary, and several blocks of businesses in the downtown district.

Killed in the storm were asylum physician

References

• "Cyclone in Arkansas; It Destroys Much Property and Many Lives are Lost," Aspen Weekly Times (Col.), October 6, 1894.
• "Three Dead, Seven Missing; Besides Thirty-Five Injured at Little Rock, Ark.," New York Times, October 3, 1894.
• "Wrecked by a Tornado; The Business Part of Little Rock Devastated," Cranbury Press (N.J.), October 12, 1894.