On Tuesday, March 8, 1909 at 7:10 p.m., a tornado struck Brinkley, AR in Monroe County leaving a path of destruction in its wake. Below are the dead and wounded that were listed in the Brinkley Argus the next week. 
Dead - white		Dead - black
Mrs. Belle Darden	Minor Bledsoe
P.B. Foote		Emma Bowden
Charles Frenz		Laura Burgess
A.M. Hood		Sammie Ella Cannon
Mrs. Ethel Phillips	Mariah Pope
Isaac Reed		John Simmons
Mrs. Isaac Reed		Mrs. Geogia Simmons & their 2 yr old child
Raymond Reed		Emma Wadkins
Russell Reed		Callie Washington
J.L. Starrett		Ed Wells
Henry Stovall		Mrs. Flora Wells & their child (age unlisted)


wounded - white		wounded - black
Mrs. J.F. Clark		Willis Boyd
Harry Hood		John Cannon
James Hood		Emily Lucas
Arthur Rose		Dink Johnson
Miss Clara Rose		Lewis Pettus
Miss Clara Rose 	Carrie Stewart
(niece to above of	Julia May Wells
the same name)		Ardelia Wells
			Maggie Westmorland
			Mary Young




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