Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-06-21
THE STORM N TENNESSEE.

further particulars OF the late teriioic u"
Extract ofa letter 10 the Editor, dated
SHELayv1LLE, CTenn.9 June Q, 1850.
Dear Sir-Shelbyville is in ruins. On Mon,
day night, S1st May, about IL o'clock, 1t pleased
an all Providence to visit this place WIN q
most devastating hurricane. The Court-nouse'
Market House. Methodist Church, inc brlcK
Hotel, the Bank, and many other valuable oullu-
ings, were Frustrated in an instant. " young
men were Killed, and many others were oruisen
and wounded. Mr. Newton, Editor OF inc smell
byville lntelligencer, was carried AMIDST the ru-
ms of his house a hundred yards, ana instantly
killed and dreadfully m~angled; the other young
men who were killed were MIR. David "hitson
and Mr.. Caldwell, saddlers; MIR. Eideout; anu
Mr.. Arnold, clerk in MIR. James Reds store;
Messrs. Blackman, Dodson, Solomon De"S' ana
many others, were badly hurt. About thirty-
eight stores and shops. and ten OF hi'eeh u"ei-
Lighthouses, were oyerthrown.
shall not attempt to describe the scene
Those who have seen most of such scenes, ina
gine. attempt the least TO describe them. NO
one heard the fall of a tree, or fence, or house.
II was one constant monotonous, shrill rOar-the
voice of the Tempest. The lightning was one
constant flash, rendering every thing visible. The
earth was covered with a sheet of water. From
the Public Square east, all is one undisunSuished
mass of ruins. The very foundations OF many
houses were blown up, and scarcely one stone
left upon another. The preservation OF lives,
amid such destruction Of ha5itatlons. seems al
most miraculous. Many found themselves lying
on their floors. without a ryof over them or walls
around them: others were eXtrlcated by their
own exertions. or that of their friends, from the
midst of ~ralters. beams, and rubbish. Some were
carried To a distance between masses OF timber
and brick bats.
The storm began to subside, and the cry OF
distress was heard. People hall naked were seen
running through the streets to e~xttIcate their
friends, or convey them to a place OF saiety.-
Mr.. Arnoid's case was very pltable. In pass
ing from the store to the street, the corner OF a
fving door struck him and tore out a portion oil
his lungs. He was still able to run into the street,
where ne was picked up and carried to an unroot-
ed house and LAID upon the floor; thence he was
taken to a bed. and lay during that night and the
next day IL the greatest agony, which he bore
with remarkable fnrtitude, and at length died,
giving his friends the most consolatory evidence
of his mistaken and triumphant faith.
The damage is v%ariously estimated, from soto
a hundred thousand dollars. Some have lost their
all, & are with outhouses, furniture, or food. Mr..
Turrentine's J~ewellry shop was literally torn to
pieces, and his whole stock scattered in every
direction. The goods in most of the stores sus-
tanned a good deal of injury.
Erfract from, a letter TO the editor, dated
CHARLOTTE. TTEN.) June 1. 1880.
About half past 10 O'Clock last night, our vii
lace was visited with a Tornado, the vioience and
destructive effects of which no pen csh describe,
nor can they be Adequately conceived except by
those who were witnesses to the awful and terri
fc scene. Cur little town is now, literally, a
heap of ruins. Many, who but yesterday had a
comfortable home, are now without a place even
to shelter themselves, while their clothing and
provisions have all been swept away in the gene
raj wreck. The wind approached the village
from the southwest, and altho' the appearance OF
the sky was frightful, and one constant glare OF
lightning inspired awe and alarm, yet no one
anticipated. none could anticipate, and even now
il is difficult to realize. what the ravages OF live
minutes have produced. But yesterday we were
at ease, and comfortably situated; to-day, many
are wandering about the streets. not knowing
where to 90. Or how to procure the means of sup
PLYING their necessities. Many, who lat yester-
day were blessed with health and the full enjoy
ment of the comforts of life, are now langulSh-
ing OIL their beds, with broken limbs, or mangled
bodies, and some with scarce a hope OF recovery.
But amidst I'll these calamities, the hand OF a
protecting Providence has been displayed in the
almost miraculous preservation of many Of our
citizens.
the following list of buildings demolished may
furnish some idea of the destructive ravases OF
the storm, within the compass OF the little vii
lage-
Dr.. Napier's brick corner. occupied by Is. A..
Golfer as a store. and by Mr.. Glasgow as a tai
lor's shop: a long log building, occupied by Mr..
VOORHEES, aud Smith as a store and Mrs. Clinton
as a dwelling house; Judge Itumphrie's house &C
cupied by DR.. B, n. Garter; Thomas Palmer's
house . stories high, including a saddler's shop;
Thomas Eppes' dwelling, shop. &c. dwelling oc-
cupied by Mr.. Eubanks; G Adamsons black
smiths shop and contents; 3rewers square, IN
Guiding a dwelling house occupied by DIR. Dick
son. a storehouse occupied as a grocery, by Mr..
MASSEY, and the Post Office; a dwelling occupied
by Mr.. Betts-these, with al the outbuildings
and improvements are entirely destroyed. The
opposite corner formerly occupied as a shop. BY
DR.. Carter, and the next building occupied by
Mr.. Smith as a grocery, are likewise gone, with
their out-buildings two stables and three kitch-
ems; james Nesbit's cotton gin, with q dwelling
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