The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-10
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The storm Of Tnesday Might. From copy oi the Shelby News exus, Of the 9lsi, we Haihes the following additional accounts of the ravsges Of the ssotm in that vicinity. Ata quarter before 10 o'clock last night. cur town was visiied with the most terrific storm that has ever been witnessed in this region IL came from the southwest, striking first the oa,-hoases of Mir. John Carver. Mrs. E. Wilson's stables, car risge and wood houses pros,rated to the ground: damage $500. Mrs, Mc(srsth's slabie and out. houses thrown down; damage $500. house be. longing 10 Mr. James Bradshaw anreoied, and out. houses thrown down; damages S2000. CoIared Baptist Church partly uncovered MT. Craps,eT's large brick stable unroofed; damage $200. Several old stables and earriage-ho1ses the same street blown dowR The front gable of the Masonic Halt blown in. and chimney down. The dwelling house ef Mr. AbTam Smith. second story thrown down, tease entirely damaged; loss $2000. The dwell ling house belonging 10 the heifs Of N D Vandyke. nnroofed and partly demolished. Air. j. F. Chinn occupied tbs house. aud tnlt wagon load of brick &c.. fell immediately upon the head of bed in which himself. wife and child were sleeping; and remarkable as 1t seems, they all escaped serious injury.
 Josephus H, Wilson's stables, carriage and wooi- houses blown down--dweIiing houses half nnrooied; damages $500. Bm. CardweIrs out-houses and fencing thrown down, and his dwelling slightly in- ared. ]. W. Hickman's family room, bedroom, kitchen and smoke house down. The house of Mr. H. A.-Baley was injured considerably A h use belonging To MT. Junn W itttS was rAlZef1 10 the foundaion--a part of the adjoining house, occupied as sleeping room by Mir. Wm. c. Campbell, was blown down.
 The dwelling house of Mir. Stanford is literally heap of Tuins--and his loss not less than $2000. Mir Fry's carpenter shop leveled 10 the ground Mr. MeCampbelps blacksmith shop, mass of bro. ken fragments. A part Of the dwelling of Miss Du- puy's was thrown down. and they escaped death by the ioice catching on the mantle piece. A part of the shop of Mir, P 5. Coots, wagon maker, wrecked loss about $250. Mir, .Coots' dwelling and out houses. &c., also considerably injured. MT. James l.. O'Neill was the principal sufferer. The greater part of hs loss consists in the destruction of part of his rope wak and the upper part of his hemp house, the roof of which was carried away. and part of the wall. From $500 to $i0Q0 will cover his most important damages.
 The eastern end of the dweIling occupied by Mir 0'Ne was torn out, the smoke house unroofed, kitchen. &c.. blown down; and, although containing a very large family, and every room being tenanted the inmates all escaped with the exception of bruise on the side of negro woman. One of his horses killed, barouche and buggy greatly in- iured the top of the haroaehe was carried more than one hundred yards house occupied as a carriage house by Rev. Messrs. Harrison and Bruce, blown down. and carriages crushed. Rev. G. N NIRobinsoB's ou,-hoases greatly injured. Mir. Robb's carriage house un ooied. and part of his rope walk; his dwelling slightly.
 Many thrilling incidents connect with the terri ble moment--hair breadth eseapes-wheh 6Il us with gratitude. Silent this morning neighbor met neghbor, and thanked God that death came to none of the many sufferers.
 The loss falls most heavily upon the mechanics. Their shops in ruins, their houses unfit for oe- cupancy aud their families exposed to all the ncoa veniences incident to such circumstances. The eare loss to the several indiS iduals is little less. If any, than $t0.0O0.
 The TorRado ia Hardin.--The sterm appears to have ragged with great violence in Hardin county. Several houses in E.Iizabethtown were blown down. and considerable property injured in that neighbor hood as well as at Westpoint and Big Spring. Mir. Sanford I.ese's store In the latter place blown down, also a church and several other buildings
 
 More about the HnrrieGRe-Loss of Litc and De-
 sirucioa of Property. We have received the following from a friend, 70 whom we are indebted for many iavors:
 CLovERPoRT. March 2i, is49. Mesws. Edttcrs: On last night of the most tremendous tornados that visited section Of couatry passed through the vicinity of Hardins burg in this county Houses, fences, trees and every thing swept down in ifs The 1 house of Mr Thomas Scott, two miles east of Har- dinsburg, was blown down to its foundation and 1 parts ot t were found one mile of. MT. Scott i and one child were killed, and Mrs. Scott and Miss ! Scott are so much bruised and mangled that they ! are not expected to iive all the rest of the family are more ot less crippled or dreadfulIy nangied. Also, the house of Mr Marshall, mile south of Iiariinsbnrg, was blown to the ground, l am in. formed, not leaving one brick upon snother and crppling every of the family. Other houses were blown down in is course, but have not heard of any other deaths. IL is only i2 o'clock, and 1t is twelve miles from this place 10 where the dis aster mentioned took place, and we have not had time 10 hear what has been done in ts course out of the vicinity of Hardinsburg.
 Yours, J. Nj. C.