Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-06-21
Tie Year Of Hurricanes.

The season through which re are
passing, says the Cincinnati Com. j
meTcial, will 60 far to remove the
impression that the severest hurri- |
canes are confined TO the tropics
All over the Northern and Middle
States, tornadoes of unprecedented
violence, extent, and destructiyeness
baye occurred. At least three hun
dred lives have been lost by The force
Iof the elements. There seems 10
have been cycle Of tornadoes.
Withina fortnight there have been
four in the Middle and Western
States, one extending from Louis
willie up to Central Ohio, one in Cat
taraugus county in Western New
York, one in Armstrong and the
adjoining counties in Western Penn
/ ylvanian, and now one In Iowa. and
NoFthern Illinois, which, it is sail,
has surpassed all others 10 violence
land dcstructiveness.
Whole villages have been demol-
iished, and macy Of their inhabitants
sither killed outright, or fearfully
mangled by the falling Of houses,
the mad sweep of the winds, or the
flying of timbsrs and trees. The
Imagination can hardly paint the
terror which has overtaken, in stern
reality, the Inhabitants Of the devas-
lated districts. It must have been
witnessed 10 b. realized.
Never before has our country
been visited by SO many, or SO widely
destructive hurricanes as during the
present year They have rushed
through the country with resistless
fury, uprooting trees, demolishing
fences, houses and churches, and even
taking loaded freight cars from their
tracks aud dashiug them to pieces.
| The space traversed by the last great
tornado, 10 Illinois and Iowa. was
fully ope hundred miles in length
The force Of the wind has beer
almost incredible. Tin from roofs
was carried over twenty miles; large
brick houses wers lifted completely
from their foundations and twieteG
, around in the air, before being dashed
to fragments upon the ground
Churches were demolished with sin
) gle thunder gust,and the whirling ant
swapping Of whole forests Of trees, al
they were caught up in the folds o
8 the tremendous Whirlvinds, was aw
/; fully grand to hear aue to see:
An Eastern contemporary, OF
I commenting on the recent tornado
3 states that on the 2Sth Of may
!, 1850, three tornadsrs occurred a
a Cincinnati within the same half hour
They occurred at about two o'clocl
lin the afternoon, were each very Nal
row and within the area of the city
: The account says a general rain wa
t falling at the time, with violent eros
lcurrents In he clouds. Considerabl
damsge was done TO property. Sc,
eral tornadoes we're formed about tn
6 same time III the Western parts {
: Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.
:. In looking over the records, W
found accounts Of fearful tornadoe
that sweps over other portions Of th
country. One occurred at Charles
S ton, S. c., on the 10th Of Septembel
!, 1911, and caused great loss Of lii
: and destruction Of property. 1t wa
= Of the West Iudia origin, lurid j
> appearance, and Of funnel shape.
J The following year storm visite
: a town on the eea shore in Canals
: aud frightened the people so the.
took refuge in cellars and cave
during the night. In the morning
{ seeing a strange fish something Xix
a whale lying upon the shore, the.
yentured forth, when they discovered
} seventy lying upon the beach. oOol
: afterwards they heard u loud below
5 ing, and on looking seawssd the,
saw one Of these animals rushing
towards the shore, upon which ht
, threw himself singh and dry" t.
the peouniary advantage Of the goot
citizens Of that town. A come
was visible at that time, and to j
was attributed the cause OF the vlsl