Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-06-28
Tornado in Upper East Tennessee.

Tornado in Upper East Tennessee.
The Bristol News Of the 18th con-
,ains he following 10 regard to the
tornado which passed over portions of
Scott and Washington counties. Vir-
Iginia, aud Of Washington, Hawkins
aud Sullivan counties, Tennessee. on
the 9Th iust., which was one Of. the
most violent and destructive that bas
ever been known in that region:
1t seems to have been about a
mile 10 width, and swept houses. trees,
fences and every other object from
! its course, and in many places liter
I ally blew of the crust Of the earth.
In Scott county many residences,
barns, &c, were Frustrated, stock
killed, and crops ruined. In one
place we learn that The hail fell Of enor-
nous size, covering the ground to the
depth of several inches. In Washing
ton county, Tenn, the dwelling house
of Mr.. Samuel Davaolt, together With
his barn and out buildings, were de-
molished aud himself injured. In
the same county. the houses and
barns of Daniel Snider, Greenberry
Boren, Roland HoGge and others we're
blown down.
The house Of hfr. Thomas Hall, in
Sullivan county, was blown TO pieces,
his wife instantly killed, and two Of
his daughters and bis mother.in-laW
SO seriously injured that recovery is
doubtful; ADD other inmates Of the
house more or less injured. AS an
eridence of the strength of the hur-
ricane at this place, it is said that a
Il bar of tire-iron which vas in the house,
was whirled away many yards, stri-
king a white oak with such force
as TO lap completely around the
trunk, where it still remains fixed.
In Washington county, Virginia,
the tornado passed through the
plantations of Mrs. Handy, Mossrs.
A. T. Btadley, Baltzell, Goodman,
Preston, Green, and j. 7. Hanby,
prostrating dwellings and out-houses
destroying orchards and fences, and
moving down forest trees like grass
before a scythe. At several Of these
lpIsces The inhabitants narrowly es-
eaped With their lives.
There are various rumors Of lives
i'm other localities supposed to have
been LOST; but with the exception Of
the disaster at Dir. Halls we have
not heard positiVely~of any. The
accouuts Of incidents Illustrative OF
the terrible and almost Incredible
power Of The storm are endless.
A citizen Of eur town, who had
lust returned from a trip to Scott,
mas handed US memorandum OF
wondsrfdl incidents Of the storm re-
lated to him by credible witnesses,
Which we give:
"SeveroI hogs were blown on. of a
tpen, and carried great distance
when found were dead. Chickens
were carried great distance by the
wind; some found dead, others we're
alive, walking about the woods, en-.
Itirely stripped Of their feathers
A bedstcad was found lodged 10 the
top Of tree, fer from the house
from which it was blown. A bar OF
iron, Ii feet long. after bang car
ried by the wind, the distance of a
mile, entered the woods, cutting
Everything before it for some two
hundred yards, then wrapped itself
Twice around tree, the ends pro.
liectiug back in the course from
whence it came. A rail was hurled
With such velocity, end foremost,
that it perforated or split the body Of
a sugar tree fifteen inches 10 diam
eter.- The end OF the rail projected
through it several inches.