The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-08
Terrible Tornado In Georgia-A Number OF
Lives Lost-A Woman Blown Four Hundred
Yards-A House Raised from it, Foundations
md Blown OF.

Lives Lost-A Woman Blown Four Hundred
Yards-A House Raised from it, Foundations
ind Blown or
y correspondent of the New York .Setrs. wri-
ting from Ncwbcrn. Georgia, gives the par.
ticulars OF n tornado of unparalleled fury
One woman was blown 4 distance of four
hundred yards her house was found one hun
dred yards distant from the foundation of the
house, fragments of which fell six miles dis
tant. The writer says
The tornado struck the earth I'm two columns
Il little 10 the rear and immediately 10 the right
and left OF the Rev. ]. l.. X Smiths dwell
ing-and converging TO 4 point correspondent
u the course of the two clouds before men
toned, joined their forces from fifty 10 seventy
1--we yards distant, and then, with united
volume, swept nOrthward 10 the taunery Of
James III. Robinson, where, after dcmolishing
the bark mill and uuroofiug another building,
it left the carth-l"aying its future course 10
bc known only by scattered garments and
broken fragments of wood drupped miles
ravagcs is comprised within an area not
exceeding two hundred yards I'm width and
half Il mile i'll length The track OF its chief
violence IL even much narrower than this.
Scarcely n tree is left standing where IL
passcd-of the fallen ones, some lie at every
point Of the compass. This fact may bo attri-
butable 10 the general rush of the winds from
. the four quarters Of the heavens or the whrl
afterwards But il is not my purpose to phi
loSophisc, If | could | only state facts. Suf-
fer me 10 say, however that If this imperfect
sketch should meet the eye of the venerable
DR.. Mans, | hope ii viii be consistent both
! with his pleasure 0aI his convenience 10 favor
your numerous #w#.tcrs with his views upon
these remarkable H.I fearful phenomena Of
III" winds But aH. General rush Of winds
was northwari-. evidenced by the drift of
timbcrs and tn" u#t#"s # the dead The
whirliug nature ~ aa Winds Is manifested by
the debris scatter i a### either hand. As 10
the direct force Of H. wind, | give, for the
present. one noteworthy instance:
a green oaken board, after being carried
some three or -four hundred yards, was driven
10 the depth Of seven inches into the cleft OF a
white oak, Is II with maui swung with
giant power. In the immediate track Of the
storm the rain fell in torrents, while outside
OF ii, at least for any distance, Their" was but
little, and the ground over which the fury of
the tornado passed is covered over with rutS,
such rs are usual 10 bc seen upon tn" banks of
running streams after great ir"shetS. These
are the prominent characteristics of both the
hurricane and tornado blended in this won
dcriul phenomenon Of nature Some also
represent il as having been attended by Il
glowing appearance; but few saw il. passing,
as IL did, with almost cannon ball velocity.
Every outbuilding through tho entire course
Of the tornado from the point OF fITSt attack
beginning with barn and stables of the Rev.
Mr.. Smith-was swept away. som" OF them 10
their very foundations. The same X true OF
feuCiugs In one case, where there was q lane.
the rails We're heap"d promlscuously between
the two OF The four dwellings occupied hY
white families, only one, that of Mr.. Joseph
Kinney, was left standing roof broken III and
shattered Outside Of the main channel, the
house of Mr.. Bccland was damaged by tlFIug
timbrrs The building occupied hy Mrs. Moss
was carried away 10 the floor, which was lite
rally covered with the debris Of ChiunCys ana
the tops Of fallen trees yet, Of the seven in
the house at the time, MI escaped with III"
save one Youngest son Of Mrs Lucy Jones
10 II ~ -
Jones, badly injured. particularly the first
named. Strange 10 say, Il child or Mrs. Nancy
Jones Crawlcd from benea ia Il fallen tree, with
hardly 4 scratch. The kitchen was occupied
hy BuTrel B!ufurd .culorcdb and his wife and
another woman. or these, Barrel was blown
TO a distance OF nifty yards, and killed. His
wife was severely Injured. She was carried
twice in the air, and says she saw fragments
of timber lying thlckas leaves in an autumnm
gale
The dwelling of Dr. James II Montgomery
was lifted from its foundations, turned over
and dashed TO pieces. Himself ana wife were
severely injured lttl" daughter slightly, his
son escaped unframed.
But the residence Of Mr. J. G.. Bailey
suffered most, both rs 10 itself and inmates
Mr.. Bailey being found dead at the dIstanc" OF
a hundred yards. and his wife 1T tn" distance
Of three or four hundred yards. This build
ing encountered the f.cTtost assault OF the
tornado. and was better calculated 10 test lls
strength than either OF III" other mrnuon"ut
bslE new, Ill-'. anu b'tIlA u - lh@'A 49,
but was rs a feather before II. It's lighter ma
torial. such Is roofing, planklug, sash, and WIN
dow blinds. We're carried far away, showers OF
their fragments falling six miles and more
distant Even of its heaviest tinhers, lew
were left near its former site, many OF them
being thrown to dtStanC" OF hundreds OF
wards One in particular, foundation sill.
forty or fifty feet long and some lively" lnches
square, passed above some buildings two nun
dred yards distant, aud fell III street IN n
broken shiyercd condition. \ reasonable
supposition IS that this building, contain {
its doomed occupants, was lifted mp from is
foundations entire, and torn 10 fragments as
hurried on by the whirlng storm.