New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-22

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ef the pGils in fifteen mauteSs %heh TIE tteliluli
of the writer of this who was ait the time stanuE
inG III the court house hall was attracted by q 4
peculiar roaring neise, which he for the moment [
imagined to be caused By n team oI running
hnrses. Passing from the ball TO the yard, q tear.
fai scene presented itself III the Mesta spiral
column eoinnosed Of shingles, planks, sticks
brush, etc. proclaimed the approach OF the tor
nado. This column rose to the height OF Two
bundled feet OF more, and as the flying DEBRIS
lnarked tle spiral currents, and tile whole moved
a With irightfuI speed, bearing every obstacle |
ID I'd II It'll Irresistible force, the view was a'slai
yet grand.
ms tornado entered the city at its west bound, |
airy. Here d strip of scattered wooaiaha na0
been crossed, and the track of the current was
marked by the falling timber. AT the entfales
az the town the current was about fifty yarGs " /
Width and here it struck small frame na,n /
owned BY D. ESD which ~ wv,
seventy 1--WE yards distant. In the lnfalleui ~
yicirity il swspt away two other stables ana ~:
Young i wood house. The current was MOVING
at this lime about fifteen degrees norta q eass'
and is center WAS on the alley, which oecaslonea
Tie demolition Of the stables, while the evening
honsas on either side escaped. AZ the next ueI
'of lots greater damage was done. a small 1eMsa
log house was unroeteg, owned ~ alLs Sui w
ana Immediately east John We house was ialq
I "a rIlins This was small frame. structure, the
sonth end Of which, being more Immediately n
thesIine Of the current was comp Torn OUT
The inmates were in#the north side, ana though
1 none were UuEby yGbsu tAS 8teel1
| miraculous escape they made.
/ Al this point the current seems to have sWoopeu
To the north, some forty feet or more, Wnefe ~
raised the roof Of small brick mouse owned ny
4 Henry Goodman. From thence there was an open
i gpaoe Of one hundred yards or more, through
4 which conrsed small run. On the eastern Dank
stood d brick house, the residence Of John Hlgll.
Il THIS was a one-story building; containing tour
Il mail rooms besidesa kitchen and clubhouse. IN
the dwelling was Mrs. High, an old lady lying on
a sick bed and hrs. Gibson, her sister the Storm
There seemed to rage ia it's greatest fHry. BRICKS
II ana mortar eFumhled like dust before IT.. me
ranf was carried away the wall fell inward Ihe
Eoeiliur ana an came fumbling down. Mrs High
u was covered with bricks, while pertlonof the
iioists rested upon her bed. Mrs Gibson, VII was
on the floor was foand in sitting posture, buried
y lfn the debris to her shoulders. Both We're se-
Ysrely, and, as Was supposed fatally injured
!. Not i chair, or cupboard or other article Of fnr
4 fnifure that we saw; but was broken IN pieces,
save the clock on the mantle, which continued TO
\. tell minutes as thongh the devastating storm mad
never been.
q From this point The storm swept on a distance
of some fifty yards or more, when Il struck tne
corner of a new tw0-story frame, when IL threw
n off the foundation, and one end showed around.
1t new board fence was pushed down, the posts
Of which were actually laid leFel with the earth
! Two stables and q wood house were raised mere
= EShen the storm passed over another reach q
s1ne one hundred yards, without DONG daLnage
M any building, save shop and an old log stable
1 But al this place the saddest tragedy OF alt was
1 EeaaofsA Some four or i've little boys were al
ti8Dlay on the commons and took refuge from the
I Storm III an old stable. One Of these, 9fghi
lifsie fellow, only. four years Old, son Of Mr.
! join Foregay siegel. was killed by the wreck.
The tornado had now swept through Nes'
ITaAlSlin ana was about TO enter Franklin proper
I The objective point vas similar TO the place Of
: entry orig iaaliy. Two stables placed upon the
fareaF of lots were flattened, and large and com
fnddi9us barn, belonging to George King. was let
mass 81 ruins. together with all the sheds and
oltbuildlngs.
4 HstaTding close at hand. was unroofeds when the
Storm crossed Main street, being at this place 2
! little over squares distance from the court
! hoase and less than that from the main part Q
4 the town Three buildings standing on the cas-
side III this street, all received injury. Doors anl
L Wiudows were broken, besides the root Of one
4 Is. q. Mooreis being forced to one side, ln tht
Y rear of these buildings me- stable Was lad over
!, aethaT with other damage TO 0utBulldlngs. I'm
Il saIiaTA east Mrs AIexander's frame house wa
/ utiFoofed and two oil three stables demolished
{ Another square, and DR.. Gill 3 house was unshin
vi lied and d little further en- the extensive sta
g biipp known as the s. Beggs stables, were LETT
4 scrnsF Of matter. Just east and across Raroa
street vas the Jeif4rsonyie depot, 81 hieh4 Teoeiy
ing the full force II The storm, hes heap 81 nrle
i and mortar.
y All it was growing late when We arrived thus "a
y jill uuf course we did not follow its iine any M
y Their We learn that some three or four HOUSE
we're injured more or less ere it left the town an
Y that Mr.. John Bowles residence, half mile cas-
X was visited and badly damaged.
y Had the storm pIoWed through the bushes
4 part ef oiir eity.the damage might have bee
T almost iaealculable to IT'S prosperity.
: The casualties are remarkably few ~ adui5lo
/ t0 those mentioned above Mrs. GarHlille mad g
I arm broken, and Mr. JOSEPH Covert, who found
safe refrestby laying fiat On the earth had ms lac
! fcut by flying MISSILE We saw little boy nam
! unkRoWa, led from heap Of rubbish but ne Wa
. evidently more scared than hurt.
4 AS one of the incidents d lady pointed out
7 hole Id the side of her house, which looked
u though ii had been made by cannon shot:
Y acantling supposed to have been carried frol
Il Kings barn, Ho squares distant, had plunge
through, end foremost; and, after boring throug
the door, buried itself in the earth.
Is another Incident might be mentioned the faa
that Tie depot agents. and Ill persons there at Il
~ time, fed from the building into the open Hpat
q in trent in time to escape the tGnbliag wallis