Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-19
WEST TENNESSEE.
Cyclone in Madison COunty--Its Work
of Destruction. H .

of Destruction. @
From the Jackson Whig, May l6.
We give below all the particulars we
have been able 10 gather concerning the
terrible cyclone which visited the northern
portion of this county on Wednesday last.
Near Gadsden il ragged with greatest
fury, sweeping everything before it. The
dwelling honse of Mat Boykin was blown
TO pieces, killing negro and burying him.
self and wife in the ruins; their injuries
were, however, slight. Several persons
we're injured in the neighborhoOd, though
none seriously. Passing on in a northeast
direction, the storm left wide track Of
ruin in its wake; tearing up forest trees,
demolishing houses, and taking in its fear
ful sweep almost every movable object that
lay in It's path. boo
Reaching the farm Of Mr.. Wm. Bird
song, it blew down all his honses and did
great injury to his crop. The force of the
wind was 80 great that cotton plants and
turnips we're twisted ont of the ground and
carried along for miles in the whirling
current.
Leaving Birdsong' =. the next victim was
Mr.. Joseph Mullins. Mr.. Mullins resi-
dence was a la,ge log building, strongly
built of massive timbers. 1t resisted for
short time the force of the terrible storm,
but finally parted in pieces. Some of the
hewn logs werS carried two hundred yards,
and some OF them were found with one end
buried deep in the ground. When the
storm came up, Mr.. Mullins and his family
were in the house. Seeing that the build
ing was being torn in pieces, he seized his
three little children and pushed them
| quickly under a bed, which doubtless saved
| their lives, a. the room was soOn filled with
the debris Of falling iimbers The escape
| Of Mr. Mullins and wife was almost mirac-
| ulous, as that part of the room in which
| they took refuge, near strong Partition
wall, was the only portion that was free
| from the falling rafters, etc.
The next sufferer was Mr. Jno. Warmoth,
on whose place everything was destroyed
houses, fences, trees, everything. Mr..
| WarmOth was a faithful Southern soldier,
| having served during the war He had
but recently bought the farm on which he
| was living had made one payment, and
was looking forward to the money that he
would derive from this years crop to make
| the last payment. The storm came upon
| him in the midst OF his manly struggles
and fond hopes, aud left him only macs
| of ruins.
| The next victim was Mrs. Miller widow
lady, whose house was destroyed and she
herself slightly bruised.
Rushing on in its course Of destruction,
the Baptist Church at Antioch next met
| the fury Of the cyclone and was consider
ably damaged.
| We have heard 80 many conflicting ac-
! counts Of the extent Of the damage doue by
this terrible storm, that We have been at a
loss 10 know what 10 receive and what TO
reject The particulars given above were
furnished TO rs by Mr.. Martin Carimell, Of
this county, who visited in person the
scenes OF devastation and rain We have but
family drawn. Mr. Cartmell eays that in
some places, in cultivated fields, it is i'm
possible TO ride on horseback, owing to the
accumulation Of limbs Of trees and other
matter brought from distance and
dropped ON the spot.