Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-25
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Damage 10 Houses, Fences and Fol
esfs in Miadse Tennessee.
The Pulaski Citizen of the 23d insl
says IA fearful storm passed over shi
place on Monday night 'lasi, frighteriin,
many of the inhabitsnts almost out 0
thar wits, but otherwise doing no dam
age" The Columbis Herald of the 2Sd
inst says; I've regret 10 learn that The
fne residence of Maj. Mart Cheairs, in
Spring Hill, was anroefed in the late
storm, and very much injured by the rain. /"
The franklin Repiero says OF the storm in
Williamson county; u
Our county has again been visited BY
q sudden and terrific tornado. Last year
q few days earlier, we had q visit from
the;"Wind God" which will be remem-
ibered for generations by our people. The
destruction of life and property then
was terrible. This last visit, although
not as destructive as the former, was
wider in lis operations. 1t had a sweep
OF more Than twenty miles in its deyas-
tatihg march, From all portions of
our county, we learn thai Che de-
struction to houses, fences and stock
has been alarming. In town the panic
was general, on the approach of the
{" Wind Demon Trees were blown
down, ehimneys thrown of, roefngs
torn loose and scattered far and vide.
The courthouse had two Of the chimneys
cast upon the ROOT, and the tin covering
considerably damaged. Our fellow
fownanaan w. n NDa.L:n. IA AZ ! -. =
torn from his tine new residsnce and the
plastering and paper badly damaged By the
lnt1ax of the torrents Of rain. Mr.. Henry
Resms, living at the ~Halfacre place.
suffered more than any one We have heard
Of The Eouse is one of the strongest and
best built in the county. The roof was
carried entirely of and some of the walls |
thrown 10, the carriage house DESTROYED, |
barns overturned stock killed, fences
blown away and forests destroyed, there
and in the neighborhood. Connected with |
the destruction at Mr. Reams' Is thrilling
episode that ought to convince the most
skepticsl that there is certainly much |
truth in the doctrine of special Proyi-
denee. The Misses Halfacre, sisters-in-law
Of Mr.. Reams, were up in the second |
story in room Immediately over theroom
in which Mr.. Reams and family were
sleeping, At the first distant multer-
lngs Of the tornsdo's tread they became
alarmed, and got up and awaited its
approach. Nearer and nearer it came
lntil finally the young ladies just had time
10 rush into the room where their brother
n-law and family were, when the very
room which they had left 10 such haste
vas exposed to the pelting rain, and the
Tery bed in which they had been sleeping |
vas filled with the deOris of the broken
walls. The house was nearly destroyed
'ut the room in which the family were
heltered was unhurt, while around and
bove them was destruction danger and
Ieath. What man is wicked enough to
ay that this was chance? No, il is not a
lind fate and chance which rules the
1orld. No, sir; we believe in special
'roVldence; and 1t has rarely ever been
lesrer exempli6ed than in this case Mr..
rank Hsrdeman lost twenty-five or thirty
ores of excellent timber. tEs ga II
The Lebanon Herald and Register reports I
be ravsges of the storm in Wilson county
3 follows:
AAiCO AhiiCo HOm ASOduODy on the /
las viile pike, the storm ragged with great
Try. Large trees were torn up BY the :
pots and twisted off fifteen and twenty 9
LET above the ground. We noticed in /
lat neighborhood seven or eight large |
ices around the residence of Mr. PhiIpOt,
one of them hundred yards of, and 3
'me of them, if they had fallen in the Z
ght direction, close enough to have
battered the house to pieces. Oar friend
iaynes, two miles northwest of town, who
adj his fences all blown down two or
lree weeks age, came in for his full
hare of damage. His fences were all
sveled again. 10 the neighborhood of
iladesyille, ten miles southwest of Lee
anon, the trees were uproOled by the
undred, and the fences nearly all blown
way. Various portions of the county
Altered more or less. We have heard Of
o damage being sustained more serious
ian the uprooting of timber and the blow
lg away of fences" -.-s -.--l