Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-02
GREAT STORM.
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Further Particulars Of the Rayages
of Wind and Hail. -


Owing to the extraordinary press
upon our local columns yesterday
morning, which took up every avail
able line of space, VIC were compelled
TO omit an account ia egtetsO of the
great storm of wind, rain AID hail
which visited these regions on
Wednesday evening. We have, how
ever, cleaned a few incidents that
were not reported in the other norm
ing papers, and herewith present
them;
A pair Of heavy cotton scales that
were standing on the bluff, In front Of
A. j.. Whites, on Front row, and
which, weigh several hundred pounds.
We're caught in a whirl or eddy Of
wind, lifted clear of the earth, and
deposited on a truck which was stand
ing mar. This was witnessed, we are
informed, by several reliable gentle
men.
\ young sycamore tree, on the cor
nor Of Beal and Second, tho trunk
perfectly sound, ard about eight
inches in diameter, was broken smooth
OF, about two feet from the ground.
y wagon loaded with cOrd-WOod,
coming into the city on the fernando
road, was caught in the path of the
cyclone, or young whirlWind anxious
to get up a sideohow for itself, and in
an instant the wood was sent flying in
every direction, the driver ian old ne
grO) jerked from his seat and thrown
to tie earth with a violence that
stunned him.
May little patches of corn and
other vegetables around the suburbs
were whipped into " frazzlings." On
Causty street some peach trees were
stripped of every semblance of fruit.
The large sign of Messrs. Brooks g.
Nicely was carried to an immense
hight, and was found sometime after
wards ont at the Charleston Railroad
depot.
No. only was the roof taken of of
Montgomery < Co.'S cotton press, but
even the rafters and ioists were hurled
from their position, and other damage
done to the extent of $1,000.
The sign of the Southern Life In
sUrarce Company was blown over the
Commercial Bank and landed on the
top of an awning On the East side Of
Main street, smashing it down and
doing considerable damage.
The framing ofthe roof of the Tenn
pie of Virtue was lifted completely of
the walls, and then settled down
again, displacing and hurting to the
earth a large portion Of the cOFniee
and upper briekwork.
The residence on the corner ofThird
and Winchester streets, occupied By
VIM Warrington, Esq, and the house
adjoining, were stripped Of their roofs.
Strange TO say, that although the
houses were full Of occupants. none
were injured.
But the tornado. with all It's terrOrs,
bowling winds and driving rain, was
not without its comic side, and there
were scenes witnessed that would
have brought a grin to the features Of
a mCribund. One stout old gentle
man who undertook to run across
Main street, neal Union, just as the
storm burst and the wind came howl
ing over the river from the Arkansas
shOra, like ten thousand devils with
out s. kappelmeisteF, vas caught about
midway, and in an instant his hat and
wig were snatched off and sent Whirl-
ing q on the wings of the wind through
the boundlesS immensely Of space"
His hands, which he clapped up to
hold them on, descended upon a head
as bald as a billiard ball-t0 late, alas.
to seize the covering.
One lady of an uncertain age had q
g power of trouble" with her skirt.
MOdeSty fOrbidS giving the details,
but We viii avOUch that she vas in
earnest when she vowed that she
never - would be caught out again
when it looked like a storm with one
of them things on"