Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-19
TFFE STORM ELSEWHERE.
& General Blow.
Disastrous Results at Cave city.

A special to the Louisville Cour5er-Jour- |
nal gives the following particulars of the |
dreadful tornado at Gave City on the Louis |
vile and Nashville Railroad:
CAVE CRY, Jan. IA tornado struck |
the southern portion of this town on the |
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, eighty |
five miles from Louisville this morning, at |
four o'clock. About fifty houses were COM
pletely destroyed, and not less than 500
persons were rendered homeless and desti-
tude of clothing and food. 1t all occurred
in less than two minutes The moon went
down before day, and the darkness was in
tense. The houses were literally torn to
splinters, not even whole single being
left Some were carried away and scat
tered to the winds, and others crdshedupon
their foundations
BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
The tobacco barn of G. L. Middleton,
containing ten thousand dollars worth OF
tobacco, was blown to fragments, and large
quantities of the tobacco were found three
or four miles from the site of the barn.
The handsome Union church, belonging
| to all the denominations, well furnished,
! and the only house Of public worship in
| the place, was torn to splinters.
| Inc DulluluR hIONn dS INC nidoOllG
Lodge and College is total loss.
! HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE.
Two-thirds of the families residing in
the place are made homeless and destitute
| of food and clothing. Considering that so
many persons were within the line of the
tornado, it is astonishing that SO few were
| killed or hurt Those who survived the
storm and have reviewed the scene of de-
| vastation say that it seems incredible that
anything could live within its reach.
THE STORM KING
undulated and gyrated, at times jumping
over houses and again going outside of its
course, snatching house or barn from its
foundation, playfully tossing it into the air
and scattering it to the winds, and then re-
Stunning its course. A piano is now lying
| in the public road, half buried in the mud
Clothing torn to shreds and furniture to
splinters are scattered in every direction.
The surface of large pond near the place
is covered with the debris, consisting of
fragments of all kinds of goods and furni-
ture.
INCIDENTS.
In many instances the clothing was lite
rally torn from persons, and yet they
received no serious injuries. Rev. J. B.
Grubbs, of the Christian church a resident
of Eminence, Ky, and well known in
Louisville, who has been conducting a
protracted meeting here, was hurt, it was
thought dangerously, but his injuries,
though serious, are not so bad as first sup
posed.
! TIE KILLED.
Among the killed are George w. PoyH-
ter, wife and child, Mrs. d. Sterrell, A S.
Davidson, sJohn MCGOWAN and child, the
two Vaughans and Miss Fitz.
MoRrALES WOUNDED.
Miss NJ Drane, Miss Neville, J. H Fos-
ter, J. H. Brown, D. Mckenzie and wife,
Dr. J. S. Wilson and wife, John Edwards
and W. Parrish.
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.
A. L. Mallory and nephew; Prof vii
liams, wife and children; Robert Jolly, wife
and child; Miss Jennie Farris NJ. Herman,
wife and daughter; Miss Moss Lively; two
of E. T. Ritter's children; two Of J. H
Fosters children.
| INCIDENTS.
G. W. Poynter was found some three
hundred yards from where his house stood
| undressed.
Davidson was found in pond, about 100
yards from his house.
4 house fell on Mrs. Sterrell She had
a two weeks old baby in her arms when
found. The baby was not hurt
Two men slept up stairs in Davidsons
| house. They were not hurt much.
HOMELESS
| About sixty families were rendered home
! less, and need aid and assistance very
badly.
A special to the Chattanooga Times has
the following in regard to the storm IN East
| Tennessee:
| KNOXVILLE, Jan. 1.-THE most severe
and destructive storm ever known here
! passed over this city to-day. Some Of the
finest buildings on Market Square were
unroofed. East Knoxville and North
| Knoxville also suffered severely from the
force of the wind.
! The new church building of the North
ern lIethodists and the Second Presbyte-
rian Church on the opposite side of the
street were severely damaged.
/! Reports from up the country indicate
| that the tornado WAS fully as fierce there as
| here. The Presbyterian Church at Messy
! Greek was totally ruined. The losses in
| this city by damages are not fully estima-
ted but will be several thousand dollars.
The Chattanooga Times also learns that
destructive tornado passed over Jackson
! county, Ala. At Paint Rock Station, thirty
miles from Stevenson, a substantial brick
| depot was demolished by its force; several
| freight cars were taken up from the track
and deposited fiftyyards from their original
| location, and several bales of cotton were
carried $50 yards. No person was injured.