The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1871-07-01
THE GREAT STORM OF TUES
DAY LAST.
Houses UnrOOfed and Houses
Blown Down.


Damage to the City $4,000.
The town of Hickman was visited on
Tuesday last by most terrific and des-
tructive storm. Ia some instances houses
were unroofed and others entirely blown
down and wrecked, fences swept away on
the fore winds, and large trees untopped
and uprooted The storm began threat
ening about l o'clock, and the observsnt
noticed that heavy clouds were approach
ing both from the north east and north
west, and it must have been the meeting
of these two angry storms, coming from
different directions, which formed the
furious whirlwiud which swept every
thing before it. Itappesred to mark a
track of about one hundred yards vide
where it was widest and strongest, and
where it Iavished its most destructive
fury. The storms appear to have met or
collided just above town, where they
united their strength for the destruction
of everything within eheir sweep. The
6rst object of destruction was the splen-
did wharf boat, Luminary, of Overton,
Steele g. Co, which was unroofed and
more than one half of the cabin crashed
and swept into heriver. The damage
to the boat will reach S.. The next,
was the comparatively new frame freight
shed belonging to the Nashville and
Northwestern Railroad, which was level
ed to the ground, and is a complete
wreck. To replace this house, with the
damage to the machinery, ETC., will cost
s., at the least calculation. The
next point of destruction was the Robin
son brick block, occupied by the dry
goods house of Plaut Bro, the clothing
house of Plaut Bro, and the dry goods
house of It. L. Norris. Here the storm
king struck with most fury, carrying the
roof of this entire block before its power
like feather, and sending. its timbers
aud flying debris with such fury as to
crush the roofs and side walls of ada
cent buildings. The roof of Mrs. j. b.
Roses two frame stores was crashed in
and her stock and building otherwise
damaged; the roof of Freuz's Hall cap
sized and the top of the front wall knock
ed down; one half of the roof and the
front wall of John Simonese' grocery
house smashed by the falling timbers
from the Robinson block. Passing on
from Clinton Street it next struck the
residence of Mrs. Heron, upturning the
roof and leveling her fencing with the
ground. The residence of Mr.. Mp,
Harness adjoins this, from which the
front porch was blown away. In West
Hickman, a new frame, belonging to an
industrious, hard working negro man, by
the name of Wallace Winston, was
blown to the ground and nearly every
thing in it a total wreck, and also
nearly demolished the roof of one
wing of Ambergs stemery. The storm
passed on through West Hickman, pre-
AerSiue a track of loo or 15O yards vide.
uprooting and untopping trees, and in
some places sweeping whole panels OF
| fencing before it. The damage to the
corn crop along the route We understand
to be great The damage inflicted Oh
the town Of Hickman, to houses, stock:
of goods, etc, can not be much less thar
/ SIS 600 or $4,000. The sufferers il
this calamity have the deep sympathy o
all in their misfortune. 1t is fortunate
and really wonderful, that amid all thu
wreck, and ruin and fury of the storm
not life was lost, and so far as we car
hear no one the least hurt. Large size'
timbers, rafters, shingles, etc, were ear
ried long distances through the air, ant
with such force as to rend whatever the.
CHANGED to strike. Persons were in al
the buildings, except the freight hous
and the house of the negro man Wal
lace, but made their escape unhurt.
A large number of workmen are nov
engaged in repairing the damages, an
everything will be in statu quo With
two or three weeks.