Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-05
THE TORNADO IN KENTUCKY
HAD Freaks of the Storm and Further
Accounts Of its Destruction. o.
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Mad Freaks of the Storm and Further
Accounts Of its Destruction. o.
To the Editor of the Union and American.
HoPKINsyILL.E, KY, Oct. l.-About 8
O'Clock last Saturday afternoon the most
terrific tornado ever known visited the
neighborhOOd about eight miles Southwest
of this city. Among the unfortunates was
Mr.. John Bell, who had every house on his
place blown down, besides losing all OF bis
tobacco. Mr.. John Clark's residence was
blown to pieces and an unfinished one lifted
up and placed on the opposite side OF the
road. Frank CaYce lost two large barns
with their contents of twenty acres of fine
tobacco. Mr.. Roy Csyce's losses were also
heavy, though / have not learned the
amount. Messrs. Burrel Ritter, Geo. Eli
OFT, Ben Campbell, Sam Fox, and another
gentleman named Elliott suffered severe
loss in property. A barn belonging to Mr..
Ed Sommers, and containing large guam
tity of tobacco, was struck by lightning,
from which 1t took FIRE and burned. Many
stables were blown down, and in one were
eight horses, none ofwhich received injury.
In one stable was fine carriage, which the
wind drove along the street as if it were ir1-
PEELED by steam, until it stTHck tree and
was completely shivered. The only parts
of the shattered vehicle left to tell its fearful
fate were an axletree and an iron rod which
was found imbedded three inches in the
tree.
a gentleman, whose name omit, was
forced very unceremoniously to take
an aerial voyage of half mile,
going through the tops Of trees
over houses and finally falling into thorn
thicket. He said he liked cup there" very
much, but did not like the idea of having to
come down, in as much as he represented
1876 pounds of avoirdupois. Ee regretted
he had been caught without a large UNI
brella which would have answered the pur-
pose of a parachute. Luckily he was
blown through the branches OF a black
Jack tree in which his clothing became eli
tangled and broke thu fail which must
otherwise have been fatal. After lodging
momentarily in the tree he thought his
time had come and shuddering at the
| dreadful death before him shut his eyes as
iFunwilling to see what was going on. FOR.
| tunately the distance Was only twenty feet
to the ground upon which he fell insensi.
| BILE, but only received few bruises, which
painful, are net dangerous. WheI
| found, late in the evening, he was in G state
of nudity, his tattered garments waving
from the trse Top, where they had caught,
ike star spangled banners, except they die
not bare the well-known motto of pg;sri
bus lalm. His description Of his journey
among the cloGdS is Quite graphic. The
thrIder Jared him at every peal, and the
| lightnings leaped around him Ike merry
| demons. w
Another gentleman, who had Just return
I ad from town, hardly had time to unhitct
his horse from the buggy whan 1t was Iftet
| over ten.ral fence and blown into q aret
pond of water that had swollen very much
bv the rain. Since then the owner has
used a canoe aud been fishing unsuccess