Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-16

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slightly damaged. The plastering was scat
tered p~romiscuously over the floor and the
house fairly trembleds threatening every
moment TO topple over. The fence infront
of the house was laid fiat, and several Of
the window panes were broken.
The fine grove of trees in Byrd Douglass
yard, five miles out on the Charlotte pike,
were blown down, thus destroying one OF
the most beautiful groves Of trees in the
vicinity of Nashville.
A portion of the roof on the Vine street
schoOlhouse Eas blown off, but did not
damage it to any great extent We think
this is the second time this building has
been partially unroofed.
A tree twenty-four inches in diameter
was uprooted on Spruce street, near ex-
Mayor Morris residence.
a number of fences were blown down in
West Nashville, but this is the only dam
age sustained in that portion of the city.
Abou. two-thirds of the sky-light roofing
near the Vine street entrance to the Expo
sition building was blown of, which is said
to nave damaged the building four OF five
hundred dollars.
The Colored Benevolent Society were
having a jolly time in the building when
the accident occurred, it being a celebra-
ton of the anniversary Of the order. As
soon as the noise was heard overhead there
was a great rush for the doors, a number Of
the colored men and women praying and
screaming at the height Of their voices.
Several were knocked down and trampled
upon in their hurry TO get out of the
building. some of whom believed that the
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that it was falling down. There was no
one seriously hurt, but there was quite a
number greatly frightened.
IN SOUTH NASHVILLE.
On Cherry street. the first building in
iured was the residence of Capt. StOckell.
which stands on the west side of the street,
near Broad. Here a portion of the tin
roof was torn off and blown out into the
street, while a large tree standing in the
front ward was leveled to the ground. The
front wall ofthe Academy Of Music fell out
on to. Broad street with a tremendous
crash. burying beneath the debris the
horse and cart of a scayenger who was
driving down Broad street, killing the
horse and smashing the cart. The driver
had been knocked from his seat but a mo-
ment before by a falling limb of a tree, and
in all probability had it not been for this
fact. he would have been carried under the
falling wall of the theatre, by his frighten-
ed horse.
In the vicinity of the intersection OF
Broad and Cherry, great damage was done.
Dougherny's whisky store, adjoining the
Academy of Music, wa damaged TO the ex-
tent of at least a thousand dollars, to stock
and building. On the opposite side OF
Broad street, east of Cherry, die following
named were damaged: The stock of J. II.
Firth, produce dealer, was damaged about
$1,000, the building, which is the property
of Mrs. Fisher, being a total wreck.
The back wall of Kreebe & Co.'S har
ness shop was blown out into the yard, the
roof remaining intact, building injured to
the extent of 800; no damage to stock.
c. l.. Ringle had the roof of his store, in
the rear, broken in by the falling OF the
back wall of a high brick building which
fronts on Cherry street. His house was
filled with groceries, and the heavy goods
in the back portion of the building caused
the floor to give way, and they were pre-
cipitated into the cellar. His stock is dam
aged $1,000, and the building is injured to
a similar extent. 1t is owned by George
w. Sweeney.
Several other buildings in that vicinity
were injured slightly by having portions of
the roof torn off. On
CHERRY STREET,
the Furniture Store of John Beatty, and
Romans Iron Store, adjoining, were badly
injured by being unroofed and having the
back walls thrown down. Opposite these
buildings, on the west side of Cherry, VIM.
Flannigan's building was seriously dam
aged, while that of his neighbOrS, McCOr-
mack & Co., is injured to the extent of five
or six hundred dollars.
Beadle & Co.'S Feed Stable, corner of
Cherry * DemonbreUn, was completely de-
molished. There were a large number of
horses and wagons in the stable, the latter
loaded with cotton. \ large gray horse,
belonging to Councilman Slowey, was
drowned, as the stable stood over the back
water where il was several feet deep. A
fine mare. belonging to Mr.. Beadle, and for
which he had Just refused 1925, was buried
beneath the debris, and has not been seen
since. Several countrymen were sleeping
in the hay loft, and were very much sur
prised to find themselves suddenly exposed
to a drenching rain. Fortunately they all
escaped uniniured, and were soon engaged,
with others, in rescuing their horses from
their dangerous position. \ large force OF
men were employed all day yesterday, re-
moving the cotton bales and wagons from
the water which was rising rapidly in that
vicinity. Yesterday morning a chicken
coop crowded with drenched poultry was
seen floating about among the wagons.
Al...-- Ill -4,I1a on fha cArrfh TEaG a
small building occupied by Mr.. Warren
Hinston and his family, consisting OF a
wife and two children. He lost a leg dur
ing the war, and on the night of the storm
was
RENDERED STILL MORE HELPLESS
by sickness. Two neighbOr women and a
man were sitting up with Mrs. Hinston, her
husband and children being in bed. One
of the visitors rose to so about half-past
twelve. when Mrs. HinstOn, who had been
feeling very uneasy, begged her to stay,
when she replied: "Well, I've been with
you in six troubles, and I'll staywith you in
the seventh" At this moment the house
was thrown to the ground, falling into six
feet of water. The bed, upon which Mr..
Hinston and his children were lying, was
smashed into a thousand pieces, and aheavy
timber fell across Illusions chest, injuring
him slightly. Several persons ran to the
house at once, tore away a portion of the
roof. and rescued the inmates, of whom,
strange to say, not one was seriously in
jured, though all the furniture the building
contained was ruined.
Mr.. HinstOn is thus left without a shell
ter, with a family dependent upon him and
without a cent. Those of our readers who
are b~enevolently disposed, can do a kind
act by assisting him. He and his family
have been furnished 4 temporary home by
a kind neighbor, where they can be found
for q few days.
On the opposite side of Demonbreun
street the rear portion of BTyant's feed
store was blown down, as wa also a build
ing directly in the rear.
Parrish's large stable, on College street,
between Broad and D~emOnbreum, had
about o~ne-fourth of the roof torn of, the
heavy tin of which it wa composed being
rolled up in a ball and carried by the wind
to the corner of Cherry and DemOnbreun.
The ransom over fhe front door was car