Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-24
A Terrible Tornado at Tuscumbia,
Ala, Sunday Evening.
Half the Town a Heap of Ruins.
Twelve Killed and Scores Of 9th
ers Mangled.
A Family of Six Killed in One
House.
Churches, Colleges, Mills and
Residences Demolished.
A Railway Bridge Destroyed
and a Train Plunges into
a Creek.
Two Fatal Casualties at Monte
yallo, Ala.
West Virginia Adds Two More
to the List.

TUscUsBlA, Ala, Nov. pa terrible
storm occurred here last evening, at
O'Clock, destroying one-third of the resi-
dences. Twelve persons were killed and
many others injured. Mrs. William Win
ston, mother of the late ex-Gov. Winston,
the wife and two children of Hon. j. B.
Moore, Senator from this district, and +.
D. Hodgkins, Esq, editor Of the Chronicle,
with his wife and four children, were
killed. The Catholic Church, Deshler's
Female Institute, recently finished, many
of the finest residences, both of the Touring
mills, and the most substantial brick
dwellings in town were destroyed. Many
poor families are without homes.
A Lridge on the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad, near town, was destroyed, and
the eastward bound train was precipitated
into Spring Creek. Fortunately no one
was killed. The engineerwa badly burned.
1t will be 'severaldays before trains will run
through.
AA appear AoA eAAC DN0~aN@N~s
The Mayor appeals to Huntsville, Louis
vile, Nashville, Memphis, and adjoining
towns in the following terms:
Nearly half our town is in ruins. Twelve
persons have been killed and many wound
ed. A large number of families are en-
tirely destitute. The tornado came from
the southwest, passing northwest. Unless
immediate aid can be extended to us, much
suffering will be the result. We appeal TO
the charity of Christian public in behalf
of the unfortunate. H. F. NEwsUM,
Mayor of Tuscumbia-
A heavy storm has prevailed south and
west of here for twenty-four hours.
Another Town Destroyed.
SELMA. Ala, Nov. 23.-A terrible storm
visited Montevallo, So miles north Of Selma
last night. Twelve or fifteen houses were
destroyed, two persons killed and fifteen
or twenty injured, some seriously.
At COyiBgton and Newport, Ky.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 23,-A storm Of wind
last nigh: about IL O'Clock, unroOfed sew
eral houses in Coyington and Newport,
Ky.. inficting about 5000 damage, but
causing no personal injury or loss Of life.
Crossing the Ohio river, it passed up the
Little Mama valley with abated strength,
unroofing only few houses and blowing
fences down.
In West Virginia.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, Nov. 23.-This
evening the brick wall and rafters of the
round-house at Keyser, on the Baltimore
aud Ohio Railroad, West Virginia, were
blown down, burying number Of work
men under the ruins. Two labOrers were
killed and several injured.
Trenton. M.
TRENTON, Y. j., Nov. 23.-A hurricane
passed over this city in a northerly direc-
tion this evening, unrOofng and otherwise
injuring a number Of houses. No person
was injured.
Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. %. "A rain
storm, accompanied by hail aud lightning,
passed over the northwestern section of the
city this evening. The water in Newton
creek was lifted in the folm of a water
spout and carried over the causeway.
Needs Confirmation.
MONTGOMERY, Nov. 23.-The rumor
that a bridge on the Memphis and Charles
ton road was wrecked during the storm,
and that a passenger train went down, cauS-
inc death and injury to forty persons, need:
confirmation.
New York and Baltimore.
NEW YORK, Nov. pa heavy rain
storm swept over this city this evening. Nc
damage has been heard of.
A dispatch from Baltimore reports seve'
raj houses unrOofcd in that city and the
telegraph poles blown down.