Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-25

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the inmates. These are mentioned as speci
mems of numerous instaneesof narrow es
capes.
The dwelling of Martin Patterson, who
with little child, was the only person il
the house at the time, was literally blown
away. Mr.. Patteson received injuries ii
the back and spine from falling timbers
from which it is feared he cannot recover
The little child was picked up in drown
ing condition afterward, on the opposit,
side of the street from where the hous,
stood.
The Fafed Family.
The dwelling of Mr.. f. D. Hodgkins
editor of the Chronicle, was a frame, anC
stood in the centre of the whirlwind':
path. 1t was almost levelled with the
ground and partly blown away. The
bodies of Mr.. Hodgkins, his wife and foul
little children, the Oldest aged five years
were all found in room, close together
Severe bruises are visible about the heads
Of the father and mother, but no marks
can be seen on the bodies Of some of the
children, and it is supposed that fright and
strangling, or smothering, had much to dc
with their taking of. A brother of Mr..
Hodgkins was in the house at the time,
and was picked mp afterward in an uncon-
scious state, but was found not to be very
seriously hurt.
The deceased was a prominent member
Of the Episcopal Church, an officer in the
State Grand Commandery of Masons, and
was formerly editor of the North Ald-
bdmidn and Times. The loss of himself
and family is deeply felt in the COM
munity.
The Catholic Church was a new frame
building, having cost about 8, 600. 1t was
levelled with the ground.
The Despler Female Institute was new
three-story brick, a very handsome piece of
architecture, costing between $4,000 and
$4,000. The two upper stories were
blown off and one wall of the lower blown
in. No one was in it at the time, it having
been used only as a place of instruc-
tion in the day. A dwelling on
the same lot, being part of
the Institute property, was occupied
by the principal Of the school, Rev. Mr..
Custar, his wife, several teachers and a
number of young ladies and children. The
roof of this was taken of, and the trees
around it blown down, but no one was
hurt.
All this property was devised for school
purposes by Mr.. Deshler, father of Gen.
Deshler, who fell at Chicamauga.
Ex-Governor Lindsley,s dwelling was
unroofed and in other ways damaged. II
was occupied by the Ex-Governor and his
family and all escaped unhurt.
The brick residence of Hon. j. B. Moore
stood on an eminence and was struck by
the storm with greater fury probably than
any other. Il went to pieces from the
roof to the ground, killing Mrs. Moore and
two children, little girls, aged seven and
two and half years, respectively. Two
other daughters were taken from the pile
afterwards, badly bruised but not fatally
injured. Another little girl, Lille Elliott,
a niece Of Mrs. Moore, was in the house,
but after the crash succeeded in getting out,
when she ran directly to a neighbOr's
house, a short distance away. A negro
woman also came out Of this wreck alive.
Mrs. Moore was one of the idols of Tus-
cumbiasociety-ana accomplished, viyaciOus
and high-souled woman.
Mr.. Moore is one of the first lawyers Of
the Tuscumbia bar. The Senatorship, to
which he has just been elected, is the first
office he has ever held. Devoted to his
family, he was never separated from them
for any length of time. His is cup Of
grief rarely pressed to mortal lips.
The step-mother of eX-GOy. Winston was
also the mother-in-law of ex-Gov. Linds-
lev. The house in which she was killed
was a large, square two-stOry brick, built at
a cost Of $4,000 in gold before the war,
and located IN rich grove of transplanted
trees. The roof was blown of, and large
portion of the walls blown down. The
trees nearly all fell, and lie in an immense
heap around the house.
Mrs. Winston was occupying an upper
room, and becoming uneasy, evidently, at
the near approach of the storm, started
down stairs, when she received the fatal
blow about the head from a falling beam,
from the effects of which she died in the
course of twenty minutes. Her son-in-
law, John A. Stule, and family, were on
the lower floor, but all escaped the flying
brick and timber.
The scenes Of Sunday Night.
The approach of the storm Sunday even
ing is described to me as resembling the
noise of running train, as many sup
posed it was. It was preceded for some
time by continual flashes of lightning, that
kept up an incessant glare over the heavens.
There was little or no thunder. When
the violent and destroying gust came, Il
lasted, it is said, no longer than q minute
and half. Then followed such torrents
of rain as are rarely seen, and but little time
elapsed till almost the entire population Of
the town was on the streets. Fright, COLI
fusion, CONSERVATION and wailingi There
was no sleep in Tuscumbia during that
night save the sleep of death.
Extent of the Loss.
Ny sketch, necessarily hasty and de-
sultory, has given no adequate idea of the
loss or of the suffering which would follow
but for the generosity of sympathizing COM
munities, whose contributions have al
ready begun to arrive.
The poor and the well-to-dO have lost by
the disaster, but the poor are in this re-
spect in the majority, and their effects hav-
ing all vanished at the beginning of win
ter they have nothing to depend upon in
a future of need. / find the town
and country in very poor
condition, and on this account,
l think the more aid will have to come
from abroad. Money, especially, is re-
quired to rebuild for winter, though pro
visions and clothing are needed as well. 1t
is an exceedingly moderate estimate TO say
that the loss to property, real and personal,
could not be repaired with less than $780,
600.
Relief Committee.
At a citizens meeting yesterday a relief
committee of five, consisting of Joseph
Hiilman as treasurer, Rev. II. p. Smith,
Rev. It. II. Davenport, John d. Inman,
and Col. L. b. Thornton, was appointed to
solicit and distribute aid.
NashvfIle's First Fruits
saw this morning check for $50, sent
by Byrd Douglass, of Nashville, and was
informed that a cask of meats and thirty
odd sacks of -four had arrived from Car
rick, Hollins & Co., of Nashville. These
are TIE first contributions received, and i
believe they got here as soon as the UNION
AND AMEMCAN reporter did.
The funerals of part Of the dead are
to take place this afternoon, and the rest
tomorrow.