The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-03-26
Tennessee Showers-Rain, Hail.
Wind, and Water-Speuts, Ali at
Once,
from the Nashville Banner, T7th.1

terrific storms in this county, but it
was almost q nothing compared to
what occurred elsewhere. The clouds
opened and 6elu@cd all the country
around us. in places it almost rose
to the magnitude OF Watcr-spout.
Streams were suddenly swollen and
spread OFT "N1r the earth. swallow
in@ up bridges, small o%uthouses, fen
ceS. and, i'll fact, everything which
happened to come within their dcS-
tructivc reach. But Moore and Lin
coin counties were visited by not on
" heavy storms. but Water-spOutS
which proved very damaging. y
heavy gale visited L%ynchburg, the
county site of Moore county. 1t
brought with il a heavy black cloud.
whose appearance was extremely
t~orcbodin". 1t proved very disaS-
trous. rs the clouds came Ovcr the
town a Water-Spout broke loose with
all its force, and the land was almost
inStantanrOuSly covered with water.
and the small creek which, i'll Ordilia-
~ times. ripples by that town, be-
came Il river in Il remarkably short
space of time. The wonderful phcn-
mono was accompanied by hail Of
the size of hen eggs. 1t fell 50 fast
that the stream was covered with
Il broad sheet of ice. which more or
less CONCEALED into great Jumps. The
hail-StoncS made sad havoc with the
poultry. killing almost every fowl
they struck. Even the geese and
ducks not been given time to swim
out. They were swept down stream
and ~"itcd TO death.
logs, sheep, cattle and strvcx, una
Die to csrape. were also carried down
on the auGrv bosom of the raging
stream. and hundreds ofthem drown
ed, Small hOuscS tumblcd over into
tho food and away they went. The
storc-house of Colonc! hughes dis
tilicry, containing ono hundred and
fifteen barrels OF whisky, was taken
down stream some three or four hun
drcd yards. Eighty barrels were re-
covered: TWENTY-FIVE lost. Among
The number farley & Eaton had sew
cn barrels. but succeeded i'll saving
five. Tariev 4 Eat0n'S diStillcry was
washed a distance OF fifteen or tWcn-
" feet. sustaining much damage. The
following letter gives Il faithful ac-
count OF the disastrous effects OF the
water-SpOut which occurred i'll Lin
coin county.
Special Correspondence of the Banner.
FAYETTEVILLE. Tenn. March l..
1S75.-Ic>terday. about 9 o'clock, a
very dark cloud passed north of this
place. aud soon the citizen. were much
aSt0niShcd ut the sudden rise OF Nor
ris creek, which emptics into Elk riv-
or lust east Of our town. Its raging
tide brought down rails. legs. turni-
ture. hogs. cattle, sheep, and even
houses. Fears of serious damages
were entertained Yesterday by Our
people, but nothing definite was
known as to their extent until to-day
at and around Norris Greek, a flour
fishing VILLAGE Of this county, nine
miles northeast of this place. on the
Shelbvvillc and Fayetteville Pike. to
use i common expression, The bottom
fell out of the clouds, the rain fell i'll
torrents, such as were eve witness
cd before by the oldest inhabitants,
for one-half an hour, and mingled
with it was an immense quantity of
hail. The hail, after being dritted
together. was washed down the creek
i'll Jumps as large as nail kegs, having
congealeI after falling.
Mr.. Armstrong, OF Norris Greek
village. had his house swept away,
with all lis contents, he and his fam
lily barely having time to escape. His
wood and blacksmith shop, with tools
and material. shared a similar fate
Nj. Bells steam saw mill (at the same
place. was washed away. The water
reached Robertson 81 stones mill. and
did much damage TO grain, meal flour
and machinery. The stable Of f. w.
Cole, which stood just above Bells
mill. with all his feed, was p~recipitat-
ed down stream. Several mules be-
longing to various parties, as well as
lnany cattle, hogs and sheep, were
washed down the stream and drown
ed. Fences all along the creek were
carried off. One mule, after having
been washed down the creek some
distance, came within reach of a
small plank fence, when he threw
his head ovcr it and held himself
there until the waters fell. 1t is re-
ported that Carri@er's distillery, on
West Mulberry, was washed away
The rain is said to have been very
heavy on Cane creek, but not nearly
so heavy as on Norris and West Null
berry. Norris creek is but a small
stream. | have heard of no one
drowning, SO far.