The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-29
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so high that MIR. Taylor, loaded
down as he was, found great diff
Guilty in moving along; but, finally.
by almost superhuman efforts, he
succeeded in reaching a tree up
which he pushed the children, fol-
lowing himself soon after. The
whole party remained on their perch
for six hours before the waters sub
sided sufficiently for them 60 de-
scend. When they returned to the
house they found the yard piled
high with driitwood, forming a sort
of breast work, which undoubtedly
prevented the building from being
swept away. The bursting of the
waterspout in this locality was a
phenomenon which will long be re
membered. just before it occurred
the clouds assumed a dead greenish
color, and the atmosphere was
highly impregnated with ozone. II
is impossible just now to estimate
the damage done in this particular
locality, but it must be tremendous.
The farm of Mr.. Sam Angus, ly-
ing on one of the tributaries of Big
Creek, about a mile from Lynnville,
was badly damaged. A blacksmith
shop on the place was blown down
and washed off, while nearly all the
fencing is gone.
The farm of Col. David II. Par
sons suffered considerably. Some
of the cattle were drowned, the land
was badly washed and the fences
swept away.
A large barn IN the old DR.. Rut-
ledge place was blown down and ut
terly demolished.
The tempest and flood played
havoc with Maj. j. B. Stacy's farm
five miles from town. Sixty head
of fine Southdown sheep were
drowned, and the land was so badly
washed that his crop will have to
to be replanted. The splendid rock
fence on this place withstood the
fury of the flood, and though a
large portion of it was submerged,
none of it gave way.
Mr.. R. H. Ragsdale, of Aspen
Hill, had IL head of sheep drowned,
and Esq. c.. H. Tidwell, miles
from Pulaski, lost 80 head.
Mr.. Bob Pullen, on Pigeon
Roost creek, lost one hundred pan
els of fence.
Capt Jas. E. Alternately, at Ar
lington Mills, on Big Creek, says
the rainfall on his place was the
heaviest he ever witnessed. A
mere rivulet, which runs through
his horse lot assumed the dimen-
sions of a river, and a spring
branch on the north side of the
farm which was never out of its
banks before flooded his orchard
and swept away one hundred pan
els of fence.
The damage done in the fine re-
gion of country around Buford's is
almost incalculable. Hundreds OF
acres of planted crops were de-
stroyed, and nearly every farm is
ruined by the heavy deposit of sed-
1ment left by the flood. Mr.. w. G.
Alternately, who has one of the fin
est fields of cotton in the county,
says it is washed 50 badly that
more than one-half must be re-
planted.
Mr.. f, G. Buford's stock farm
was badly damaged. The fencing was
nearly ali washed away but the flood
considerably returned to him about
as many rails as it carried off. He,
too, will find it necessary TO replant
the greater part of his cotton crop
In his immediate vicinity the storm
ragged with unexampled fury and the
wind attained tremendous velocity.
Trees, instead of being torn up by
the roots, were snapped off two and
three feet above the ground. a
very large tree was blown down in
his yard, the laps barely missing the
house.
On Weakley's creek, below the
mouth of Hams branch, the rain
fell in such quantities that it is
said the water rose In the fields to
the height of ten feet in less than
three-quarters of an hour. A ne
gro child in this neighborhood
is missing, and it is thought it
was drowned.
The storm reached Pulaski about
81 o'clock. coming from the north
west, and leaving behind it huge
bank of blush black clouds which
moved slowly in a north east direc-
ton. A stiff breeze preceded it, but
the wind at no time was sJrong
enough to do any serious damage.
The rain, however, poured down in
torrents, and continued almost
without interruption for three hours
and half. Pleasant Run was soon
out of its banks, flooding the bot
tom where the circus tent had been
pitched. Fortunately for the show
men, they had already struck their
tents and removed the cages of the
else there would have been
a menagerie afoat, and a large lot
of circus gear gathered up by the
A strong rock pier, 4
feet square and steadied by a heavy
cedar post driven two feet in the
ground, recently erected by Mr.. d.
S. Martin, near the factory, was
swept entirely away. With this
exception, we have heard of no Sc
rious damage being cone in the
town. The violence of the storm
prevented evening services from be
ing held at the churches.
1t is difficult TO estimate the dam
age done throughout the county by
the wind and the food, but those
who have given the subject some
thought believe that it will not fall
short of $4,000. The freshly
planted and growing crops have in
many places been ruined and a
great deal of the best land in the
county is left in a condition that
will seriously emba-rass farming
operations. The southern and
eastern portions of the county es-
capped lnjury-at least none has so
far been reported.
Everything in Dry Goods, Clothing,
etc., at lowest prices in Pulaski at
ianl5-tf /. HANNEBERG'S.
Rev. Thomas F. Gailor's lecture
at Martin College last Friday