The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-29

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ing ont the finest residence portion Of the
city, it turned toward the college. The west
building was dumped into heap OF lath and
plaster and broken timber, buryfng beneath it
eight students who roOmed therein, all Of whom
were afterward extricated more or less injured
and one dead.
The East College, fve-story building. was
unroofed, and fire followed after completing
its work of demolition.
at the colleges the whirling flend struck
straight across the Iowa Central Railroad, and
directly in its path lay loaded cars. The Great
Mogul engine was lifted completely OF the
track, and the train toppled on either side at
the whim of the wind Across the track was
the building of Prof J. w. Chamberlain,
Treasurer of the college, which was gathered
up in sections, and dumped in a disj0inted
heap, portions upside down, irretrieyably
ruined. Dr. r. n. Scotts house was turned
almost completely around. C. w. Hobarts
elegant residence and barn are completely
gone. Near by once stood the two-story house
in which Miss Abbie Agard was killed. There
is hardly sign left of it. In the vicinity stood
the house of -Hy Mcconnell, who was going
arouI almost demented carrying a lantern
in VIII ch there was no glass or light, shaking
it up and down in search of valuable papers,
which were blown away. Tho house was a
pile OF lath, splinters and plaster.
Retracing our steps among the acres Of
ruins in the vicinity, we came to block
which contained nine houses. All but one
wer eIeveled to the ground. In one house of
this block four persons were kiled-Mr. Ford
and wife. the hired girl and Mr.. Totten. In
this vicinity F. w. Williams house was un-
rooted. Prof Herrick's and Mrs. Morris two
houses were punched together. Not far off
stood Lucy Sanders fine residence, and what
of 1t that is not scattered over the adjoining
country is dumped into the cellar. There
were ten persons in Sanders cellar, and all
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are both gone; also the home of the Hon. G. f.
Craver, and also the large new residence of
Andrew Larrabee. The side and top of B. r.
Clark's house was blown of, also his barn.
The home of Mr.. Merrill, of Kimball s. Merrill
was unroofed. Then followed rows of houses
as fiat on the ground as the space will allow.
Among them John Carharts, Rufus Reeker's
r. Schaff's, editor Of the Signal; then Prof.
Bucks residence, and L. G. Phelps, and a
house belonging to Mr.. HAYES.
The hurricane took everything north OF
President Magoun's home, leaving that unin-
juerd. AT the northwest corner of the city the
storm leveled the house of Wilson Ellis as also
that of J. NJ. Ross; his wife was slightly In
jured, and the house of Henry Spaulding was
leveled- Then the home of Mr.. Kimball, OF
Kimball & Merrill, dry-goods dealers. A. J.
Preston's house was moved six feet from It's
foundation. The dwelling Of Attorney Dunn
was Ieveled; also, G.. B. Grinnelfs, dry goods
Dl9TEnauLs dtSOy EL1o new mousse OF 0EtLQdfls tue
merchant tailor. Near here Mrs. Griswold was
killed and her house demolished. John MerrilPs
house was blown distance, apparently I'm the
teeth of the wind. Not sign is left of the house
of Madison Howard. The house Of George Ham
lin, Cashier of the First National B NIX, is in
ruins, George Jennings new S5 600 house is in
kindling wood and broken plaster. Two
houses belonging to Mr.. Bateham, and rented
by Aessrs Lewis and Dflls, were obliterated,
although the houses of James Hanlan, Philip
Clendenning, Henry James, Henry Pitman,
Marcus Wightman, William Cullison, Deacon
Ford's two houses w. Neally's, and Mr.. Hof-
fer's were but slightly damaged. The house of
A. E. Keinfred completely demolished,
and himself and his wife taken from the ruins
nearly dead Mrs. Stewards house was blown
half block, the fragments jamming the cor
ner of the Jones House.
| The scenes around the ruins are heartrend-
ing; the families wandering over the ruins
of their homes in a dazed sort of way, replying
willingly to all questions asked and laughing
| in such pathetic manner at some ridiculous
/ incident, while some near and dear friend is
| dead or dying. One young girl WAS heard to
say, half in tears and half in laughter, that she
/ believed she had found the fragments of her
| room and was looking for some articles by
which to know it. She stopped and picked up
a photograph, and burst into tears. 1t was
| the picture of her little sister, who had been
killed.
Many of those who were saved in the de
1 molished dwellings had fed to the cellars,
while the houses were carried from over their
heads. A. J. Preston was away from his home
and sa the funnel fury coming. He tried to
reach his home, but the tornado caught up
with him. and he kept himself from being
blown away by clinging to the roots of tree
| c. f. Craver, whose wife and three children
were luckily away visit, saved himself
and hired girl by seeking refuge in the cellar.
He says before they went there he could see
the air filled with flying timbers. When they
| began to come through his house, as easily
through the woodwork as the window glass,
he sought underground refuge.
George Christian took his wife and children
in the cellar, and all were saved. His house is
somewhat damaged. The engine house, where
seventeen of the dead bodies are laid out, pre-
sents a sight that brings back army days. The
other dead are around in the wrecks of their
homes, where enough of them was left for
shelter, or were sent to the houses of friends.
Those who are familiar with the varied 10
eahtfes of this terribly afflicted little city are
aware that it was ornamented with cotton
woods and soft naples Hundreds Of them
are leveIed, and the beautiful grounds are
thickly imbedded with broken timbers.
g. H. Stevens barn and horse were carried
completely over his house, and the animal es-
capped with slight injuries.
The number of injured ranges up among
the hundreds Tut the doctors aid has been
pressed in for only about fifty. Nearly all
persons in the track of the tornado complain of
injuries or show the marks in bruised and
battered faces. Two horses and one COW were
taken out of e. Griswolds barn and carried
nearly two blocks. The horses were killed,
but the COW is apparently uninjured. Mrs.
Griswold, mother Of Il. Griswold, and a lady
visiting here, now lie dead in the home or A.
J. Preston.
The furniture scattered throughout the
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whose homes have been leveled- Rich furni-
ture and carpeting are buried in the debris
and mud, while f-se pianos are turned upside
down or scattered in fragments over the
prairie.
A later telegram says:
The surgeons report fOrty-one dead at Grin
nell and say five or six more cannot live
through the night The surgeons have re-
ported tn II the wounded exceed 100, ana the
number of houses destroyed or ruined
is between 40 and 15o. The total
loss of property is now estimated at 100000.
It is feared the number of deaths at Grinnen
will yet reach seventy-1ve. The path Of the
tornado is now well defined as having been
about twenty-five miles long ana half mile
wide, extending FIVE miles northwest Of Grin
nell and twenty miles southeast. The news
received here states that Mr.. James, wife and
TWO daughters, and two other persons living
four miles northwest Of Grinnell, are dead.
1t is now thought the loss of life outside Of
Grinnen will reach twenty-five, and altogeth-
er near 100
The French exploring vessel, the
Travailleur during her cruise of July
August, 1881, discovered, on entering
the Bay of Biscay from Ferrol, an ex-
treme irregularity of the ocean bottom
On August IA, depth of $50 meters
was recorded; a sounding taken a few
miles further on revealed the astonish-
inc depth of4, ,557 meters labout 1000