The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-31
Curious Incidents Of the Recent Wind.
Storms
AT RACINE. WIS

created i'm the outskirts by Fridays blow
until the following morning. No fear,
had been entertained of acyclOne, for it was
generally known that Prof. Gray had de-
mOnstrated that ouch thing was out of the
question near large body OF water. But
when the people heard the noise like 'tlle
rumbIing of million railroad trains" as
one man described Il, some became alarmed.
The noise ceased In q minute, and then
men and women came to the doors OF their
houses to see what was going on The mud
iy cloud had gone, and a white one was
coming toward the city with astonishing We
locity 1t appeared to pass over the north
end within two D.mutes, and when it
reached the lake hundreds of people rushed
to the shore to see the effect. Immense
masses of water were apparently drawn up
| by the cloud as it travelled along, and the
sight is said to have been a very beautiful
one. When the cloud disappeared i'm the
distance everybody on the south side OF the
river believed the storm was over, and they
/ went to bed without knowing what had TAX
| en- place ON the outskirts of the city a mile
! or so distant
The next morning, around every spot
! where there had been a dwelling were the
/ former occupants, who were gathering what
] remained of their household goods, though
few found any article of value. A singular
| thing noticed was that in almost every i'm
stance the bedding was in good condition,
/ while stoves beds and chairs had disap-
! peared. One man was seen taking off
wheelbarrOw full of quilts-all that was left
/ of his effects except COW, one OF whose
! horns had been knocked off. Another fam
! ily found only a clock, a vinegar jug and a
cup and saucer A few lost absolutely
/ everything they possessed.
The triplets and their parents, Mr. ard
Mrs. John Sabin, who lived on Hegaer
street, escaped with some slight bruises.
This was good news to the people of Racine,
/ who had taken great interest in the chill
dren. Sabin's house was struck, but only
the front wall was torn away. One Of the
| triplets was in front room m its cradle,
and the mother grabbed it and ran out,
while the father looked after the other two.
Mr.. Sabin was struck on the nose and hand
by flying pieces of timber, but he didn't
mind his hurts, being happy over the pTeser-
walton of his progeny.
AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
The vagaries of the cyclone defy enumera
ton or description. Preserving one general
course from northwest to southeast 1t wab-
bled and twisted in every conceivable way.
| With a penchant for high ground 1t was
not too proud to travel along the lOwlands,
uprOOtsg, twisting, shivering and splinter
ing massive oaks and stalwart hickoTieS,
scattering fence-rails in every direction, and
playing with telegraph and telephone poles
as though they had been match-sticks and
the wires slender threads
Not satisfied with running homes, it scat
tered their contents-'sometimes the most
trifling-On every hand. A large mirror in
the English residence was broken into
thousand pieces, and relc-hunters picked
them up to-day. A teapot landed In the
boughs of a young sapling, where IL was
caught and held, while pieces of lady's
necklace were found in the hedge-fence,
under careened stoves, and IN various out-Of-
the-way places, In short the cyclone
seemed to have no regular programme, but
to take pretty much everything that came
i'm its way and do with it what it pleased
Some of the escapes and incidents at the
other places were peculiarly interesting
Seven people rushed into Bolivar Turkeys
cellar and escaped, though a baby was
slightly hurt about the head; and a cat
which had found its way there was killed.
Twelve persons at Henry TuT'ley's also took
refuge in the CELLAR and escaped, while ene
of Turkeys six horses was safe and sound
with halter and broken piece Of the
manger around hls neck, half a mile distant,
and the other five near the barn. The hedge
fence opposite IaJy's was coated with geese
feathers and eyecy now and then oInamened
with a clump oe corHstalks. Sam Ashton
found his vest half a mile away, but the
thirty dollars he had left in one of the pOck-
cts was missing
AT HARVARD, Ill.
The following reliable account of che de-
scent of the cyclone Friday evening upon
this section Is given by farmer living near
| Chemung, two miles north of this place
'''The sUA was shining all day Friday" he
said, "and there was stiff gale blowing
from the southwest About six O'Clock
noticed fIInnel-shaped cloud, with the small
end uppermost coming toward the village
from the northwest At the same time
a heavy rolling cloud came toward us from
the southwest. Before the two clouds met
the gale suddenly stopped, and there was a
dead calm The clouds approached each
other almost mile from where was, and
the cOunter-cuTrents rolled over them upon
one another backward and forward. The
fmnel-shaped cloud tipped completely over,
, and its small end swept the ground. There
was a suffocating calm for a few moments
after the clouds coilded. The collision
! was marked by a clapof thunder and glare
of lightning. Then came roaring wind,
and saw the big cloud that had been
, formed by the two sweep by. Its center
was of a yellowish color, but the top and the
sides were jet black. 1t slanted downward
toward pond, and could see it sweeping up
} and carrying masses of mud and water. 1t
} lifted the fences straight into the air, and
they seemed to float in its bosom rather
than whrl around. | was about mile out
OF the clouds course, but the strong wind
SJTuck me dOWNWdIu W biio Cdiblis Al hdii
a minute the cloud passed, and then the hot
sun poured down upon as brighter than
ever"
; To illustrate the force OF the cyclone 1t Is
3 noted that hickory trees from six 10 ten
inches in diameter were twisted and torn
e from their places like reeds. A heavy oak
: beam was found four miles east Of its former
, | position. Near the Sugar Creek bridge two
trees five feet in diamer were broken down
five feet from their base. A horse was
| taken from a stable and carried about three
hundred yards into an adjacent field When
: | found he was tied to part of his manger
: which had been taken with him. He re-
: | ceived but few light bruises
= The cyclone presented peculiar character
{ ! istics. Where il assumed funnel shape II
sucked up trees, drew houses high into the
air and when this funnel shape was absent
black, massive clouds seemed to come with
= tremendous power and knock against what
, ever stood in the way, hurting the object
7 along close 90 the earthis surface. WheE
r the storm took up Mrs. Downs baby th'
= little one had clothes on, but when thu
g friends rescued it II was as free from sucl
= attire as it was on the day 1t was usherec
, into existence. At the house of Georg'
Z Wakely the cyclone found the family sitting
: at supper. The roof went of, the sides fol
lowed, the floor broke in two, and down al
> hands went into the cellar
Weather Statistics.