The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-11-15

Large W6oIen Mil Demolished.
SpRINGFIEL.D, No. Nov 8.
A disastrous tornado swept across the
western portion Of Greene County shortly
after two O'Clock this afternoon, leaving
ruin and desolation in its course. 1t came,
as usual, from the southwest, bearing
mainly to the northeast. The village Of
Brookline, on the Frisco Road, west OF
here, is reported as totally destroyed, and
runlors of similar disaster reach us from
Republic, twelve miles west. Wires are
down, all telegraphic communication in
that direction cut OFF, and all the news is
brought in by persons on horseback.
HAZEL Dell school house, four miles west OF
this city, on the Carthage Road, was totally
destroyed, and the building razed 10 it's
foundation, Although full Of children at
the time, none were fatally injured, ard
but few are seriously hurt.
The storm-cloud struck Springfield at
2:20 o'clock, about two blocks south of the
west end Of Division street, and swept
clear across the city boundary at the line
of the Frisco Railroad. The course of the
storm across the city varied but two or
three blocks from q due east line from
where it struck to where it passed out into
the open country eastof the machine shops.
The time Of its passage could not have eX-
ceeded three or four minutes, vet the oe
struction of property in the city VIII not
fall much below 100000. -Four women
are known to have been killed. Two other
women are supposed to be fatally injured.
The recovery Of three men is doubtful, aud
the list of minor accidents and injuries
win run into the hundreds.
1t is estimated that about thirty dwell
ing-houses are totally demolished aud
nearly 100 others badly damaged. Fortu
nately for the Underwriters, the tornado
swept across the residence portion of the
city lying along the boundary line between
a wi ntar tnf4fTe
further apart, and IN some instances were
cheap temporary structures. strip nv-
eraging about one block in width marks the
track OF the storm, and nearly every build
ing within its limit was more or less dam
aged.
The south line of the storm crossed Ben.
ton avenue a few feet north OF Mr.. Har-
woods new $4,000 house, doing him no
further damage than tearing down back
fences, upsetting Out-hOuses and bending
down the lightning rods which projected
above his dwelling.
Prof. Oliver Browns house, next north,
had the chimneys blown Off, windows
dashed in and out-buildings destroyed.
A new house, partly completed, opposite
Prof. Browns, was not only blown down
but totally wrecked. Mr.. William House,
the contractor, was in it when the storm
came, and saved his life by dropping down
between the foundations as the crashing
building went to windward.
Mr.. H. B. Tranthum, of the Southwestern,
next north Of Prof. Browns, had many oak
trees torn up by the roots in his yard, but
his dwelling stood firm. He also found
two or three oak trees six inches in diam
eter in his lot, which had been torn up
elsewhere and deposited there by the
storm.
The fine residences Of Alfred Harwood,
Will CrlItcher, ID. III. Nichols and others
suffered only broken glass and demolished
chimney tops.
The two-story brick residence Of Mr..
Head1ey, corner Benton avenue and Divis-
ion street, had the second story carried
away. Miss Moore, in the upper story at
the time, had her foot badly crushed and
was severely bruised by the fall, but the in
mates were otherwise unhurt.
The upper stories of Louis BCland's house
was blown away.
houses on Washington. avenue were badly
wrecked, including those of Dr.. We~', Ma
ior Abbott and MIR. Atwood.
The new Catholic Church on Webster
and Denison streets was blown into mass
of broken brick and plaster.
A half block west of this the house OF
Mr.. A. B. Campbell was totally destroyed,
and Mrs. Arnquist, Swedish woman who
| happened to be there, was instantly killed.
AIonza Wait was badly injured by the
fall of his house, and bis nose and face
crushed out of all semblance Of humanity.
Between Boonville street and Robertson
avenue the most notable destruction was
that of Heeker's cigar factory and The resi-
dence OF DR.. Whitworth. Scarcely a ves-
tige is left Of the former, and the debris Of
the latter is scattered all over the neigh
borhood. Several college students in the
latter building were blown into the street
and the wrecked house piled upon them.
Singularly, nothing worse than bruises and
cOntusiOns resulted.
East or Sherman street Mrs. Dunbar and
| Mrs. Finney were killed by their falling
houses, and two other women, names uu'
! known, badly and perhaps fatally injured.
Miss Berry was badly hart by the de-
/ struction of her fathers house, and was
pulled from under the ruins more dead than
4 alive. Search made amDuW the ruins
for the four-year-old brother for some time,
/ but the little fellow finally came crawling
from under some heaps OF boards and tim
ber at the back end Of the lot but little in-
On Boonville street Johnny Marcroft was
/ blown out Of a wagon, whirled across tho
/ street and dumped against a board fence.
a scratched face and hands and misceL-
laneous bruises and Jumps comprise his
hurts.
A student from the University Of Arkan-
sas was caught in an outhouse on Bo0nville
( street and carried in the building. rolling
| and tumbliug, clear across the block before
he escaped, with the loss Of one suit Of
I clothes.
The deaths, $50 far as known, are Mrs.
/ Dunbar, Mrs Finuey, Mrs. Arhquist and
4 Miss EdmondsOn. The loss TO the wooden
/ mill is estimated nt from 5000 to $1,000.
| The track Of the storm across the city was
l about one block tn width and over milo
| in length. Thousands Of people rushed TO
! the scene of destruction, and within twenty
UllnnhtN Alhti bAaE pANA AAA lltA72A FNt fiAA
/ possible was done to relieve the injured
| and house the homeless. Many remarka-
| BILE sights mark the storms track across
/ the city. In some places pieces Of boards
and scantling are driven through the
/ siding of houses as smoothly as "a knife
blade could be put through a potato. Ia
one place a board was driven through a six.
inch oak sapling as smoothly as If a NOR
tise had been made.
Lost in the Arctic.
BosToE, MASS, Nov. ..
The whaling bark Louise was lost Seq.
tember y in the Arctic Ocean by striking
the ice. Six men perished. The captain