The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-05-31

where the settlement of Round Prairie Is
situated, and played havoc with the llves
and property Of farmers in that vicinity.
From Round Prairie the storm swept on
to Dawson, nine miles northeast, but doing
no serious damage until that point was
reached Here a number of houses were
torn down and Mrs. Ferris killed.
At Buffalo. another little hamlet, Mrs.
Thomas Chandler was killed by the falling
timbers of her house.
The houses OF Mike McDonough, Benja-
min Kirk and others were blown away, but
no other lives were lost.
JACKSONVILLE, May 10.
Morgan County experienced last evening
the most disastrous wind-storm ever known
in her city. In the city there was consid-
cradle wind and rain, but no destruction of
life and property. On Greacy Prairie,
eleven miles south, the farm-houses of Pors
ter Story, Alex. Gum, VIM. Brakeman,
Thomas KensleT, Jesse Covington and X.
Worcup were destroyed. One man, boy
and two children were killed and others In
jured. Southeast of the city along the line
of the Jacksonville Southeastern Railway
much damage is reported. Near Franklin
the storm was fearfully destructive. AT
Pisgah the house, barn and orchard or Jas.
Oxley were swept away and his wife ana
children seriously injured. At Woodlawn
where there was fatally severe tornado
three years ago, the railroad depot was de-
stroyed and cars blown from the track and
into atoms, the track being partially torn
up. The worst of the cyclone, however, was
some nine miles north of here on the Peoria
branch of the Wabash. The storm cloud
was in the shape of a column and struck
the south part of town at the southern edge,
going northeast, completely across the busl-
ness and residence portion of the place,
levelling four stores, two churches de-
pot, repair shops and thirteen dwellings,
besides injuring others and destroying
much other property.
CARLINvILLE, Maybe.
The tornado burst upon the county ,seven
miles south of this city. The first report of
the dismay was near Plainview, where the
residence and barn of Mr.. Gulick were to-
tallv DESTROYED. The cyclone moved north
east, ,leveling to the ground houses, barns and
orchards, and finally striking the residence
of George Baker. 1t completely demolished
it, killing his wife and three children and
wOunding two more. Sheep and cattle were
torn to pieces. The path of the monster
cyclone was literal scene of ruin.
The next house was that of Frank Rice,
| which was torn to pieces. Eleven persons
were in the house, and but one, the wife or
! Rice, was killed. The balance, ten in num-
| ber, escaped with but slight injuries, some
of them being blown out of the windows
| several feet. The house and barn were scat
| tered to the four winds. The path of the
storm is strewn with wrecks OF all kinds.
/ The cyclone passed through the finest agri-
cultural portion of the county. Coming
| from the southwest, it turned with won
derful velocity toward the northeast.
The storm at Barnett was very destruc'
| tive, demolishing several houses and barns,
/ The loss of life will be considerable and
that of farm property will mount up into
the thousands.
CLINTON, May 10.
The storm entered De Witt County al
Kenney, and in that vicinity the result was
fearful. Nine houses were levelled tc
mother earth, injuring several families
seriously. 1t then kept northeasterly
| course and struck Texas Township, where
4 49, nrt
killing one hundred sheep; another barn
near by.was demolished. 1t then took the
residence of a man named Mcpherson up
| into the air and carried it around in circle
| and dropped it to the ground 100 feet from
I its foundation. In this house there were
| six people who did not receive scratch.
/ A few rods to the east it struck the resi-
/ dence of Geo. Clifton and tore 1t to pieces,
! lblowing.fragments fully half mile. Pass
ing two miles along the creek bottom 1t
tore a house down occupied by man
named BennisOn and his family.
The storm continued its course and at the
railroad a half mile east a small house was
turned over. Four miles distant it tore
down the barns and outhOuses belonging to
4ore out the gable end of Geo. Shaw's house
and all his barns, and passed on, doing lit
tie damage from that point.
The dead are: George Z. Clifton, Mrs.
Clifton, Ollie Clifton, aged eight years.
| JERsEYVILLE, May 10.
The cyclone struck Grafton, the southern
! terminus of the Jerseyville Branch of the
| Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific Railway, six
teen miles southwest of here. Three houses
are a total wreck. Michael Larned and
wife were killed, and two small children ia
tally injured. Dennis Shay was injured in
the breast. Three barges of stone was broken
loose from their mOOrings, but were caught
bv the steamer Spread Eagle. All the der
ricks and apparatus of the Grafton Stone
and Transportation Company were ra2ed
to the ground. --.a.r
.. DECATUR, May 10.
The cyclone struck the northern part OF
Macon County, causing the death of three
persons near MarOa, one near Buffalo, and
Gripping many people, besides killing and
manning stock, sweeping away farm
houses and barns, fences, and tearing up
the largest trees.
HAVANA, May 10.
About O'Clock last night Literberry, a
little town of about 800 inhabitants, sit
uated on the Wabash Railroad, seven miles
south of here, was visited by the most de
structive cyclone ever experienced in this
section. Gathering in the southwest the
storm appeared to have taken nOTtherly
course embracing strip of country from d
quarter to half mile in width, leaving a
fearful desolatiOn in it's wake. With the
exception of nine dwelling-hOuses every
building in the place, including the Wabash
depot, was totally demolished. One of the
| most miraculous escapes ever known was
| that of Mrs. Fleming, wife of q. Fleming, drug
| pist. whose house was completely demOl
fshed by a freight car being hurled through
it, knocking Mrs. Fleming across the cradle
containing her infant child and injurine
her but slightly. Five persons were killed
/, ! and nine wounded.