The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-03-19
sustained by our citizens was no
small matter

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Ia chimney blown down, the roc
slightly injured and fences Ievele
to the earth. The southern ez
tremity of the destruction was in
dicated by the upturned corners c
che roof of the Presbyterian church
The rear of Mr.. W. B. Smithson'
residence was unroofed, and fence
and fruit trees blown down on Mrs
Carriers place with damages t.
both roughly estimated at 500
The two buildings on the north
west corner of the square belonging
to Mr. j. P. May, the shoe store
and the book store, were unroofeC
and damaged about 500. Dr.. j
Z. Roberts, rear roof of residence
damaged $40; Mr. II. NJ. Grigsby',
500; his new office $40; Peoples Ma
tlonal Bank, parapet wall, cornict
and roof 5000; w. II. Alternately q
Co., roof, $25; May d. Martin, en-
tire rear roof and other damages
$500; L. Rosenau, awning, etc, $50.
+. Nj. Bunch, awning and roof, $50
w. r. Craig, only So; Linden
House, roof, chimneys, bricks fall
ing into the Bashroom and break
ing table ware, $150; G. Osborn, va
cant store house, cornice, 500; ou-
cupied by j. E. Matthews, awning
and cornice, $40; occupied by Ed.
Martin, colored, damage $50; occu-
pied by Nance E Son, $40; occupi-
ed by o. w. King, roof, $50; va
cant, roof, 500; occupied by G. G.
Edmundson, ROOF, $40. Mr.. Os-
born estimates his loss on these
seven buildings, the Linden House
and elsewhere at $500. Mrs. Chill
dress store house occupied by
Reynolds d Wells, damage to roof
about 800; n. S. Townsend, ten
ant house near the gas works, re-
moved from foundation, $25; tele-
graph company, wires, $40; Pulaski
Gas Works, One-half of roof gone,
the south and the east walls of en-
CINE room blown down, holders out
of plumb and other damages, $500.
These are rough estimates, made by
the owners of damaged property
before 1t was repaired, but upon
the whole are not too high. The
houses mentioned extend over that
portion of the town where it did its
worst work-from Cannon's corner
to the gas works, a distance of lit
tie over four blocks. On East Hill
there was great damage done to
fences and Out-houses. Mr.. S. A.
R. Swan, DR.. VIM. Bate, Maj. j. b.
Stacy, Mr.. Ed. S. Morriss, Esq. w.
F. Alexander, Rev. H. L. Booth,
Mr.. Jas. I. Cakes, Capt. JnO. S.
Wilkes and Judge 7. NJ. Jones are
among the heaviest losers.
The most marvellous piece of
work the storm did, in the opinion
of the writer, was the manner in
which it handled Mr. Townsend's
house in Frog Bottom. 1t was oc-
cupied by Mat Henderson, colored,
and vas built Of upright boards
two rooms, with a stack chimney.
The house was actually lifted from
its foundation, chimney and all, and
set in a different place. One end
was moved quite seven feet and the
other about three feet and the CHIN
ney must have been moved four
feet. There was an old negro wo-
man, boy and a girl in the house
who were carried along with it, all
Of whom escaped unhurt. There
was a fire burning in the ire place
st the time and the old woman
cooked supper on it in the evening
without having to ekindle it, The
occupants slept in their usual places
that Night very comfortably, though
their house is little cranky from
the shock.
An old black COW that had been
but poorly wintered was lifted from
the earth and carried skywards as
on towery heds of ease, and went
flying through the air padding with
her feet like a spider dangling by
his web, and alter a skurry of some
forty feet struck the ground run
ming.
Outside of the track of the storm
Mr.. David SpeeI's blacksmith shop
was slightly damaged on the one
hand and on the other MT, Harde-
mans barn near the railroad was
unroefed and a large quantity of
millet seed stored in it was blown
away-about 80 bushels, we under
stand, for which he had been offer
ed Is cents per bushel. There is
no telling what amount Of damage
was done to the town but we are
all thankful that it was no more.
Mon. Godefroy's barometer had
foretold the storm two hours before
and several who knew it were on the
watch. There were two currents,
the one above blowing east and the
lower one west. The arrow on the
court house pointed from the storm
cloud to within a minute of the cy-
clone and whirled instantly. The
clouds seemed to meet just before
they reached here and it was a
frightful thing to see the mighty
Whirl of winds that came with a
roar like several trains at once. The
cyclone proper was not of any def
mite shape, but it had the actual APP
pearance of dense coal smoke. 1t
boiled over Mays corner and the
bank exactly as if an engine was
coming.
While the roofs and awnings
we're going down by the mayors
Office pell-mell, Policeman Norman
stuck his head out the door and his
hat was taken and carried back to-
wards the storm.
Reynolds & Wells express horse
ran away and when he got to the
corner the wind took him, wagon
and all down the hill.
Steele's bus was just in the act
of turning Coon corner when it met
the cyclone there. 1t blew the
driver of, blew his umbrella away
and actually blew his overcoat off
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