The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-22
A CYCLONE IN TENNESSEE
MOST DESTR UCTIVE STORM EYER
KNOWN IN THE STATE.
More Than Fifty Persons KILLED and
One Hundred Injured-Great Damage
to Property Path of the Storm but
Fifty Yards Wide Everything In Its
Way Completely Wrecked.

Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 21.-Tennessee
was swept last night by the most de-
structive storm ever known in the
state More than fifty persons were
killed and hundred more injured,
while the damage to houses, timber
and other property will reach large fig
ures. The storm entered the state from
northern Mississippi and swept across
in a northeasterly direction. Great
damage is reported from the counties
bordering on Mississippi and further on.
Columbia, in Maury county, is the
heaviest sufferer. Lavergne, Nolens-
vile and Gallatin also felt the winds
force, the storm finally losing it's force
against the Cumberland mountain
range. Columbia's casualties number
twenty-five dead and fifty injured
The path of the storm was about fifty
yards wide and was through the north
western suburbs of the town. In it's
path everything is completely wrecked
Not even the iron and stone fence of
the arsenal grounds are standing. -Four
large residences were demolished. With
the exception of these four houses the
storms path was through a section of
the town populated chiefly by negroes
and the poorer classes and the houses
were mere novels. 1t is estimated that
150 of them were totally destroyed and
a larger number damaged. The suffer-
ing of the people, rendered homeless,
and bereft of all their goods is pitiable.
The number of houses destroyed in
the Nolensville neighborhood is sixteen.
There We're two fatalities All of the
sixteen houses were totally destroyed.
One man had $400 in money and this
was blown away and only part re-
covered. A colored baby reported lost
was found 300 yards from the house at
10 o'clock lying near a branch, -lnin-
jured. One of the family dogs was ly-
ing by his side.
AT Lavergne. sixteen miles south of
here, on the Nashville Chattanooga
and St. Louis road, the velocity of the
wind was marvellous and from best re-
ports lasted only about twenty seconds.
In this short time about thirty-five
dwellings were turned into kindling
u.
pared with the miraculous escapes. The
wind made a swatch about 200 yards
wide through the middle of the town.
The Lavergne high school and the de-
pot, the two largest buildings, were laid
fiat on the ground. The loss of these
two buildings is placed at $1,000 The
railroad lost four section houses also,
each valued at $780,
George Robertsons house, which was
a very strong log structure, was in the
middle of the path of the storm and
was laid fiat on the ground. At the
time Mr.. Robertson and his child, six
old had retired and his wife
was sitting near the bed sewing and be-
fore the latter could even warn her
husband death had claimed them. Mrs.
escape was marvellous.
When found the unfortunate man was
pinned across the back by a large tim
Der and a great scar was on the back
Of his neck. This was the only mark
visible on the bodies. Both are thought
to have met instant death. In almost
every home there were several injured.
In Williamson county great damage
was done, but the town of Franklin es-
,aped with comparatively small loss.
Houses and timber in Sumner county
also suffered considerably, but first re-
ports sent out from Gallatin We're ex-
aggerated. Great suffering is being ex-
Derienced by those deprived of homes at |
Iavergne and Nolensville. The rise in
he Cumberland river at Nashville is
he most rapid known in twenty-six |
1ears, the water having climbed twenty |