Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-22
HALF A HUNDRED DEAD
And Over a Hundred Injured in a
Tornado in Tennessee.
THE CASUALTIES IN COLUMBIA.

In That Town Alone Twenty-Five
Were KiiIed' and FIFTY Injured.
Mississippi and Arkansas, Too, Add
to the List of Dead.
Nashville, Nov. 22.-The storm which
swept Tennessee Tuesday night was
the most destructive ever known in the
state. More than so persons were kill
ed and hundred more injured, while
the damage to houses, timber and other
property will reach large figures.
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 its force
against the Cumberland mountain
range.
Columbia's casualties number Is
dead and 50 injured, the list of dead,
so far as known, being as follows:
Misses Florence and Evelyn Farrell,
Capt. and Mrs A. F. Aydelott, Guy
Aydelott, Paul AydeIott, James Cherry,
Miss Lizzie Forsythe, Mrs. Tom Car
roll and Miss NJ J. Viles (all white);
George Winfield, wife and child, Tom
Hackney, Joe Scott, Glass Brown,
Peter Adams, John Fryerson, cook at
the CAROLS, and five unknown ne
groes.
The path of the storm is about so
yards wide and was through the north
western suburbs Of the town. In its
path everything is completely wreck
ed. Not even the iron and stone fence
of the arsenal grounds are standing.
The houses of Capt Aydelott, the
CAROLS and two other 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 $50
of them were totally destroyed and a
larger number damaged. The suf-
fering of the people rendered homeless
and bereft OF all their goods is pitt
able.
The number of houses destroyed in
the Nolensyilie neighborhood is 16.
There were two fatalities, as follows:
Miss Mamie Hampton, aged %; Mrs.
Nancy BTamlett, aged 65 OF the u
injured two have broken limbs. All
Of the 16 houses were totally destroyed.
Mr.. Hampton had $500 in money, and
this was blown away and only a part
recovered.
The baby of Jim Christman, col
ored, reported lost. was found 300
yards from the house at 10 o'clock,
lying near a branch, uninjured. One
of the family dogs was lying by its
side.
AT Layergne, is miles south of here,
the velocity of the wind was marvel
GUS, and from best reports lasted only
about 20 seconds. In this short time
about 35 dwellings were turned into
kindling wood The loss of life is
small compared with the miraculous
escapes made. The wind made swath
about 200 yards wide through the mid
die of the town. The Layergne high
school and the depot, the two largest
buildings, were laid fiat on the ground.
The loss of these two buildings is
pAdACQ at pf,VUo. HG Id11IDdQ atOSt
four section houses also, each valued
at 5000. The victims of the tornado
there are George Robertson and his g.
months-old child.
Mr.. Robertson's 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 had
retired and his wife was sitting near
the bed sewing, and before the latter
could even warn her husband death
had claimed them. Mrs. Robertson's
escape was marvellous. When found
Mr.. Robertson was pinned across the
back by a large timber, and great
scar was on the back of his neck. No
mark could be discovered ON the body
of the child. Both are thought to have
met instant death.
In almost every home there were
several injured, many seriously. The
6-year-old child Of Mack Jordan can
not recover.
Great suffering is being experienced
by those deprived of homes at La
vergne and Nolensville
The rise in the Cumberland river at
Nashville is the most rapid known in
Is years, the water having climbed 20
feet on the gauge since Tuesday.