The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-22

r.srfuI whirIwtnd's Path sur
,t,ed-As Usual There Were Some
.,,r,.Ious Escapes. and There
Ntrre some Terrible Deaths.
>.,e,,lle. Tenn. Nov. el.-Tennessee
no e.sart last night by the most destruc-
,fye storm ever known IN the state. More
.sse ary persons were killed and a hun
.rss more injured. while the damage to
b..i.ss timber and other propNty will
reach large figures.
the storm entered the state from North
eu 1ls,.sslppi and swept across in
,ortf.s.terly direction. Great damage -
,.r..rted from the counties bordering on
Nps.-enpi and further on Columbia. in
Nsu-y county. Is the heaviest sufferer.
Tarsrgne Noiensydlle. and Glllatin also
fet ao winds force. the storm finally
losing IT'S force against the Cumberland
mountain range.
Columbla's casualties number twenty
fye dead and hfty injured the list SO far
as known being as follows:
The dead are (whitc) Misses Florence
ana Evelyn Farrell. capt. and Mrs a.
j. Aideioi. Guy Aidelot Paul Aidelot.
jams Cherry. Miss Lizzie Forsythe. Mrs.
Tom Carroll. Miss NJ. J. Viles. Colorei-
- wlufred wife and child Tom Hack
uey. Joe Scott Glass Brown, Peter
adams. - Fryerson. cook at the Car
rolrs: I'VE unknown negroes in the emer-
eency hospital.
The injured are Clayton Tucker. badly
bruised and In dangerous condition;
Josie Reed. fatally hurt. Belle Cooper,
Mrs. Jones. Maggie Reed. Minnie Reed.
Lulu Bosuck. Mrs. Sarah Russell. Susie
Lowell au are whste) have bruises and
alp wounds.
Colored-wm Hickman, broken thigh
rob Ssweu. seriously hurt in the back
Jim johnson: Dan Sewell. VIII Brown.
John Fryer. Lucius Walk. Philipson. Bill
hickman. injured badly. bruised ana scalp
wounds
re Farrell was blown over a window.
and while badly hurt. win no; die.
Everything Was wrecked.
The path OF tho storm is about nifty
~. Wide. and was through the north
a. srn suburbs of the town. In its
pa.t everything Is completely wrecked.
Nos even the iron and stone fences OF the
a-tnal grounds are standing
rae houses Of capt. Aidclot. the Far
f. and other large residences were de-
40 shed
With the exception OF these four houses
tas storms path was through a section
4 q. me town populated chiefly by negroes
.sI the poorer classes. and the houses
vese mere novels. It is estimated that
" II them were totally destroyed and
rrse number damaged The suffering Of
people. rendered homeless and bereft
an their goods IS pltiable.
Tho number Of houses destroyed In the
Eoensvllle ueighborhood IS sixteen.
racre were two fatalities. as follows;
Miss Nancy Hampton. aged rs; Mrs.
Money Bramleti. aged 65.
Tae injured arc J. y. Hampton. aged
Miss Lula Hampton, aged g: Mrs.
MsIlnda Jonnet aged 20. Aubrey Hamp-
nr internally hurt; Thomas Hampton.
mdy cut and bruised. Emma Hampton.
aon broken AEs. Z c. Verier. collarbone
sri fib broken. Ernest stephens internal
a.grles: LesHo stephens. slight bruises
o the head: Allen Fly. internal injuries.
Nrs j. W Fly. internal injuries; Miss
U.s. badly bruised.
800 of the sixteen houses were totally
ts,royed
Mg Hampton had 500 in money and this
sas bown away and only a par rccoy-
e-d.
rle baby 81 Jim Chrisman. colored re-
lastsd lost. was found 80 yards from the
tlse a, 10 O'Clock lying neor a branch.
taLri4red one OF the family dogs WAS
las by his side
Winds Marvellous work.
At l.averene sixteen miles south OF
ttre ou the Nashville. Chattanooga ana
8. Louis road. the velocity Of the wind
1rs marvellous and from best reports
a.n1 only about twenty seconds. In
short time abont thirty-nvc dwellings
t.re turned into kind.ing wood. Tho loss
't is small compared with the mrac-
escapes made The wind made a
"'U about so yards wide through the
tae u the town. The IAvergue High
ol ard tAe depot. the two largest
iuss were laid nat TO the ground
ia.s ~ these two buildings IS placed
s."' The railroad lost four section
each valued at 500. The victims
a ho tornado are:
George Robertson ana his six months
81 ehaJ
Rohertsons house. which was a
strong leg structure. was iu the midi
'i the path Of the storm and was laid
On the ground Al the time Mr
Ner'@on ard his child had retired and
wife was stating near the bed sewing
"l before the latter could even warn
husband death had claimed them.
"'.. Rohertson's escape was marvellous
'1 found the unfortunate man was
"a across the back by large timber
'3 great scar was on the back OF his
a'a No mark could be discerned on
'aay u the child. Both are thought
Fe met instant death.
y almost every home there were seveFa!
f21 those most seriously being:
@s Charlton, collar bone broken; g.
}'Ai'old child OF Mack Jordan, cannot re-
Elmoye House. seriously injured.
h williamson county great damage was
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