The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
FIRE FOLLOWS DEADLY GALE
Toll of Death Is Taken by CycIonic Storm-Hurri-
cane That Bombarded Earth With Hail
stones Big as Billiard Balls.

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property. demolition II homc-, churches,
factories aud farm buildings such is the
tecord made by the blind, brutal fury u
, storm that passed over West Tonnes.
zee and Northern Alabama Thursday aft
srnoon and night
Il was storm q many kinds. Al
one place Il was deluge Of rain. AZ
another il was bombarlmcnt of hail.
Always there was the tremendous sweep
Of the winds, at some places assuming
the gyratory motion Of the cyclone, and
at such places there was the usual nc
compartment of death and disaster tot
those ~ unfortunate to be- caught In the
path OF the remorsclc-s whirlwind.
Denmark, in Madison county, was the
greatest sufferer, 80 far as heard FROM
That little town was pract sally wiped
OF the map, two persons losing their
lives, few others being dangerously
and many slightly injured, the homes,
churches, business buildings and mills
twisted aud upset and scattered over the
ground and then seized upon by the
flames that promised TO leave mo- yestige
Of the village that nourishcd there only
a few hours before.
other places suffered similarly, though
To less extent. At whiteyille houses,
factory and church were unrcofed
aud twisted into wrecks
Away up a. far as Huntington, where
the Carroll county fair was in progress,
the fore of the wind was ~ great and
the downpour Of rain 10 torrcntial that
II was necessary To close the fair for
time. though fortunately M great dam
age was done To buildings or TO eN'
hibits.
The storm was by no means local in
its scope. During Thursday a large part
Of the south. east Of the Mississippi,
was affected by heavy winds, accom-
panied by downfall Of rain IN great tor
rents. Between Atlanta aud Washing
ton wires were down during the after.
noon and night. A similar condition cN-
isted between Nashville and Atlanta. All
North Alabama was swept by the same
storm that passed through West Ten
nessec.
Memphis felt a touch Of the storm. In
the eastern suburbs Of this city about
o'clock there was tremendous wind that
uprooted some trees. demolished fcncrs
OF the Trailer sort and dbl some damage
20 the electrical service by breaking
wires and Telling poles. During the late
hours Of the eycnin. the sky Was over
cast with clouds Of an ominou- hue. In
places they were denscly black, and
again they took ON ycllowish color. At
times the formation of cloud banks was
weird and peculiar. aud eyes were
strained 10 catch the first suspicion Of
the funnel-shaped cloud that Is regard
ed a. the precursor Of the cyclone; but
IL never came.
The peculiar disturbances that covered
this part Of the country was wide In IL
scope IL extended from North Alabama
northwesterly 10 the Mis-issippi river,
north Of this city. u extended a. far
east as Nashville and beyond. over all
that country the same hurricane Of wind
and deluge Of water we're experienced.
The wind was erNtic In It's course. In
some places II IL reported to have tray
eled northwesterly, and in other places
Il j. said TO have gone In an exactly oP-
posite direction.
When Wires Went Down.
The Louisville a Nashville railroad
felt the first ehectsat i;3o o'clock, when
at Gadsden, the first station south of
Humboldt, all but three OF the Western
Union wires went down. An hour later
at stanton these remaining wires fell.
Mercer, on the Nashville, Chattanooga
4 st. Louis line. lost It's wires at about
the same time, and that prevented com
munication with jackson and the other
important points in that direction.
The Illinois Central did not escape the
fury OF the wind North Of Covington
its wires were interrupted late IN the
evening, but up in that direction there
are no reports OF serious damage. II is
evident that the storm was pretty well
spent before II got that far to the north
west.
Dyersburg was not damaged material
" by the storm. The same high wind
and immense hail stones were expert
enced there at 5 o'clock OF whereabouts,
but no houses were injured and no per
sons were hurt.
News From UP the Line.
by reason Of the vast extent Of the dis
turbances the business Of gathering news
was made extremely difficult. The As
ISOLATED Press was hard put TO Il TO get
news into OF out OF Memphis. Matter
usually sent direct from this city to
Nashville, Louisville and Atlanta had TO
60 FIRST 10 Little Rock, thence 10 ~.
Louis and Chicago then 10 Washington
and Atlanta.
Stables Wrecked at Fair.
Huntsville, Ala.-Ihe grand stand at