The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-22
TENNESSEE AGAIN
SWEPT BY WIND
AND RAIN STORM
NUMBERS DEAD, MANY INJURED
AND VAST PROPERTY DAM
AGE RESULT.
LINCOLN COUNTY DEVASTATED
Near Mulberry Terrific Havoc IS
Wrought-Buford Station Partly
Blown Away-Many Homes and
Buildings Demolished.
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Buildings Demolished.
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NASHVILLE. Tenn, oct. ia tor
nado Thursday night did destructive
work in West Tennessee, the lower
counties of Middle Tennessee and
North Alabama The most serious re
suits are reported from Hamburg in
Hardin County, Tenn. near the Shiloh
battle ground. Fifteen people there
are known to have been killed and
many more We're seriously injured
store houses and dwellings in the vii
lage were demolished. The hotel at
Pittsburg Landing, near Hamburg,
was demolished, and two men killed.
Denmark in Madison county West
Tennessee, was about wiped off the
map by the wind and fire that fol-
lowed, two persons were killed, a
number injured.
A factory and church were destroy
ed at Whiteville, Hardeman county.
Other points in West Tennessee that
suffered more or less damage, were
Dyersburg, Mercer Gibson and Stan
ton.
In Middle Tennessee, the storm did
most damage at Buford Station, Giles
county. At Wartrace, negro settle
ment, was demolished. Considerable
damage also is reported from Fayette-
Vile and Romo and various parts OF
Lincoln county.
In North Alabama Athens was hit
and considerable damage done on the
public square. A two-story brick
building was wrecked at CORTLAND.
The dead at Hamburg are: Mrs.
Worth Mcdonald, Otis and Luther
Littlefield, Marshall and Ruby Jordan,
Perry Banks and four other members
of his family, Charles Moore, wife and
baby; two guests at the Pittsburg
Landing hotel, whose names have not
been ascertained.
I At Denmark, the known dead are:
! Albert A. Barnes and child.
| At Mulberry, Thomas Helm, injured.
| At Denmark, Mrs. Barnes, RoDt.
Duncan and two negroes, seriously.
At Buford's Station, ]. c. Larsons
and Marburt Baker.
At CORTLAND, Alabama, Edward Nor
wood.
Other than these a number OF per.
sons suffered minor injuries and still
others are unaccounted for. The
wires are down in all the sections Wis
tied by the storm and details difficult
to obtain.
The most damage done by the storm
in Giles County, Tenn, was at Blu
ford Station region. The store of Blu
ford Mercantile Co. was entirely de-
stroyed. The depot there was also |
blown away, number of corn pens
DESTROYED The new corn mill was
also damaged Mayborn Parker was
slightly injured, but there were no
fatalities. The loss at Bufords Will
approximate $4,000 with no tornado
insurance. There were six men IN
the Buford Mercantile Co.'S store, but
III ,,oiroou1n uc1v nScanpd.
The list of damage and fatallties i
from the storm last night continue TO
increase. A dispatch from Selmer re-
norts a number of deaths and much
destruction of property in McNalry
county. Damage was done in the Ma
tional cemetery on the Shiloh Dattle-
fe1d The Iowa monument was blown
down. Dispatches from Tullahoma says
much damage was done in Gomez anu
Moore counties In Mulberry vicinity,
in Lincoln county, one man lost MS
life and several houses and barns
were demolished
Tom Helm, who resides on the ROD
ert Motlow farm near Mulberry, was
killed and his wife and daughter In
jured. The house was wrecked
Robert Motlow's two-story brick resi-
dence, two miles from Mulberry, was
wrecked, barn blown
down and stock killed.
Homer Ashby's residence, three
miles from Mulberry, was demolished
and he and his wife injured. Roy
Dawes home was wrecked, but the
family was away from home. Henry
Whitaker's home, two-story BRICK
was wrecked. No one was injured.
A harm was blown down and eight
head of stock killed. Jas Cunning
hams residence was unroofed and his
barn destroyed. Mrs, Gousby's home