The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-16
BATTLEFIELD Is
STORM STRICKEN
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and none of them escaped without
more or less loss. From the Missis-
slppi river on the west, and even
across the river in Arkansas, the
storm passed through West and Mid
die Tennessee, touched the north
eastern corner of Mississippi. swept
over Northern Alabama like a yerita-
BILE bosom of destruction, and with
less force. yet with fatal results, it
crossed into Georgia. Millions OF
dollars will not account for the
homes thrown down, factories RACED,
churches demolished, barns and out
buildings swept away. fences strewn
over the ground, timber uprooted and
twisted to the ground, crops pulled
out by the roots and scattered over
the fields, roofs curled up and carried
away, windows smashed, cattle killed,
electrical wires broken, railroad traf-
fic suspended and all the thousand
and one items that must be reekoned
in making up the tally of the storms
damage.
Thin Line OF Cyclone.
While the storm as It affected the
general territory covered consisted Of
an unusually high wind and precipi-
tation OF hail. there is, no longer any
doubt that there was a thin line OF
cyclone that, leaping from place to
place, descending here and there, cut
its uneven swath from West Tennes-
see down through Alabama to the
Georgia line and beyond. Its general
course was southeasterly. II was this
cyclone that caused the greatest dam
age, for in its path may now be
found a trail of wrecked homes and
farms, dead and dying people, fallen
timber and destruction generally.
This cyclone made its first disas-
trous descent at Denmark. Tenn,
where two people we're killed, many
were injured, practically every house
in the town was blown to earth, and
fire came along afterward to con-
sumo the last yestige of the village.
Thence southeasterly the funnel
shaped wind travelled
Here IS a resume OF reports from
various points, showing the extent of
the damage:
At Whiteville, Tenn, a factory and
the Presbyterian church were dam
aged.
In Haywood county at the Christ
mas store. the school house was de-
stroyed, and the children escaped
death by having been dismissed Just
previously. Tenant houses were wiped
of the plantations. and many tenants
were injured.
At Stanton one man was killed
and the Presbyterian church was de-
stroyed.
At Parsons, Tenn, houses were
blown down and one man was caught
and killed under the timbers of his
own home.
At Wartrace, Tenn, buildings were
blown down and a swath was cut
through the timbers.
At Haley, Tenn, il was reported
that a negro settlement was wiped
out.
In Lincoln county there are reports
of one dead ana several injured.
Selmer and vicinity-23 dead
Storm Found Historic Stage.
At and near the Shiloh battlefield,
with its National park and its many
historic associations, occurred the
most frightful loss of life and great
est destruction OF property. The
identity ~ 23 dead IN that vicinity is
fixed by the dispatches at hand, and
later reports from Isolated localities
will probably swell this death list
The number OF injured Is so great as
to defy reliable estimates. The in
jury to he National park property
will run up into the hundreds of
thousands of dollars. The little ham
let Of Pittsburg Landing familiar 10
students of the Civil war, is wiped on
the map. The hotel and the little
stores are blown away, and many of
those who tenanted the buildings
went 70 death in the general chaos
of flying lumber and falling timber.
Not a tree is left standing on. the
Shiloh battlefield. In the park, where
many of the states of the north and
south had honored the memory of
their sons who had fought over those
fields with monuments and shafts.
those mementoes are injured beyond
repair. such being the case notably
with the monument erected by the
state of Iowa. a noble shaft rising GO
feet in the air, which was broken of
in the middle by the force of the
gale.
Continuing the roster OF death and
destruction into Alabama, II IL found
Our shoe repairing
is in a class by itself.