Will McGrew's family consisted of ten. A few barns and other outhouses were totally destroyed, and a dwelling occupied by Sol Bates, near Linden, was utterly demolished, several members of his family being more or less hurt and one child was killed. It is reported that one man is dead, but his name cannot be ascertained. This tornado was almost certainly produced by the same supercell that spawned the even worse Giles/Lincoln County tornado just to the west. NWS SHAMBURGER (2016): Based on the narrative by Grazulis and the reports in the Nashville American, the path of this tornado was adjusted to begin on the Humphreys County border around 9 miles west of Dickson, pass between Tennessee City and Dickson, go through Charlotte, and end between Charlotte and Bellsburg. The large marble shaft erected to the memory of the Collier family, and in the private ground, was thrown to the ground. There were no additional fatalities from these tornadoes. It was the deadliest known tornado outbreak to affect Tennessee until March 21, 1952, when 64 people died statewide. CYCLONE BRINGS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION Many Lives and Much Property Lost in Giles County. No fatalities have been reported as yet, but several are very painfully hurt. 63 people lost their lives, and more than 200 were injured from a total of 12 tornadoes. Damage: - The most horrible catastrophe ever known in Lincoln County was the cyclone which passed through the county last night about midnight, wrecking homes, destroying lives and injuring a large number of citizens. The total damage cannot be accurately stated, but it will go into the thousands of dollars in this section. It then completely blew away Webb & Crawford's Planning Mills and the stock house of the Cookeville Roller Mills. One negro family, Nancy Smith and two children lost their lives in the wreckage of their little home, and one of Till Bledsoe's children was killed. John Lee's barn was blown over. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. At this time it is impossible to ascertain the damage and loss of life to stock; no lives so far reported. Wires all down everywhere and communication with the country cut off. When the tornado outbreak was over, at least 62 people had been killed across Middle Tennessee, and over 200 more were left injured. The strongest tornado confirmed so far from. Two of the couple's sons were blown over a 20-foot bluff and into a nearby creek. A large oak tree was lifted bodily and blown across it, crushing in the roof. Much of the land was washed. The next place in Tennessee was the farm of Mrs. Kate Wall, where all the fences and outbuildings were blown away and considerable other damage wrought. Many narrow escaped from death are reported, but only one person is known to have been injured, an old lady, Mrs. Upchurch, but the extent of her injuries is not known FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 4, "SMYRNA IS STRUCK": SMYRNA, Tenn., April 30. Here it blew away the barn in which Duff was sheltered at the time, breaking three of Duff's toes, but otherwise he was not injured. The path of the cyclone at this point is about 300 yards wide, and was accompanied by a heavy rain and thunder and electrical display. A thorough reading of newspaper articles came up with a total of 17 deaths and 43 injuries, with 9 deaths and 32 injuries in Hickman County and 8 deaths and 11 injuries in Williamson County. A colored child on W. R. Anderson's farm was killed, making the fourth death so far reported. A number of residences were badly damaged and business houses unroofed, the rain destroying almost the entire stock of John Jewell. It left 10 people dead and 40 more with serious injuries. The cyclone of the night of April 29th or morning of April 30th, did great damage near Rugby. A tornado destroyed 23 homes and damaged a depot and a hotel in Decherd. Another tornado or downburst later struck near Monterey in eastern Putnam County, as the Nashville American reported "one of the worst wind storms in the history of the town" unroofed houses and barns, but the description of the damage is unclear whether a tornado or downburst was the cause. The path length was estimated based on a beginning point in the Bushtown area and end point just past Algood. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 4 1909, PAGE 5, "HEAVY DAMAGE AT CHARLOTTE": CHARLOTTE, Tenn., May 3. Most of the land will have to be returned and planted. - Dickson County was swept by a terrible storm last night, and as a result more than fifty houses lay wrecked today, and the damage to property will run far into the thousands of dollars. The listing is U.S.-centric, with greater and more consistent information available for U.S. tornadoes. The tornado appears to have begun west of Aspen Hill in Giles County, not in Limestone County, Alabama, as Grazulis stated, then passed near Aspen Hill where it damaged homes and barns, through Conway where the school was destroyed, between Bunker Hill and Bryson, and through Bee Springs destroying numerous homes and the Bee Springs Church on Bee Springs Road about 1/3 mile south of Stevenson Road. Greatest damage and the most horrible loss of life occurred in the community between Bunker Hill and Bryson, but the destruction was by no means confined to one place. Therefore a more accurate total of 6 deaths was used here, although the final number may have been even higher. Telephone lines are a mass of wires and poles. A tornado outbreak March 24-25 dropped several long-track, powerful tornadoes in Alabama, one of which impacted cities like Greensboro, Brent and Centreville and stayed on the ground for more than . The old McGavock home is wrecked. Miss Jennie Kelso, Fayetteville; killed by live electric light wire. The 77 killer tornadoes recorded in the year 1909 marked an all-time yearly record for the number of killer tornadoes, a total that was only equaled in the year 1917. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 10: ALGOOD, Tenn., April 30 - At this place, four miles east of Cookeville, the Southern Methodist church was demolished. Jack Pope's home was wrecked and he and his wife were killed. The most lives were lost in the Bee Spring community of Giles County. [1] The barn of Dr. Neely, representative from this county, was blown away. The cyclone followed the course of Dog Creek, a small stream close to the springs, and followed it until it came to the mouth of the hollow, when it entered the hollow and laid waste everything in its path. A thorough reading of the Nashville American, Nashville Tennessean, and Pulaski Citizen newspaper articles for several days after the tornado outbreak indicates 22 deaths occurred in Giles County and 9 deaths occurred in Lincoln County, for a total of 31 deaths from this tornado. These pictures show the damage in Centerville in Hickman County where there were nine deaths and 32 injuries. And five days later, Mrs. Marlin died from her injuries at a Nashville hospital. The worst damage to houses is the home of Prof. J. M. Goulson, a good two-story house, completely ruined, but no loss of life, though to look at the ruins seems marvelous that the family escaped. One massive grave contains the remains of an entire family. The several cashiers will take charge of same several cashiers will take charge of same and see to it that it is property and judiciously distributed among those who are destitute. Web. of those most seriously hurt: Esq. To this day, the 1909 outbreak remains the second-deadliest on record in Tennesseeeven the April 34, 1974 Super Outbreak and the February 56, 2008, Super Tuesday outbreak produced just 45 and 31 deaths each in the state.[1]. The clouds rolled like tremendous waves out of the southwest, and the thunder's crash was deafening, while the electric flashes played incessantly, lighting up the dark-canopied earth like a refulgent monster meteor. Four people are known to be dead and two are missing, supposed to have been blown away as their home was demolished. GRAZULIS: Moved ENE from 4 miles SW of Nolensville, passing south of Smyrna, just north of Walterhill and ending near Statesville. Damage: April 29, 1909 Tornado Outbreak. The tornado outbreak of late-April 1909 was a deadly tornado outbreak that affected much of the central and Southern United States between April 29 and May 1, 1909. Until late this afternoon it has been impossible to communicate with other towns throughout the country. One brick home was completely demolished. The tornado is included here with an estimated F2 intensity and 2 injuries based on the destruction of the Bush Brown home south of McEwen. The home of Tobe Cunningham stands directly between the two churches and has withstood both storms without any especial damage. of those most seriously hurt: Esq. Jim Cheat, a prosperous farmer near town, lost his barn, and had one very fine mule killed by the storm. The F-scale rating, path length, path width, and injuries are all estimated from the reported damage in the Nashville American, indicating the tornado began near Decaturville, moved through Perryville, and ended northeast of Linden. - The most horrible catastrophe ever known in Lincoln County was the cyclone which passed through the county last night about midnight, wrecking homes, destroying lives and injuring a large number of citizens. National Weather Service One of the saddest stories was of two brothers in the Hillsboro/Leipers Fork area who were blown over a 20-foot bluff and into a nearby creek, according to the Nashville American newspaper. Tornado Outbreak of April 29, 1909 (The following newspaper article was transcribed from The Pulaski Citizen of May 6, 1909.) - A terrific cyclone passed through a portion of Maury, Giles, Hickman and Williamson Counties last night, and as a result thirty-five or forty known dead and a hundred or more injured, some seriously. 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It is impossible to obtain details, as the wires are all down. Another strong tornado struck Franklin County near Decherd. Sorry, the location you searched for was not found. Following is a partia (?) Please try another search. - The heaviest rainfall in years, accompanied by high winds, has fallen here since midnight last night. While it was estimated to be an F4, some reports indicate that there was more than one tornado. This particular cyclone began its work of destruction in the neighborhood of Conway, though several barns and tenant houses were blown down west of that place. Just a few rods east of the McGrew place stood the home of Bud Guffey. This tornado appears to be from the same long-track supercell which tracked from the Memphis area and later produced the tornadoes in Hickman, Maury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, DeKalb, Putnam, Fentress, and Scott Counties. Get the Android Weather app from Google Play, 5 reported dead after severe weather in Kentucky,, Rollover crash on I-65N in Davidson County leads, Man hit, killed on Old Hickory Blvd. Bud Guffey, his wife, and two chidlren. This was the deadliest tornado outbreak in the U.S. since May 2011, when more than 170 people were killed. Please try another search. Ab Hays, of Nashville, who was visiting Joe Rosson's family, near Port Royal, was seriously hurt by timbers, and died this morning. A relief committee was organized with John W. Young, Elkton R. 1, as chairman, and in a little while enough funds were in hand to provide food and clothing to supply the immediate necessities of those who had lost everything. Please select one of the following: Nashville (KOHX) Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Hopkinsville, KY (KHPX) Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Hytop, AL (KHTX) Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Columbus, MS (KGWX) Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), National Radar Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Southern Mississippi Valley Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Central Great Lakes Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), Southeast Local Standard Radar (low bandwidth), State of Tennessee and Middle TN Daily Climate, Elkton Story Mapper - Bee Springs Tornado, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The cyclone struck Primm Springs, a summer resort in Hickman County, and devastated the country. The half-mile wide tornado moved across the Brewster Community causing two injuries (F2), then passed just south of Rugby into Scott County. - Following the trail of the storm which passed through Centreville April 9, the tornado last night between 10 and 11 o'clock was one of the most appalling that has visited this section probably in half a century. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 4, ALGOOD SECTION: The worst storm that has visited this section for thirty years passed over this section about midnight. Other F4 recorded were reported in Missouri near Golden, in Illinois near Texas City, and in south-central Tennessee near Bee Springs, just north of the Alabama state line. One of the strange things of it all is that both the Christian and Methodist churches at Trinity were blown down about ten years ago, and both rebuilt on the same foundation to be blown away again last night. [4], List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks, "Tornadoes, with Special Reference to Those That Have Occurred in Tennessee", "A tornado climatology of middle Tennessee (1830-2003)", "The Forgotten F5: The Lawrence County Supercell During the Middle Tennessee Tornado Outbreak of 16 April 1998", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tornado_outbreak_of_late-April_1909&oldid=1076670277, Tornado destroyed two homes about 7mi (11km) south of, Tornado transported a tank weighing 1,300. The timbers in front of the hotel were laid waste, some of which fell on the hotel, doing considerable damage to the building. Affecting particularly the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys, it killed over 150 people, 60 of them in the U.S. state of Tennessee alone. A. Hickerson a house barn, buggies and fences. A special thanks to the Nashville National Weather Service office and Lead Forecaster Sam Shamburger for his research on this tornado outbreak. The cyclone wrecked the house and killed Mrs. McGrew and six children, while Mr. McGrew, a son and a baby escaped with serious injuries. National Weather Service. Three other tornadoes killed four people in the Memphis coverage area, including in St. Francis and Lee Counties in Arkansas and Haywood County in Tennessee. The residence of J. M. Lews at that place was twisted entirely around, but it did not fall, but is in such a damaged condition that it will be necessary to tear it down. (Bud) Hardy, Mrs. Louie Gordon, who was living with her mother, Mrs. Eliza Wilkinson, was cut and bruised about the face and arm. Great injury was done forests. This tornado appears to be the same tornado that struck Decaturville and Perryville in Decatur County, which crossed the Tennessee River before moving across central Perry County. The seriously injured are M. J. Farrar and daughter, of Gyruston, the former having a broken collarbone, and the latter a broken arm and leg; residence wrecked and burned. In its track, which was about half a mile in width, practically all timber was uprooted or twisted to the earth. The storm extended over many states inflicting damage on widely scattered communities from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. Columbia, Tenn., April 20. The house of Mr. Harvey, near town, was turned bottom side up without serious injury to the occupants. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 10, "AT WATERTOWN, TENN.". The deadliest January tornadoes on record. Parts of the planning mill were blown through F. H. White's residence, some 200 yards away, and Mrs. White was slightly injured and their house considerably damaged. Col. Pendergrass' residence was blown from its foundation. Grazulis and some newspapers reported 4 deaths in Franklin County from Owl Hollow to Decherd, but newspaper articles indicate at least 2 more people died from their injuries several weeks later after the tornado, with other people still in critical condition. One-half of the house where Attorney J. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. The Elk Cotton Mill was damaged about $5,000. GRAZULIS: Moved ENE from somewhere west of Shipps Bend to north of Clovercroft. Just a few rods east of the McGrew place stood the home of Bud Guffey. GRAZULIS: Twenty-three homes were destroyed, and a hotel and depot were unroofed at Decherd. The cyclone struck Rudolphtown about 8 o'clock and traveled in a northeasterly course. Large trees were torn and twisted from the roots, and in some places scarcely a tree was left uninjured in a whole forest. Four people are known to be dead and two are missing, supposed to have been blown away as their home was demolished. Franklin, Tenn., Apr. The wind was from the southwest and first struck the west end of the city and blew down a number of houses in Bushtown, the negro part of the city. It next struck the farm of Judge B. C. Batts, near Sadlersville, blew down his barn, his shade trees and other valuable timber, striking next the farm of Jervy Grubbs, where it demolished his tobacco barn, fences and other buildings; then struck the farm of Tom Sanders and his residence, barns and other buildings were destroyed. Many historians believe it was during this phase of the storm that winds along the periphery also toppled the steeple that used to sit atop the Franklin Cumberland Presbyterian Church. This page was last edited on 12 March 2022, at 09:35. A large warehouse and storehouse were wrecked. - The little town of Smyrna was close to the path of a terrific storm that swept through this section last night, causing much damage to property, and it was miraculous that no lives were lost. April 29, 1909 Tornado Outbreak. No other fatalities are reported from this town although barns and outbuildings were swept away by the fierce assault of the storm. Gibbons, of this place, was killed while eating. The property loss cannot be estimated. Following are some of the more serious losses: Lee Smith, house and barn; J. S. Bryan, house and barn; Werner Stevenson, house and barn; W. H. Watson, house and barn; Otha Young, house and barn; W. S. McLaurine, house and barn; Irby Scruggs, residence, outhouses and tenant houses; - barn escaped, Mrs. Eliza Wilkinson, residence; Hood Wilkinson, orchard, shop and barn, resident damaged, but not wrecked; T. J. Hardy, residence and barn; Ike Shapard, gin, The Scruggs' school house, near Conway, and the school house and church at Bee Spring were utterly swept away. In Charlotte ten houses were completely wrecked, and thirty in addition were damaged more or less.
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