No lives were lost, but live stock suffered greatly. A number of houses have been damaged by falling timber, one or two thrown off the foundations and one large two-story building completely demolished. - The heaviest rainfall in years, accompanied by high winds, has fallen here since midnight last night. Four people are known to be dead and two are missing, supposed to have been blown away as their home was demolished. 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. Intensity was unclear but probably F2 based upon descriptions. Tornado Outbreak of April 29, 1909 (The following newspaper article was transcribed from The Pulaski Citizen of May 6, 1909.) The second highest number of fatalities occurred from an F-3 tornado with winds of 158 miles per hour or higher that ravaged Hickman and Williamson counties. Mrs. Will Adcock and her daughter are reported killed, but not verified. The missing are Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stevens, whose home was torn to pieces. How often do tornadoes hit Tennessee? All of the buildings belong to the Fentress Coal & Coke Company. Andy Beshear said Saturday. So far as reported, no lives were lost, but on the farm of Mrs. Charles Ward all of the outhouses were blown away and a Mr. Gannon and his wife were injured. Elk River is higher than ever before. With the exception of several street lights being burned out, the damage at McEwen was slight. Sorry, the location you searched for was not found. - The windstorm in this county Thursday night was probably the worst in its history. The house of Mr. Harvey, near town, was turned bottom side up without serious injury to the occupants. The poles were broken down and splintered and the wires were left in a tangled mass. GRAZULIS: Moved NE from just over the Alabama line, crossing extreme SE Giles County to 5 miles NW of Fayetteville. The cyclone struck Primm Springs, a summer resort in Hickman County, and devastated the country. Due to the proximity to the county border, this tornado likely began in Overton County, but the article does not mention any damage to confirm this. Mr. McNutt, wife and three children, near Fayetteville. C. H. Underhill had a considerable loss, but it is covered by insurance. In its track, which was about half a mile in width, practically all timber was uprooted or twisted to the earth. Ward's Mill, one of the oldest country mills in the country, was blown bodily into Stones River. Mr. Brinkley's house was carried from its foundations, as was a newly completed house of J. A horse owned by Rev. A family of tornadoes also affected later Hickman and Williamson Counties southwest of Nashville and later moved into Cookeville and Putnam Counties. These pictures show the damage in Centerville in Hickman County where there were nine deaths and 32 injuries. The large marble shaft erected to the memory of the Collier family, and in the private ground, was thrown to the ground. The Bee Spring community after the tornado was never quite the same and never really recovered. The stock barn of Rural home Stock farm was torn to pieces, and there were many other houses, barns, and outhouses destroyed. The tornado outbreak this week featured more than 400 tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings that spanned nearly two-dozen states. The time of the tornado was adjusted to 8 PM and the path width added as 300 yards based on the newspaper articles in the Nashville American. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 12, "PERHAPS FATALLY HURT": McEWEN, Tenn., April 30. Oscar Brown, a young son, was also seriously injured. At Cross Roads, Scott County, it demolished the home of Henry Reed, debris falling upon him and crushing his skull. April 20, 1909: A windstorm "of great cyclonic power" caused $15,000 of damage in Putnam County. One person was killed near Nolensville and another near Walterhill. The old McGavock home is wrecked. No other fatalities are reported from this town although barns and outbuildings were swept away by the fierce assault of the storm. This tornado was almost certainly produced by the same supercell that spawned the even worse Giles/Lincoln County tornado just to the west. The Oscars will air on ABC and can be streamed on ABC.com and the ABC app as well as Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV or FuboTV. 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. Just like the previous storm, it caused widespread property damage. Mrs. Speight, one mile from Charlotte, suffered a severe loss. Spawned by the same thunderstorm that produced the Charleston tornado family. 63 people lost their lives, and more than 200 were injured from a total of 12 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. The rear flank downdraft of the parent supercell also caused significant damage up to 2 miles south of the tornado path, such as the numerous trees blown down across Winchester. Great injury was done forests. The path length was extended from Grazulis' 15 miles to 20 miles and path width added as 1/4 mile based on the information in the Nashville American, along with the time being adjusted to 8 PM from 830 PM. GRAZULIS: Twenty-three homes were destroyed, and a hotel and depot were unroofed at Decherd. Affecting particularly the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys, it killed over 150 people, 60 of them in the U.S. state of Tennessee alone. Four-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Thompson, Totty's Bend. Large trees were torn and twisted from the roots, and in some places scarcely a tree was left uninjured in a whole forest. The strongest tornado confirmed so far from. Bud Guffey, his wife, and two chidlren. After striking Nolensville, the storm moved into Rutherford County. It cut a huge path over a mile wide through the area. And those individuals are buried in the Bee Spring Cemetery that you see here today.. Please Contact Us. It is impossible to estimate the property loss, probably not less than a hundred thousand dollars. Web. The town of Statesville, six miles from here, was struck last night by a tornado. Several parties sustained slight injuries. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Bee Springs tornado touched down in northernmost Limestone County, Alabama, before crossing the into Lincoln and Giles Counties in Tennessee. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 10, FROM M'EWEN: M'EWEN, Tenn., April 30. This was the deadliest tornado outbreak in the U.S. since May 2011, when more than 170 people were killed. The Elk Cotton Mill was damaged about $5,000. Two barns and one stable were wrecked, ,and his stock suffered considerably. 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. The path of the storm was through a section about one mile southeast of Smyrna, where several homes were converted into wreckage and much farm property was destroyed. The property loss will mount into the thousands. Miss Daisy Marshall received a few slight wounds. The time of this tornado appears to be incorrect as the Cookeville tornado was well documented as occurring around 1 AM, so a later time was used. Centreville, Tenn., April 30. Several of the injured people who later died were plantation workers. This is the first storm of the kind that ever visited this section, although in 1878 much timber was blown down. Elam Tucker, who lives at the old Suttle place, near Aspen Hill, lost his barn, also Will Coon, Billy Widene, and D. Biles, and the tenant houses on the Phillips place, south of Tucker's, were wrecked. The courthouse was unroofed, and sixteen of its beautiful shade trees uprooted. Ed Ragland's house was blown from its foundation. The tornado continued into Giles County where nine more people lost their lives. In addition, the "old negro woman" killed "one-quarter mile west of Franklin" according to the Pulaski Citizen newspaper was actually killed, along with one of her children, on Carter's Creek Pike southwest of Franklin per the Nashville American newspaper. The parent supercell thunderstorm continued on to produce additional tornadoes in Scott County. Show. Columbia, Tenn., April 20. We interviewed our tech expert, Jaime Vazquez, to learn more about accessible smart home devices. But nowhere was the loss of life greater or the destruction of property more complete than in Giles County. A latter report comes in from Hillsboro, a small place northwest of here that several people had been killed, however, this is not authentic. Houses, barns and buildings generally were blown down or else badly wrecked. All missing people in Kentucky have been accounted for, Gov. Tornado caused $60,000 in damage at Sidney. Just a few rods east of the McGrew place stood the home of Bud Guffey. 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. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 10, "FROM MURFREESBORO, TENN.": MURFREESBORO, Tenn., April 30. However, for several hours a strong gale blew, and there was more or less excitement in the town throughout the night. At this time it is impossible to ascertain the damage and loss of life to stock; no lives so far reported. 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. The tornado likely began in Humphreys County based on the information by Grazulis and the Nashville American. But for the fact that the country is hilly and in places thinly settled the destruction would have been even greater. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 2 1909, PAGE 5, "PERRY COUNTY": LINDEN, Tenn., May 1. This massive tornado then passed into Lincoln County through the northern suburbs of Fayetteville before lifting northeast of Fayetteville. The storm seemed to reach the proportions of a tornado at a late hour of the night, sweeping from northeast to southwest, carrying down many farm buildings, but fortunately it passed through a sparsely-settled section and in about twenty minutes it completely reversed its course, turning from the northeast to the southwest, and many of the buildings were blown back in the opposite direction. Dive into the history of the Volunteer State. That tornado appears to have begun west of Aspen Hill, passing near Aspen Hill and Conway, where the school was destroyed, between Bunker Hill and Bryson, and through Bee Spring. 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. 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. 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. Some homes were reportedly destroyed in six counties further to the ENE, but tornadoes there are not confirmable. North of Memphis, Tennessee, two F3 tornadoes killed a total of 22 from Crittenden County, Arkansas, to Carroll County, Tennessee. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Prof. J. M. Coulson's residence destroyed and a number of other buildings greatly damaged. US Dept of Commerce There is no information about the tornado path from Lascassas into Wilson County, so the tornado is estimated to have lifted somewhere southwest of Statesville. One of the saddest stories took place at Leiper's Fork. It touched down during the dead of night between 10 and 11as it moved into Williamson County. It was the deadliest known tornado outbreak to affect Tennessee until March 21, 1952, when 64 . Almost every dwelling was rendered unsafe. Following is a partia (?) Will Ross Lackey, Jr., and Esq. The storm seems to have entered the county from the southern side, passing between this place and Tennessee City. Four-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Thompson, Totty's Bend. Columbia, Tenn., April 20. 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. The tornado passed up the Nashville and Murfreesboro turnpike, between this place and Florence, for a short distance, and for a quarter of a mile or more made a complete wreck of the telegraph and telephone lines. The property loss cannot be estimated. - 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. The most terrible cyclone in the history of Giles County struck with great fury between 11 and 12 o'clock Thursday night. The entire town of Statesville had severe downburst damage. Fayetteville, Tenn., April 30. Two more people may have died in rural areas near Fayetteville. Two of the couple's sons were blown over a 20-foot bluff and into a nearby creek. National Weather Service. The Alex Mitchell family of five in Hillsboro was also reportedly all killed, but this could not be confirmed. At least 695 . At Rudolphtown, which lies between Port Royal and Clarksville, one man was killed whose name has not been ascertained here. In all there were 12 tornadoes that caused 62 fatalities in Middle Tennessee. "Some splendid homes were turned to rubbish.". SHAMBURGER (2016): Although Grazulis reported 10 deaths and 40 injuries from this major tornado, newspaper articles from the Nashville American and Williamson Herald indicated several more people were injured, killed, or eventually died from their injuries in the days after the tornado. 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. Besides the devastation mentioned, fences, timber and numerous small buildings were blown away and other damage done. It is an old adage that he who gives quickly gives twice. Farther to the east, the homes of Mrs. Upchurch and Mr. McAdoo were damaged or destroyed northwest of Lascassas. The damage in town is slight compared with the country. The home of Wilson Estes was also destroyed, together with the livery barn of Russell Estes, owner of Primm Springs Hotel. The Evans Mills, on Stones River, one mile north of Florence, were blown into the river and destroyed. This is a list of significant tornadoes that have touched down in Maury County since 1900. Besides the loss of property, which is now estimated at $100,000, seven known dead are reported, and injured. The damage in town is slight compared with the country. Dickson was left to the right of the storm's pathway, and fortunately little damage was done here. Mr. McNutt, wife and three children, near Fayetteville. The emergency is one which as charitable, sympathetic people, we should take prompt steps to alleviate. SHAMBURGER (2016): Despite the significant destruction caused by this tornado in Cookeville and Algood, Grazulis did not include this tornado in his book Significant Tornadoes. The timber for 250 yards wide in the path of this tornado is down for many miles. In addition to those killed outright many were more or less seriously injured. (Bud) Hardy, Mrs. Louie Gordon, who was living with her mother, Mrs. Eliza Wilkinson, was cut and bruised about the face and arm. Will McGrew's family consisted of ten. 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. 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. Miss Jennie Kelso, Fayetteville; killed by live electric light wire. This would be typical of damage reports all along the storm route that night. The deadliest January tornadoes on record. Ab Hays, of Nashville, who was visiting Joe Rosson's family, near Port Royal, was seriously hurt by timbers, and died this morning. Its course was about a half mile wide and lay from Cross Roads into Scott Co., between the farms of William Cummings and Laban Riseden, just escaping both the homesteads, but tearing up all the timber in the neighborhood and bearing on southward below Rugby, carrying away the home of Young John Brewster and crushing in his shoulder and injuring his wife. 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. Houses and barns with their contents, orchards, fences and timber make up a large list of valuable property much of which was literally blown out of existence in a few seconds. The deadliest tornado touched down just south of the Tennessee-Mississippi state line in Desoto County and tracked east-northeast for about 125 miles (201km) across Shelby, Fayette, Hardeman, Chester, Henderson and Decatur Counties. 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. 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. A large warehouse and storehouse were wrecked. Damage was noted 1 mile N of Franklin. 63 people lost their lives, and more than 200 were injured from. Following is a partia (?) A damage rating of at least F2 intensity seems likely based on the newspaper descriptions. 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. Two people were killed and 20 injured in that second storm. Coming as it did near midnight, when the people generally were asleep, many barely escaped in their night clothes. The second F3 tornado flattened structures near Covington and Medina. So one family that lived here in Bee Spring near the cemetery lost seven members of the family including the mother and six children. 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. SHAMBURGER (2016): This tornado was not included in Grazulis' book Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991. W. C. Greer lost his large barn and two mail hacks. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. ": Dickson, Tenn., Apr. Owing to the fact that all telephone and telegraph lines are down it is impossible to get the details of the damage wrought. As soon as a message could be sent to Pulaski, local doctors and citizens hastened to the scene of disaster to aid as much as possible in the work of relief. Four houses are blown down in Franklin. - M. C. NORTHINGTON, Mayor.". Others are not expected to recover. The strongest tornado traveled through Giles and Lincoln Counties. The homes of Mrs. John Brown and William McAdoo were blown down, and part of the home of B. M. Peebles was blown away. [1] 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. There were also numerous reports of livestock killed by flying debris. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration However, the party living in this was away. and Mrs. W. S. McLaurine, Mrs. Ella King, widow of the late Mit King, collar bone broken, Hiram Usselton's baby, seriously, perhaps fatally hurt, George Hardy, son of T. J. F. H. Hickerson, in the mercantile business, suffered quite a loss. Special thanks to Sam Shamburger from the National Weather Service office in Nashville, who did extensive research on this tornado outbreak. This list does not include F0 events. Among those whose homes are wrecked are Postmaster C. H. Underhill, Asa Hickerson, Mrs. Lizzie McPherson and Jim Butler. Mrs. Will Adcock and her daughter are reported killed, but not verified. GRAZULIS: Moved NE from 9 miles W of Dickson to Charlotte and on to Bellsburg. The tornado touched down just outside of Aspen Hills, just a few miles west of here. For a strip more than two miles in width along the railroad between here and Tennessee City, and on through that portion of the county traversed by the storm, scarcely a tree is left standing, but all lie as flat as if rolled over by some immense road roller. Many tenant houses and barns were wrecked on different places. His daughter, who had her leg broken, crawled to hear father's aid by the light of a flash of lightning and found him dying. For several minutes it was as bright as the glare of a noonday sun with this setting, the wind terrific in force and volume halted at no obstacle, and in its path it left an imprint on everything it touched. Fayetteville, Tenn., April 30. Sorry, the location you searched for was not found. As it moved into Williamson County it eventually passed just south of Franklin causing 8 deaths and 11 injuries. Here is an opportunity in my judgement, for an exhibition of true Christian benevolence. The listing is U.S.-centric, with greater and more consistent information available for U.S. tornadoes. The plate glass show windows stood the shock, but a number of other smaller lights in the windows were broken. after celebrating, Driver dead after Maryland tanker explosion, Ja Morant investigated by NBA after Instagram post, How NIL will affect local high school athletes, The right thing to do: College softball players, Forsberg, Giannis join Nashville SC ownership group, Ja Morant accused of making threatening statement, Arrest warrants issued for projected NFL draft pick. 22 people were killed here in Giles County from this tornado. Henry Frate, colored, who lived on Finis Brown's farm, was so badly hurt that he may not recover. 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. From Conway eastward to the county line, and even beyond through Lincoln County a wide path of destruction and desolation was swept through a prosperous and happy farming community. At Trinity, about seven miles west of here, the damage is beyond description. SHAMBURGER (2016): Although Grazulis states that a downburst caused the immense damage in Statesville, the severity of the damage across southeast Wilson County into DeKalb County - with three churches demolished, numerous homes and barns unroofed, and several injuries - strongly suggests this damage was from a strong tornado. 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GRAZULIS: Moved NE near "Sango," 8 miles ESE of Clarksville. It will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tornado destroyed up to nine homes and hit buildings in. Ab Lane lost his barn and two mules. A colored child on W. R. Anderson's farm was killed, making the fourth death so far reported. This historical footage of Oklahoma's worst-ever tornado outbreak was assembled using News 9's on-air broadcast along with storm tracker footage and some images/interviews with viewers. The barn of Dr. Neely, representative from this county, was blown away. Mail service over Route No. As soon as neighbors could be informed of the disaster, they hastened to the relief of the suffering. It went on record as an F2 tornado. Therefore a more accurate total of 6 deaths was used here, although the final number may have been even higher. SHAMBURGER (2017): The path of this tornado, which touched down just south of where the Franklin tornado occluded near Clovercroft, was estimated to begin southwest of the Trinity Methodist Church southeast of Franklin. There were no additional fatalities from these tornadoes. The total list of those killed in Giles County, so far as could be learned the day after the storm was eighteen white people and four negroes, making twenty two in all. From there, it crossed over to Columbia Avenue, where it completely wrecked everything along both sides of the pike, from Winstead Hill to the area just adjacent to Battle Ground Academy. A tornado destroyed 23 homes and damaged a depot and a hotel in Decherd. The house was completely torn to pieces. Four people are known to be dead and two are missing, supposed to have been blown away as their home was demolished. Nashville, TN500 Weather Station RoadOld Hickory, TN 37138615-754-8500Comments? No information is available farther to the east across the extremely rural area between Decherd and Monteagle, but based on newspaper reports and damage in Franklin and Grundy Counties all lining up in a straight line, the damage in both counties was almost certainly produced by the same tornado. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. A large oak tree was lifted bodily and blown across it, crushing in the roof. US Dept of Commerce The loss in timber alone in this section was placed at $100,000. 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FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 4, section Robertson County: SPRINGFIELD, Tenn., April 30 - A "twister", or cyclone, struck Montgomery County last night at Rudolphtown and plowed its way on through Montgomery County and the Seventeenth District of Robertson County into Kentucky, leaving devastation in its wake and entailing a loss of over $50,000. Homes were "obliterated" at "Bee Springs" and near "Millville." A. C. Morgan's house was blown away and Mrs. Morgan was badly injured, but not fatally, it is thought. Tornado destroyed six homes at Moreland. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. SHAMBURGER (2016): Despite the complete destruction of the home in Humphreys County as reported by the Nashville American, the tornado was not included in Grazulis' book Significant Tornadoes 1600-1991. Shade trees and orchards suffered greatly. $150,000 damage. Damage: When the tornado outbreak was over, at least 62 people had been killed across Middle Tennessee, and over 200 more were left injured. Several negro families lost their homes.
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