- Dickson County was swept by a terrific storm last night, and as a result more than fifty houses lay wrecked today, and the damage to property will run far up into the thousands of dollars. 1909: A tornado moves the Algood Methodist Church off its foundation. Following is a partia (?) It is impossible to obtain details, as the wires are all down. 22 others lost their lives that fateful night across Middle Tennessee in tornadoes that struck Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Wilson, Grundy, and Fentress Counties. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, May 1 1909, PAGE 4, "NOLENSVILLE SECTION": NOLENSVILLE, April 30. 63 people lost their lives, and more than 200 were injured from. Affecting particularly the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys, it killed over 150 people, 60 of them in the U.S. state of Tennessee alone. J. M. Colston and wife, near Fayetteville. This tornado was almost certainly produced by the same supercell that spawned the even worse Giles/Lincoln County tornado just to the west. It was the deadliest known tornado outbreak to affect Tennessee until March 21, 1952, when 64 . Franklin, Tenn., Apr. It eventually passed just south of Franklin causing eight deaths and eleven injuries. If your child will play baseball or softball this spring, youll need to stock up on appropriate clothing and equipment. - M. C. NORTHINGTON, Mayor.". During the late afternoon and the overnight hours of April 29, 1909, numerous strong to violent tornadoes affected the areas of northern Alabama, eastern Arkansas, southern Illinois, northern Mississippi, southeastern Missouri, and western Tennessee (the NWS Memphis, Tennessee, coverage area). The writer went across the country to Sulphur Fork, following it up, and through Charlotte, on the west side of town. W. S. McLaurine's baby were also killed. But several hundred dollars will be needed for relief work and the more fortunate should respond liberally. The cyclone of the night of April 29th or morning of April 30th, did great damage near Rugby. Ab Hays, of Nashville, who was visiting Joe Rosson's family, near Port Royal, was seriously hurt by timbers, and died this morning. Mrs. Welch and son, Byron, sustained slight injuries, the former being hit on the head and the latter had a gash cut in his cheek. The courthouse roof was blown off. The Sixth District schoolhouse, of Rutherford County, was blown a distance of fifteen or twenty feet and left standing without showing any visible results of great damage. His entire family was wiped out of existence. Oscar Brown, a young son, was also seriously injured. [3] However, the 1909 outbreak did not produce any F5 tornadoes on the Fujita scale; only one such event occurred in Tennessee on April 16, 1998. Dickson, Tenn., Apr. 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. SHAMBURGER (2016): The devastating and very large Decherd tornado, which was only given a few meager words in the book Significant Tornadoes by Tom Grazulis, began somewhere west of Owl Hollow in western Franklin County, then moved east-northeast passing about 1.3 miles north of Winchester, then plowing directly through Decherd. His mother, who was seriously injured, and a little boy were rescued with much difficulty from the ruins. The tornado likely began in Humphreys County based on the information by Grazulis and the Nashville American. The majority of the 34 deaths caused by this F4 tornado were in the residential areas of the east and south areas of the town. And those individuals are buried in the Bee Spring Cemetery that you see here today.. Part of a larger outbreak that started a few days earlier, the unrelenting barrage of . 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. 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 home of Wilson Estes was also destroyed, together with the livery barn of Russell Estes, owner of Primm Springs Hotel. It traveled through the Conway Community, destroying the local public school, Lancaster explained. W. S. McLaurine's baby were also killed. Many Lives and Much Property Lost in Giles County. The cyclone struck Primm Springs, a summer resort in Hickman County, and devastated the country. The Bee Springs tornado touched down in northernmost Limestone County, Alabama, before crossing the into Lincoln and Giles Counties in Tennessee. J. 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. Besides the devastation mentioned, fences, timber and numerous small buildings were blown away and other damage done. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 2, "OVER FIFTY HOUSES WRECKED. Both the Methodist and Christian churches are blown down; the homes of Will Tullass and James Marshall, both of which were beautiful country residences, are complete wrecks; the home of James Nolen is considerably damage, but not so bad as the others. The lightning flashed incessantly, and all evidences indicated that a great storm was raging in the neighboring sections. These pictures show the damage in Centerville in Hickman County where there were nine deaths and 32 injuries. - 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. The most terrible cyclone in the history of Giles County struck with great fury between 11 and 12 o'clock Thursday night. Track of Cyclone a Mile Wide and Vast Damage Done": MURFREESBORO, Tenn., April 30. Only one member of this large family escaped unhurt. 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. 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. 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. 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. The most terrible cyclone in the history of Giles County struck with great fury between 11 and 12 o'clock Thursday night. It was the deadliest known tornado outbreak to affect Tennessee until March 21, 1952, when 64 people died statewide. Jim Cheat, a prosperous farmer near town, lost his barn, and had one very fine mule killed by the storm. Fayetteville, Tenn., April 30. Spawned by the same thunderstorm that produced the Charleston tornado family. There have been. All missing people in Kentucky have been accounted for, Gov. GRAZULIS: Moved ENE from somewhere west of Shipps Bend to north of Clovercroft. In Charlotte ten houses were completely wrecked, and thirty in addition were damaged more or less. FROM THE PULASKI CITIZEN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON MAY 6, 1909: Centreville, Tenn., April 30. The tornado proceeded over across the Lewisburg Pike area, out Murfreesboro Road, and by 11 p.m. struck for a final time, near Clovercroft. 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. We hear that considerable damage was done in the south part of the county, that a large amount of timber was blown down near Gatewood Ford on Clear Fork and that the Tennessee Lumber and Coal Co.'s saw mill near the mouth of Crooked Creek was demolished. Four houses are blown down in Franklin. Tornado caused $60,000 in damage at Sidney. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 2 1909, PAGE 5, "PERRY COUNTY": LINDEN, Tenn., May 1. A large oak tree was lifted bodily and blown across it, crushing in the roof. On March 21-22, there were 108 tornadoes that impacted several states most focused across Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Alabama. All of the buildings belong to the Fentress Coal & Coke Company. Dickson was left to the right of the storm's pathway, and fortunately little damage was done here. 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. Damage: 1 could not continue on account of the wreckage of the roadways. 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. 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. From that point, the storm moved into the Greenbrier section, where it destroyed two stores, several churches, and numerous farm houses, barns and outbuildings. Jack Pope's home was wrecked and he and his wife were killed. 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. 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. Coming as it did near midnight, when the people generally were asleep, many barely escaped in their night clothes. FROM THE WILLIAMSON HERALD NEWSPAPER: The second tornado that night struck at 11:15 p.m. about four miles southwest of Nolensville. With the exception of several street lights being burned out, the damage at McEwen was slight. The description of the tornado path by Grazulis does not match the reports in the Nashville American and Williamson Herald, which indicate the tornado passed around 1 mile south of Franklin, not north as Grazulis wrote, with heavy damage in Hillsboro, Southall, on Carter's Creek Pike, between Winstead Hill and the Battleground Academy on Columbia Pike, at the Historic Carenton Plantation, and on Lewisburg Pike. 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. 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. One massive grave contains the remains of an entire family. Shade trees and orchards suffered greatly. BEE SPRING, Tenn. (WKRN) On April 29th and 30th in 1909, Middle Tennessee suffered its deadliest tornado outbreak in history. Tornado destroyed up to nine homes and hit buildings in. Will McGrew's family consisted of ten. - 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. 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. Houses, barns and buildings generally were blown down or else badly wrecked. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 12, "PERHAPS FATALLY HURT": McEWEN, Tenn., April 30. Trees were twisted in two and hurled great distances. April 29, 1909 Tornado Outbreak. I call upon all persons in this community who will contribute to this object to leave contributions at either of the banks. But nowhere was the loss of life greater or the destruction of property more complete than in Giles County. Four people are known to be dead and two are missing, supposed to have been blown away as their home was demolished. - At Statesville, seven miles from here, the storm of Thursday night destroyed the three churches and the school building. Tennessee 225: Dive into the history of the Volunteer State. The town of Statesville, six miles from here, was struck last night by a tornado. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 4, "DEKALB COUNTY": ALEXANDRIA, Tenn., April 30 - A destructive wind of high velocity accompanied with much lightning and the largest hail ever known here struck the section of the country from Statesville to Smith Fork, traveling east. It is impossible to estimate the property loss, probably not less than a hundred thousand dollars. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 12, "ON THE MOUNTAIN": MONTEAGLE, Tenn., April 30 - Much damage was done in this section by the storm of last night. This large outbreak of tornadoes included an EF3 tornado that caused significant damage to homes, business, schools and infrastructure in Jacksboro, Texas. Here is information to know, understand and remember; The annual average number of tornadoes reported in Tennessee grew from 11.3 for the 20-year period of 1980-1999 to 18.1 for 2000-2019. Will Ross Lackey, Jr., and Esq. At Walter Hill the residence of Mrs. Upchurch was totally destroyed and she herself was fatally injured. James Marshall, a young man of about 20, was blown from the bed in an upstairs room and lodged in a tree about twenty-five feet away but escaped without injury. Columbia, Tenn., April 20. SHAMBURGER (2017): Based on the Fentress County Gazette article, this damage appears to be yet another tornado produced by the same long track supercell that spawned numerous tornadoes from southeast of Memphis to Cookeville. The old Henry Wade residence, a two-story frame buildings, was demolished, and also several cabins on the place. References National Weather Service. Four-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Thompson, Totty's Bend. Two more people may have died in rural areas near Fayetteville. Four houses are blown down in Franklin. Mrs. Berry (sic) Prosser, near Fayetteville; fatally injured. The largest national tornado outbreak was the Super Outbreak of April 26-28, 2011, which spawned more than 300 tornadoes across the eastern United States. The homes of Mrs. John Brown and William McAdoo were blown down, and part of the home of B. M. Peebles was blown away. GRAZULIS: Moved NE from just over the Alabama line, crossing extreme SE Giles County to 5 miles NW of Fayetteville. The creeks are out of banks and all the farm work of the spring is practically lost. One son, Oscar, was hit by falling timbers and considerably bruised. The deadliest tornado outbreak ever in Middle Tennessee, and one of the worst tornado outbreaks in the history of the United States, struck the region from the evening hours on April 29, 1909, through the night and into the next day on April 30, 1909. Therefore, the Franklin County damage (at least F2) and Grundy County damage (F1) were combined into this entry and added to the NWS Nashville tornado database. 63 people lost their lives, and more than 200 were injured from a total of 12 tornadoes. A horse owned by Rev. CYCLONE BRINGS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION Many Lives and Much Property Lost in Giles County. This massive tornado then passed into Lincoln County through the northern suburbs of Fayetteville before lifting northeast of Fayetteville. Four people are known to be dead and two are missing, supposed to have been blown away as their home was demolished. In the end, this first tornado, an F3, cut a path 45-miles long through Hickman, Maury, and Williamson counties. It came from the northwest, traveling with great momentum. Thousands of trees were downed and cattle were killed. GRAZULIS: Moved ENE from 4 miles SW of Nolensville, passing south of Smyrna, just north of Walterhill and ending near Statesville. Great injury was done forests. SHAMBURGER (2016): This tornado was not included in Grazulis' book Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991. At Trinity, about seven miles west of here, the damage is beyond description. Mrs. Will Adcock and her daughter are reported killed, but not verified. The track of the cyclone was about a mile in width, passing across the country from west to east and north of Murfreesboro. April 20, 1909: A windstorm "of great cyclonic power" caused $15,000 of damage in Putnam County. J. M. Colston and wife, near Fayetteville. 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. Centreville, Tenn., April 30. Besides the loss of property, which is now estimated at $100,000, seven known dead are reported, and injured. Based on all this information, the path location was adjusted to the south of Franklin, with the path width added as 300 yards based on reports in the Nashville American.
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