1909 tornado outbreak
The timber for 250 yards wide in the path of this tornado is down for many miles. It will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The home of Wilson Estes was also destroyed, together with the livery barn of Russell Estes, owner of Primm Springs Hotel. - April 29, at 8:15 p.m., Charlotte was visited with an electrical storm and tornado about 300 yards wide, taking all in its path. The 10 Worst Torandoes in the History of Texas - Money Inc Damage: Centreville, Tenn., April 30. It was the deadliest known tornado outbreak to affect Tennessee until March 21, 1952, when 64 people died statewide. The strongest tornado confirmed so far from. Tornado Outbreak of April 29, 1909 (The following newspaper article was transcribed from The Pulaski Citizen of May 6, 1909.) SHAMBURGER (2016): This tornado was not included in Grazulis' book Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991. Tornado outbreak of late-April 1909 - Wikipedia The courthouse was unroofed, and sixteen of its beautiful shade trees uprooted. Many Lives and Much Property Lost in Giles County. Will Hudson, another farmer near Charlotte, lost his barn, and had several head of stock crippled by the storm. Mrs. Berry (sic) Prosser, near Fayetteville; fatally injured. This page was last edited on 12 March 2022, at 09:35. A large warehouse and storehouse were wrecked. It then completely blew away Webb & Crawford's Planning Mills and the stock house of the Cookeville Roller Mills. 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. 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. 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. The deadliest January tornadoes on record. 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. Will McGrew's family consisted of ten. J. M. Colston and wife, near Fayetteville. March sets record for most tornado reports - NBC News 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. 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.