But nowhere was the loss of life greater or the destruction of property more complete than in Giles County. If your child will play baseball or softball this spring, youll need to stock up on appropriate clothing and equipment. Franklin, Tenn., Apr. The horror of the storm was greatly increased especially were people were (sic) severely hurt by the darkness and torrents of rain, which followed. Dr. Barger lost five of his six barns, and the merchants suffered much loss from their business houses being unroofed. In its track, which was about half a mile in width, practically all timber was uprooted or twisted to the earth. This large tornado then passed 2 to 3 miles south of Nolensville, moved 1 mile northwest of Florence Station, passed over Wards Mill (also called Evans Mill or Nice Mill) around 4 miles southeast of Smyrna, then damaged homes and barns just south of Walter Hill. 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. It came from the northwest, traveling with great momentum. Intensity was unclear but probably F2 based upon descriptions. SHAMBURGER (2016): Based on the locations of damage reported by Grazulis and in the Pulaski Citizen, the Nashville American, and the Nashville Tennessean newspapers, the path of this tornado as plotted by Grazulis is incorrect, and is certainly oriented more east-northeastward similar to the other tornadoes on this day. Near Cross Roads, one man was killed and two more people were severely injured (F2) before the tornado lifted somewhere northeast of that community, a distance of roughly 20 miles. Only one member of this large family escaped unhurt. This would be typical of damage reports all along the storm route that night. Shade trees and orchards suffered greatly. C. H. Whitney's barn, in the track of the storm, was blown down and Rural Carrier Morgan's horse was killed in the barn. NUMBER EIGHT - THE ZEPHYR TORNADO - MAY 30, 1909 Tornado number 8 formed somewhere close to the town of Zephyr, in Brown County, near midnight and destroyed large parts of the town during the early morning hours, leaving little to view except vacant lots. The missing are Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stevens, whose home was torn to pieces. Twenty-two others lost their lives that fateful night across Middle Tennessee in tornadoes that struck Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Wilson, Grundy, and Fentress Counties. One of the saddest stories took place at Leiper's Fork. All the houses there are damaged more or less, but no one was killed. It is an old adage that he who gives quickly gives twice. A latter report comes in from Hillsboro, a small place northwest of here that several people had been killed, however, this is not authentic. A. C. Morgan's house was blown away and Mrs. Morgan was badly injured, but not fatally, it is thought. -92-93 Daily Journal, Stevens Point, WI. At Cross Roads, Scott County, it demolished the home of Henry Reed, debris falling upon him and crushing his skull. These tornadoes were part of an immense multi-day tornado outbreak that began in the Plains states on April 28, 1909, which continued through the Midwest, Ohio Valley, Tennessee Valley, and Lower Mississippi Valley on April 29-30 before ending in the Southeast on May 1, 1909. 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. The listing is U.S.-centric, with greater and more consistent information available for U.S. tornadoes. It will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. 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. Two persons were killed outright, James Stafford, an aged white man, who was taken 200 yards from his residence and his neck snapped, and a small colored child. Mrs. Berry (sic) Prosser, near Fayetteville; fatally injured. The tornado was a mile wide at times, and its winds reached 300 mph, putting it at the top of the Fujita scale for tornado intensity. When the tornado outbreak was over, at least 62 people had been killed across Middle Tennessee, and over 200 more were left injured. 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. This massive tornado then passed into Lincoln County through the northern suburbs of Fayetteville before lifting northeast of Fayetteville. The listing is U.S.-centric, with greater and more consistent information available for U.S. tornadoes. 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. April 29, 1909 Tornado Outbreak. Four houses are blown down in Franklin. In addition to those killed outright many were more or less seriously injured. 20th Century 1909 Oct 14, Tornado Outbreak, AL (11-21), AR (2), GA (1-2), TN (42-50) -56-75 lornajarrettblanchard October 14, 1909 95 Daily Telegraph, Atlantic, IA. BEE SPRING, Tenn. (WKRN) On April 29th and 30th in 1909, Middle Tennessee suffered its deadliest tornado outbreak in history. 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. 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. J. D. Butler's house was damaged considerably, and the Methodist Church, South, had part of the roof blown away. Jeff Dunnivant, a tenant on Irby Scruggs' place and his family escaped from the wreckage of their home with only slight injuries, but not a fragment of anything was left to the family, except the night clothes in which they were sleeping. 11 deaths were recorded in the Missouri storm, 5 near Texas City and 29 along the Alabama-Tennessee state line. It is impossible to estimate the property loss, probably not less than a hundred thousand dollars. John Lee's barn was blown over. At Florence, a village about six miles from here, the large mill known as "Ward Mill", on the Stones River, was blown completely into the river. Besides the loss of property, which is now estimated at $100,000, seven known dead are reported, and injured. A gulch just west of the town evidently broke the force so that no serious damage has resulted. 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. The storm extended over many states inflicting damage on widely scattered communities from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 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. 63 people lost their lives, and more than 200 were injured from. 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. Mail service over Route No. 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 dwelling of Lon Dowell was unroofed, and the house of Will Hickman was blown fifty yards and caught fire and was consumed. Mrs. Brown was seriously if not fatally injured. Large trees were torn and twisted from the roots, and in some places scarcely a tree was left uninjured in a whole forest. Oscar Brown, a young son, was also seriously injured. 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 plate glass show windows stood the shock, but a number of other smaller lights in the windows were broken. The tornado tore apart eight or nine farms and damaged or destroyed 25 buildings in Charlotte. 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. Only two houses were left standing. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. Mrs. Hughes' house was torn into kindling wood, but she was not at home at the time. Affecting particularly the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys, it killed over 150 people, 60 of them in the U.S. state of Tennessee alone. Submit a Storm Report; Briefing Page; Outlooks; Hazardous Weather Outlook; Detailed Hazards; Local Storm Reports (Text) Local Storm Reports (Graphical) Severe Weather Mode; Current Conditions. We interviewed our tech expert, Jaime Vazquez, to learn more about accessible smart home devices. One brick home was completely demolished. GRAZULIS: Twenty-three homes were destroyed, and a hotel and depot were unroofed at Decherd. At the same time and place, Mrs. Thad Reese, who was a sister of Mrs. Guffey, with her two children, lost their lives, making seven deaths at this one house. The half-mile wide tornado moved across the Brewster Community causing two injuries (F2), then passed just south of Rugby into Scott County. - 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 missing are Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stevens, whose home was torn to pieces. Ten homes were destroyed. A third son died two days later as a result of injuries sustained during the tornado. The damage in town is slight compared with the country. Sorry, the location you searched for was not found. Owing to the fact that all telephone and telegraph lines are down it is impossible to get the details of the damage wrought. It is impossible at this time to estimate the damage. This week marks a decade since the "Super Outbreak" of tornadoes April 25-28, 2011, an unprecedented swarm of tornadoes that tore through the South. $150,000 damage. More than 320 died in the twister barrage . Windows were blown from the residence of William H. Gregory, and the barn on his farm was blown down and numerous losses of a similar kind were the result. A horse owned by Rev. Andy Beshear said Saturday. Just a few rods east of the McGrew place stood the home of Bud Guffey. 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. 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. 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 houses damaged were all unoccupied, except the one destroyed. The most notable result was the destruction of the Web & Crawford Planing Mill. A path about 100 yards wide was swept clear of timber. This is only a partial report of the damage done sent in by telephone this morning. Multiple locations were found. Some homes were reportedly destroyed in six counties further to the ENE, but tornadoes there are not confirmable. Two of the couple's sons were blown over a 20-foot bluff and into a nearby creek. But several hundred dollars will be needed for relief work and the more fortunate should respond liberally. The second largest was the Super Outbreak of April 3-4, 1974, which was credited with producing 148 tornadoes in the central and southern United States (though 4 of these were later . Track of Cyclone a Mile Wide and Vast Damage Done": MURFREESBORO, Tenn., April 30. The cyclone struck Rudolphtown about 8 o'clock and traveled in a northeasterly course. A special thanks to the Nashville National Weather Service office and Lead Forecaster Sam Shamburger for his research on this tornado outbreak. His entire family was wiped out of existence. In addition to those killed outright many were more or less seriously injured. 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. From that point, the storm moved into the Greenbrier section, where it destroyed two stores, several churches, and numerous farm houses, barns and outbuildings. It then completely blew away Webb & Crawford's Planning Mills and the stock house of the Cookeville Roller Mills. Coming as it did near midnight, when the people generally were asleep, many barely escaped in their night clothes. The farm of James Welch, near Sango, was swept clean, every building on it being wrecked. The cyclone wrecked the house and killed Mrs. McGrew and six children, while Mr. McGrew, a son and a baby escaped with serious injuries. A large oak tree was lifted bodily and blown across it, crushing in the roof. W. C. Greer lost his large barn and two mail hacks. 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. Jeff Dunnivant, a tenant on Irby Scruggs' place and his family escaped from the wreckage of their home with only slight injuries, but not a fragment of anything was left to the family, except the night clothes in which they were sleeping. As it moved into Williamson County it eventually passed just south of Franklin causing 8 deaths and 11 injuries. 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. The timbers in front of the hotel were laid waste, some of which fell on the hotel, doing considerable damage to the building. (Bud) Hardy, Mrs. Louie Gordon, who was living with her mother, Mrs. Eliza Wilkinson, was cut and bruised about the face and arm. The storm seems to have entered the county from the southern side, passing between this place and Tennessee City. Will McGrew's family consisted of ten. The home of Wilson Estes was also destroyed, together with the livery barn of Russell Estes, owner of Primm Springs Hotel. A tornado destroyed 23 homes and damaged a depot and a hotel in Decherd. With the exception of several street lights being burned out, the damage at McEwen was slight. This tornado was reported to occur over 2 hours after the Dickson County tornado, so it does not appear they are part of the same tornado or were produced by the same supercell, although that is certainly possible if the reported time is incorrect. It is thought that the dead and injured list will be increased by further reports. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Marlin was completely demolished. 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. 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. It left 10 people dead and 40 more with serious injuries. On account of the destitution which is reported to exist in the stricken district, Mayor Northington has issued the following statement: "Reports having reached me of the destitution occasioned by Thursday night's storm, on account of which scored of persons have lost all of their means and been rendered homeless, it becomes my duty to make the fact known in our citizens officially. 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. Eight-year-old boy of Paulina Farris, colored, Centreville. Their household effects are destroyed. A large warehouse and storehouse were wrecked. 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. Did the tornado hit Gatlinburg Tennessee? Farther to the east, the homes of Mrs. Upchurch and Mr. McAdoo were damaged or destroyed northwest of Lascassas. 11, had his skull fractured by falling timbers. RUGBY. 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. The strongest tornado traveled through Giles and Lincoln Counties. No fatalities have been reported as yet, but several are very painfully hurt. Despite the significant damage, death and injuries, this tornado was not included in Grazulis' book Significant Tornadoes. Others moved to towns like Elkton, which is the closest incorporated town to the area, Lancaster said. Dive into the history of the Volunteer State. These pictures show the damage in Centerville in Hickman County where there were nine deaths and 32 injuries. Dickson was left to the right of the storm's pathway, and fortunately little damage was done here. CYCLONE BRINGS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION Many Lives and Much Property Lost in Giles County. Until late this afternoon it has been impossible to communicate with other towns throughout the country. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 4 1909, PAGE 5, "THREE CHURCHES DESTROYED": ALEXANDRIA, Tenn., May 3. - This section was visited by a cyclone last night at 11 o'clock, leaving suffering and destruction in its path. Web. Will McGrew's family consisted of ten. 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. Ab Lane lost his barn and two mules. Besides the devastation mentioned, fences, timber and numerous small buildings were blown away and other damage done. 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