GRAZULIS: Moved ENE from 4 miles SW of Nolensville, passing south of Smyrna, just north of Walterhill and ending near Statesville. (Bud) Hardy, Mrs. Louie Gordon, who was living with her mother, Mrs. Eliza Wilkinson, was cut and bruised about the face and arm. 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. 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. All NOAA. April 20, 1909: A windstorm "of great cyclonic power" caused $15,000 of damage in Putnam County. Damage:
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. 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. Damage:
Please try another search. It will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. 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). Mrs. Berry (sic) Prosser, near Fayetteville; fatally injured. In town here a number of window panes were broken. US Dept of Commerce Bob White's house was blown from its foundation. Several other houses were blown down and a number of people injured. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) The deadliest tornado outbreak ever in Middle Tennessee struck the region from the evening hours of April 29, 1909, through the night and into the next day on April 30, 1909. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 10, "AT WATERTOWN, TENN.". Reports from farmers are that crops will have to be planted over again. Damage:
The cyclone struck Primm Springs, a summer resort in Hickman County, and devastated the country. 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. National Weather Service. The house of Mr. Harvey, near town, was turned bottom side up without serious injury to the occupants. The home of Wilson Estes was also destroyed, together with the livery barn of Russell Estes, owner of Primm Springs Hotel. Representative M. E. Neely lost a valuable barn, as did Maj. B. Randolph, both of the Walter Hill neighborhood. 11 deaths were recorded in the Missouri storm, 5 near Texas City and 29 along the Alabama-Tennessee state line. 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. At Trinity, about seven miles west of here, the damage is beyond description. The timbers in front of the hotel were laid waste, some of which fell on the hotel, doing considerable damage to the building. The three churches - the Cumberland, the Methodist and the Baptist - also the schoolhouse, were blown down and destroyed. 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. 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. 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. F. H. Hickerson, in the mercantile business, suffered quite a loss. 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. 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. There were also numerous reports of livestock killed by flying debris. Tennessee 225: Dive into the history of the Volunteer State. Tornado destroyed up to nine homes and hit buildings in. A portion of the residence of Mrs. Alice Estes was blown away. Fayetteville was not in the pathway of the cyclone, but was near it. Mrs. Brown was seriously if not fatally injured. The two main outbreaks alone were responsible for at least 145 of these tornadoes. 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. The most terrible cyclone in the history of Giles County struck with great fury between 11 and 12 o'clock Thursday night. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 2 1909, PAGE 5, "FALLING TIMBER": WILDER, Tenn., May 1. The storm seems to have entered the county from the southern side, passing between this place and Tennessee City. One brick home was completely demolished. Photos of the damage in the Hillsboro (Leiper's Fork) area from the Nashville American newspaper show extreme damage, with a home wiped off the foundation and a hillside forest completely destroyed, suggesting this tornado reached F4 intensity. Another one of Mr. Cox's sons sustained a broken leg and his wife is badly hurt. 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. A. Hickerson a house barn, buggies and fences. April 29, 1909 Tornado Outbreak Weather.gov> Nashville, TN> April 29, 1909 Tornado Outbreak Current Hazards Outlooks Submit a Storm Report Decision Support Hazardous Weather Outlook Detailed Hazards Local Storm Reports (Text) Local Storm Reports (Graphical) Severe Weather Mode Current Conditions Surface Observations Satellite 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. BEE SPRING, Tenn. (WKRN) On April 29th and 30th in 1909, Middle Tennessee suffered its deadliest tornado outbreak in history. The plate glass show windows stood the shock, but a number of other smaller lights in the windows were broken. 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. And then coming through Bee Spring destroying homes and families and a local church here by the cemetery.. Dickson was left to the right of the storm's pathway, and fortunately little damage was done here. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 10, "FROM MURFREESBORO, TENN.": MURFREESBORO, Tenn., April 30. Franklin, Tenn., Apr. P. M. Greenwood had a small house 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. At Walter Hill the residence of Mrs. Upchurch was totally destroyed and she herself was fatally injured. Dickson was left to the right of the storm's pathway, and fortunately little damage was done here. 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. - At Statesville, seven miles from here, the storm of Thursday night destroyed the three churches and the school building. 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. 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. 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. "April 29, 1909 Tornado Outbreak." Undated. -92-93 Daily Journal, Stevens Point, WI. 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. It was around 10:15 p.m. when the first of these tornadoes came rolling out of Hickman County into the White Oak area, just across the county line. 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. 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. Two people were killed and 20 injured in that second storm. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, May 1 1909, PAGE 4, "NOLENSVILLE SECTION": NOLENSVILLE, April 30. It left 10 people dead and 40 more with serious injuries. Although not specifically stated in the article, Mr. Henry Reed of Cross Roads died from his injuries per death certificate records. It is thought that the dead and injured list will be increased by further reports. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 1 1909, PAGE 2, "OVER FIFTY HOUSES WRECKED. Web. The writer went across the country to Sulphur Fork, following it up, and through Charlotte, on the west side of town. The listing is U.S.-centric, with greater and more consistent information available for U.S. tornadoes. - M. C. NORTHINGTON, Mayor.". North of Memphis, Tennessee, two F3 tornadoes killed a total of 22 from Crittenden County, Arkansas, to Carroll County, Tennessee. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) The deadliest tornado outbreak ever in Middle Tennessee struck the region from the evening hours of April 29, 1909, through the night and into the next day on April. Mail service over Route No. The strongest, an F-4 with winds 207 mph or higher traveled for 30 miles across Giles and Lincoln counties killing 31 people 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. All the houses there are damaged more or less, but no one was killed. Result of the Work of the Storm in Dickson County": DICKSON, Tenn., April 30. 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. From that point, the storm moved into the Greenbrier section, where it destroyed two stores, several churches, and numerous farm houses, barns and outbuildings. The home of the widow Speight was also destroyed. RUGBY. Several negro families lost their homes. 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. Six people were killed in Hickman County, along a track through Shipps Bend, Centerville, and Little Tot. The total damage cannot be accurately stated, but it will go into the thousands of dollars in this section. FROM THE FENTRESS COUNTY GAZETTE, MAY 6 1909, "Local News": The storm of last Friday morning, which was so severe in different parts of the state, did no damage in this immediate vicinity. The village of Harms, five miles west of Fayetteville, was almost completely destroyed. Several parties sustained slight injuries. The night of the 29th was one of severe wind and rain, with heavy thunder and lightning the cyclone coming at 2 a.m. Friday morning with a low terrible rumbling heard by those awake at Rugby. Jack Pope's home was wrecked and he and his wife were killed. A number of residences were badly damaged and business houses unroofed, the rain destroying almost the entire stock of John Jewell. W. C. Greer lost his large barn and two mail hacks. 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. 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, Best athletic wear for kids joining baseball and, How to watch all the Oscar-nominated movies in style, Best smart home devices for older users, according, 5 reported dead after severe weather in Kentucky, Rollover crash cleared on I-65N, injuries reported, Man hit, killed after celebrating birthday in Nashville, Driver dead after MD tanker explosion, fire, Ja Morant investigated by NBA over Instagram post, More than 21K NES customers without power, Downed power lines cause road closure in Goodlettsville, 1 killed amid turbulence event on business jet, Straight line winds damage buildings in Waverly, Portions of Calif. home hang over cliff after landslide, BBB: Beware of Storm Chasers in Middle TN, WATCH: Carjacking suspect caught after wild chase, Man dies after being hit by metal carport in Kentucky, Highest wind speeds from Fridays severe storms, Parent threatens teacher over book assignments, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. The most notable result was the destruction of the Web & Crawford Planing Mill. 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Today the people of Cookeville and Algood are applying themselves vigorously to removing the debris and repairing the damages and the fact that no one was killed dispels much of the gloom caused by the destruction of property. At Leiper's Fork, in Williamson County, a mother and three children were killed in their home. The residence of Rush Brown, four miles from town, was razed to the ground and Mrs. Brown dangerously injured by the falling of the roof. The damage in town is slight compared with the country. The house of Judge Lewis was also destroyed and several other houses damaged beyond repair. It was an F-4 with winds 207 miles per hour or higher. The deadliest January tornadoes on record. Much of the land was washed. The F-scale rating, location and path width are estimated from the reported damage. It is reported that three white people are killed about two miles further down the trail of the cyclone, but this statement has not been authenticated. Col. Pendergrass' residence was blown from its foundation. Striking the residence of Prof. W. H. Hooks it blew away all of his residence except the kitchen, his stable, outbuildings and shade trees. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. Mr. Marlin was badly injured, too, but he survived, along with an infant child, a 16-year old son, and two young daughters. Coming as it did near midnight, when the people generally were asleep, many barely escaped in their night clothes. Henry Frate, colored, who lived on Finis Brown's farm, was so badly hurt that he may not recover. Many of the inhabitants here moved to Bryson, a few miles away, and that community grew a little bit larger. These pictures show the damage in Centerville in Hickman County where there were 9 deaths and 32 injuries. Farther to the east, the homes of Mrs. Upchurch and Mr. McAdoo were damaged or destroyed northwest of Lascassas. A colored child on W. R. Anderson's farm was killed, making the fourth death so far reported. "Death Toll in Ninety-five." 10-18-1909, p. 1. The strongest tornado confirmed so far from. FROM THE PULASKI CITIZEN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON MAY 6, 1909: Centreville, Tenn., April 30. The path length was estimated based on a beginning point in the Bushtown area and end point just past Algood. Fayetteville was not in the pathway of the cyclone, but was near it. One of the heaviest and hardest rains followed by a hail storm; hundreds of trees blown down and nearly all orchards ruined. Four houses are blown down in Franklin. The tornado proceeded over across the Lewisburg Pike area, out Murfreesboro Road, and by 11 p.m. struck for a final time, near Clovercroft. Dr. Barger lost five of his six barns, and the merchants suffered much loss from their business houses being unroofed.
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. Four-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Thompson, Totty's Bend. 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. A family of tornadoes also affected later Hickman and Williamson Counties southwest of Nashville and later moved into Cookeville and Putnam Counties. Fayetteville, Tenn., April 30. 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. 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 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. A horse owned by Rev. Shade trees and orchards suffered greatly. 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. A large oak tree was lifted bodily and blown across it, crushing in the roof. I call upon all persons in this community who will contribute to this object to leave contributions at either of the banks. The storm struck the county line just opposite Perryville, and traveled a northeast course, passing about five miles to the north of Linden. The cyclone went from Primm's on to Centreville. Columbia, Tenn., April 20. 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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. A large warehouse and storehouse were wrecked. 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. Web. 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. GRAZULIS: Moved NE near "Sango," 8 miles ESE of Clarksville. But several hundred dollars will be needed for relief work and the more fortunate should respond liberally. 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. All NOAA, (The following newspaper article was transcribed from The Pulaski Citizen of May 6, 1909.). 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. 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. 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. Prof. J. M. Coulson's residence destroyed and a number of other buildings greatly damaged. Mrs. Will Adcock and her daughter are reported killed, but not verified. On March 21-22, there were 108 tornadoes that impacted several states most focused across Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Alabama. 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. 22 others lost their lives that fateful night across Middle Tennessee in tornadoes that struck Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Wilson, Grundy, and Fentress Counties. 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. Andy Beshear said Saturday. 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. Multiple locations were found. The young son of J. L. Cox, who lives on Hervey Whitfield's farm in District No. A total of 22 people were killed in that area (Giles County), and seven near "Millville" (Lincoln County).
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. Part of a larger outbreak that started a few days earlier, the unrelenting barrage of . Just like the previous storm, it caused widespread property damage. If your child will play baseball or softball this spring, youll need to stock up on appropriate clothing and equipment. This is a list of significant tornadoes that have touched down in Maury County since 1900. A school was reportedly carried intact for two miles, touching the ground every 200-300 yards, leaving holes in the earth. Bud Guffey, his wife, and two chidlren. The property loss cannot be estimated. The property loss will mount into the thousands. The cyclone struck Primm Springs, a summer resort in Hickman County, and devastated the country. Some homes were reportedly destroyed in six counties further to the ENE, but tornadoes there are not confirmable. 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. The strongest tornado traveled through Giles and Lincoln Counties. 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.
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