A latter report comes in from Hillsboro, a small place northwest of here that several people had been killed, however, this is not authentic. 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. 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. Houses, barns and buildings generally were blown down or else badly wrecked. It will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. 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 On Lick Creek the house of Frank Hunter was badly wrecked and one member of his family blown for a short distance without serious injury. -92-93 Daily Journal, Stevens Point, WI. Much of the land was washed. 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 majority of the 34 deaths caused by this F4 tornado were in the residential areas of the east and south areas of the town. The parent supercell thunderstorm continued on to produce additional tornadoes in Scott County. How often do tornadoes hit Tennessee? The damage reported in the far western and northern suburbs of Fayetteville along with the $5,000 damage to the Elk Cotton Mills north of Fayetteville indicates the tornado continued for several more miles before lifting northeast of Fayetteville, not 5 miles to the northwest as Grazulis stated. The strongest tornado confirmed so far from. 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. In town here a number of window panes were broken. Tornado destroyed six homes at Moreland. Four-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Thompson, Totty's Bend. 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. Two barns and one stable were wrecked, ,and his stock suffered considerably. As the storm moved eastward, it cut a path into the Southall community, causing major damage and dealing additional death blows. It will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. A tornado outbreak March 24-25 dropped several long-track, powerful tornadoes in Alabama, one of which impacted cities like Greensboro, Brent and Centreville and stayed on the ground for more than . Besides the loss of property, which is now estimated at $100,000, seven known dead are reported, and injured. Bud Guffey, his wife, and two chidlren. The farm of James Welch, near Sango, was swept clean, every building on it being wrecked. This list does not include F0 events. 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. Mrs. Hughes' house was torn into kindling wood, but she was not at home at the time. Ab Lane lost his barn and two mules. But several hundred dollars will be needed for relief work and the more fortunate should respond liberally. Please try another search. For about one mile north of Florence the telegraph poles were twisted off and thrown across the N., C. & St. L. Railroad, which obstructed traffic for a considerable time last night. Columbia, Tenn., April 20. Four people are known to be dead and two are missing, supposed to have been blown away as their home was 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. 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. Gibbons, of this place, was killed while eating. It is thought that the dead and injured list will be increased by further reports. 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. Jim Cheat, a prosperous farmer near town, lost his barn, and had one very fine mule killed by the storm. Their bodies were recovered the next morning at about daylight. W. S. McLaurine's baby were also killed. - 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. 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. The F-scale rating, location and path width are estimated from the reported damage. Mrs. Berry (sic) Prosser, near Fayetteville; fatally injured. Damage: 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. - Following the trail of the storm which passed through Centreville April 9, the tornado last night between 10 and 11 o'clock was one of the most appalling that has visited this section probably in half a century. [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. - The most horrible catastrophe ever known in Lincoln County was the cyclone which passed through the county last night about midnight, wrecking homes, destroying lives and injuring a large number of citizens. Several other houses were blown down and a number of people injured. Shade trees and orchards suffered greatly. The creeks are out of banks and all the farm work of the spring is practically lost. FROM THE PULASKI CITIZEN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON MAY 6, 1909 "FIFTY HOUSES WRECKED. C. H. Underhill had a considerable loss, but it is covered by insurance. Nashville, TN500 Weather Station RoadOld Hickory, TN 37138615-754-8500Comments? Mr. Parkes had a cow killed, fruit trees destroyed and barn blown down. - 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. Besides the devastation mentioned, fences, timber and numerous small buildings were blown away and other damage done. It next struck the farm of Judge B. C. Batts, near Sadlersville, blew down his barn, his shade trees and other valuable timber, striking next the farm of Jervy Grubbs, where it demolished his tobacco barn, fences and other buildings; then struck the farm of Tom Sanders and his residence, barns and other buildings were destroyed. Mrs. Speight, one mile from Charlotte, suffered a severe loss. 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 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 . Show. Only two houses were left standing. 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. F. H. Hickerson, in the mercantile business, suffered quite a loss. His entire family was wiped out of existence. 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. FROM THE PULASKI CITIZEN NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON MAY 6, 1909: Centreville, Tenn., April 30. - The heaviest rainfall in years, accompanied by high winds, has fallen here since midnight last night. 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. Six people were killed in Hickman County, along a track through Shipps Bend, Centerville, and Little Tot. 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. Please try another search. It touched down during the dead of night between 10 and 11as it moved into Williamson County. The tornado outbreak this week featured more than 400 tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings that spanned nearly two-dozen states. 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. Multiple locations were found. Jack Pope's home was wrecked and he and his wife were killed. Damage: Web. It is reported that one man is dead, but his name cannot be ascertained. The property loss will mount into the thousands. The wind was from the southwest and first struck the west end of the city and blew down a number of houses in Bushtown, the negro part of the city. The Evans Mills, on Stones River, one mile north of Florence, were blown into the river and destroyed. One son, Oscar, was hit by falling timbers and considerably bruised. Dickson was left to the right of the storm's pathway, and fortunately little damage was done here. Did the tornado hit Gatlinburg Tennessee? Another (not counted) indirect death occurred in Lincoln County due to a Miss Jennie Kelso interacting with a live electrical wire. If your child will play baseball or softball this spring, youll need to stock up on appropriate clothing and equipment. A large oak tree was lifted bodily and blown across it, crushing in the roof. At Leiper's Fork, in Williamson County, a mother and three children were killed in their home. 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. In its course from Rudolphtown to the Robertson County line the storm put out the eyes of several mules and other stock at Hinton, blew down the residence and stable of Joe Rosson, blew away the residence of Mrs. Ella Rosson and blew her over 100 yards. 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.