30 - A heavy and disastrous cyclone passed through this section last night between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock and struck one-quarter of a mile west of Franklin, killing an old negro woman and injuring three of her children, two of which may die. Thousands of trees were downed and cattle were killed. Many of the inhabitants here moved to Bryson, a few miles away, and that community grew a little bit larger. "Some splendid homes were turned to rubbish.". The most terrible cyclone in the history of Giles County struck with great fury between 11 and 12 o'clock Thursday night. April 20, 1909: A windstorm "of great cyclonic power" caused $15,000 of damage in Putnam County. 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. And then coming through Bee Spring destroying homes and families and a local church here by the cemetery.. All NOAA, (The following newspaper article was transcribed from The Pulaski Citizen of May 6, 1909.). FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, MAY 2 1909, PAGE 4, section FOUR DEATHS IN MONTGOMERY: CLARKSVILLE, Tenn., May 1. The writer went across the country to Sulphur Fork, following it up, and through Charlotte, on the west side of town. December tornadoes among 20 billion-dollar disasters to strike U.S. in One of the saddest stories was of two brothers in the Hillsboro/Leipers Fork area who were blown over a 20-foot bluff and into a nearby creek, according to the Nashville American newspaper. Fayetteville was not in the pathway of the cyclone, but was near it. of those most seriously hurt: Esq. While it was estimated to be an F4, some reports indicate that there was more than one tornado. Mrs. Will Adcock and her daughter are reported killed, but not verified. Homes were "obliterated" at "Bee Springs" and near "Millville." In its track, which was about half a mile in width, practically all timber was uprooted or twisted to the earth. 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. 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. The timbers in front of the hotel were laid waste, some of which fell on the hotel, doing considerable damage to the building. - 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. Two barns and one stable were wrecked, ,and his stock suffered considerably. Track of Cyclone a Mile Wide and Vast Damage Done": MURFREESBORO, Tenn., April 30. The Bee Spring Church was destroyed and many graves in the cemetery are the resting places of those killed that fateful day. 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. Two of the couple's sons were blown over a 20-foot bluff and into a nearby creek. 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. It is impossible to obtain details, as the wires are all down. List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks The lightning flashed incessantly, and all evidences indicated that a great storm was raging in the neighboring sections. One person was killed near Nolensville and another near Walterhill. Four houses are blown down in Franklin. NWS FROM THE WILLIAMSON HERALD NEWSPAPER: The second tornado that night struck at 11:15 p.m. about four miles southwest of Nolensville. A special thanks to the Nashville National Weather Service office and Lead Forecaster Sam Shamburger for his research on this tornado outbreak. A school was reportedly carried intact for two miles, touching the ground every 200-300 yards, leaving holes in the earth. 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. Some homes were reportedly destroyed in six counties further to the ENE, but tornadoes there are not confirmable. 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. It touched down during the dead of night between 10 and 11as it moved into Williamson County. 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. 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 track of the cyclone was about a mile in width, passing across the country from west to east and north of Murfreesboro. SHAMBURGER (2016): Despite the complete destruction of the home in Humphreys County as reported by the Nashville American, the tornado was not included in Grazulis' book Significant Tornadoes 1600-1991. BEE SPRING, Tenn. (WKRN) On April 29th and 30th in 1909, Middle Tennessee suffered its deadliest tornado outbreak in history. The cyclone went from Primm's on to Centreville. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration As soon as a message could be sent to Pulaski, local doctors and citizens hastened to the scene of disaster to aid as much as possible in the work of relief. The barn of William Gillam was blown down and his house twisted. Many Nolensville residents said it was the worst storm to ever strike there -- even worse than the notorious cyclone of 1900, which had cut a path only a few hundred yards wide. One of the saddest stories was of two brothers who in the Hillsboro/Leipers Fork area who were blown over a 20-foot bluff and into a nearby creek, according to the Nashville American newspaper. But for the fact that the country is hilly and in places thinly settled the destruction would have been even greater. Four-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Thompson, Totty's Bend. 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. 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). 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. Shade trees and orchards suffered greatly. Centreville, Tenn., April 30. Greatest damage and the most horrible loss of life occurred in the community between Bunker Hill and Bryson, but the destruction was by no means confined to one place. Mrs. Berry (sic) Prosser, near Fayetteville; fatally injured. 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. RUGBY. Greatest damage and the most horrible loss of life occurred in the community between Bunker Hill and Bryson, but the destruction was by no means confined to one place. Among the towns affected were Horn Lake, Mississippi, where about half of the fatalities were recorded, and Whitehaven, Tennessee, where the tornado damaged 30 homes. Late-April 1909 Tornado Outbreak - Confirmed Tornadoes - April 29 Event Robert Barnes and wife, near Fayetteville. 1 could not continue on account of the wreckage of the roadways. Franklin, Tenn., Apr. The next place in Tennessee was the farm of Mrs. Kate Wall, where all the fences and outbuildings were blown away and considerable other damage wrought. 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. Others moved to towns like Elkton, which is the closest incorporated town to the area, Lancaster said. 93 dead across 5 states: The deadly tornado outbreak by the numbers 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. In that general area, at least 55 were killed by tornadoes. The half-mile wide tornado moved across the Brewster Community causing two injuries (F2), then passed just south of Rugby into Scott County. Most of the land will have to be returned and planted. Will Ross Lackey, Jr., and Esq. W. C. Greer lost his large barn and two mail hacks. This massive tornado then passed into Lincoln County through the northern suburbs of Fayetteville before lifting northeast of Fayetteville. 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. 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. The houses damaged were all unoccupied, except the one destroyed. A latter report comes in from Hillsboro, a small place northwest of here that several people had been killed, however, this is not authentic. Fortunately no one was killed, but several were wounded. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. The parent supercell thunderstorm continued on to produce additional tornadoes in Scott County. 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. Their household effects are destroyed. It is impossible at this time to estimate the damage. The village of Harms, five miles west of Fayetteville, was almost completely destroyed. The path of the cyclone at this point is about 300 yards wide, and was accompanied by a heavy rain and thunder and electrical display. Ab Hays, of Nashville, who was visiting Joe Rosson's family, near Port Royal, was seriously hurt by timbers, and died this morning. It is miraculous that there was no more personal injuries, as this was the worst storm ever seen in this part of the State. The loss in timber alone in this section was placed at $100,000. At this time it is impossible to ascertain the damage and loss of life to stock; no lives so far reported. 63 people lost their lives, and more than 200 were injured from a total of 12 tornadoes. But nowhere was the loss of life greater or the destruction of property more complete than in Giles County. In the end, this first tornado, an F3, cut a path 45-miles long through Hickman, Maury, and Williamson counties. 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. - 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. 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. 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. Will Hudson, another farmer near Charlotte, lost his barn, and had several head of stock crippled by the storm. List of Upper Cumberland tornadoes | UCpedia Wiki | Fandom Miss Jennie Kelso, Fayetteville; killed by live electric light wire. And five days later, Mrs. Marlin died from her injuries at a Nashville hospital. 30 - A heavy and disastrous cyclone passed through this section last night between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock and struck one-quarter of a mile west of Franklin, killing an old negro woman and injuring three of her children, two of which may die. 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. When the tornado outbreak was over, at least 62 people had been killed across Middle Tennessee, and over 200 more were left injured. 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. On March 21-22, there were 108 tornadoes that impacted several states most focused across Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Alabama. One room was left of his home place, a seven-room dwelling, and it was in this room the family sought refuge. Remembering the April 27, 2011, tornado super outbreak - Washington Post - 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. 11 deaths were recorded in the Missouri storm, 5 near Texas City and 29 along the Alabama-Tennessee state line. Rutherford County was visited last night by one of the most destructive storms of many years. FROM THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, May 1 1909, PAGE 4, "NOLENSVILLE SECTION": NOLENSVILLE, April 30. The tornado outbreak this week featured more than 400 tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings that spanned nearly two-dozen states. This is a list of significant tornadoes that have touched down in Maury County since 1900. Ab Lane lost his barn and two mules. The most terrible cyclone in the history of Giles County struck with great fury between 11 and 12 o'clock Thursday night. 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. US Dept of Commerce Jack Pope's home was wrecked and he and his wife were killed. The town of Statesville, six miles from here, was struck last night by a tornado. 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. W. S. McLaurine's baby were also killed. The cyclone struck Primm Springs, a summer resort in Hickman County, and devastated the country. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Farther to the east, the homes of Mrs. Upchurch and Mr. McAdoo were damaged or destroyed northwest of Lascassas. Following is a partia (?) There have been. Besides the devastation mentioned, fences, timber and numerous small buildings were blown away and other damage done. Fayetteville, Tenn., April 30. GRAZULIS: Moved ENE from 4 miles SW of Nolensville, passing south of Smyrna, just north of Walterhill and ending near Statesville. Their bodies were recovered the next morning at about daylight. 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. 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. The storm seems to have entered the county from the southern side, passing between this place and Tennessee City. This list does not include F0 events. Just a few rods east of the McGrew place stood the home of Bud Guffey. BEE SPRING, Tenn. (WKRN) On April 29th and 30th in 1909, Middle Tennessee suffered its deadliest tornado outbreak in history. 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. 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. The path of the cyclone at this point is about 300 yards wide, and was accompanied by a heavy rain and thunder and electrical display.
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