Madisonville, Tennessee Tornado
March 2, 1889
CYCLONE KILLS THREE.
Tennessee Counties Visited
and Much Property Is Destroyed as a Result.
Athens, Tenn., March 6.
– A terrific cyclone passed over a portion of
Madisonville and Monroe county Saturday night,
with disastrous results. Early in the evening a
strong wind arose and several hours later a
cyclone about 70 yards wide struck a portion of
Madisonville, killing three persons, wounding
ten or twelve others and completely destroying
12 or 15 houses and several barns. The killed
are: MR. and MRS. JACK
MOSER and ED
L. HORTON. The storm came up with
alarming suddenness and swept everything in its
path It was accompanied by the terrific roar
usually attending cyclones. Frightened
inhabitants rushed for their cellars and places
of safety. In the country great damage was done
to orchards and crops by the wind and hail. It
is reported that further casualties resulted in
outlying rural districts, but no particulars can
be obtained.
The most frightful of the
tornado was the manner in which
JACK MOSER met
his death. He was hurled by the wind’s force
form his house a distance of 700 yards until his
progress was impeded by a wire fence, which
completely severed his head from the body.
The Stevens Point
Journal, Stevens Point, WI 11 Mar 1889
Transcribed by
Jenni Lanham. Thank you,
Jenni!
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