Clay County AlArchives News.....Storm in Clay County March 23, 1875
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The Montgomery Advertiser March 23, 1875
Ashland, Clay Co., Ala., March 23, 1875. Eds. Adv: The storm which passed near 
Shelby Springs on the 20th inst., followed almost the precise track of the one 
of last November, going some four miles north of this place. Its effects were 
awful. Trees and houses were levelled with the earth, and whole farms were 
stripped of their fencing, which was scattered over the country whilst 
furniture, beds and bedding, and clothing were destroyed, or blown off to be 
seen no more. The strength of the tornado was appalling, exceeding anything ever 
witnessed in this region, but fortunately, its track was narrow. Many farmers 
declare it impossible to place their farms in a fit state for cultivation for 
the present year. So far as I have yet near a no lives were lost, though many 
persons were injured, more or less, by the falling timber and house cattle and 
horses were also killed. J. D. B.

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