Mecklenburg County NcArchives News.....Terrible Tornado November 17, 1856
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16 Nov. 1856   North Carolina Argus November 17, 1856
            TERRIBLE TORNADO
   We understand that on the evening of the 3rd instant, a portion of this 
county was visited by a terrible tornado. It commenced somewhere near ALEXANDER
'S Ferry on the Catawba River and passed over the plantation of R. S. McGEE on 
the Western plank road, where it blew down his gin house and blacksmith shop, 
thence to MR. CHRISTENBURY'S, blowing off the second story of his house; but 
the old gentleman and his wife, being in the house escaped, the floor 
protecting them. We learn that the tornado reached Poplar Tent in Cabarrus 
County. We have heard of no serious accident, but great damage has been done 
to the timber -- Charlotte Whig

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