Huntsville Times, Sunday Morning, March 27, 1932

Huntsville Times, Sunday Morning, March 27, 1932

CAVE SPRINGS ASKS NO HELP

Residents Rebuilding Homes Destroyed By Storm Monday

Asking no help from relief organizations and keeping a close mouth on the damage from the cyclone Monday night, residents of Cave Springs, a little community about two miles east of Owens Cross Roads, have already started work on rebuilding houses destroyed in that section.

Like a giant bouncing rubber ball, the storm dropped into this small settlement and wiped out an area no larger than the courthouse square, but in its wake left four houses destroyed and two persons injured.

John Glover, aged resident, was the hardest hit in the community, although houses of three others were destroyed.

His was a large two-story frame building, one of the oldest at Cave Springs, and he had lived there since birth. His house and barn were destroyed, all household goods blown away except an organ, and five feather beds have not been found.

There were four in the family and three pinned beneath broken timber. They were pulled out by Charles Glover, his son.

Mr. and Mrs. Charley Clark, another aged couple, were the injured. Neither had any bones broken, but they were badly shaken up and bruised. They are being cared for by neighbors.

Besides the Clark and Glover homes, those belonging to Jesse Pruitt and Wade Glover were destroyed. These people are also staying with neighbors until their homes can be rebuilt.

Work started on John Glover’s residence Wednesday and, according to reports, rapid progress is being made.

Members of the county welfare board plan to visit the stricken community this week and learn the various needs, after which they will make an effort to replace a portion of the household effects lost in the storm.