April 22, 1883 Talladega County Tornado

From The Springfield News Leader, Springfield, Missouri, April 24, 1883, pg. 1:

A Little One in Alabama

Nashville, April 23. – A special to The American from Talladega, Ala., says a heavy storm last night did considerable damage, and the northbound train on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railway was thrown down an embankment destroying the engine and seven cars, and injuring several passengers but none seriously.