Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-10-01

From the Chcraw Gazette, 2lst ult.
Severe Storm.

viousto Friday last, had been warm and
dry On that morning VIC had very lea.
wv raining till noon, when there was a
sligh{ cessation for an hour or. so. 'r6c
clouds up to that time had been from the
Northeast. About two 9. clock, in mo-
mentSalGiost, the wind changed to South.
east @d blew 9 ,es9e, With the f,in pouring
in torrents: ~ThisEeHtiuurd till near night,
with slightl,lis 1he. wind qidno dam,
age in, this place
AtGopher Hill, the sumner residence
of several families, the storm was awful
1t occurred about two o'clock, and lasted
but minute or two, but in that short tirnc
most nll the trees on the crest, of the hill
were blown down or broken off The res
ldencc of the Rev. Alex. Gregg WIS sur
rounded by beautiful grove of oaks and
hlacki"cks, intersperscd with pines, nearly
all of which were proStratcd without otl
cr damage to the dwelling or out buildings
than the upSctting of "A negro house. The
grove, after the storm, rcSomblcd newly
cleared piece Of ground, with the timber
ard brush all Oh it. The famiyall csca
ped nniniurcd.
Near by stands Tie residence of John \.
lngI'S. ESQ, on whose premises very
small spot. between forty and fifty trees.
were blown down. Two large pines were
blown on one of his negro houses, COM
pctely masking it down, in which there.
were nine or ten negroes, mostly children,
all of whom escaped unhurt except a wo-
man, WHO was somewhat, but not seriously,
bruised AS an evidence Of the force of
the storm, we mention the fact that large
tin pan was blown some hundred Yards
where itstruck a tree, and was bent up rs
if it had been struck by mall.
The violence of this stern was confined
to remarkable small spacc 1t rose south
of the Hill in deep bottom, not more than
three hundred yards from the residence o;
Mr. GREGG, and passing northward over
the Till. spent itself in about qusrtcr of
a nile, In width it did not cover more
than couple of hundred yards.
From Marlboro VIC have accounts of a
moro terrific character but so indefinite
that we find it difficult to arrive at the
truth. Mr.. s. Quick informs us that it
swept away his mill house, and did much
damage to his fences and crops Also the
house Of widow lady. This was stro,.g =
'og house, but was swept away tothc sills,
and strange to say, the widow and her four
Gh!'nren' VINO were IN It, escaped unhmt.
c' ~ reported 10 nave ne'n most terLihc
'"''"e' cast o' S"era"' out inc particulars
VIC c"''''"' ''''n' wear bHhn'ttsvl'lc 1t
", w"S :, ''T1 ~, severe; we understand tNat Mr.
i:Nfi'. " '"s"'''S Su'1''ro severely III ms
o".,.'t"Ss' ~. 'e'ceS a"a crops.
, S,'c' ''e "o"Nc was Wil''cn we nave the
i"'.Io' p"r'''"''Is o. Ine storm as io''owS'
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WIN wni; "s''' wv o,e, 'Ie p''"'a''"h o' l,r' a.
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Po"'e' :" ''So ana 'n''' ana whenever IT
:""'o ~ '"o 'o"nu' !, ST,PI everything IN
H., US. :" ~, 'ic''';"c P'""'"''c"
'I Sno o"'n M"S co''p'c'cIY shuck'u' ana IN
p"Us' i"t uo'" MI: nj "'iu eScrS'"'o9 was
'"pT n"Ia "m'{. No ',Nes wolo 'o''
'"': ""o'''e' S.'o"u P'Ss'u up 'ne
,i,i ~ p"S wv, 'u'"S Doio'o H. "A!
har,s I''"'o a";aI ''"."''o,'' a.. ncE'o houses
Tha u h''. '',',e o,'",' '~o,, "oic swrP' away
g. n'I:. ".'o "'' 90, 'r1" "''os" ''o '''ei'
l., to"r;G n''t'' Nv t,'e o'"' III was e'laNi,
~ 1870 Jh"" 'ho~.l' 3 .o"sV5' '''o'S an"
''Dp' """' ""''o'o' - f",S"eN'
FROM accounts received up to thls, Tues
dey evening, 1t appears that Tor distance
OF at ieast thirty miIcs In width from South
east to Northwest the Obstructive element
was about equally dIstrihated. The great
force OF the torn"does, however, was con-
hned to small streaks with several miles III.
tcrvenIng.
we understand that i. &. Wenthcrly.