The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-05-20

first kissing noise Of the approach Of the
gale. Mrs. Fishburne stepped to window to
Close down the sash, but Is she lowered
it it was dashed to pieces. The wagon and
carriage house fell upon their contents In one
mass completely demolishlng the Doctors
in the stable that was destroyed, but escaped
with few scratches. The COWS on both places
were picked up, and rolled over Like barrels
bnt with one or two exceptions, escaped with
bruises. DR.. F. says it did not take thirty Sc
conds to pass over his place, then went over
to Waccamaw River, and visited the plantation
Of Mr.. Frank Hudson, Turkey HILL" he was
houses and his fences destroyed. He also lost
a cow, and had one or two persons slightly
hurt. Two negro boys at this place were taken
mn and thrown around the field like foot balls,
eventually bringing up suddenly in o very soft
ditch. didnot have time to visit Oatland plan
tation, but it feared equally with Turkey Hill. a
negro child reported killed. lts course IN that
ssSouirrel Creek" and Thoroughfre, and CROSS
ed Che Waccamaw at ssTwkey Hill" and "Oat-
land.n Mr. Robert Nesbit's Woodstock Plan
tation' not touched. The force of the gale Was
not more than o quarter OF q mile in width,
but as it would appear TO stop for an instant to
gather strength, it would take Q sort OF zgzag
course, with fedoubled for e. MIR. Eeese Ford.s
appeared to have been wrenched from its foun-
dahon; also oil his fences, but no buildings.
Mr.. s. T. Gaillard's place is very badly dam
aged. For the two stitems WAS indebted
to DIR. Tucker. DR.. Fshburne came over
to MIR. Macusker's place on Saturday morn
ing, and upon meeting with one Of
the negroes, be said: .WeM, boy, how did
swered 'sLordl Massa Fisherman, don't talk;
de wind blowed de horns clean off 6 sheep
head" Upon investigation, it was found that
the sheep had been blown with such force
against q tree as to break off his horns. From
the appearance Of things about there generally,
I do not wonder that the negro supposed the
horns we're blown oh. II M Will take rom sSoOo oO
in it's former condition, and from 5000 to
$4,000 dollars to do the same for Mr.. Ma
cusker's place. The women killed at EN-
field were in the open field, two hundred
yards from any trees, but were crushed down
by an immense oak that'was uprooted and
hurled on them. A canoe ton MIR. Macus,
ker's place was taken up Ia the air, and
thrown over the barn, and from there one hun
dred and fifty yards into ploughed field OF DIR.
Fishburne's. DR.. Fishburne stold me it was
with the greatest difficulty he could get the
women to do anything. After the tornado
had passed, they appeared ito. be perfectly
panic-stricken and it required the utmost
persuasion to bring them sufficiently to their
senses, to enable them to assist the wounded.
Upon taking another walk over the "devasta-
tions" of DR.. Fishburne and Mr.. Macusker, I
noticed the great number-of BIRDS lying dead
small and large-even crows that had been
swept and beaten to the ground. This also
noticed on and about the banks Of Squirrel
Creek I have before mentioned in regard to
this 'swhirl Of air. that it stopped as if to
gather strength. During this apparent pause,
of q 10
After the tornado had passed, this isolated po-
sition was examined, and it was found that Q
solitary oak WAS stripped Of Shark from root
to branch, and left standing, which convinces
me that the wind went in eddies, as I saw trees
Of four times its size blown over and blown
away. In the vicinity Of Plantersville, there
was y heavy fall of hail, but not much wind;
DR.. Tucker informed me that q. gentleman Il
hase forgotten his nancy picked up two or
three quarts, each lump as large as hens
egg. The rattle Of them on the tops Of the
houses in that vicinity resembled musketry.