Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-11-17
Phenomena of the Northern Fire.

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ity which fell upon this region last week wor.
ny of the cooler headed survivors of the fires
is united as to ono phenomenon. They say
ally from burning trees and other objects to
the windward, but the first notice they had of
it was u whirlwiud of flame, in great clouds,
from above the tops Of the trees, which fell
upon and enyclopcd everything. The atmos.
phere seemed one of fire. The poor people
inhaled it, or the intensely hot air, and fell
down dead This is verified by the appear,
ancc of many of the corpscs They were
found dead in the roads and open spaces
where there were no visible marks of fire
near by. with noe trace of burning upon
their bodies or clothing. At the Sugar Bush,
which is an extended clearing, in some plnces
four milcs in width, corpscs were found in
the open road, between fences, which were
only slightly burned. No mark of fire was
upon them, but they laid there as if asleep
This phenomenon seems to explain the fact
that 50 many were killed in compact masses
They were evidently regarded at the moment
as the safest places, away from buildings, trees
or other intlammablc material, and there to
have died together. Fences around cleared
fields were burned in spots of only few
rods in length, and elsewhere not touched.
Fish were killed in the strcams-as at Pesh.
tigo.
We hear the universal testimony that the
prevailing ideas among the terror stricken
people of those places was that the last day
had come. They needed not to be terror
stricken for such imnginations. What other
explanation could be given to that imminent
time, when there was an oninous warning and
sound coming from the distance; when the
sky. so dark before, burst into great clouds
Of fire, the beasts of the forest came running
for surcor into the midst of the settlements,
and the great, red, consuming, roaring hell
of fir, fell upon all around. the dreadful
scene lacked nothing bat the sounding Of
the last trump-and indeed tho approach OF
the awful roaring, aud the prcmoni,ions from
the distance, supplied even tha! to the appal
led imasinations of the people
The Epsy theory, we think it ia, that con.
tinuca and widespread fires will bring or
ram, seems to be exploded in this instance
These fires had lasted nearly or f,sitc four
weeks, ravaglng fnrcstS over great area, arid
still not drop Of rain The rain only came
with change Of wind to the nnrthward, and
several days after the worst burnings were
over with Green Buy Adrocutc.
EMlNENT CouNSET. ENGAGED We learn
that the OK United States Attorney Gcucral,
MIR. St;ushury, OF Ohio, and the Hon. Rev.
crdy johnson, Of Baltimore, have been en-
gagged to defend tho men to be t;lcd under
the ku klnX Act Of Congress at tho ap
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