The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-20
THE TERRIBLE TORNADO.
GREAT Loss OF PROPERTY IN CO.
LUNBIA AND CHESTER.
Fall Of the New n1arket-House In Co.
lumbia-The Handsome Building u
Mass OF Ruins-No Loss OF Life Kss
ported,
fnClAL To TIE NKWS,I
COLUMBIA, 8. c., Friday, April ]

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COLUMBIA, 8. c., Friday, April 10.
The great blow of Thursday, some of the
effects of which were described In my dispatch
of yesterday, was fortunately of short dura-
ton, and, except In Columbia and Chester. the
clustering winds contented themselves with
uprooting trees and laying fences low. Co.
lumbla was reached In the evening, the storm
travelling In a westerly direction. A driving
rain accompanied the gusts of wind, which
snapped trees in twain and did some damage to
buildings In course of erection. All these minor
losses were, however, dwarfsd into insignia-
canoe by the fall of the new market building.
This made out a shoEt resistance. The wood
work fell in with. a terrific crash, and settled
mostly within the area occupied by the build
ing. All the brick. work also toppled down
excepting that at the north and south ends.
The building was nearly completed, but 1t was
found that 1t would not stand any extreme
pressure, as the ponderoas roof stood upon
iron posts unsupported by braces. No one
was hurt by the fall. The huge timbers were
broken and rendered useless, and the whole
structure will have to be rebuilt. This will be
a heavy loss to the contractors.
A trestle eighteen miles below the city, on
the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Rail-
road, was smashed by falling timber, and the
cars we're detslned several hours. sALUDA.
The storm In Chester-sixty.tuo Houses
Entirely Destroyed-Four Persons In
tured-niles OF FsncinH; Blown Down
The Loss $50, 000--Ac Meeting In
Chester to Take Means Tor Relieving
tho Sufferers,
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIE NRws.l
CHESTER, 8. c., Friday, April 10.
The total number Of houses, Of all kinds,
entirely destroyed by the storm OF yesterday
afternoon, Is sixty-two, and 8 great many
other buildings are seriously damaged.
No person was killed. Paris A. Lilies, David
Jones, Lucy Jones and Pauline Stokes, all
colored, were injured by falling houses; the
first named seriously.
All the outbuildlngs on the plantation Of
Mrs. Gooch, four miles to the east Of Chester.
were entirely destroyed; also the outbuildlngs
on the plantation OF Mrs. Rodan, four miles to
the west Of the town. Miles Of fence along
the track of the. storm were levelled to the
ground, and thousands Of the largest fruit
trees were torn up by the roots, and In many
cases carried to considerable distance. The
total loss cannot fall short Of fifty thousand
dollars, and falls mostly upon people In very
limited circumstances.
A public meeting of the citizens of the town,
presided over by the Rev. L. G. Hinton, was
held In the courthouse this afternoon. A
committee of fifteen was appointed to raise a
fund for the relief Of the sufferers, and a COM
mittee of FIVE to ascertain the extent of the
injury and the names of the needy, with In
structions to report to an adjourned meeting
of citizens tomorrow afternoon.
The house occupied by Judge Maekey was
rendered almost entirely uninhabitable, and his
furniture was badly damaged. The house was
just in the track of the storm, but being a sub
stantlal house was not blown over.
The handsome grounds of Major George
Melton were seriously injured by the uproot-
ing of the large forest trees which constitu'
ted It's chief attraction. CHESTER.