, 1875-03-27


p,uuily was yluitc1 ~ !'atnlsiav iAat. about
prtotk u. ILL.,, with a terrible RcoMrko. I1r all
nur l,rtr, ,larG. angry ulonds lat beet! Lying
rai,,ttiy frun, nittcast to southwest, alul Irpnt
md M tl.cy 1,es tlio storm hi.st rioli III will
oil tr fury. We hnyn subsequently harmed that
tic storm cninn.gtHctt nt or .ear llad'lucka Sta-
lion, N. Il 4. II. L., about II mica wcat
orod persons killed by falling housos. htovlni:
sout1l md east tho nozt no hnar Of It Is q. thu
residence Of Dick brown. Ivory house OH tho
tlace was blown down, osery ranel of rails de-
iuplls,cd, mud raiis carried. no ONO kuowu where.
Every ln,agy, alefage. and wagon wap s'nashstl
to pieces as,l blnw1l away. Cows, haEs, slich-
hIs ant poultry 0i uyory description we're Inrr-
c!lcsRly destroyed, n,dHol,o three kiol outright,
aul others, including Sir. 1!rown, wcro La'lty
woan's't. Next, slr. Harper'a r'seo wa attach
WAS k!tiod Instantly, aud quito u number aesioup-
ly En,nloJ.
TI,c ,,ext placo yisisod vas sfr. Jnu,cs Mar
Tins. nnst not u vostigo remanb To rlalw whnro
hnsu. tut not one u tho whites wero h,rt.
I}ntwcnh town a,ul the Luna1iu Asylum tho
EtuIsu was furious. x portion Ut the roof NJ
tom tro'A tho hla:nitcuh. realdencc of Judge u.
II. Tucker Capt. i. II. l.atinets ontl'o'!leH wero
thrown dawn, Dick uAuao'a {col.) hollso %ns
razeA to tho t:ra,n n,l tta,lse-.n clever nulat.
10 mar,--waB Instantly killed. Tho Top Of lIlH
head wns literally cut OF. no II lono with n
broaax. Tho portion cut of lsas mt yeo! beer,
found. afrr. Tlon,as A. johnson raa fatally in-
iured, dying few hours after; and llcr husband
II nov confined to lls bed, boinE seriously, If no.
fatally, injured. Tho farna Of SIebHtH. Fair anil
Carakor were donn<lesl VI oil fences. Tite cy-
clono crossed tho river jnet below its nlouth Of
tho houses OF II. a. AeCo,nD. occupied by q. W.
tirtl, and Einllotlsc scrow, ntd every D'ltbnt!ny
wero destroyed. Ouc white lady, Mia 1totton,
wRH badly wounded and will probably tte. rleha.
mt Ennis' place WAS also destroyed 81 TO houses,
fo1Icea. o:c.
It ID certainly known that not loss thnn twelve
porsone worn killed. outright. while thoao aer,-
ouHly aid otherwise injured can bo counted by
tho Ec1ra.
Thn cyclone was from 100 to 400 yards wide.
dense smoke. pischv black, and appeared 10 1noyo
ut least Gu miles por hour. Hugo pino aud onli
trees were snapped li'to pipc:stens AMI whirIcd
with almost lightning taridtty through mid
buggics' wagons, car:iugos,, beds. ptIlows, mat
trosaes, and orory Conceivable piece u house
haid and Kitchen furniture, were bolng carried
through tho air, and tho debris Of those thicaly
bss1xod tho Pah a. tho 1 sGr9aao Squirrels
been plensitnily picked up in tho ttaols
fund driven, rs wonld ho wedge BY maui, y
or inches into solid green trees \ large bun-
i'a Of talograpl,-wira Sas found ~ miles cost
from the line. wagoH driven by freedman.
having q team Of fv Horses hitcIcd to 1t: be-
iopEiuE TO Col. ThomaH Jollnson, OF Kohtncsy.
sas taken up aud carried Violently eastward z or
miles, and tho driver and horses soti0nRly i-
tnrel. Near Jalnes Martins house. hugo
block OF granite, wo,ghinR not less than 10, Ol0
ponds. was moved fro1n tho place whore 1t l.nA
rested for centuries and carried considerable
distanco up tito hill.
l. waa q torrtblo visitation. uttoriv ruintug
manr of the farmers ovur whose places it pnssed.
It will bo almost Impossible 10 rebuild tho foncey
In ttnp for a crop Ieai1cs. tho freedmen have
aulTerea no seriously by manning ami dcnth that
labor III Mlscl demorallzet.
IN HANCOCK M'DuFFlE, coLuMprA, AND oLAscocK
COUNTIES.
sFeeiat 10 tia .iuarsfa Chronicle.
THOMSON, Co., March 42.-Thcrc wcro two
distinct tornadoe8. Ono came directly fro1n
Mi'ledgov,llc, travelling about due east. veer.
Hancock, Warren. a1cDmiio. Co!u,nbis anti
crossing Tug Savannah Riyer near tho
mouth Of Cehoe Creek; the other coming
from tho direction Of Fort yai!oy, paus.
ing through tho lower edHo of Hancock, the rel,.
trs OF .o!ascock, aud into Jefferson County at
lug las boon heard from 1t.
Tho following houses aud plantations were
wrecked IN Hancoek County,. John T. Mas.
soy's. Hln ,, wfo ama I'd! child md s.lsa silglo'
nolln, Carlor p. Whaloy, q. =. Rhoaos. ill.,
cluling twn tino orchards, wore totally TO-
sLroycd. Tho storm then cros2o<l tho OgcorAno,
2115 lnaleA above Mayfe1d, aIAl struck and do
mollBlled the Linn place. Thon 1t reached hirH.
Virginia lIul'orts, IN Wannn Cnnnty, killing nnd
wn,nding t~n nnNrocs. The negtaas were blow,
from llGiy houses half n,ilo .to fcd ItdeMol.
ssl'ed Elans Church. Thu mkt hourea destroyed
were John " llueerts, Mrs. Catnrine Mol
sons. Il. W. keHnn'a, thu ltav. 4. j. ptcl3erH II
sion jumped distance of . n,iles nn.t t1cmol-
islcd GhmAk.
After ri,.cr.ne aloI>ullo TIN totnado 1na!rey,,l
tho onaes Of lIcuty 1yoy, Ira. BAcnt., .'ullm +.
StorAl'. John ". Morgan, .1asIns 4. Henson. II
kille.i o1tn lIegTo vt DansonH, 1t John i. slmt.ls
It killed two negroes nl,l wounded fnur, From
thonco 1t paasrd into Columbia and uf,ue!; t.,,t
tle'nUliahua tho llo,,se VI john I1a,tost, lifted
l,sa cElltl anil wounded several otl4era. 1t do:
hanks. no,rga Gray, n,stl Na7tnu. At App!ng it
.loi'o!iahcs tho lsoisso Of llr. Hai!oy, Nonn1ina
Atss Malono 1nortallY. 4 portion OF tito roof oi
tho Court-uo, aud Methodist Church were
partially destroyed Tile riek acatsen,y mud t,c
noeIo church, we're conlplnleiy demolished. b..
yend Applins tho l'ouaes ot. a. N. Crawford,
Mrs. Walton, ". LRsal'lin, and William Walton
sTero !oIcled to ths grouud. 1t then crOsuou tbs
| Savannah 1liyer.
Mover vas huch tornalo felt in doorgo
| hiGl.A,ll half Y ii,ltu Wila. Il va, barrul.
| alsared at 'timcs, and ut tncs it took lho FORM
! afa half-mncn, roynlyinc from north to Lnntl,
Tho roar was illuminated with luritl, pI4us
r1,U1GAccnt, but wlnily unnatural Isit. l.
trarelol At tic 1uto 1t 10 MlIes pr s lso,,r
1t Wa Nafke1 OIL the nostE a,lll nuul, hles wtt
tonna clouds. but stool out Il, bold selItf aln,.u
!. demolished rncl. plantation in twenty sccolalp
It war accompanied by. sound al Of tiv'
huudrel cannon In tue deciuivo uno,Aonts Of
pitched batt'n. Not II dsop Of rain full from it
but great rai,,-storm came up throo hour
aftosMardn. mud dolnged the eattli. accompanies
by hail wind, thunder, and lightning, Hundred
eacsped death simply by The hands OF proyl