The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-06
The Cyclone.

The Cyclone.
Ihe SpecInl correspondent Of the Coz
stiutionaiiSt, writing from Covinvton.
Co., says:
| Your correspondent is enabled to indi-
cate, with some degree of accuracy ut
this hour, the truck of the cyclone
through portion of Georgia. Passing
through Clayton County with local d,i,
mage, now not asccrtainet, it entered
Henry County, and traversed it with re-
markable devastation Us reported Edc-
ing Rockdale, small new County. It
demolished the dwelling and out-houscs
OF MIR. Thomas Oglcsby, killing cows.
horses and hogs, and injuring fencing
and destroying trees on his place. The
limits OF Newton County were entered at
Judge Joseph Regans, on South River,
blowing everything away in it's path A
man and two negroes are reliably re-
ported to have been here killed, and MIR.
Trc"dway, living on Cotton Creek, to
have been caught up and carried away,
and to be yet missing i'll spite of search
Widow Hollownys house was blown
down and that lady very terribly
wounded, several of her ribs being
broken and torn from her back by falling
timbers; and several Of Mr.. w. f. Harden =
children were seriously hurt. Mrs l..
nj. Melton wns badly injured by broken
rafters. Six miles West of Covincton,
Capt G. Nj. Cunningham suffered the
total loss of his mansion and its con-
tents. Cats, chickens and guinens we're
killed on the place by the furious blasts.
A negro named Andrew Tillman, in an
clubhouse, was struck ON the forehead
over the left eye by a descending rafter,
the skull fractured, and several pieces Of
bone driven into the brain. These were
extracted, and II tablespoonful of brains
taken out. and the negro is doing we'll.
At Bartlstown, several persons were
killed and many wounded. At Waynes-
boro, one woman was killed and NOT n
tree, fence, Clubhouse or cotton scrow
left standing. At West Point, several
houses were blown down and soyeral
persons injured.
A correspondent of the Chronicle and
Sentinel writes TINT Jefferson County WAS
visited by the tornado. It crossed the
Ogeechec near Fenn's Bridge, and passed
IN direct line from West to East, pnss-
ing over the plantations of Messrs j. N.
Bethea, VIM. Sinquefield, Nj. D. Cason,
9. Noble Jones, j. H. Cain, estate w. H.
Batty and w. A. Stokes in this County,
and II. ID. Greenwood, Henry Dawson,
81 hudson and Col. Alexander G. Walker
IN Burke County. MIR. Sinquefeld was
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Every house on his place, save the
dwelling, was blown down, and it was
very much injured-the doors and win
dows all being blown ont and O brick
pillar, four feet high, blown from under
the centre of the house. Not q single
house is left standing on Col Walkers
place. He is truly to be pitied. The
great tornado of last month visited and
demolished his Richmond County plan
tation and residence, and now this one
has devastated his place in Burke
County. A little son of Mr.. Rufus Jor-
dan, about ten years old, who was lust in
the edge of it, WAS blown out of an OK
cart, which he was driving, but not in
lured. This is the third tornado which
has visited this County within a few
weeks.
Harris County was visited with the
fifth tornado since the Goth of March on
last Saturday. The cyclone was terri
BILE. 1t scattered the dwellings,, out
houses. fences and everything else on
hery. Williams place, wounding several
OF his people. Going directly East it
played havoc with the farm of Henry F.,
Morse, two miles South of Whitesyille
There is not a house of any kind left on
his place. Six negroes wero killed by
the falling timbers. Mrs. Morse is
wounded, it is feared, fatally, and several
others of the family slightly. After
going about mile and half farther
East, John Bookers place was crossed
and all his tenants were scattered to the
winds. The report of the number of
Killed and wounded there is conflicting.
The Widow Smiths, about IL mile fur
ther East, was the next place in the pnth
of the tornado. There was no one killed
there, but the list of wounded is lnrre.
and the amount of damage is considern-
Die. W. &. Davis house, about three
quarters of mile further, was the next
house that CHANGED to be in tho track of
the wind storm. His house was blown
down, his leg broke. his wife's leg broke
and three or four children injured. At
ter while it gathered unusual strength.
and, attacking the Baptist Church, utterly
demolished it; in fact, zone stone was
not left on another" Four negroes were
killed and six or seven wounded by the
falling of Judge Spence's building. It
struck Murray 4 Spence's mill, and did
not leave timber standing. Jourdan
Kelley, the negro miller, was killed and
three white men were wounded. It
struck Calvin Teel's place, leaving not a
building standing. Then it COM
menced its ravages on Col. James r.
Mobley's place. His gin-house and all
his out-houses were blown down and six
negroes wounded.
| Around West Point, it demolished all
the out-houses on ex-Mayor Reeds place