The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-06-20

THE STORM RISES IN HART COUNTY, GA.
Three hail storms occurred up in Reed
Creek District in this County on Sunday.
DR.. Mathews, who was up in that section,
brought bucket of hailstones to town
with him. He says the ground was Gov
cred to the depth Of two or three. inches
{ in places. The hailstones were the
: largestwe have ever seer, measuring 24
inches in diameter when first gathered.
They were fully an inch and a half in
diameter when he arrived in town, and
the stocm was fully eight miles from here.
We;Rlsoih hear of very destructive hail
storm near Mrs. Knox's, which. cut corn,
cotton, &C., all to pieces. Late in the
evening, we had considerable hail and
srainin town, but as far as we have learn
ed no damage has resulted except the
blowing down of wheat and oats. We
are satisfied that heavy hail storms ragged
in many sections of this and adjoining
counties, and have no donbt but that in
calcnlable injury has been done to the
crops. This is greatly to be deplored, as
the prospect for the growing crops was
very fine, and the people were very much
cheered in consequence.
DR.. Mathews was over in the hail storm
track Monday, and as we anticipated
thecrops In places were entirely ruined.
Some of! the planters have turned their
stock. into their crops, not being worth
further attention. He brought back a
quantity. of cotton end corn stalks, fruit
and boughs of trees which bear the marks
OF the fearful storm, The bark on trees
was split and bruised as if by an axe,
and fruit trees stripped of their fruit. It
is said that the storm extended as far rs
Anderson, s. O., and on that side of the
river was much more disastrous than on
this side, the trees having theappearance
Of mid-winter, being stripped Of their
foliage, and not stalk of cotton or corn
I but what. is barren of leaves or blades.
The boards on some of the houses were
split by the hailstones..
jeff Crocker picked up hail stone
near Hatton's Ford that measured 81
5 inches in diameter. The crops in that
section were nearly entirely ruined.
Over lou the other side of the river, at
Capt. Kidd's, the hail beat the crops
into the, ground and killed every goose
he had.--RaTtpcU SIN.
A VISIT TO COLUMBIA COUNTY.
Sunday afternoon heavy, storm of
rain, accompanied by considerable wind,
passed over, Augusta, but no damage was
inflicted. beyond the. flooding Sof the
streets. Above. the city, however, the
storn-king gave evidence of his power in
a fearful manner, and, as we write, de-
molished houses, ruined crops, and pros
trate trees and fences mark the path of
, his fury. The greater portion of the
damage was inflicted upon Columbia
county, but part of Richmond suffered
also. As far SIS We have been able. to
learn, the storm entered Columbia county
about three O'Clock, from the southwest,
= travelling nearly in a northeasterly course.
We have not yet learned the exact point
at which it entered the county, but it is
supposed that it passed some distance
north of Luther, the terminus of the
Goodrich Railroad. Passing onward
through the Reeves settlement, it de-
stroyed nearly every building, and up
rooted most of the trees,
COMPLETELY BLoCKADING THE ROADS,
And rendering all travelling impossible
except TO- pedestrians. Crossing Head
stall creek, it struck the plantation of
Mr.. Newsome, demolished every build
ing on1theS place, except his dwelling,
and partially unroofed that, destroyed
all his fencing, and utterly ruined his
crop. At this point destructive hail
storm /, commenced and followed the
track of f,the, tornado, extending over q
somewhat wider area, and intlicting in
calculable damage to the timber and
growing crops. Leaving Mr.. Newsome's,
the tornado struck the plantation of Mr..
John, Adams. On his place was 6, small
building used for Sunday School, un-
der the, superintende of Mr.. Robert
Mercer. The. scholars and teachers had
siust assembled, when the storm in all its
destructive fury, burst upon them, and
in an instant the house was q complete
wreck,
BURYING ALL ITS INMATES
In the ruins. Two boys, aged respective
" seven and ten years, sons of Mrs. Al
:. len. widow lady OF the neighborhood,
were taken out dead, having been in
stantly. killed. Mr.. Joseph Walker, a
young man in the employ of Messrs.
Neal & Faucet, was, it is feared, fatally
injured. A little daughter of Mr.. John
Adams had her hand badly crushed.
Miss Celia Adams was struck down by
some of the falling timbers, and received
several very severe bruises. Most of the
injuries received by others we're of o
trihing nature, and some few, incredible
as it may seem, escaped entirely unhurt.
It is also reported that Mrs. Newman
was killed near Harlem. These are all
the casualties to life and limb that ne
have been able to ascertain. MIR. VIM.
Smiths plantation was badly damaged,
as also were the places of Messrs. Thomas
Connell, Lewis Connell, Martin Whit
aker and some others, while MIR. Mat
Whitaker lost everything he possessed.
The track of the tornado appeared to be
about half a mile wide.
Advancing with terrific force the
storm struck Berzelia at about 3 O'Clock,
D. M, completely wrecking the fine grove
of trees below the station, prostrating the
fences and crops in the vicinity, and
then extended in southeast direction
on either side Of the road to the fourteen,
mile post, where it left the railroad and
plunged into the woods eastward. ALI
along the line between these points the
TRACK OF THE CYCLONE,
Ifsuch it proves, is plainly seen-trees
are torn up by the roots or twisted off;
. corn and cotton blown ont of the ground,
and the debris of all scattered broadcast
over the country. A most pitiable sight
it is to see the industrious farmers look
ing over their stricken fields, which have
cost 80 much care and labor, and few
days ago gave such bright promise OF
plentiful hsrvests.
At Berzelia, Mr.. Henry Merry's crop
was almost totally destroyed. At MIR.
VIM. Reaney's place, near Harlem, the
storm swept everything before it. Trees
we're uprooted and cotton and corn laid
Gil, M nliuarjo