Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-20
Effects Of the storm,

Tho cyclone which swept those portions
Of Georgia and South Carolina on Sunday
last, brief accounts Of which wero given in
tho tclcgrophic columns of the Journal of
Commerce yesterday, appears to have boon
more destructive than was at first antici-
patod. AS fur as known, tho storm cntcrod
Columbia County, Georgia, about 8 o'clock,
from tho Southwest, travelling nearly in a
Northeustcrly course, crossing the Savannah
River and entering South Carolina, so have
passed through Greenvillo os far East as
Camden. The following details are gath
cred from tho Augusta papers: Passing
onward through the Reeves settlement, It
destroyed nearly every building, and up
rooted most of tho trees,
COMPLETELY BLOCKING THE ROADS,
and rendering all travelling impossible ex-
cept to pedestrians. Crossing Hoadstall
Creek, it struck tho plantation of Mr.. New.
somo, demolished every building on tho
place, except his dwelling, and partially
unroofcd that, destroyed all his fencing,
and utterly ruined his crop. At this point
q destructive hail storm commenced, and
followed the track of tho tornado, extending
ever a somewhat wider area, and inaic,ing
in calculablo damoge to tho timber and
growing crops. Leaving MI. Newaomc'a,
the tornado struck the plantation of MIR.
JohD Adams. On his place was small
fbuilding used for Sunday School, under
the supcrintcndcnco OF Mr.. Robert Mercer.
Tho scholars and teuchers had just assom-
bled, whom tho storm in all its destructive
fury burst upon them, and in ON instant
Tho house was complete wreck,
BURYING ALL IT'S INMATES
in tho ruins Two boys, aged respectively
seven and ten years, sons of Mira. Allen, a
widow lady of tho noighborhood, were
taken ont doad, having boon instantly
killed. Mr.. Joseph Walker, young man
in the employ of Mcssrs. Neal Il Faucet,
was, it is feared, fatally injured A little
daughter of Mr.. John Albums had her hand
badly crushed. Miss Celia Adams was
struck down by some of the falling timbors
and received several very soyoro bruises
Most of tho Injuries received by Others
were of tcifiing nature, md some few,
Incredible as it may seem, escaped entirely
unhurt. 1t is also reported that O Mrs.
Newman was killed noar Harlan. These
are Gil tho casualties to life and limb that
we have been able to ascertain
at Bcr1eIia, Mr.. Henry Merry's crop was
almost totally destroyed. At Mr.. VIM.
Rcancy's place, noar IIarlom, the storm
swept everything before it, Trees wero
uprootod and cotton and c9rn laid prostrate
in tho folds. At Mr.. Olivor's placo, near
Berzelia, window glass was broken by tho
hail, trccs out to pieces and crops destroyed. /.
Tho samo tl,tg occurred at Baston's, kolb.
floisoh's and Brooks. Coming on doyn tho
rond in a track about
THREE MILES WIDE,
tho storm swept everything bcforo it.
Trees wcro prostratod, corn and cotton cut
to pieces aud tho ground streRn with
boughs apd loavcs Of trcos, olippod Off by
tue hail, which is said to have boen enor-
moue. Somc parties say the stonos wero us
largo as mans fist aud crashed through
the fields Of corn like mimic balls, outing
largo stalks, an inoh in diameter, to tho
ground, and strowing the furrows with them
until tho fields looked as if tho reaper with
his scytho had passed along. Trees wero
uprootod and hurled with violence against
houses and fonccs. At tho sixtoon mile
post freight oar was
BLOWN FROM THE TRACK. ,.is. 4
The hail stones, which oamo down as
thick as rain drops, penetrated into tho
houses through tho panes Of gluss, and in
one Instance, tl,atw heard Of, through the
blinds. IL ID spid that at one place d bushol
! 'of9 hailstoncs woro gathered irQu, the door