The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-04-24
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WAIrEKBoEo. Friday, April IS.
The effects Of the cyclone which visit
cd this town on Wednesday evening are
worst than anticipated. The appear
:!nce oi The eastern portion Of the town
Is simply inicacribablc, trees and ruined
houses being messed together in every
direction, and all the streets and land
marks Totally oblitcratcd.
The following is full list of the
CASUALTIES i'll the town and vicinity:
Mrs. DIR. Geo VI. Rivers. Philemon
SANDERS and BENZ. Reynolds, white. a
boy aged fourteen namic.l Scott. the wife
OF Jackson Grant, and Lydia Ford, col
ored. Total, six.
Miss Eliza Youngblood, arm broken !;
Mis- Annie Rivers, severely; AIr. Chas.
Farmer: the wife of Geo Washington.
coiorcd, mortaliy; Julia Ferry, colorcd
mortally. A number Of others are cut
and bruised, more or less, severely,
-Four colorcd men on turpcntinc
plantation in the track Of the storm are
missing, and ii is reported that the bodies
Of two colorcd children are lying at a
emp ground eight miles above here.
The houses Of DR.. George NJ. Rivers.
state Senator Robert Fishburne, Charles
Is. Farmer, Esq, John W. Burb,lgc.
i.+q., Dr. Postell Fi-hburne, Lucrctia
Campbell, Miss Eliza Youngblood. DIR.
Charles Witscll, Rev. Mr.. Dunwoo,lic,
Mrs. Daniel Iiutson, Jackson Grant.
Mrs. james Wood. james w. Fraser,
Esq, Israel Banks, John Scott, James
Brown, Daniel Robertson and G.. B.
Brock are totally destroyed and are mere
masses of ruins. The residences of Miss
q: oungbiood, Carnot Bcllingcr. James
Glover, Clarence Lucas, Rev. T.. T.. Bel.
linger. ). ID. Richardson, j. J. Kline and
Mrs. NJ. w. Webb are so injured rs to
be untenable, and it will be almost i'm
possible to restore any one of them.
ms Is only a partial list, many other
houses being either destroyed completely
or rendered uninlIabitablc.
The seven churches of the town, Epis-
copal, Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist,
Methodist, aud Baptist and Methodist.
c"lored, are heaps of rubbish, and the
Academy Is in the same condition. No
stores were destroyed. The court house
aud Jail arc uninjurcd.
lhe people are crowded in the few re-
manning dwelling houses and provisions
are short. Much distress is inevitable
and assistance is greatly needed.
a. b. w.
MIR. J. W. DuEBin"E's ACCOUNT.
Mr.. j. w. Burbidgc, an old resident
OF WATERFORD, thoroughly acquainted
with every man, woman and child, nook
and corner in Waterford, sends the fol-
lowing graphic description of the hurri
cane to his friend Mr. John Il. Steele. of
this city, with permission to publish in
the News and C1uyicr:
1esterday afternoon, about 4 o'clock,
our village was struck hv a tornado from
the south southeast which sweut across
the centre of the town, completely de-
molishing many dwellings, and every
church in the town. My house is un.
rooted, and .he additions and every
building on the lot fiat. I was ut the
store and heard the storm coming for
about three minutes. Where we we're it
was dead calm, until the storm came.
| stood by the Office door and saw it all.
am uncertain whether | brcathcd or
thought, until Clarence Lucas came to
carry me in then discovered the force
OF the STERN was spent. They were two
dreadful minutes. When | said to him
the damage is all done, he started with
out hat or cover for his head to look after
his family. | went into the Office, put
on my oil cloth coat, and started across
lots to look after my family.
Imagine my horror, when I got near
enough, to see my home in ruins. and
standing upon the debris were my two
grandchildren screaming for grandma
When got where they were l found our
waiting boy Jimmy working to move
some pieces, and my daughter Mary
crawling out. Immediately after came
the cook. My wife had left home an
hour before the storm to pay n visit in
the country. | hayo heard they stopped
at school house on the road and are
safe. She was with Mrs. j. ID. Edwards.
In front of my house was the Academy
building. 1t is gone. Further south
was Dr. Rivers house, and it is gone and
Mrs. Rivers killed, also Philemon San
ders, who had come to consult the doctor
about his bride. They were only week
married T do not
know how many are killed. The OLD
store stood the shock, but the big oak is
down, and all the trees around us, save
the two oaks at the north door and their
tops are twisted of. The wine, drove in
one OF our north windows, and did some
damage to goods, not much. a corner
OF our storehouse next to the market was
Knocked off and about fifty bushels of
corn run out on the ground.
The storm came from the south, blew
straight for about one minute. then
shifted to northwest, and came back with
new fury, striking and bounding here
and there. The trees are piled with their
tops both ways. One tree in front Of the
store has its bark peeled clean. Several
are snapped short off, and as far as
have seen not pine is standing any
where i'll the track of the storm. The
streets are blocked with trees, and the
roads to the east almost impossible.
The destruction commenced about mile
south Of tho village, near Henry Neyle's
farm, and came straight for lis. One
hundred trains of steam cars running
over bridges at full speed could not have
created n more terrible noise. | believe
l was dazed by the approaching horror,
oi which somehow i gathered an idea
SAID to a young man standing near me-
something terrible is coming; Walter
bolo' has never yet experienced what we
shai. see to-day. | saw it, l heard it,
and was powcrless. What could / do
bat wait the result.
10 add to the horrors last night. a
thunder storm hung over the village and
the most terrible thunder continued the
whole night To-day we have dnlnoo
of rain, and can do nothing much.
Thunder all around us. 1t will be n
good time for the charitable people of
Charleston and elsewhere to give relief