Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-04-24
The Work Of tho Storm,

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| WAhrERBono, Friday. April l8.--Thc
effects of tho cyclone which visited this town
on wednesday evening arc worse than an--
| tiolpatcd. Tho appearance Of tho Eastern
portion Of the town Is simply indescribable,
trees and ruined houses being mnssed together
in every direction, aud ali the streets aud
landmarks totally obliterl ted.
The following is full list Of the casualties
in the town and vicinity:
kii!ed--Mrs. DR.. George NJ. Rivers, Phile.
mon Sanders and Benjamin Reynolds. white,
boy aged IA, named Scott, the vito Of Jack.
son Grant, and Lydia Ford, colorcd. Total
six.
ounded-Miss Eliza Youngblood, arm
broken; Miss Annie Rivers, severely; Mr.
Charles Farmer; tho wifo Of George Washing.
ton, colorcd. mortally; julia Porry, colorcd,
mortally. A number Of others are Gu. and
bruised, more or less severely.
-Four colorcd men on q turpentine plnnta-
ton in the lack of the storm aro missing.
and it is reported that the bodies of two co.
lorcd children arc lying at n camp ground
eight mics above here.
The houses Of pr. George NJ. Rivers, State
Senator Robert Fishburne Charles B. Far,
mer ESQ John w. Durbidge, Esq. DR.. P, s~
tell Fishburno. Lucretia Campbell Miss
Eliza Youngblood. Dr.. Charles Wi,sell, Ror.
Mr.. Dnnwoodic, Mrs. Daniel iluson. Jnckson
Grant. Mrs. Jnmes Wood. james w. Fraser,
ESQ Israel Banks. John Scott. james Brown,
Daniel Robertson and 9. b. Brock arc totally
destroyed and nrc mere masses Of ruins.
!, phe residences Of Miss Youngblood, Carnot
Bellinger james Glover. Clarcnc, Lrcar.
Kcv. i. 4. Bcllinger. j D. Richardson. j. j.
Kline and Mrs. NJ. W. Webb are 90 injured
as to be nntcnablc, and it will bc almost i'm
possible to restore uny ono of them This is
"nly partial list. many other houses being
either destroyed completely or rendered un-
inhubitable
Tho seven churchcs the town, Episcopal,
Cathn''c Presbyterian. Baptist. Methodist
and Baptist aud Methodist, colorch. nrc hcans
ot rubbish, and the Academy is in tho samo
condition. No stores were destroyed. The
court house and Jail are unnjurcd
The people are crowded in the few remain.
ing dwelling houses and provisions arc short.
Much distress is inevitable and assistance.
gteatly needed
BLAckyILLE. April It, A severe storm
n>itod this place this afternoon, about 4
o'c.ock There was delngn OF rnin, aud the
Wind blew great guns. Hail fell for about
i've minutes like grape and cannis,er. The
oldest inhabitants never saw such hailstones.
y large portion of them rs large as fowl eggs
Many window panes wero broken We have
no reports from the county. but crops md
gard ms must have suffered severely. lIoil
was picked up weighing three or four ounces.
h'N1N' hl"'i io.- no ram storm hero
tins afternoon was the sevcrest that has boon
known for years. Everything is 0oo,led, aud
bridges aud fences noael away in every di-
rectl"n. The rush of water was 50 great
down the avenue leading to the depot that
that tuiliing was completely inu I'd tied.
The track of the South Carolina Railroad in
the cut near this place was washed up and
the d 'wn Augusta train delayed over an hour
until the roadbed could be repaired to enable
the train IN puss Tho rain n ,..z..
the county, being accompanied in some places
by hail.
CHARLESTON, April l7-LaAt evening n
violent rain storm occurred here which con
tinoed throughout tho night. Accounts from
tie in.crlor show TINT the storm began with
q terrific tornado which swept through tho
l'wer portions Of the State, causing great
destruction !, OF I'te aud property. In the
village Of Waltcrboro more than ono hundrc
dwellings and all the churches were swc,
away. Threecfourths Of tho inhabitants arc
homeless Fifteen persons were killed and
many mare wounIcd. At Oukley Stntion on
the Northeastern railway all the houses that
were occupied by the negroes wore levelcd
Ore negro was killed and many hurt. Simi-
lar casualties are reported from various points
in the track Of the tornado.
New ORLEANs. April lG.-st Gl5 this
evening hail storm began. lasting fifteen
minutes. aud covering the ground with very
large hnilstoncs. Ono picked up ir front Of
the Associated Press Office measured 80
inches in circumference. a letter to tho
tcayunc gives an acconnt of n similar
hail storm in St. James Parish yesterday
NOR i,g
The Greenvillc Ners say: A severe hail storm
swept over some portions Of this county on day
before yesterday. At Grove Station we learn
some ofthc stones were rs largo as ordinary
sized hens egg and in the Fuirview neigh
borhood the hail fell in great quantities No
serious damage was done as crops aro not
Tar enough advanced to suffer much, if any.
Wc learn also that the hail storm was
heavy about ~ miles above Grcenvile. In
the neighborhood Of Mr.. r. W. Anderson.
the ground was literally covered with hail
stones unusually large. No accidents hap
pcncd that we have learned Of.
WASHINGTON. April &c ollccor Brayton
teegraphs from Columbia. S. c., 10 the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue as follows.
While the revenue forcc was engaged in tho de-.
strucion Of an Illicit disillcry, about twelve
mies from Sprtanburg Court House the
officers were fired upon and Special Deputy
Byron wounded in the thigh and shoulder This
Is the second instance within n week that the
assassination Of the revenue officers has been
attempted.
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