Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-29
The Work Of tho Tornado.

Marshficld to the Republican says that
seventy-ono victims of Sundays storm
have been buried, and some twenty-five or
moro arc in a dying condition. The nun.
Der seriously wounded is about l50. A babo
about eighteen mouths old, whose mother
was killed and whose friends woro all
wounded, aud was found on tho 10Th inst.
in ravine North of tho town, whore it lay
all night. 1t is doing we'll Another
child, TWO years old, was found on tho
afternoon OF the 18th in tree top, whcro
! 1t had been utmost twcnty-four hours. It
was badly bruised, but will recover. 1t
was taken yesterday by the parents who
live two miles aud half from the Southern
part of the town. The childs aerial
flight, therefore, must have extended moro
than three miles. A wagon has been found
that was carried four miIcs by the wind,
and section OF the smoke stack of mill
that was carried three miles and half.
1t is reported that from thirty to foyty
persons have been killed by the spurs Of
the tornado in the country, and that tho
town Of Corscana, in Barry County, is as
badly wrecked as MarshGcll.
The latest adyiccs from Texas County.
Mo, say that the town of Licking was
entirely destroyed with the exception of
three houses by Sunday nights storm.
Three hundred persons arc homeless, ono
ltc lost, and seven persons wounded, i've Of
them seriously. The damage was fully
$4,000. The tornado did immense injury
to all kinds Of property in the county.
Dispatches just received say the storm of
Sunday was very severe in Morgan County,
Mo, its track being strewn with demolished
| houses, barns and other farm property.
The little town cf Barncttsyillc was torn
nearly to pieces and several persons killed
and wounded. The names of the killed
have already been lclcgraphcd. It is cati--
mated that in Webster County, OF which
Marshficld is the county seat fully 100
people were killed and over 200 wounded.
Among the killed in the county arc John
Rose and daughter, Richard Hail. John
Carsons, his wife and two daughters and
three mcmbcrs Of the Scott family. Tho
loss to property in the county is estimated
at 81 100000.
Tho tornado of Sunday last sccms to
have extended over much greater breadth
OF country and was more deadly and dcvas-
tating in its effects than any storm that has
occurred in the West for years 1t dealt
death aud destruction not only over half of
Missouri, but ragged with great fury through
the Northern half of Arkansas and con-
siderable part Of Eastern Kansas. At
Shawnee Mission, in tho latter State,
number of persona returning from q funeral
at o'clock in the afternoon, were ovcrta-
ken by the storm. They took refuge in
shed adjoining the large brick store of Mr..
Bout. Soon afterward u part of tho
store was blown down upon the shed, bury
ing dozen or more persons in the
ruins, and very seriously injuripg
y. G. Campbell, r. j. Wilson, Molie
Brown, and LilIio Strong, and moro or
less injuring the rest of the party. At
$50 L. Nj. tho tornado struck Fayetteville,
Arkansas and furrowcd track through tho
city from Southwest to Northeast, destroy
ing or badly damaging almost every build
ing in its track. Every house on tho
South except the Democrat Office was dc.
molishcd, and barns, outhouses, and trees
were swept out Of existence. About TWEEN.
ty business houses and several residences
were either destroyed or very badly dam.
aged.
Mrs. Victoria Glass and oolorcd girl
were killed, and from ten to fifteen adults
and number of children were moro or loss
seriously wounded. The estimated loss 10
100000.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, April 81 .--Adviccs
from lIayfaycttcyillc report the storm Of
Sunday night unprcccdcuty severe about
8 o'clock in tho evening, aud coming from
the Southwest.
1t struck and destroyed tho residences
Of Mr. kiIton, DR.. Paddock, Mrs. Crooh,
MIR. j. Il. llaughan, the Masonic Hall, and
the fremont House, three story briok
hotel, killing Mrs. Glass, the wife Of the
proprietor The Democrat Office is badly
damaged. DR.. Bolcs and Baum Bros,
stores, tho East end of tho Mountain
house, Jcnnings's stables, and Coay's two.
story brick building arc utter wrecks.
Eight or ten frame buildings East of the
town were lifted from their foundations and
torn to atoms Many houses arc unroofcd.
Quite a number Of the people were wounded
and ono child killed All the horses in
Jenningss stables were killed. The storm
prevailed with startling severity rs far
South as Johnston County
..
TOO LoNd A CAMPAlGN.--Wc have
been shown letter from Senator NJ. c..
Butler to citizen Of Chester, in which ho
expresses grave npprcheDsions as to tho
proprie,y Of the action Of the State lixecu.
tive Committee in calling tho State Con-
vcntion to nominate State ticket as early
as the first OF June. Senator Butler thinks
that a campaign of five months will give
the sore heods, or independent element,
ample time to work up an organized oppo.
sition to tho regular ticket. The people