The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-07-21
Wrecked by II Cyclone.

1 " A"'. July -.
y dispatch trom Minnapol's, Mimi,
says tiIa! the ipIowirp tclcgrnphir nc.
| counts of tho disaster at New Tim.
| MINI, has been received there:
| shortly before , o'clock ON Friday
| afternoon Il cyclone of most terrific Nlo-
lcnce struck this town. d"noI,hinl,
| over one hundred buildings, and killing
AMI woun,inS upwards nf thirty
persons. Althuug! either towns in til"
| vicinity were visited by the storm 10 a
greater or less degree Of violence. the
| full iorcrof the "yrlonc vented itself Ii.rc
| According 10 the evidence Of eye wit
! ncsscs tw" t"rnalocs met right over tins
| place, and the work of destruction WAS
accomplished in less that fifteen minutes
Tho course of the cyclone could be dis
tinctly disccrnch, and ii seemed To lie
| moving in separate volumes from north
| and south. At I'D p. IN. black clouds
gathered with great rapitlity. The tliun-
der and lightning were terrific and the
wind blew Il hurricane wlil0 the rain
| descended In binding sheets There
was II moments lull aiid then the cyclone
struck the town. almost destroying IT.,
| and then disappeared is suddenly ~ it
came. Its effects are almost indcSrriha-
bic. Some houses were struck by light
/ ming others were lifted up bodily by
| the violence of the wind and others
! were lcnollshc' by dying debris from
AMI stores were entirely destroyed.
Very few escaped unlnjurc,l, but many
had their roof blown on or were so bad
~ disioint"d by the wind that they will
| have IL be pulled down and rebuilt
The storm WAS most destructive in tho
norUi end of the city, and whole blocks
of frame buildings were swept away
| Hardly Il barn or stable escaped, ana il is
estimated that over one hundred horses
and cattle have been DESTROYED The roof0f
| the Merchants Hotel was carried blocks
| through tho air and hurled against Jacob
Millcrs house which it completely de-
| molishcd, but fortunately the Miller
| family escaped before tho crash came
| >. Il. randolph, mayor OF the city, esti
| mates the total loss at S5O0,GOO, and the
lowest estimate is $i50. 900. Aside from
tho loss Of life. tho worst feature of the
| calamity is that mono of the property
destroyed ~ insured against accidents II
tEis Kind. Many have lost thcir all
The citizens, however, without exception,
met THIS disaster brarclv and even cheer
iully, niid are taking prompt and dcci-
sivc steps to rcpnir the damage. although
til agree that, next to the Iudan masS;l
cre II was the most disastrous blow
that New Tim has ever received.
The streets nrc filled with the debris of
me shattered buildings, and on every
side evidences Of tho wreck are visible.
number of buildings struck by
lightning caught fire. and hctown would
nave been destroyed in this way but for
tho rain which descended III torrents.
lhc only lumber yard III town WAS
struck simultaneously by lightning and
the tornado. amt has not been seen since
Eyo-witnesscs state that the sccnc during
anu immediately after the storm was
fearful To contemplate, and beyond the
descriptive powers OF the most graphic
pen. People who were out on the streets
at the time were literally blown away
and number were wounded by flying
debris. Whole section. OF tin roofing
were sent sailing through tho mir by tho
fury of The storm and twisted and crum-
plcd up like paper.
As tho VI tins Of tho sad catastrophe
are scattcrrt over comparatively large
area 1t * impossible To got the exact III IF
killed and wounded, Especially rs Ike cy-
clone also visited West Newton and
caused several deaths Fourteen are
known to have been killed and twenty
fivo wounded BrSidcs these there are
dou,tlcSS many others who have been
overlooked in the general confusion. In
addition To the damage done in this
place, large quantity OF grain has been
destroyed i'll tho nciEhborho0d.
AS soon as the first shock WAS over the
citizens rallied and We'd with each otEor
IN attending To the wounded, the Sisters
otCharity especially doing work which
Will long bc remembered by all with
gratitude. Subscriptions have already
commenced to pour in.