The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-05-31

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Office so long they are not fit for any
other business aud am afraid they will
perish to death or fall on the County.
but then | reckon they will pick up
some little something and put it away
before we turn 'em out. reckon they
will. BIIr, App
TALL TALES OF THE WIND.
Ponds Blown Dry-wooten bowls Split
aud Trees Blown up by the Roots.
CHICAGO, May 20.-Some one of the
stories told concerning the #ork Of the
cyclones in Wisconsin and Illinois are
almost beyond belief, yet their truth is
SO well vouched for by many witnesses
that they must he accepted az trust
worthy. At kellogg's Corners, Kenosha
county, Wisconsin, the cyclone which a
lew minutes later visited Racine with
such disastrous result. swept milIpund
dry, carrying: the water in binding
sheet to the barn of Chas. Herrick,
which was literally deluged, and n COW
stabbed therein was drnwned A new
brick school house at Aztalan, Jefferson
county, Wisconsin, was destroyed BY
hail. The stones were rs big as eggs,
aud came down in such numbers and
with such velocity as to make the build
ing look as though it had been DESTROYED
10y n cannonade. Mrs. Northrop and her
son, who lived on n farm in Racine
county, near Union Grove, were standing
ut window watching the cyclone, when
they noticed that the funnel was coming
toward them with terrific momentum
They jumped into the cellar, and had no
sooner landed on their feet than their
house, a substantial frame, was picked up
like balloon and carried over their
head long distance down the road.
The residence of Mr.. Pagc, southeast
nf Springfield, H., was demolished and
every outbuilding blown down. Some
OF them were carried completely away,
especially large ice house, OF which no
vcstige could be found within radius
of mile. Mr.. Page, with his family.
took refuge in the cellar OF the house on
seeing the approach Of the cyclone.
They had narrow escape from being
crushed to death by the foundati ms of
the building, composed of brick, which
came tumbling in upon them, seriously
bruising Mrs. Page. The house would
at times rise several feet off the ground,
but, strange to say, with the exception
of being unroofed, it settled down almost
on the old foundation. Near the house.
aud in the track Of the tornado, were
found several huge logs which had evil
IDENTIFY been part of some log house.
but which Mr.. Page had never seen
before and did not know whence thew
came. The wagon standing near the
house was carried several rods away and
turned upside down without being much
damaged. The residence of Supervisor
Grubb, III the same neighborhood, was
unharmed, but II summer kitchen was
thrown out of shape. The stove which
was heated at tho time, was raised up
and carried about 200 yards and lodged
in straw stack. il fire followed. and
the barn aad other outbuildings adjacent
were consumed
Near Dawson, further East the lorna.
do was very violent. Along it's track
nothing could be found that had not been
damaged. In all the fields we're dead
horses and cattle. Trees were prostrated.
fences were blown away, and the roads
in some places blockaded. In one place
haystack in a shapeless mass impeded
travel. 1t had been blown from an adj
joining field. The cyclone Mt Dawson
and other points, according to the testi
mony OF eye witnesses. presented the ap.
pearance nt times Of II vast ball Of nre,
shaped as funnel. 1t seemed to possess
heat and power at the little end. Moth
ing OF human construction could survive
its touch.
a few miles North of Virginia, Ill.,, a
hedge fence was raised root and branch
and csrried away. A big pile Of railroad
ties lying near the track was scattered
far aud wide. On Springfield Round
Prairie horse was found with piece OF
rail through his body. At the residence
OF Major Hess, one and half miles East
of Springfield, the chimneys were tum.
! bled and the windows broken. In one
OF the windows sat a large wooden bowl
| This was split midway, one.half being
| left in It's original position and the other
half carried off by the cyclone. At one
place flock of geese were found naked
this morning. their feathers having been
stripped from their backs and hung upon
hedge.
On a hill near Howard, Ill.,, the storm
was very severe. On Friday afternoon
this knoll was we'll covered with houses
and barns. On Saturday morning not
stick of timber was to be seen. The only
vestige Of houses or barns now left are
|
with torn garments, remnants of bed
/ clothes, and the entrails of auimals, and
strewn over the ground are bushels o
grain and corn.
1T Grafton, sixteen miles southwest OF
Jerseyville. Ill.,, large stones were lifted
off the bluffs and hurled with tremendou,
force into the Mississippi River and upon
the town below, causing the utmost con.
sternation and fear among the inhabi
tants. The Wabash track was covered
for several miles with stones thrown b,
the force of the wind from the bluffs. A
car OF stone weighing $4,000 pounds wa,
lifted from the track, and the stones scat
tered in every direction. Michea
Larned was taken up bodily and carried
away. Search was made and his bod,
found in a culvert of the Wabash Rail
way, distance of one hundred yard
from where the storm struck him. Hi
head and face were split in two, and hi
body badly bruised. Large pickets wer
carried long distance and driven int
trunks of trees.
= During the war Georgian start e,
to Marietta with some chickens for sale
He met the soldiers, and they bought al
his chickens but one rooster. He insist
ed that they should take him but the,