The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-27
ANOTHER CYCLONE.
Houses Blown Down and three
Persons Reported Killed !!

Persons Reported Killed
Word reached Anderson Wednesday
morning that a terrible cyclone had pass
ed through portions of Pendleton, Garvin,
Williamson and Brushy Greek town.
ships, this County, last Tuesday afternoon,
about 4 o'clock. Up to the hour OF 60
ing to press, Wednesday noon, we were
unable to get full particulars Of its deadly
work. But from what we learned, the
cyclone seems to have been as destructive
as the one that passed near this city seV.
eral weeks ago. II was travelling in a
Northeasterly direction, and swept every
thing in its track, destroying houses,
forests, ipjuring and crippling people,
end killing horses, cattle, chickens, &c.
The first place We hear of the storm is
near Pendleton village, where all the
houses on the Seaborn and North places
were destroyed.
The dwelling house on Col. J. B. =.
sloan's place, occupied by Mr. J. O. Hall,
vas blown down. The wreck caught
FIRE and was burned up. Several persons
{ were injured.
A dwelling house occupied by Jack
Carter, on DR.. T.J. Pickens' place, was
blown down, and then burned up. Car
ter's daughter is reported killed.
All the outhouses and tenant-houses
on the plantation of NJ. G. Dickson we're
blown down.
Dr.. ]. II. Maxwells's dwelling house
and tenant-houses were demolished, and
several people injured.
In Garvin Township the first house ne
hear of being destroyed is that Of Col. y.
J. Pickens. Col. Pickens and daugh-
ter were painfully hurt.
All the outhou,es on Mr.. G. B. Whit
TENS place were destroyed. His dwelling
bouse escaped, though one OF its Chin
neys was blown down.
The dwelling house of. Mr.. Elijah
Stone was blown down, and the wreck
then destroyed by fire.
TIE dwelling house Of Mr.. Osborne
Watkins was blown down. He and his
wife had not been heard of at dark on
Tuesday evening.
The six.and. Twenty Baptist Church
was blown down, pieces of the timbers
being carried half mile. 1t was new
building.
Mr. jaime. Mulligan's dwelling and
tenant.houses were all blown dow1. MIR.
Mulligan's family were all in the house,
but no one was hurt.
On Mr.. D. A. Muiligan's place all
the houses we're blown down. Two Ia
dies were painfully hurt.
On Col. Joshua Jameson's place there
was not shelter or house left standing.
His dwelling house which was large,
substantial building, was completely
demolished. His furniture was broken
up, and the bed clothing and wearing
apparel blown of. Mrs. Jameson and
her daughter, Miss Ida, and two colored
women we're painfully hurt.
All the houses on Mr.. w. F. Ovens
plantation were destroyed. Mr.. Ovens
little daughter was badly hurt.
The dwelling house and tenant. houses
on the plantation of Mrs. Spearman and
Mrs. Smith, two widow ladies, were de-
stroyed.
From the Greenville Ne,os Of Wednes-
day morning, we learn that the storm
was quite severe near Piedmont. The
dwelling house of Mr.. Watson, near
there, was taken up bodily into The air,
and when some distance up went to
pieces, the fragments scattering far aud
wide. The whole family was more or
less injured, Mr.. and Mrs. Watson being
badly hurt, while two of the children
were supposed to be killed.
The track of the cyclone was not more
than $50 or 300 yards wide. In Pen
dleton Township, hail stones as large
rs mans fist fell, killing chickens,
pigs, &c. Our informants state that the
cloud was very black, and apparently
rolled along the ground, roaring like an
immense artillery.
1t is little singular that Is cyclone
occurred on the same day of the week
and about the same hour as the one that
passed near this city last month.