The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-04-03

dwelling ana store OF -. i. Moore, near
| Sinpaonville, in the lower section Of The
county, were blown down, his family
making Il narrow escape without scriD.s
| injury. In the same locality tic houss
Oi lie Davis, colOred, was demolished.
and his vile aud child seriously injured.
II is reported that they died to-day from
| the wounds received. Dlv;s's mule was
| blown away and has not been found All
the onthou'es on the place Of Dr. Ma,hcy
hunter IN tue same ncighborh0Ud were
blown 10 the ground, ard part Of the
dwelling Of jams X. Cox was swept
away. The rumber Of smaller accidents
aud incidents IL great, and altogether the
work OF the cyclone fias exceeded any
thing Of the Kind that ha, ever before
happened in this county. In many To-
calllics heavy hail is reported aud there
was Il great rainfall in all parts of the
county, doing grcn, damage &c small
| grain crops aud land by washing. Two
o:hcr children of Mr.. John Bailey, whore
wife and son were killed, are reported to
have received serious Injuries which will
probably prove fatal. Owing to the
tatdincas OF communication with remote
country places information as to the full
results at the storm have not yet been
received, and il is not unlikely that other
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far rs is now known, however the loss of
life has been remarkably small for q cy-
clone 50 destructive in other respects,
anu SO terrible in what it might have
done.
| Tie Storm In Fairfield.
RIDGEwAY, March pa fearful cy-
clone passed over this portion of Fairfield
| County yesterday evening, about 6
O'Clock, doing much damage to timber
and fencing. On Senator Gaillard's
plantation two negro houses were com
| pictcly blown TO pieces. In one of these
houses there were ten negroes, little and
| big, and strange TO say not one WAS seri-
ously hurt. The houses were blown to
the ground, and the flooring carried off
in every direction. All the possessions
OF the negroes were carried off, and /
found mile away from the houses some
of their clothing hanging on trees. The
ne.. oes are cutting down the trees to get
| their bed clothes. The track Of the cy
clone is from west to cast. have not
yet learned what the damage is east and
west of this place. This cyclone passed
about one mile north of the cyclone of
February 10, and went in the same di
rection.
Its Work In North Carolina.
CHAEIorrE, March 26.-Another of
those .ciiiblg cyalnnps stsuck that sc c;ioa
OF country north of Charlotte last night,
apparently coming up from the direction
at Georgia over the northern portion OF
South Carolina. Though not so fatal in
its results rs the February cyclone, yes.
terday's storm was very severe in many
places. Last nights blow did not sweep
over so large an area of territory, but
where it held sway wreck and ruin were
wrought. There appears to have been
| series of whirlwnds, one Of which struck
Berry Hill and Charlotte townships in
this county, second travelled along
lrcdell few miles south Of Statesyile,
third struck Catawbn County, passing
through Newton, and Il fourth traversed
section Of Caldwell County, striking
The town Of Lcnoir.
The relentless whirlwind passed un.
comfortably close to Charlotte on the
south, the nearest point in its track
being the residence of Mr.. II. l.. AIcDon-
aid, near the old fair grounds. Mr.. Nc.
Donald's fruit trees were all torn up. A
large apple tree was hurled against the
top OF his house, crushing in the roof
A few hundred yards of the barn of Mr..
Flow was carried away. The cyclone in
Mecklenburg COUNTY passed over from
the South Carolina line, started i'm the
| southwest corner al Berry uill township.
| and 70 lowed Steele Greek ridge to with.
| in few miles Of Charlotte, when it lift.
ed and passed OH without doing further
damage. The principal sufferers were
Lee Ray, ST., Lee Ray, Jr, l.. a. Van.
derbnrg, David L. Mckoy, Jane Grier,
colored, Frank IIovis, S r. Turner and
). II. Hilton. The residences of the
three Rays were entirely demolished.
Vanderburg and Mckoy lost their barns
Jane Grier's residence was swept away.
| FRANK Hovlss house was swept from its
foundations, and every single outhouse
on his premises was blown to pieces. A.
L. Turner lost all his outhouses, and bis
| dwelling was moved from is foundation,
| Every fence about S. Fl. Hilton's house
WAS demolished, and his blacksmith shop
was carried away, not 80 much as ham
| mer remaining where it stood. John
Northey's barn was crushed by large
white oak tree. The barn was crushed
10 within two feet of the ground and
hole was cut in its side where horse and
mule crawled out on their knees uniniur.
ed. The barn of Thomas Furguson was
also crushed by a falling tree. On tn
plantation of l.. A. Van, two and half
miles from Charlotte, a negro cabin had
its end carried away, and well curbing,
built of brick, three feet high, was level.
ed to the ground.
Mr.. Robt. Ray, Jr., and his family
were sitting around their fireside when
the storm came up. The mother, becom.
ing alarmed, placed her three children in
bed and stood beside them. All at once
the roof came in, and then the whole
house was scattered in the storm. Mr.
Ray was found in the ruins of the house
badly injured by piece Q! .:mbe. falling
upon his breast He was unconsci GUS al
last reports and was thought to be seri.
ously injured. The track of the storm in
Berry Hill and Charlotte Township
ranged from fifty yards to half mile in
width. 1t took zigzag course in some
places, doubling back on itself and then
moving farward again. Trees, fences and
everything in its track were swept away.
The damage TO the forests is simply i'm.
nense aud can scarcely be calculated.
The entire work Of destruction was dane
within the space of fifteen minutes. The
ground looks as if it had been swept with
a big broom. That there was no loss of
life in all this wreckage is as strange as
it is fortunate. The cyclone struck New
ION III Ca:awba County about O'Clock
on Tuesday afternoon. The blow lasted
just ten minutes and when it passed the
people walked out 10 see such scene of
deso!ation and wreckage as has never
before been known in Newton. Snow
Hill. colored settlement, was obliterat.
cd, but no lives were lost. The southern