The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-28

strike in that direction, and from its
looks nothing could have been left stand.
ing. He says The cloud from the North
vest must have broken the force of the
cyclone before it struck the Nash house
lNpIAN SPRING, GA, February 90
The heaviest hail storm ever known here
visited our community at 8 p. m., yester.
day, aud lasted half an hour. The hail
stones fell rs thick IA rain drops until the
ground WAS perfectly white with them
First ten minutes the hail was small, but
continued to increase in size until they
measured nine inches in circumference
by actual measurement. The sight was
terrifying, but beautiful. The stones
were in shapes of fullblown roses
dahlias aud crystals. Our Oldest citizens
say they have never seen anything like
it before. The damsg~ E.nC "as very
gfeat-many persons were injured by
falling stones; tin roofs were knocked
into holes limbs of trees torn off; glasses
shattered and caused several runaway
scrapcs. The news of the storm at Mon.
ticel!o is appalling, indeed. Reports say
the places tf Mr.. f.. A. Elder, Glover,
Charping and Jordon's near Monticello,
were ravaged by the storms. Few houses
on these places were left standing. No
loss of life yet reported. Mr.. Elder
had his arm broken when bis house was
destroyed. No other casualties yet re.
ported.
Death and Ruin In North Carolinn.
ROCKINGHAM, n. c., February 90
About 10 o'clock last night q most fear.
tul and destructive storm swept over this
section. For awhile the scene was ter.
rifle. Lightning flashed to lightning,
thunder muttered to thunder, wind
howled TO wind, and torrent Of hail an
swercd to torrent of rain.
The general travel Of the storm was
from Southwest to Northeast. Ite full
extent is not known here, rs the wires
are down, cutting Us Off from communi.
cation by telegraph. The breadth of the
scverest part was less than half q mile,
which did not reach our town.
Our information, thus fnr, extends only
seven miles Southwest. where we learn
that houses, trees, fences and every NOV.
able object were either damaged or torn
away. -Four miles from town, in the
same direction, the dwelling of Mr..
Daniel Watson was demolished, his wife
and one of her brothers were killed out.
right, and Mr.. Watson himself seriously
if not fatally injured. Two miles East
from Rockingham were the mills aud
tenan, houscs-a dozen perhaps-of Mrs
Eliza Mcdonald, and the sight presented
to the eye Of the beholder there this
morning beggars description. Men, wo
meh and children, dead or serious!y in.
jured, were lying here and there among
the debris of demolished houses, shat.
tered furniture and drenched bedding,
while far on either side were scattered
fragments Of dwellings and remnants Of
clothing. Horses, cows, hogs, dogs and
chickens shared the terrible fate Of their
owners. The mills were swept away.
The rocks in the grist mill were lifted
from their bed and carried fully thirty
feet. Of the tenant houses not one sill
or chimney remains in place.
Three whites, namely, Richard Dnw.
kins, Charlie Sanford and Henrietta
Griffin, were killed outright, and little
son cI Mr.. Dawkins is expected to die at
any moment. Ten colored persons were
also killed outright. find 1t impossible
10 get the number and names of all the
injured. Air. Asbury Sanford is serious
ly injured, as is also Mrs Grant. The
casualties will aggregate fifty or NJ ), Of
whom twenty at least are seriously in.
jured. About three miles from Mrs.
McDonald's, in Northeasterly direc-
IN, lived Mrs. Watson, the mother of
Messrs. j. S. and II. G. Watson, of Rock.
ingham. Not house, chimney nor
fence was left on the premises. Strange
TO say no serious casualties occurred, q
son and daughter Of Mrs. Watson being
only slightly injured. Mrs. Terry, living
near Mrs. W., had one child killed.
The aggregate of killed, 80 far as heard
from, ia sixteen. The stores In Rocking.
ham have been closed all day, ard the
pail of death seems to have settled over
the town and yicinage: The dead and
were broug ht to town this morning, and
the Courthouse was converted into q
temporary hospital and morgue, and,
the suffering end prepared tho dead for
decent burial.
feel that have fallen short of the
reality in the above description, snd to
give you still further idea of its terror,
q gentleman who visited Grinnell, ILL.,,
soon after the storm there, tells me that
the one last night was far more terrible.
Not a house in Rockingham could
have withstood the severest part of the
utorm had it struck fully.
WILMINGTON, N. c., February 21.-
Special advices to the Star give further
particulars of the cyclone. The centre
Of the storm struck the outskirts of
Rockingham and with such sudden fury
that the people were unable to escape
from their houses. The buildings were
blown into Fragments. Some bodies we're
found under the timbers and others were
carried by the wind $50 to 200 yards. A
woman was found clasping TO her breast
an infant scarcely q month old. Both
were dead. The bodies of the victims
were terribly bruised and cut. The force
of the wind was sucn that two mill
stones were moved one hundred feet.
Chickens and birds were found picked
clean, except the feathers on their heads.
The largest trees !se!a ipT0o;eG, aud
smaller ones had al! the bark stripped
from their trunke.
The storm first made its appearance a.
7:20 p. IN. coming from Sonthsyestesiy
direction from Hamlet, Richmond Coun-
ty. n. @. The Eastern sky was over.
shadowed by dark flying clouds tinged
with red, growing thicker every minute
$50 p. m. there was heavy fall of rain
ing Westward. At midnight the sky
was dazzling red and at a. m. there was
an unusually heavy fall Of rain. The
killed and wounded belong almost exclu.
sively to the poorer class, and there will
be suffering and destitulion among the
survivors. 1t is feared there was great
g. a