The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-21

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A TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
FEARFUL STORM BLOWS DOWN FOR
rsrs AND HOUSES, KILLING ONE
MAN: :ANDswoUNDNG OTHERS.
The seyerest Blow OF Hall . Century.
bout half-past FIVE o'clock on Tues.
day evening the attention Of our citizens
Was called to the fact that q shower Of
rain was approaching by several vivid
flashes of lightning, and sharp peals OF
thunder. The morning had been beauti;
! fnl, ;balmy and spring, like, with no indl:
cation Of rain, so that even shower
s S was an entirely unexpected event. Aa
the littls cloud dapproach usit gathered
ii;s Is size, ., and soon spread over the entire
horizon in a. manner indicative OF 9
heavy rainfall. At the first approach OF
the cloud q; slight shower of rain,in large
drops, mixed with hail fell, ccompanied
with 4 severe blow which, however, did.
no harm. Back Of this cloud, which was
black and threatening, clear streak OF
golden light appeared, and some persons
thought q clear sunset would follow.
in q few moments, however, another
cloud followed and rapidly assumed q
more IL angry and atening ppearanee
The great currents of wind and rain
. Ayipg in every direction, with black
clouds ADORE crossing white strata, which
seemed !; s;i,1ss 10 be boiling up beneath. Two
5or:s three clear reyerberating claps OF
thunder in quick succession: seemed to
4 form tu, the e storra.center:a little Southwest
of tie city Of Anderson, and all all ! Che y
I Sseelaing .maat of clouds rushed TO join
The Devastating force. and forming huge
black mass, dipping down nearly to the reI
earth, ID 4 funnel shape, shot of in :sl. an
eastsrly direction, revolving and roaring
! i in q fearful manner. Itlcame9 withtper-
feet torrents Of rain, and leIeled trees,
! sfane es and houses Ia its track. Soon
3 aftels it started: the cloud burst and form.
zed sinto two or more tunnels, each OF
which carried devastation and ruin before
ST. The tornadoes, proper, passed about .
zone and q half miles South and four
miles South of: Anderson, and proceeded
East and Northeast, $. IS IS. +. . :.
The storm did its work quickly snd
ss was gone. The winds. which rushed to
fornl m the tornado, did great damage ther-
selves in blowing down fences, lifting
roofs and up:rooting trees. but the wreck e,e
which the tornado made surpasses any
calamity that has visited our County in
: the last half century, As is usual in such
cases the storm did not sweep uniformly
I I; upon , the EARTH but would strike with
devastating foreefor few hundred yards,
& and then as IF to gather fresh power
from the raging elements, would rise and
make its course for some distance through
the sir, returning again to leave addition.
al wrecks to mark its course. In the
path Of its greatest fury scarcely q large
Z tree Was left standing, and acres of felled
forests may be found to-day to show the
force Of this storm. Houses were shat
tered as play things before its power,
and hinge timbers carried for hundreds OF
yards before the raging winds, or lifted
! and driven into the ground with super
human power.
AS far.as ne areiable to learn, the tor
nado seems to have commenced its dead
u work at or near Masters mill, about
three Of four miles Southwest ofthe city,
its track being between a quarter and
a half mile in width. It swept every
{ thing before it, travelling in q Northeaster-
" direction.
On Mr.. John Halls place, the chim-
neys Of his dwelling house, all his out.
housea and one or two tenant houses
were blown down.. No one hurt
Mr.. w. D. Halls stables we're dam
aged.
Mrs. PA. Masters dwelling house ras
slightly damaged, and two tenant horses
destroyed. No one hurt. ~.
Two out houses on Mr.. J. b. Masters
place were blown down, No one hurt.
Mr.. H. Il. Crawford's dwelling house
chimneys were blown down, as also were
three: outhouses. No one hurt. :
The dwelling house of Mr.. John
Brooke, the miller at Masters mill, was
blown down. Mr.. Brooks. two women
and three children were in the house,
which was blown off at the floor. Mr..
Brooks ;was killed BY q falling timber, his
head and face being bruised. he was
found lying or top of the wreck, which
was scattered on both sides. The women
and children ran out into the orchard
and caught hold Of some peach trees,
,ubara5 thoy romained nntil the storm WAS
over. None Of them were injured.
Mr.. j. M. Keys dwelling house, out
houses and three tenant houses were
blown down. His stables were also de-
stroyed, though the stock escaped injury.
No one was hurt on Mr.. Keys place.
In addition to this, considerable dam
age MAS done upon the plantations OF