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

,hiTl story Of the co;toa seed
main. The LOGS is over two thousand
! dollars. Two men were in the mill but
escaped injury. \ house adjoining the
hotel vas nnroofcd and the family occu.
! pying it effected narrow escape. The
bell tower in the centre Of the town wa4
! blown down. ana fell between !. store and
. barber shop on the main street. forum.
ntc'v doing no serious damage Both the
white and cViorcd baptist churches we've
h!"wh down. The rarape, wall OF a
range of -tpre~ near the bell tower was
blown down. The Central Hotel lost it,
Tin rOotiug. Al the depot Of the Narrow
'uagc aud the Charlotte Railroads, three
box cars Oi The Charlotte road were lifted
| rom thci. trucks AID dumped on the
| adjacent platform, and two freight car,
| and a passenger coach belonging To the
| Narrow Guagc Road we're blown from
the track. y machine shop next To the
driD. wa- uu.Dpicl i great many
! hrG-c- il ,'c ra.h Of tie storm were un.
rooted and !nEuncrabic chimDcys were
b!"wn down The damage To the town
MS estimated ~ $40 0GOo II the tornado
bad ocCurr"! during business hours my
informant t!in.- ta, many lives would
!iavc been lost The main street WAS
| Sized with DEBRIS and wrcckagc
| II wi! DC seen from tie above that
here were twU di-iimc. t0rnadoc4 in the
Eastern part Of the State both moving
from The Southwest. Dnc struck Chcs.
ter AZ I =. m, and the other Darlington
ri lr.3D T.. III. Notes Of tho storm come
from various Elaces. Passengers Oh the
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
R,iiroat -aw where the tornado had
rry,tcd the rack, cutting Il swath through
The iorcs, and actually stripping the bark
from Tie pine tree. along the edge Of its
track
Clarendon County.
! MANNiNG, February 1.-The gale of
/ Tuesday night was felt in every portion
! oi the County, but more seriously and
dissstrously in the region of deep
| Creek about six miles below this place
Through tha. section The wind was terrific.
Tree. were overturned, fences levelled
and many houses blown down. The de.
atruction was very great. About 2
O'clock the houses Of Mr.. Redding Can.
non was overturned, iniuring all the in.
mates, seven in number, some slightly,
others seriously all painfully. Mrs.
Cannon's left arm Was broken, her right
hand badly shattered and she received
several vontiisiDH5 about the head.
| About ihc same time the gale struck
| the house OF Mr. James Cubbagc, over
| turning and demoli.hing it entirely, and
i'll the falling iimbers Mr.. Cubbage was
| caught and instantly killed Mr.. Ben
| liaggett lost his house and son, lad Of
about eight years. The length of the
| cyclone WAS not great. Its width q half
or three quarters Of 4 mile. The suffer.
ers were mostly poor people, and lost
very heavily. The sick and wounded
have been kindly cared for by the sympa-
thizing ncighbors, and their wounds
promptly dressed by DIR. j. G.. Dinkins,
whose tender heart and ready hand makes
him indeed the poor mans friend"
The damage in other sections has not
been very great. Mr.. Selwyn had his
new dwelling hou.e frame blown away.
The principal losses in other sections are
to fencing, roads and timber. Court is
in session, Judge Wallace presiding.
There is no communication between
here and Charleston by telegraph. The
| wires are down.
Letters from another correspondent,
| J. y. NJ. c., confirm the above account
aud contain the additional information
that Mrs. Watts, widow, lost every
thing by the storm, and that her son was
injured.
Fairfield County.
The Winnsboro Acws and Herald
says of the storm in Fairfield: Upon
the plantation Of Mr.. JAS w. Bankhead
about twenty tenant houses were blown
down. The roof Of his house was taken
OIL, and an old man residing on the
premises was killed during the night.
Other colored men, women and children
were seriously and some Of them perhaps
fatally injured. Mr.. Bankhcad himself,
while in Tie act OF passing from Que
house to another during the storm, was
lifted of the ground by the violence of
the wind and carried distence of thirty
feet, but fortunately sustained no injury
by the flight.
Upon the premises of Mr.. James F.
Kennedy, near k!dgoway, GIN house
and Il carriage house were blown down
and other damage was done in the sur
rounding country.
In the Northern section of the County.
near Albion, the storm probably was the
most violent and terrible known in that
portion Of the country in years. The
dwelling house, shop, gin. house, other
out houses and four tenant buildings of
DIR. L. Ct. Douglas were blown to the
ground and Inc Doctors family miracu-
lously escaped serious injury.
\ large number of buildings were also
destroyed upon the plantations of Messrs.
j.. 5. aud w. B. Douglass on the same
night. The houses were not only shat
tered and torn down, but many of them
were fired and the fragments utterly de.
stroyed. The fire seems to have been
carried upon "the wings of the wind"
aud an eye witness of the scene states
that st one paint twelve different fires
could be clearly seen.
Other injuries are reported upon the
plantation Of DR.. Samuel Moblcy aud
upon adjoining places. The storm seems
to have been genera! all over the County,
and it is likely that other resultant in.
Juries are yet to be reported.
Aiken County,
AIKEN, February 2l.-The storm of
Tuesday night was heavy one and felt
severely at Aiken, although it caused no
damage. a report reached here TODAY
that it did considerable damage in vari.
Gus parts Of the County, especially on and
near Mr.. Tylers place about seventeen
miles from Aiken, where five colored
persons we're killed by the blowing down
of house in which thew wore Mr.