The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-02-27
CHAPPELLS SCATTERED TO THE
WINDS!
Five Killed and Several lnjurcd!-
Church and RESIDENCES Blown
Completely Down.

A furious storm visited sections OF this
county Tuesday nisht, 18Th Instant d",,s
there was Il violent wind md rain, and some
hail: but no damage beyond the blowing
down oi Il few fences.
At Hon. George Johnst6ne's plantation,
ant house and stables were blown down The
cplored people In tn" house and the mules
In the stable esca ped without Injury.
ry road, near broad River. the storm was
severe. 4 chimney OF his residence was
blown down and broke. through the
roof; n chimney OF one OF his tenant houses
was blown down. and also Il large dairy III
al Col. D.. A. Dickert's, not far from Mr..
Suher's, the damage was greater Still. tol.
Dick ert lost u large barn. g~inholSe, ana SIX
his place except the r~e>idencc. and that was
badly damaged. 1t 1t u large three-stnry
house and very substantially built. Inc
house and portions Of the house moved sever.
al inches out Of position. One hundred acres
OF original forest near the house was swept
awny-n0t u half dozen trees left standing.
mates IL ut not less than S2.MO on buildings
nlone. a colorcd man Oh the p'nce hhu my
hip had'y hurt Ivy falling timbers. One negro
house was blown 200 yards.
st. Matthew's (Luthernn) Church., nenr BY.
was blown down-u complete ~wrcck-and
nearly every tree If the grove was torn up ny
the roofs.
Mr.. VIM. Heller's residence. In the same
section, was blown away, and he was painful
IL, though not seriously cut about the head
one OF his children was also Injured BY falling
tinlbcrs.
lost every house on his place except his resi-
drnce. His stables were blown away. and one
mule Is mIssing-supposed to be killed.
Young Tobc's dwelling was blown down,
but the family escaped without serious inJu'
Mr.. L. NJ. Hollands store. just this side the
river, was blown three Or four feet ny the cy
clone.
Broad River section says that beyond Col
Dickcrt's the destructio IN must have been
grent; they SAW several large fires In the d.
rection of Daniel Werts' and further OH In
Fairfield County.
The greatest damage we have heard Of was
Mt Chmppells. on the opposite side OF the coun
~. The Whole Of Chappells was swept AVA
not II house left Stunding In the plhce
There were three ~store.houses there; two be
longing to W. r. Smith, one to Mrs. irwin
One OF Mr.. Smiths stores was occupied by
George Hill, the other was unoccnpltd: Mrs
IrwIn's was occupied by Gcurge. L. Reid. who
docs Il very large business. These were nj
completely demolished, and the gootis were
scattered, TO the four Winds. Mr.. Rclh's resi
dencc was blown down and his wife and chile
were hurt by falling ttmbcrs. his tenant
houses and other oulhOliscs were demolished
Mr.. Reid estimates his loss at not lass than
So X. The residence and 0uthouscs of Mrs
Itosalie Sirnkins were blown down. Mrs
Simkins had her arm broken or badly hurt
and u colorcd man OIL the place. Anthony
Baxter, had his skull crushed and will proba
bly, die. Mr.. John Scurry's residence wa.
demolished, and he and his wife and chile
were all hurt. though not seriously.
down. and Mrs. Dickcrl'S skull was fractured
by n piece Of falling timber, and she now lie!
In a precarious conditions. Mr.. G. d. Shu
ford, MIR. Wash NJ. Boazmah, postmaster, Mr.
Will Reid. and one or two Others, were In thu
second story Of Reid store when tlrecyclont
struck It. Mr.. Shufnrd was killed Mr.. Boaz
man hRd an arm and q leg broken, and Mr.
VIII Reid had m arm and u rib broken, anf
suffered bruises. Mr. Shuiord was II Norll
CarolinIan, lately from Seneca, nnd YVES en-
gagged In building the new depot ut Chappell$
There were eight loaded cars on The track
when the storm came; six Of these were car
ricI thirty or forty yards and torn TO frag
nients. the contents being scattered In every
Mr.. John Fix. who was In the cyclone n
Chappells and escaped unhurt, wms asked .,
was a little hail then a strong wind. ant
things commenced moving about" The cy
clone struck ut SIX minutes after seven, ant
DR.. Tribblc's and Mr.. Twins residences
half a mile from Chappells, escaped wilhou
damage.
The following postal was received BY yester
days mail:
C]HAppELLs. s.. C, FEBRUARY N.-EverythIn:
Is wrccke ed hcre-not Il house left at the depot
Some families lost all. The storm came nb0uI
half past six. One man (Mr. Shuford) and
little negro have since died from wounds
W. NJ. B0nzman seriously hurt: ". K. Reit
and e.. =. Hill wounded. The cn<ualitie:
amounts 10 fifteen or twenty. Loses heavy:
w
Passengers who came down on yesterday
] Sr,i i, u,, q, SHof tho ovn1nnn IT. Sund nprr a yIhnf
son city, and that a man, md woman al,
child were Killed near Anderson by n falling
house. At N~ine-ty-Six one or two small shan
ties were blewndOwn. The cyclone. So fn1
as heard FROM, seems 10 have struck tht
ground near Anderson. then ut Chappelis
and then near AshfOrd's Ferry.
Yesterdays daily pnpers had no kilograms
the wires being all down. 1t Is probable that
q few days will reveal great destruction In va
rions localities.
From yesterdays augusta Chronicle VI
learn that the cyclone passed through Alnba
ma and Grorgia. doing great damage and Kill
Ing severed persons.