The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-04-10
ANOTHER CYCLONE.
In South Carolina.

throughout The day. fcnclng, trees anu
few chimneys were blown down and
several buildings injured. The most Sc.
rious damage done was at the State
House, the roof of the Northeast corner
Of which was torn loose and blown away
A mass of brick and some timber broke
through the ceiling and fell on the floor
of the hall of Representatives with such
violence that the plastering above the
chandelier in the Governors office was
broken. Tie chandelier came down
with crash on the floor, and a table at
which the Governor and some friends
sat. The chandelier was badly broken,
and pieces Of it penetrated a book lying
just in front of the Governor who fortu,
nately escaped injury.
In Lexington County near Saludaville,
several houses were blown down and trees
carried away, and considerable damage
done to fences. 1t is reported that while
two coored men near Red Bank Factory,
four miles from the city, were propping
up building, it was blown down on
them, killing them instantly, and a piece
of scantling blew of and struck young
white boy inlicting injuries from which
he has since died.
Fires in the woods are now raging in
Lexington County opposite Columbia
and great damage is being done. Un-
less the wind subsidies, it will be impos.
sible TO estimate the loss.
Great excitement was caused in Co.
lumba at II o'clock this morning when
the wind had about reached its highest
velocity by an alarm of the root Of a
private dwelling in upper Main street in
a thickly settled portion of the city,
having caught Fortunately the flames
were discovered before much headway
was made and extinguished.
Information reached here by the even
ing train that the storm struck Walhalla
at three o'clock this morning and drove
the inhabitants from their houses in many
instances, but no loss of life resulted.
1t is rumored this afternoon that Tim.
monvile, Darlington County, had been
levelled to the ground, but dispatches
just received from there contradicts the
reports. No information has been re-
ceived of bad effects Of the storm along
the lines of railroads leading from Co.
lumbia. Fires in the woods, however,
are reported in different sections. The
wind is very high now, making it very
disagrceable for pedestrians. Many fears
are entertained that during the night a
regular cyclone may strike us. The
wires are now down North of Columbia.
In Georgia.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April "A
cyclone, attended with the most terrible
consequences, prevailed last night
throughout North Alabama and North
Georgia, and great damage was done and
the loss of life was terrible. On account
of the -emoteness from railroads of much
of the country, only meager details can
be given, but from what is already known
it can be set down as the most destruct-
i've storm that has prevailed in this Sec
tion this year, and i. is the fourth in the
past three months. 1t had no distinctive
character. In some localities it was
funnel shaped like a cyclone, and in
others it appeared as a tornado; but
everywhere it carried death and destruc-
ton in its path. Trees were uprooted
and sent flying through the air.
The house Of Hon. Clayton Tatum,
prominent politician in Dade County,
was demolished and he and his wife and
child were instantly killed. The house
of William Crowley was blown to atoms
and his entire family was killed. The
storm swept along the crest of Sand
Mountain, and every house in its path
was destroyed. In Madison County,
Ala, near Huntsville, the destruction
was equally as great The wind struck
the house of james White and his wife
and Mrs. Connor. his m0ther-in.law,
were instantly killed. James Crowley
was sitting in doors, with little child
on each knee; when the storm struck
the building. A huge piece of timber
struck him in the back and produced
instant death, but the two children
escaped. In another family little baby
was blown several hundred yards. The
damage cannot be estimated and the
loss of life will be terrible.
In Alabama.
New ORLEANS, April "A dispatch
to the Tines Democrat from Huntsville,
Ala, says destructive cyclone passed
through the Southeast portion of that
County last night, greatly damaging tim
Der and fencing. The house of family
named White was completely blown
away. Mrs. White and her mother.ln.
law were killed. A baby was carried
several miles and dropped in the woods
where it was found alive this morning.
A man named Glover had both shoulders
broken, and other persons sustained in
iuries more or less serious.
In Ohio.
C1Sc1SNArI, April AT Dublin,
Franklin County, Ohio, town of about
900 inhabitants, the Christian Church
was unroofed, and several barns and out
houses were removed from their founda.
tons, and some carried a great distance.
The farmhouse of Phillip Wolfe, three
miles East, was completely demolished.
The family was caught in the ruins, but
afterwards rescued with slight injuries,
Considerable stock was killed by falling
barns, but no estimate can be made as
the distant parts of the County have not
been heard from. The direction of the
storm was from the Northwest. Near
,Joysvil!e twelve barns were destroyed,
four horses killed and three persons badly
hurt. At Mechanicsburg, O., many trees
were blown down and several buildings
unroofed and upturned. The cyclone
here came from the Northwest. From
Urbana, Ohio, it is reported that the
storm did great damage in the vicinity
of Mutual aud Bowlersville. the track
being one third of a mile wide: The
destruction of timber is very heavy.
Large trees were torn from the ground
by their roots. No lives are reported
lost.
In Indiana.
MuScIE, IND, April "A cyclone
struck; this County at about 5 o'clock
Yesterday afternoon, completed ly wiplng
Oakville, seven miles South OF here, on
the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louis
Vile railroad, entirely out OF existence,
and doing great damage to life and prop
erlv. At about five o'clock heavy
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