The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-04-04

o"suuiu&' Oltt hccu, COlOrou, NVlny
on the former lost al OK. The track
OF the cyclone WAS about one-quartcr
OF mile i'll width. In it large rocks
weighing several hundred pounds were
found which had ploughrd up the earth
Ms IL fired from a cannon. Large 'rces
and small bushes had the bark peeled
off and torn from their roots or twist
ed Oft above the ground. At John Pat
terson's. on the Livingston place. old
oaks which had been standing slime
whereof the memory Of man runneth
not to the contrary" and which meas
ured 1 feet in diameter were. torn up
and carried some 10 or Is feet from
where they were standing. Planks
and shingles were found drivon into
he stulnps Of the trees left standing
and wooden pin which no doubt came
from the house in which Mr.. Pattcr.
son WAS living, was found driven two
inches into tree which stood about
ten feet from the dwelling. Mr.. Pat
terson had about 80 chickens which
were not only killed but had the fcath~
ers picked off. Several rabbits were
found with the hair torn off and legs
broken. A large bird was also picked
up with its wings broken. A colorcd
man who was standing on hill and
saw it pass through this plantation says
that the cyclone was shaped like fun
mel and had blueiSh black appearance
and carried. before it cloud Of mud
and water and branches Of trees. He
says that it would move for moment
with great rapidity and then whrl IL
round. His statement is confirmed by
Mr. poff l,n a
coming in this way and that he could
easily have gene to 4 place of safety if
such could have been found, In the
track at intervals the trees we're lying
some with their tops in one direction
and others with their tops in a differ
ent direction. The people living along
the track of the cyclone both white and
'colorcd turned out in full force on We'd
nestay to render such assistance as
they could to the sufferers
Chester Bulletin: A cyclone passed
\ little North Of here Tuesday evening
about o'clock. Some Of Walker Bur
ris's houses we're blown down. Most
of Joshua l.. Abcll's houses were de-
stroycu. All Of w. II. Abell's houses,
including his dwelling, were dcmolish-
cd. Mr.. Abel, his wife, father, f.. Ii.
Abcll and Il nurse, were seriously in
jured. Wade Dunlap's house was tori,
down and their child lost or swept
away. These are the ti,lings that have
reached us from tn. track Of the storm
at its nearest point. 1t is to be supposed
that it was just as bad at other places.
The Yorkvillc Enquirer says: The
track of the storm was northeast from
Il. Il. McCorkle's, one mile and half
north OF town. On this place it was
destructive to timber. 1t passed north
west, blowing down much timber in its
course, to the residence Of DR.. j. ii
Witherspoon, where it WAS quite de-
structive. His stables were torn down.,
much OF his fodder carried away, trees
were uprooted, fowls killed, stock Grip
pied and other damage done. Miss
Louisa Robinson also suffered. Her
dwelling was destroyed and she was
badly hurt. and much damage to TIM
Der in her neighborhood. James Cor
don's place suffered severely. The res
idcnce Of Mrs. Caroline Thomasson,
near Gordon's place, was partly un-
rooted, and a portion Of the chimney
torn down. The track OF the storm
continued northeast OF her place. The