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


w. Todd, our County School Commits
sioner, Mr.. J. l.. FAINT and Miss Anna
Wilcox, the latter's being lcveled TO the
ground.
The main portion o. Mr. Todd's house
was left standing, the upper half,story
and roof being carried away. The glass
in the windows Of the lower story were
shattered, and in several rooms the sash
blown out. The furniture was badly
damaged and broken up. As soon as
the occupants could escape from the
house, they went out and lay down on
the ground, preierring to be in the rain
rather than risk the house. None OF
them we're hurt.
a large tree fell across Miss Wilcox's
house. The furniture was broken and
scattered in almost every direction. Mrs.
Chatfield, Miss Wilcox's sister, was the
only person in the house at the time.
She heard the storm approaching, and
got up to close the door, which had blown
open, when in an instant the crash came
Viewing the wreck, it seems impossible
for her to have escaped horrible death
However, she came off with only slight
bruise.
Mr.. Fant's house was left in about the
same condition as Mr.. Todd's. His
household goods were also badly damaged
and broken. His family were all in The
house, but none of them were injured.
Mr. Fants stables were upliited and
torn asunder, but his horse escaped with.
out scratch.
a large untenanted house recently oc.
cupied by Joe Lee, coored, was also un.
rooted.
The scene in this immediate neighbor-
hood On Wednesday morning was terri.
bic. The track Of tho tornado did not
appear to have been more than quarter
OF a n:i!o side, and Miss WiicoE's resi-.
dence seems TO have been about in the
center. Pieces of furniture, clothing and
timbers were carried several hundred
yards away. All The trees of any size
were uprootcd.
A small tenant house on Mr. II. O.
Herrick's place was unroofed. The occu.
pants were not injured.
Several tenant houses on Mr. J. w.
Thompson place were blown down. A
negro man and three children were pain
fully injured by a chimney falling in
upon them. One of the children, it ia
feared, is fatally wounded.
The storm at Mountain Creek was also
very severe. The brick church being
unroofed and seriously damaged. We
have been unable to get additional par
ticulars from this section.
Two houses on Liberty Hill were
blown down.
While the storm was Mt its height, two
gentlemen were riding horse. back on
South Main street, near the mile post,
when they were blown from their ami
mails, falling ten or fifteen feot away.
The above details are Gully part
doubtless Of the terrible work of of the
storm. I. is wonderful in the extreme
that out Of 30 many wrecks there should
have been 80 few accidents to persons and
stock.
On Wednesday morning meeting
was held in Anderson and q committee,
consisting of the Mayor, with Messrs. G..
T. Tolly, Rev. T. p. Bell, J. w. Daniels
aud A. S. Stephens, was appointed TO
receive private subscriptions and disbur:c
them among the suffers from The storm,
according to ,Leir necessities. While it
will be impossible to make up anything
like the losses sustained by the victims
of the tornado, it is hoped to DO able to
rei;c-e their present necessities.
At present we cannot make any esti-
mate of the damage done by the storm,
but enough has been heard to carry the
losses considerably up into the thou
sands.
Senator Sherman'e idea of dividing the
receipts from Internal Revenue anon I.
the States has met with very little favor,
so far, in any section Of the Union. II
is evidently intended to keep the protec.
ton tariff up to the highest point posi-.
BILE, aud therefore Is opposed by all reve.
me Eefa.ness. It "a g mere political
dodge TO maintain the tariff, and at the
came time appeal to the taxpayer on the