The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-28
ANDFRsON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1854


and death in its path. Numerous houses
we're blown down, fences demolished, and
! cattle and human beings killed.
Wm. Davidson, of Jones County, came
TO Macon this morning to purchase
twelve col1ins for persons killed yesterday
afternoon. At half.past four, On the
place of Jack Miller, near Bountsville,
a house blew down and Mrs. Miller and
her four children were killed. One
child, small baby, has not yet been
found. 1t was carried away on the bo
som of the wind. Gus Hunt and six
negroes were also killed at the same time
and place. Mr.. Miller was absent from
home at neighbours house and thus
escaped death. DR.. Billiards house was
also blown down. His vile, two chill
dren and two negroes escaped unhurt.
Mrs. w. A. Julian and her little son,
Lewis, of Macon, were visiting the house
of Mr.. James Hunt, Of Jones County.
She WAS only hundred yards from the
track of the storm. She and her son,
with twelve others, sought refuge in a
hut, and thus escaped injury. Great
trees were uprooted and large obstacles
carried hundreds of feet. The people
are all panic stricken.
Passengers along the Macon and Au-
gusta Road report great damage in the
counties contiguous to the Road. All of
No. IL station on the Central Railroad
has been swept away. A MIR. Divire,
well known in Macon, was killed. One
Victim of yesterdays storm at Davisboro
is now very sick in Macon, at the Brown
House, named Thomas E. Melville, Gen.
eral Agent of the Domestic Sewing Ma.
chine Company. He was badly hurt in.
ternally. He was blowed 200 yards
away.
MONTICELLO, GA, Feb. 20.-Yester.
day evening our vicinity was visited by
severe hail storm and cyclone. The
ground was completely covered with hail
stones, some of them as large as goose
egg. The cyclone came from the South
and West toward the North, and was
seen by large number of our citizens
as it passed within mile of our town.
The first we heard of it was at Colonel
W. T. Jordan's plantation, where all of
his houses except one or two were blown
down and away. Mr.. Wyly Goolsby and
wife were seriously injured. Passing on
through Mrs. Carter's place destroying
houses and timbers as it came in contact
with them. At Mr. II. S. Gluver's place
it blew down large two-story dwelling
and al! of the out houses. The next
place in its course was Mrs. Benton's and
Campbell, on Mr.. Campbells place. 1t
blew down a double log house to the
ground. There were some negro women
in the house who barely escaped with
their lives. At Mr.. Edward Elders
place it blew down his residence, large,
two story building, his gin house, cotton
press and every other house about the
place, carrying the sides of the house
fifty yards or more. A1r. Elder and his
wife, both eighty years old, with some
other relatives, were in the house at the
time, all of whom were injured, but we
think not seriously. The next place,
MIR. G. D. Goolsby's, lost every house on
his place and only saved the lives of him
self, family and 4. F. Ezell and daughter
by going into cave prepared tor such
storms. At Mr.. Joshua Hill's and S. G.
Charping's place the destruction was
equally as great, not leaving single
building standing. The tenants on the
places saved their lives by getting into
gullies and holding to bushes. The de-
slruction is very great. The writer pass
ed over the most of the track and writes
as an eye witness. At Mr. c. L. Gools.
by's it blew down his gin house, dining
and stove room. The track was about
one.half mile wide.
TENNILLE, February 20.-A terrible
cyclone and hail storm passed through
this County last night, carrying desola.
tion and death in its track. 1t entered
the County crossing the Oconee below
No. IA Central Railroad, and moved in
an Easterly direction, demolishing fences,
houses and reaching the. town of Davis
boro on the railroad. Every store and
house were blown down and the frag-
ments scattered in every direction. There
is nothing left of the large and substan.
tial brick warehouse except the bare
walls, and they are not over six feet high.
A part of the roof was blown two miles.
One store and two dwelling houses are
all that survives the wreck. VIM. Va
reen was killed by flying piece of tim
Der, aud Mrs. ]. W. Hudson and Mrs.
Cornelius Jordan, were badly hurt. The
former is not expected to live. Mr.. Jor-
dan lost several mules.
CAVE SPRINGS, GA, February 90
Mrs. B. G. Yancy was badly hurt by yes.
terday's storm. Mr.. Gaillard and O
negro boy were blown two hundred yards,
and were found under log dead. Ar
thur Ford's family were all injured. He
and his wife and daughter seriously.
Miss Holt, who was staying with Mrs.
Lapsley, was badly injured. Lapsley's
beautiful residence was destroyed. D.
H. Copeland and wife were injured.
The latter, it is feared, fatally. Mrs.
Tilley received severe injuries.
Reports from different portions of the
County regarding yesterdays storm indi.
cate that outside of Cave Spring the
damage is not SO great as at first sup.
posed. The loss in aud about Rome will
not exceed $4,000, but the damage in the
country mainly on account of tho de-
structon of fences will be much greater.
As far as can be ascertained there was no
loss of life in the County except ct Cave
Spring, aud there also was largest injury
to property. The rise in the rivers has
thus far amounted to very little, and all
fears of freshet at this place are hap.
PLY dissipated.
ATHENS, February aO.-The cyclone
struck Mrs. Jarrett's, near Jefferson, and
unroofed her house and killed one of her
horses. Parties in Harmony Grove saw
the cyclone and say it looked like Il fun.
uel, that it went up in tue air so that
they could see under it, and a cloud
comiug from the Northwest carried it
below Harmony Grove, where it struck
the Nash house, completely demolishing
the house, killing one Of the old ladies
who has been living in the house for a
number of years and the other one is
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