The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-04-03
ECHOES or THE STORM.

: oar exchange. give the following de,
. tails Of the tcrrib. storm of Tuesday,
the 2jlh ut;
: GAlNE-yILLE, March 25.-A dcslruc.
tive c,c!cnc skir,ed over til. town about
two O'Clock 10 day. II came from the
1pulhwc., aud its course was nearly
northeast Three miles southwest of the
lown i, struck Mr.. MaxwcI's farm,
sweeping away hi, buildings, fencing,
&c, crippling Mr. Maxwell and one or
two other members OF bis family, but no
one WAS killed. Mr.. Webster was the
next one in ,s track, whose house was
uurno!cd aud ont houses ,wcp! away. j.
NJ. Brown residence barely escaped, but
the on, buildings and his plantation were
IcSolated. Continuing its course, il pass.
cd just north Of tic town making II com
plctc wreck of w. Is. Simons' residence.
lis wife aud child were saved by running
into cellar. The residence and board
Ing house Of Dr. Wilkes, President of
the Female Seminary, are complete
ed with slight bruises. The Doctor and
young ladies were fortunately at the
SEMINARY. y small house. occupied bv n
negro family, was swept away, and ID
negro woman was killed. The residences
Of X. " Cobb, q. X I.oper, Ashford
ard others, III the edge of the cycIuue,
were more or less damaged. Several
small iiuusy-, occupied by negroes Oh The
outskirts, were completely wrecked. 4
number of other houses in the track after
it passed the town were completely de
.lroyrd. Plantations mre desolatc and
forests IevrIlrd, and people wounIed
GEEENNILLE, March 2G.-Shortly sue.
cccIing Il severe wind and rain storm
here Yesterday afternoon the falling
of pieces of lumber, shingles, pine limbs,
&c., here and there on the streets of the
city, gave evidence ut once that cyclone
had passed II rough the country. All
that could be learned last night WAS that
II cyclone had passed in Il suu.herly di-
rcciion about two miles below Piedmont,
that the dwelling OF Mr.. W. n. Watson
in that vicinity had been blown down
and that one or two of his children had
been severely injured and probably kill.
ed. The cyclone WAS plainly seen from
Piedmont. 1t is described ~ having the
usual marks of being funnel shaped, and
~ i, sped with lightning rapidty across
the country it alternately rose from the
earth and d, scended again to sweep eye.y.
thing before it. Later in the evening
dark and lowering cloud swept around
this vicinity and passed to the northward
beyond Paris Mountain. 1t was evident
that fearful storm was in progress in
its path. Rumois Of its disastrous work
reached here early this morning, and
at once repaired to the nearest point
where casually had been reported for
the purpose of asccrtaining the extent of
its ravagcs. After crossing the northeast
spur Of Paris Mountain l reached the
first evidences of the cyclone ut the house
Of James IL. Boiling, about seven miles
from the city. This gentlcmau's crib
and fodder houses had been completely
unrooled, al d m,ny of the trees abou.
his premises had been torn up by their
roots. A hal mile farther norihward
the main track Of the cyclone was reach
ed, and the scene presented was one Of
fearful devastation. It's path covered
belt of country about one.fourth of q mile
in width, in which almost everything
had been completely cvclled 10 .ha
ground. Giant oaks and great :ores,
pines and smaller growth were alike
swept into piles, and the whole forests in
the path or the cyclone was an almost
impenetr.ble mass. The cyclones course
was northeast. by dwellers on the
mountain side its coming is described as
resembling the angry growl uf some
great animal. 1t was seen by them as it
crossed the summit of the mountain be.
tween and o'clock last night, dense
round cloud perfectly red and ablaze with
electricity. Descending the mountain it
sped with fearful velocity, spreading de.
struction alike on the hills and in the
ravines of the slope. From the top OF
the mountain its devastating work ex-
tends, so far rs has been heard from, to
the neighborhood of Sandy Flat, in the
upper section of the county. distance
of about ten miles. l followed its track
on feet for two miles or more with great
difficulty.
The place of Mr.. Green p. Poole was
the first to come within its angry EN-.
brace. His stable, crib and other out.
houses were swept away and the dwelling
alone remains. The latter WAS occupied
at the time by Mr.. Poole, his grand.
daughter and servant, and their escape
forests a few hundred yards off was liter
ally torn up and stumps and stems of the
trees, completely spsttered with mud,
carried from an adjoining open field.
Within distance OF two miles in the
main track of the cyclone at least doz.
EN- farm houses were destroyed or unroof.
ed. All the buildings Of the Buckhorn
taEhery, operated by Messcs. Gcodet,e
and Hawkins, were blown down. The
residence of Mr.. Geo. w. Hawkins near
by was blown down. Mr.. Hawkins and
family making narrow escape. The
building soon afterwards took fire aud
was consumed. Considerable damage
was done on the plantations of Messrs.
Hampton Poole, w. p. Poole, Joseph
Bradley and Oliver Bradley and Miles
Batson. The residence of Furman NJ.
Langley, in which the latter aud family
were dwelling at the time, was complete
iy demolished. Mr.. langley suffered
considerable bruising aud the breaking of
three ribs in his left side. while his wife
and three children miraculousy escaped
injury. BY superhuman efforts Mr.. Ian.
gley succeeded in extricating himself
and family from the debris ia time 10
escape the flames which rapidly consum.
ed what was left of the building. To.
day where Langley's houses stood there
is nothing but the level earth, while the
lumber Of his houses and his furniture
and household effects are strewn for
mile farther. In this locality tho course
of the cyclone was severest, and in many
places the trees torn up by their roots
and twisted of above the ground are
piled and crossed in stacks that are al:
most impenetrable for many hundred
yards without q break. Several miles
above the house of Mr.. John Bailey was
| blown down and his wife aud ten.year.
| old son were instaptly killed tha iattar