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


being internally injured, was rendered
and is still said to be speechess. II
seems incredible that man of his heavy
build, weighing 200 pounds, was picked
up by the wind and carried 200 yards oil.
but such was the fact; This mDrning no
vestige of the clothes or house ni t'i-
family could be found.
Men Uf mature years are 50 a.tour,icd
a; the freak Of this storm that they ieci
almost ashamed to tell some Of The won
ders of il, such, for instance, u. grca,
cypress s,umPs being rooted up 0u' OF
the ground and carried of 10 distance.
All the buildings on the place OF NJ
| Nat Fielder, two miles from here, were
blown down and the dwelling Va, tori!
20 pieces, his mother seriously injured
and himself severely bruised. Two liltl.
children were in bed when the house tell
upon them, but their bed broke through
and they crawled out from under 1t, ttc
eldest bringing out the Youngest by the
| direction Of their father, all in total
darkness, and they escaped without hurt
or injury
| gentleman from over the river ir0ih
the section Of Edisto Fork, relates that
the storm struck the house cf Mr. Hen.
ry Metz and seriously injured him and
one OF his children. He had blind
horse in his stable the stable was blown
down and his horse found in Cooper :
Swamp, several hundred yards oil, and
no one can accoun. fer the escape OF the
horse, as the trees were falling 80 thick
and fast that it would seem incredible
for an animal Of good sight 10 have c>.
| capped out Of that stable uninured
On the plantation Of Nj. l.. G. Xciglcr,
about mile from Cannon's Bridge, the
| gnhouse, stables and all the Outbuildines
were blown down, and all the horses and
mules, on whom one end Of the jos,-
had fallen, were, with one exception,
forcibly pulled out without seriou. injl.
ry.
have heard of several other poor
hardworking farmers having their houses
blown down and some Of their children
injured by having limbs broken, all on
the other side Of Cannon's Bridge, in
Orangeburg County, but travel iu tha,
direction is interrupted by the roads
being blocked with fallen trees, yet there
are some kind hearted people among
them who have made their way 10 this
place TO procure mills iii order 10 assist
their unfortunate ncighbors 20 pm. up n
shelter for their families, and will do all
in their power to alleviate their distress.
Dent;, Ait! Ann!..Ma,lon at Chnppcu-.
| NEwBERRY, February 2O.-A terrible
tornado passed through Chappcll's last
night, completely destroying every house
in the place, injuring several persons and
killing one.
CuArrELLs, February 20, A cyclone
passed through Chappell's yesterday
evening about o'clock, which is Ger.
tainly beyond all description. Every
house in the place is completely demoi.
ished. There were three storcho.lscs
three warehouses. n new dcpo, nearly
completed and several other little estab.
lishments, all Of which now lie one mass
of ruins. One box car was blown Off the
track II distance Of about thirty yard.
and five others were turned over, some OF
which were loaded. There were thirteen
persons here and all sustained more or
less injury. Mr.. G.. ID. Schuford. who
was at work on the new depot, sustained
injuries from which he died this morning.
MIR. n. NJ. Boseman had an arm and lev
broken and is in critical condition.
MIR. Willie Reid had an arm broken.
The others received only slight injuries.
The only business firms of this place are
G.. L. Reid and q. Z. Hill. Mr. Reid
estimates his loss at $4,000 and Mr.. Hill
puts his at 5000. The buildings were
owned by w. II. Smith and J. II. Irwin,
Mr.. Smith puts his loss at 50 900 and Mr..
Irwin at $4,000. The railroad loss is
small in the way of freight The great
est loss to the company was in the way
of cars and the new depot which was in
process OF construction. Mr.. Reid SAYS
some Of his goods were seen in the tops
Of trees two and three miles from this
place. The track of the cyclone is about
fourth of a mile wide aud seems TO
have come from the Southwest. The
work of destruction was almost iustau.
taneous. Several persons of whom
inquiry was made said that they knew
nothing Of it until it was over. Laige
trees were twisted Off One house which
stood just against hill, the hill being
on the side from which the storm came
was also demolished, the hill proving no
protection. The above losses iall hcayi
ly, there being no insurance against such
losses. Messrs. G. T. Reid and G. y.
Hill, the only two firms doing business
here, say they are not likely to resume
business at this place. Messrs. w. Il.
Smith and ]. II. Irwin, the land owners,
speak Of rebuilding soon. Whether the
town Of Chappells will be thing of the
past or whether it will be rebuilt seems
at this time little doubtful. Tho
cyclone seems to have touched Ninety
Six and passed through corner of Edge.
field, leaving death and destruction in
its path. The house on Capt. Lips-
combs place, occupied by d. NJ. Dickert.
was blown down and Mr.. Dickert's wife
aud baby =s-e carried some distance, out
| l believe were not badly hurt. Mrs.
Simkins was blown out of her house and
had an arm broken. The stables and
several negro houses on her place were
blown down. Over in Edgefeld I can
hear of only one house blown down. II
] was occupied by Mr.. w. NJ. Buckhaltcr
and family. Mr.. Buckhalter and wife
received some injuries. Mrs. Powers,
Mrs. Buckhalter's mother, who was liv.
ing with her, was inA,antly killed.
Whether any damage was done below
Chappeils or not, am not able TO learn.
Chester County.
CHESTER, February 20.-This town
and vicinity was visited last evening.
between 6 and 7 o'clock, by a terrible
storm of wind, rain and hail. The wind
blew gale from the South, and for flf
teen minutes the prospect was alarming.
The storm abated about $50 p. m, but
the wind blew fiercely most of the night.
There was heavy fall of rain, and hail
fell with fearful force. This morning
the public square presented wrecked
appearance, strewn with tin, brick and
lumber. The church buildings of the
white and colored Baptists were utterly
demolished, and the belfry was torn from,