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


square, was carried 800 yards and stove
in the ground to the depth Of four feet.
His wagon was torn to pieces, one Of
the wheels being carried entirely away.
His buggy Is also a total wreck. In
fact, his land is about all that is left
him. His loss will not fall short Of
80 600.
Mr.. Russell also says that Fred Ow-
ems, VINO lives near Mr.. Jamison, slf-
fcred from the cyclone pretty much in
the same manner Oh his place. There
were seven women in the house at the
time, one Of whom had in her arms a
five weeks old child, which was twisted
from her arms and thrown i.lto the
yard and covered with the debris, but
strange to say was not even scratched.
Mrs. Owens received \ slight scratch
over one eye, and her little daughter
received 4 blow on the back OF her
head, which gave her much pain, caus-
ing her to be delirious all day Thursday,
but is not considered dangerous. None
OF the rest were hurt, but fearfully
frightened. There was large force
OF men at each place helping to clear
away the lnbbish and rebuilding. The
Six-and-Twenty Baptist Church was
taken bodily up 20 feet into the air be-
fore going to pieces, and was an entire
wreck. Mr.. Russell lives 6 miles North
OF the storm track, and says that on his
place fell fragments OF fodder, fence
rails. boards. shingles, plank. scantling.
pine twigs, oak leaves, &C.
From the Seneca Free press.]
A cyclone passed through the town.
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county about S o'clock on last Tuesday
afternoon. 1t made its first decent.
SO tar as we can learn, near Earle's
Mills, in our county, and from this
point proceeded in a northnastcrlY di-
rection, passing through the farm Of
John Gibson, DR.. Marlborough, Parker
Whitfield, j. w. Livingston, Prince
Riley, Moses Lewis, John Maxwell and
on through the Phillips place and the
old North place to the Seaborn planta-
ton below Pcndcton. Upon the Glib
son farm, dwelling houses and all the
outbuildings were blown down, but no
persons seriously injured. Old Provi-
dcnce Church, which has been used as
4 schoOl-hOuse, was blown down and
the daughter Of Mr.. UeZekiah Bruce
was killed and the daughter Of Mr.. Cole
seriously injured. upon the Yarbor-
ough plantation several tenant houses
were destroyed. The dwelling house of
Parke: Whitfield was umroofetl, but his
family escaped uninjured. Oh the Liv-
ingston plantation the large dwelling
house and ID other houses were swept
away. Mr.. John Patterson, with h1s
wife anu his wife's mother, Mrs. hcCra-
ry, and ten Of his children were in the
large plantation house, which had s
rooms besides three piazzas, and none
were injured except Mrs. McCrary,
who had an arm broken. How they
escaped is most wonderful. Mr.. Thos.
Patterson living on this plantation. lost
his horse by piece Of weather-board-
ing going through its head. After the
storm, the animal came up from the lot
to Mr. Patterson with the boarding,
which was about feet long, remain
ing in its head. The board was pulled
ont and TIE horse walked about breath
ing through the opening made by the
plank. until Wednesday evening when
he shotit. On the farm Of Caesar Sing
Teton, colored, all the houses were
blown down. His wife was seriously
Injured and Il child go severely cut a.