The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-04-03
The buildings of the county poorhouse

lnc OuilulilSS OI lue County PoolaUllse
were greatly injured.
The cyclone which passed below Pied
mont did much disastrous work. The
dwelling and store of S. L. Moore, near
SimpsoDville, in the lower section of the
county, were blown down, his family
making narrow escape without serious
injury. In the same locality the house
OF Ike Davis, colored, was demolished,
and his wife and child seriously injured.
1t is reported that they died to-day from
the wounds received. Davis's mule was
blown away and has not been found. All
the outaouses on the place Of DR.. Matley
Hunter in the same neighborhood were
blown TO the ground, and a part of the
dwelling of James II. Cox was swept
away. The rumber of smaller accidents
aud incidents is great, and altogether the
work of the cyclone has exceeded any
thing of the kind that has ever before
happened in this county. In many To-
caIilies heavy hail is reported aud there
was a great rainfall in all parts Of the
county, doing great damage to small
grain crops and land by washing. Two
other children of Mr.. John Bailey, whose
wife and son were killed, are reported to
have received serious injuries which will
probably prove fatal. Owing to the
tardiness of communication with remote
country places information as to the full
results of the storm have not yet been
received, and it is not unlikely that other
serious accidents will be heard of. So
far as is now known, however, the loss Of
life has been remarkabl Y small for cy-
clone so destructive in other respects,
and so terrible in what it might have
done.
The Storm in Fnirfield.
RIDGEwAY, March GA fearful cy-
clone passed over this portion of Fairfield
County yesterday evening, about 6
O'Clock, doing much damage to timber
and fencing. On Senator Gaillard's
plantation two negro houses were com.
pletey blown to pieces. In one of these
houses there were ten negroes, little and
big, and strange to say not one was seri.
ously hurt. The houses were blown to
the ground, and the flooring carried off
in every direction. All the possessions
of the negroes were carried off, and l
found a mile away from the houses some
of their clothing hanging On trees. The
negroes are cutting down the trees to get
their bed clothes. The track Of the cy-
clone is from west to east. l have not
yet learned what the damage is east and
west of this place. This cyclone passed
about one mile north Of the cyclone of
February 10, and went in the same di
rectiorf.
Its Work in North Carolina.
CHARLOTTE, March 26.-Anotber of
those terrible cyclones struck that section
of country north of Charlotte last night,
apparently coming up from the direction
nf Georgia over the northern portion Of
South Carolina. Though not so fatal in
its results as the February cyclone, yes.
terday's storm was very severe in many
places. Last nights blow did not sweep
over so large an area of territory, but
where it held sway wreck and ruin were
wrought. There appears to have been
series of whirlwinds, one of which struck
Berry Hill and Charlotte townships in
this county, second travelled along
Iredell few miles south Of Statesville,
third struck Catawba County, passing
through Newton, and fourth traversed
a c"ction Of Caldwell County, striking
the town of Lenor
The relentless whirlwind passed TN.
comfortably close to Charlotte on the
south, the nearest point in its track
being the residence of Mr.. r. Z. McDon-
aid, near the old fair grounds. Mr.. Nc.
Donald's fruit trees were all torn up. A
large apple tree was hurled against the
top of his house, crushing in the roof.
A few hundred yards of the barn of Mr..
Flow was carried away. The cyclone in
Mecklenburg county passed over from
the South Carolina line, started in the
southwest corner of Berry Hill township,
and followed Steele Creek ridge to with
in few miles of Charlotte, when it lift
ed and passed on without doing further
damage. The principal sufferers were
Lee Ray, Sr., Lee Ray, Jr., l.. A. Van.
derburg, David L. McKoy, Jane Grier,
colored, Frank Hovis, S r. Turner and
S. II. Hilton. The residences of the
three Rays were entirely demolished.
Vanderburg and McKoy lost their barns
Jane Griers residence was swept away.
Frank Hoyis's house was swept from its
foundations, and every single clubhouse
on his premises was blown to pieces. A.
R. Turner lost all his outhouses, and his
dwelling was moved from lis foundation.
Every fence about S. II. Hilton's house
was demolished, aud his blacksmith shop
| was carried away, not so much as a ham,
mer remaining where it stood. John
Northey's barn was crushed by large
| white oak tree. The barn was crushed
to within two feet of the ground and
hole was cut in its side where horse and
mule crawled out on their knees uninjur.
ed. The barn of Thomas Furguson was
also crushed by falling tree. On the
plantation Of L. A. Van, two and half
miles from Charlotte, negro cabin had
its end carried away, and well curbing,
built of brick, three feet high, WAS level.
ed to the ground.
Mr.. Robt. Ray, Jr., and his family
were sitting around their fireside when
the storm came up. The mother, becom.
ing alarmed, placed her three children in
bed and stood beside them. All at once
the roof came in, and then the whole
house was scattered in the storm. Mr..
Ray was found in the ruins of the house
badly injured by piece of timber falling
upon his breast. He was unconsci Gus at
last reports and was thought to be seri
ously injured. The track of the storm in
Berry Hill and Charlotte Township
ranged from fifty yards to half a mile in
width. 1t took zigzag course in some
places, doubling back on itself and then
moving farward again. Trees, fences and
everything in its track were swept away.
The damage TO the forests is simply i'm
mense and can scarcely be calculated.
The entire work Of destruction was done
within the space of fifteen minutes. The
ground looks as if it had been swept with
big broom. That there was no loss of
life in all this wreckage is as strange as
it is fortunate. The cyclone struck New
ton in Cofawha County ahont : O'Clock