The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-29

TWISTED from tnelr tfulhS anu OlIlefS
torn up by roots. 4 heavy bureau
was found a mile from the house that
had contained it.
The list Of seriously wounded men
and children in London County is very
large. Andy Worley, his wife and eight
children were every one injured. Some
Of them will die. The station at Cal
houn was unroofed and the colored
porter received injuries which may
prove fatal. Several houses were car
ried a distance Of half mile. Tele-
graph wires were prostrated and a
number of cars were thrown from the
track. The loss in Calhoun alone will
reach $4,000.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
ATLANTA, March 2l.-Calhoun sutfe-
red the most of any place in North
Georgia. 1t was visited by terrible
funnel-shaped cyclone, which cut a
swath seventy-fve yards wide through
the middle of the town, taking in the
courthouse and station. The cyclone
bounded down ON the little town sud-
denly, and after doing the work of de-
struction, lifted from the earth to
strike again no one knows where.
Every dwelling. in its path was either
destroyed or damaged. The streets
are full OF shingles and the debris of
tools.
The storm played eccentric pranks,
in one instance cutting house in half.
Then it tore down a house around
some women and children without
harnling hair of their heads. The
Baptist church was demolished and
the colored Methodist church was
razed The railroad station was badly
damaged and farmhouse near the
station, belonging to the State, was
totally destroyed. Jackson & Logan's
umber stable was badly damaged. c.
I. Graves's business house, a frame
building, was totally destroyed, and
another wooden building, occupied as
an rXpress office, was totally demol-
iShed and the goods We're ruined by
rain.
The brick store of Harrel was badly
damaged. The front end of Hughey's
grocery store was pulled away from the
building and the -oof of J. N. Meals
grocery store is off and his goods dam
aged. The roof of n. J. Boaze's busi
ness house is off: The parapet wall of
Rives & Malone's brick store was torn
off and the whole outside leans to the
street, making the building worthless.
Chimneys were blown off of Fosters
brick building, and the vacant resi-
dence Of \. W. Reeves was blown to
pieces. The wagon and buggy man
ufactory Of VI. E. Ellis is completely
destroyed. Mrs. Fosters residence was
destroyed but no one was hurt. Mrs.
Bailey with five children occupied
residence which was destroyed and yet
none Of the family was injured.
4 FATAL CYCLONE AT LUMBER CITY.
SAVANNAH, GA, March PA cy-
clone struck Lumber City, Ga, this
morning. B. V. Holland, of the firm
of Holland, Strickland & Co., and w.
B. Whiddon, of the firm of Whiddon &
Holland, both prominent men, were
killed. Whiddon resided at Eastman
and Holland at Dublin.
HAVOC AND DESTRUCTION WROUGHT
ALONG THE TENNESSEE RIVER.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March 21.-A
terrific wind and rain storm swept
across East Tennessee last night about
midnight, thirty to forty miles west of
Knoxville. Many barns and farm
houses were demolished, and farmers
have lost considerably III the destruc-
ton of buildings and killing Of stock.
The storm was very severe along the
Tennessee River. The house Of Joseph
II. Williams, eX-trustee of London
County, was blown down and a young
man named Smith was killed and sew
cral others of the family injured. No
other deaths are reported, but many
persons We're injured. The storm was
severe in Knoxville, but no damage
was done.
\ GREAT STORM IN THE FAR SoRTII-
WEST.
KINGMAN, A. r., March 2l.- 1t
showed all day yesterday in this sec
| ton. There has been no such storm Of
wind and snow for many years. The
snow drifted to the depth of many feet
in manly places. Cattle suffer greatly
| from the unusual cold.
EAU CLAIRE, WIS, March 21.--One
of the worst snow storms Of the winter
prevailed over northern Wisconsin
yesterday The SLOW was wet and Of
the he 1;:a: Iicst texture, and some - to is
i inches fell, much of it melting as it
caruc down. The result has been the
ruin Of the roads in many OF the log
districts, and little hauling can be done
until there comes solid freeze.
pEMHiSA, DcK, March 2l.-One OF
the >cverrst storms of the winter set IN
here last evening. The fall ofsno IS
tremendous, and the damp, cold wind
hurled it about at such furious rate
that it was impossible for pedestrians
70 remain on the streets. Passengers
nl. the Soutll-bound train report the
storm worse north Of here. The weather
is growing colder, and it is feared there
Will be loss oflife on the prairics.
II. VINCENT, MINI, March 2l.-The
worst SHOW Storm of the winter set in