The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-27
THE FURY OF THE WINDS.
A Hurricane sweeps Across the County
Doing Great Damage in Many Places.

a Hurricane sweeps Across the County
Doing Great Damage in Many Places.
On Saturday afternoon last there
suddenly appeared in the northwest 4
dark and portentOus cloud. Almost as
suddenly u terrible wind stDrm was
raging. Trees We're blown down and
uprooted, houses overturned and swept
away in the track Of the wind. The
wind at Newberry blew very strong
and was followed by i hard fall of
rain. Very little damage was done
in the town. Part OF the tin roof on
the factory and the store OF .. klettner
was turned up. y tree i'll the yard or
Mrs. J. H. NJ. Ruff was blown against
the house and possibly some other
slight damage. The heaviest part Of
the storm passe,! about TWO miles
to the north of this place.
The wind blew from southwest to
northeast. The hurricane crossed
Saluda riverabove ChappeIlsand struck
Newberry County about Eauglianvile.
On the Edgeticlu side We learn some
damage was done about Mr.. w. NJ.
Webb's place and that 4 negro woman
was killed. There seems to have been
prOngs or tracts OF the hurricane IN
this county, one going north Of this
place and one south At EaugElanville
Methodist (Soule Chapel Church was
blown off the pillars ana considerably
damaged. The store and goods Of L.
y. kOon were blown completely away.
Other houses on Mr. Koon's place were
also damaged. Mr.. Davis and Mr..
Brooks also suffered.
4 correspondent gives us the follow
ing account of the damage to Bush
river:
Mr.. J. r. Vaughan's dwelling was
swept away.
Passed near Tom Neel's Higgins
place, across Henry Boxers place. No
damage to houses, but trees blown
down. Dominick's Hill place, blew all
timber down, and nearly all the houses
on the place. Doninlck's Henson
place, houses all down. Crossed Little
River back of J. J. Aniick' and struck
John Halls place and blew all his
houses down. San Naucc's kitchen
was blown down and timber scattered.
DR.. J. r. Thomrson's place, houses all
blown down. Charles Krauzer's place,
houses, including dwelling, down.
Dominick's Carlisle place, dwelling
blown down, in which Charley Hum
phrey lived, and broke his arm and
three ribs, and crushed his wife under
debris, and a negro woman was pro-
tected by a chair. Humphreys wife
was seriously injured. Struck houses
above L. w. Floyd's place, and stable
on Floyd's place, also chimneys.
Scattered the timber over about 80
acres of new ground. r. X. Reeder's
barn and stables were blown down.
Scattered the timber across his
fields. Blew down barn on Henry
Burton's. Cleland place, now owned by
J. r. Smith, Jr. Blew lot of timber
down on w. g. Peterson and a. }.
Longshore's places, but no houses.
Blew timbers on w. L. Roland's place
right up to the house, but no damage
to house. Blew one house down on W.
A. Senn's place and set it on fire, fire
was put out, negroes were living in it.
Wrecked J. r. Sterling's and Z. II.
Longshore's timber. Blew down Mrs.
L. E. Folks barn, and set several
negro houses down. Blew down DR..
Boozer's stables and slightly injured
his son Burder, and one Of his horses.
Blew Mrs. B. B. Hairs house and
stables down, crippled one negro here
and one on Miss Mary Burton's place
and damaged the house on her place.
Blew down J. NJ. Workman's, Jr.,
engine shed and smoke stack of engine.
Blew chimney off B. r. Mangum's
house and crossed Bush river to J. NJ.
Bowers place. Relief forces have been
organized and are helping those who
are the greatest sufferers.
Mrs. Charley Humphreys, mentioned
above, died on Tuesday morning from
| the injuries received.
| From this on we are not able to trace
the track so closely. J. NJ. Bowers
barn was blown down and some chin
neys on D. w. Barre's place. Some out
houses on Mrs. WiIbur's place were
damaged. At AuIl's mill trees were
twisted off and tree was blown on the
barn breaking it. Mrs. Nance's barn
and stables were blown down and a
mule injured.
When the Maybinton section was
struck some of the persons suffered
great loss, D. A. Thomas had every
house on his place, including the dwell
ing, swept away. No che was Sc
riously hurt. w. V. Lyles had all his
outhouses blown away. There was pos
sibly other damage that we have not
heard of.
The track of the heaviest wind was
from 150 yards to two miles in width.
The damage to fencing and the blow.
ing of trees upon land to be cultivated
is very considerable, not to speak OF
the in jury to houses and persons.
It is almost miraculous that more
people were not killed or injured.
The Southern prong or track Of the
! wind did not leave so much damage
1t passed through the st. LuIe's sec.
ton and the damage was principally
in the blowing down of trees and fenc,
ing.