The new era., 1890-08-28
rhur.dav,s Severe stor m

The heavy wind and rain of Thurs
day night last was the most terrific
that has visited this section for years
Although no serious damage was done
other than the injury to growing crops,
it is acknowledged by all to have faI
exceeded the most violent. The wind
blew very hard for few moments, and
the rain came down in torrents, food-
ing the streets and cutters and giving
them the appearance Of small rivers. In
the vicinity of Sassafras the cyclone
was very severe, and struck the farm
of Mr.. j. G. Brice, and carried every
thing before it, sweeping the stacked
wheat all over the farm and demolish
ing his barn completely. The loss sus-
tained by Mr.. Brice was very heavy and
on Saturday his neighbors turned out
and helped him haul in his scattered
wheat and other articles which the
wind had carried away. The follow
ing is taken from one ofour exchanges :
There are two stack yards of un-
threshed wheat on the farm of Mr..
Brice but only one of these was de-
molished by the wind. The wheat was
blown all over the field and some Of it
was picked up half-mile away from
where it originally stood. The other
stack yard was not in the path of the
cyclone, and was but little damaged.
The barn is complete wreck, and
boards which belong to it were blown
all over tile fields, aud some of them
were picked up palmost half mile awags
A farm wagon which stood near was
torn to pieces and nothing but the
heavy wheels will be of any use again.
The top and sides OF the barrack were
blown away and nothing but part of
the foundation is standing. A part of
the porch which surrounded the house
was torn away and one of the windows
blown out. The house was substan-
tial brick building and with the excep-
tion of the damage to the porch was
not hurt. Several apple trees on Mr..
Brice's place, which we're ins the
storms path, were broken off like pipe
stems.
The live stock which was around the
buildings at the time could not get out
of the way of the falling buildings and
flying debris and six sheep and three
hogs have died from injuries received.
One of the COWS was also badly injured
and it is doubtful if it can live.
The loss on Mr.. Brice's place will not
be near so heavy as was first thought.
On the farm occupied by James Thornby
and owned by DIR. Jacobs, the carriage
house was demolished and the carriages
wrecked. The hen house was also
blown down and nearly all the poultry
which were in at the time killed.
S. Boyer, Jr., whose farm adjoins Mr..
Brice's, stood near his house and
watched the funnel-shaped cloud as it
passed swiftly along. He said it seemed
to travel about the tops Of the trees and
only reached the ground in places: The
limbs of trees, boards &C., could be
plainly seen in the cloud, which Mr..
Boyer says looked as ifit was coming
directly toward him. When it reached
his farm it took a southerly course and
passed over small thicket tearing out
the trees and leaving clear path be-
hind it. This was the last place it
seemed to reach the ground in that
section. 1t passed over toward Black
bird forest and could be easily seen
from Instance. The damage tey Tie
corn crop will be heavy. In some places
the corn is lying fiat on the ground all
over the field while in other localities
the wind was not SO strong and the
damage consequently less. t