The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-03-26
Destructive Tornado In Sumter.

! SUMTER, March 23.-The storm which
passed over this city yesterday would more
properly be called !. tornado than n cyclone.
All the trees blown down are lying in the
same direction with their tops to the north
cast showing that tie wind came steadily
/ from the southwest. The dark and omi
nous s-looking c!old which suddenly male
It's Appearance il, that direction l:araly gave
any warning OF tsapproach, as it was upon
us in tie twinkling Of an eye. The very
| first gust of wind WAS Il gale so that many
persons who We're caught out in it had to
seek such places of refuge rs were right at
hand. One gentleman remained behind
fence, q lew yards from his residence, rather
than risk an attempt to reach it.
HEAVIEST sT3RM SINCE THIRTY-S1SE.
1t was distinctly noticeable that the wind
decreased and suddenly increased in vio-
lence three times, the greatest damage be-
ing done by the last and most violent blow.
1t is Said by some Of our oldest inhabitants
that not since 1899 has such storm passed
| over this place, ut which time many of the
finest shade trees were blown down and
many houses damaged. All the China berry
or Pride of India trees then in the place
were uprooted Since then many others
have grown up, some very large. All these
were blown down yesterday. Perhaps not
one is left
MANY BUILDINGS INJURED.
Ryttenberg & Sons handsome two-story
brick store Is badly damaged. About one
hundred feet Of i. brick parapet about SIX
feet high was blown over on the roof break
ing in the timber, flooding the upper story,
which is used by all our secret societies as
meeting place, damaging the furniture and
paraphernalia greatly. Mr.. r. P. Mona
ghans store had the tin roof blown off and
the store was flooded with water. Mr.. c. S.
| Matheson's large two-story machine supply
store is fiat on the ground and broken into
| stove wood; the tin on the roof may be saved
and small per cent. OF the timbers. The
tin roof Of the jail and cotton mill are
slightly damaged. The ball and spire Of the
| Baptist church steeple are blown off. A large
barn of Ducker d Bultman is blown down.
Mr.. R. S. Cooper had part of large syca-
more blown on his residence with scarcely
any damage Mr. B. R. Sanderss kitchen
is blown off of the foundation, but is intact
on the ground near by.
A small house at the Charleston, Sumter
and Northern depot was thrown down, and
Mr.. Wilkie, who was in it, was knocked
senseless and lay in the drenching rain for
some time. The Episcopal parsonage was
flooded with water from top to bottom. Two
large guano and cotton sheds Mt the Whining
ton, Columbia and Augusta Railroad depot
were blown down, and under them is bur-
| led mule which had been driven here by
its owner for protection. Near this same
depot seven colored persons were in house
which was blown to pieces, but not one of
them was hurt.
WOMAN KILLED.
Just short distance out Of the city limits
a colored woman, Ida Richardson, was killed
in house which was blown down.
large shed near Main street. under
which E. E. Rembcrt d Co. had a lot of
wagons stored for sale, was blown down.
Under this shed were also several mules,
hitched there by their owners These were
not injured. Mr.. John s. Richardson, Jr.,
had large tree blown against the back
door of his residence so that it cannot be
opened The gable end of our large col
ored school building is blown down. A
small building on lower Main street, occu-
pied by colored man as shop, has the
ao4;ra f,.out blown ont on1 n,an1r other in