The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-27
DESTRUCTION IN SUMTER.


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DESTRUCTION IN SUMTER.
SUMTER, March %. The storm winch
passed over this city yesterday, "oulo
more properly be called a tornado IMAM
cyclone, as your correspondent NELL
toned it yesterday.
All the trees blown down are lying
in thesame direction with their tops 10
the northeast, showing that the WIND
came steadily from the southwest. Inc
dark and ominous-looking cloud wnlcn
suddenly made its appearance IN tnaC
direction hardly gave any warning OF
it's approach, as it was upon us the
twinkling of an eye. The very hrst
gust of wind was gale, so that many
persons who were caught out IN II nao
TO seek such places of refuge as were
right at hand. One gentleman re-
mained behind a fence, few yards
from his residence, rather than rlsk an
attempt to reach 1t.
HEAVIEST STORM SINCE THIRTY-N1NE.
It was distinctly noticeable that the
wind decreased and suddenly Increased
in violence three times, the greatest
damage being done by the last and
most Violent blow. With the bowling
of the wind, the soughing of the trees,
the slamming of doors and window
blinds, came the rafting of the hal
and torrents of rain, all together Great
ing an unearthly din, while the air was
filed with fiviny leaves and the frag
ments of small limbs torn from the
trees, presenting spectacle not soon TO
be forgotten, so that it was natural tha1
the human heart should stand appalled,,
not knowing what the consequences
would be. 1t is said by some OF our
oldest inhabitants that not since 1853
has such storm passed over this place,
at which time many of the finest shaoe
trees were blown down and many
houses damaged. All the Chlnaoerry
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. Fer
haps not one is left.
MANY BUILDINGS INJURED.
AsI wrote YOU yesterday, Ryttenberg
& Sons handsome two-story orlck
store is badly damaged. About one
hundred feet of brick parapet about
six feet high was blown over on the
roof, breaking in the timber, HoodlnS
the upper story, which is used oy all
our secret societies as meeting place,
damaging the furniture and parapher-
MALTA greatly. Mr.. Monaghan's store
had the tin roof blown off and the store
was flooded with water. Mr.. Z. ,.
Mathieson's large two-story machine
supply store is flat on the ground ana
broken into stove wood; the tin on the
roof NAV be saved and a 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
Quicker & 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. San
der's kitchen is blown off of the founda-
ton, but is intact Oh tine grounu near
by.
HOUSE BLOWN DOWN.
A small house at the Charleston,
Sumter and Northern depot was thrown
down, and Mr.Wilkie, ,IWho 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
ouano and cotton sheds at the Winning
ton. Columbia and Augusta Railroad
depot were blown down, and under
them is buried mule, which had been
driven there by its owner. Tor protec-
ton. Near this same depot seven
colored persons were in house Whlch
was blown to pieces, but not one OF them
was hurt.
A WOMAN KILLED.
Just a short distance out of the city
limits a colored woman, Ida Richard
son. was killed in a house which was
blown down.
4 large shed near Main street, under
which L. h. Reinhit d Co. had 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 ;. Richard
son. Jr., has a large tree blown against
the back door of his residences so that
it cannot be opened. The gable end of
our large colored school building IS
blown down. \ small building on
lower Main street, occupied by u colored
man as a shop, has the entire front
blown out, and many other Instances
of damage done might be enumerated.
OTHER DAMAGES.
All over the city fences are down, IN
some places as many as ten or fifteen
panels in one fence, and our shade trees
are laid low by the score; noticeable
among these our two large aud hand
some oaks Oh Monumental square,
which lie with their topmost boughs at
the foot of our handsome monument
erected by the women Of Sumter Coun-
tv to their Confederate dead.
The sun shines brightly to day; to
morrow the work Of repairing Will be
begun, and in few more days the
great storm of 1890 will be forgotten.
We are thankful that the loss OF lie
and property was not greater.
GREAT DESTRUCTION IN UNION CorN-
TY.
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