The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-21
TERRIFIC TWIN roRsaDoEs.

rrRRIF1c TWIN roRNADoEs.
Twn sections OF Newberry County '1s'''o
S nv Destrucssyo storns-aouses anu
Crops Swept Away.
frrorn our Extra OF Wednesday atsefhooN' i
- - 18th.
NEAR MT. TABoR, September II
. N Six years ago on the night ,o'
the urinary election there was a rear. :
f,,l earthquake. This year on the al
fernoon Of the second primary there
was : destructive cyclone. It was yes
terday about 5 p. m.
II the Herald and News extra OF
last night it was stated that 8 terrnc
cyelone had passed through the lower
section 3 of Newberry County. No fur
ther information could be obtained at
that hour.
This morning went to the scene
Ii would take more fluent pen 'nAE
mine TO describe the scene that is pre-
sented SO that the reader could form
anything like correct idea.
Trees uprooted, cotton and corn ne,os y.
laid bare, houses blown; downs and IT
wonld seem that. nothing but death
and destruction could be left in its
nath Yet no life was lost, and, 50 far
asI can learn, after diligept-fnqulry'
no one was seriously hurt: Truly re-
markable.
came here this morning Thls
.-sgns 70 have been one OF the most
violent places in the track OF the storm
Mr. Jro. a. Shealy's residence is q
,,ass of ruins. His stables and barns
and oi,thouses are razed to the ground.
his loss is heavy. 1t was bad, but
when they realize the fact that all es-
esDed without bodily injury, every one
;sthankful that it was no worse. On
the grounds removing the rubbish and
preparing to get things Strengthened
cut, 1t, are some so or IS of his friends and
neiehbors, giving him the labor OF their
willing hands and the sympathy OF
their honest hearts. Such was thesce
At all the places in the track OF the
storm where buildings were blown
down.
The storm in this section Of the coun-
ftry. as far as can learn, began in the
q na;oh & & hborhood of Smokey Town, some
nine miles Southwest Of this place.
The direction of the cyclone was from
s. sSonthwest to Northeast, and IN no
solace more than 500 yards wide. The
sverare width being about $50 yards.
Several persons here to-day were
heard TO give expression their f6ank-
S,,lnass that it was no worse. They
{ .uonld saw that it might have been
Z fWiea or three times as wide and would
nsefnrsa have done more damage IN the
ssnfs proportion, but it was not.
nnnSber of persons might have
s,ae,, killed. bat no one was. Tnoasn
II iss shad. If might have been worse.
s. As;I said the first trace tin this sec
tion of the county, so far as heard from,
Wss in the neigh borhood of Smokey
: Tewn. and Mr.. Zeke. Tay ylor's crop was
almost ruined. ,r
From MA. H. Miller anu Mf. =:
3. auN, who had followed the track OF
the storm from Caulk's road above MI.
Jim Connelly's, I learned the ioiio"-
ing: aooo,orad
man. had his kitchen turned over ana
his stock-mules and horses-Were
body injured and some will possibly
die The trees were literally torn up
bv the roots and twisted of and carried,
in some cases, for miles by the wind.
= Mr. Nike Bowers and Mr.. 81. 2.
Do,ninick. had their corn and cotton
crons almost entirely destroyed. In
fact. in the whole track of the storm
fhe cotton was truly stripped OF all It's
fruit and leaves, and ears of corn were
broken ia pieces and carried away and
scaftered to the four winds. Mr. Dom
iniek had several outbuildings blown
down.
nlace,. the dwelling house was torn TO
p;eees, but the family was fortunately
at neighbor's. He had q ten acre
feId-of cotton and one OF corn that IS
total loss. In the midst OF this neia,
& about the centre of the storm TRACK,
large piles of rock have been brought
together as if hauled there by human
hands.
In some places great holes are dug
ont in the earth as if there were also
some subterranean disturbance.
Following the storm track we reach
MI. D. i. Longs place. His house was
thrown off the foundations some ten
or twelve feet distant and nothing left
standing but the bare walls in greatly
I. Demolished condition. His stables and
n,,fhuiIdinps were also blown away.
Locust Grove school, house IS torn to
pieces.
) The only damage to Nr: Nett's and
Mr. Adam Hartman was the destruc-
tion wrought to their corn and cotton
fields,
we next come to Mr.. Mike Shealys.
His house was unroQfed and his stables
and outbuildings wrecked: After ieav-
ING his house the storm seems to nave
divided, leaving in the centre q small
: Track in yhych there was no damage
bnt lust before reaching this place 1t
came together again and with all OF Its
wonted force and fury, and tall oaks
S and stately pines and substantial
houses in their ruins tell the awful
STORY more powerful than words can
possibly describe it.
Nj. and Mrs. John A. Shealy, Sr.,
were absent from home, but when they
heard the awful roaring and saw the
bIackened heav vens'they FASTENED home
ward. The children were playing ID
the lot unmindful of the fearful storm
-ehat was approaching. MIR. shealy
home in time to get in the
house with the children. Mrs: Shealy
Vas caught short distance from her
home. The telegraph wire came cameo COVE , va
entanpled and held fast in its clutches.
Her husband, only short distance
aRay, was in her home with her seven
Iiftls children. The house was lifted
from its pillars, the roof was torn to
fragments and carried before the winds
w iy, 1ocS cnQCp than