The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-31

represented at such exhibitions, especially
when they are held at some convenient
point.
The Tornado's Track.
The destructive tornado that passed
through a portion of this County last
Monday morning seems to have had its
origin considerably west of here. A
number of places in Georgia were visited
by the big wind on the same morning.
At Harmony Grove white man, Mr..
Kinsley, was killed and his wife seriously
injured, as was fourteen year old boy,
both of whom may die.
At Butler, Georgia, a Mr.. Barker was
killed and all his family injured. Hart-
we'll did not escape the terrible visitor,
and her Court House, hotel and other
buildings were unroofed, but no lives
were lost. Gainesville was struck by q
heavy storm at ten o'clock Sabbath night
that did considerable damage.
The papers tell of storms at about the
same hour in other sections of the coun-
try, especially west of here, in Tennessee
and Arkansas.
We speak Of the storm in this County
as tornado because it seemsto have bsen
less destructive than cyclone. The
only difference between the two is in
degree. Both have about the same origin
ard travel in about the same manner.
The Encyclopedia states that the gener-
ally accepted theory of their origin is
caused by the meeting of two opposite
currents of wind of different temperature
above the earth which gather the clouds
into conical shape and is driven to the
earth, where it may devastate section
of country, rise again aud pass over
another section and descend again snd
lay waste sections in the same course of
it's first track.
The tornado crossed the Savanr all
River at Mr.. Geo. Stevenson's, at about 8
o'clock Sabbath morning, doing much
damage to his and surrounding premiEes.
1t passed through the Holland Store
neighborhood and injured the dwellings
Of Messrs. A. B. Sullivan, A. F. Shearsr,
T. d. Stevenson and Mrs. Wakefield.
Nearly all the outbuildings on those
places were blown down. Crops, Or
chards and forests were badly injured.
At Starr the terrific force of the storm
had not abated. Mr.. Doc Jones' dwelling
and outhouses were completely wreck
ed and his store badly damaged.
There were some twenty or more tan
ant houses blown to pieces on Mr.. P. r..
Aliens place, and strangely enough, the
only death from the storm in this County
that we hear of happened here. A ne
gro child four or. five years old was
crushed by the fall of house and its
mother was injured. The top was blown
from Mr.. Aliens barn, and of thousand
bundles of fodder stored there not one
was left.
On Mr.. Jones' place wagon spoke was
driven entirely through six-inch sea-
soned oak post, and this evidence of the
storms fury will likely be put On ezhi-
bition in this city for few days, and
perhaps sent to the Worlds Fair.
The loss of Messrs. Allen, Jones and T.
D. Stevenson has been estimated at $1,000
each.
After leaving Starr the next place we
hear Of the work of the devastating winds
is on the plantation of Mr.. Dolph Jones'.
His dwelling house escaped injury, but
every outhouse on the place was leveled
to the ground.
Coming on further east in Hall Town
ship the tornado appears to have been a
mile wide, and nearly everything in its
track was wrecked.
The gin house on Mrs. Lizzie Longs
plantation was blown down and two good
buggies smashed to pieces.
On Mr.. Geo. Longs plantation tenant
house was lifted off Of its pillars and turn
ed completely around. Fortunately it
was not occupied.
Mr.. s. H. Finley's gin house was
wrecked and buggy smashed.
The dwelling house ofMr. John Finley
was partly unroofed and one chimney
blown down. Mr.. Finley had recently
erected big new barn and 1t was de-
molished, but his stock escaped without
being injured. Several of his outhorses
were also turned completely around.
Mr.. George Schrimp's dwelling house
was badly damaged, big tree being
blown across the ell, or stove-room,
crashing it in. His gin house was lifted
off it's pillars and partly wrecked, and
damaging his engine and other machine
ry. Mr.. Schrimp also had fifty acres of
wheat and oats, which were leYeled to
the ground. His fine young orchard was
also ruined. In this immediate section
much valuable timber was destroyed.
Several miles further east, in the nec-
tion Of Varennes Church, we again lear
of the storm. Several outhouses on Mr..
Vance McGee's premises are wrecked
and the chimney Of his dwelling house
was thrown to the ground. His buggy
was also wrecked.
At Mr.. Joe Parker's home the stables
were blown down, but his stock were
not hurt.
On'Mr. Tom Pruitt's place the farn
and stables were blown down, and aev-
eral other buildings unrooofed. Ons OF
his best COWS was killed and another se-
verely crippled.
Mr. w. B. .Tate's big new barn was
completely wrecked. and large oak tree
barely missed falling on his dwelling, in
which was his family.
Crossing the river, the terrific winds
uproof Mr.. T. L. Clinkscales' gin house,
and then on through by Craytonville
more damage is done, but we have not
learned the names of those who suffered.
The storm also struck section near
Honea Path. Our correspondent from
the latter place gives brief particulars of
it's work there.
There are perhaps other citizens in the
track of the tornado whose property ha.
been injured more or less, but we have
not been able to secure their names. ALI
along the track Of the tornado the small
grain crop seems to have been badly in.
jured, but it is thought by many that the
greater portion if it will straighte1, up
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