The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-04
A TORNADO IN TATyALL.
Much Property Destroyed and One
Life Lost.

Heavy Damages Sustained at the
Little Town Of Hogan, on the Savan-
nah and Western-W. h. Barnett's
House Blown Down and His 1O-year-
old Son Buried Under the Debris.
other Houses Destroyed The Tor
nado Cut a Clean Swath Over 100
Yards Wide, Destroying Everything
in It's Path.
Tatuau county was visited shortly after
2o'clock yesterday afternoon by one Of
the scverest and most destructive tor
nadoes that has ever appeared in this sec
ton of the country.
Trees and houses were blown down.
life and property destroyed and almost
everything in its path completely de
molished by the terrible force Of the wind.
Half the property in the little town Of
Hogan on the Savannah and Western
railroad thirtv-eight miles from Mel
drim. was destroyed, and it was there
that the only fatality, so far reported, oc-
CURED This was the l0-year-old son Of
Mr.. w. H. Barnett, well known turpen-
tine operator of that section, the little
fellow being buried under the ruins of
his fathers house.
THE COURSE OF TIE STORM.
The tornado struck Hogan about a
quarter past o'clock and its approach
was announced a few minutes before that
time by rum5ling sound in south
westerly direction from which it came,
though little attention was paid to the
warning. as it was not learned what it
was until the heavy blow came on.
The tornado cut a clean swath through
the section over which it passed, making
path from 100 to $50 yards wide, and
leveling to theI ground everything with
which il came in contact. 1t came from
the southwest and passed on in a north
easterly direction.
MIR. J. H. Heery of Reidsville, who
came down last night, and who passed
through Hogan about half an hour after
it had been visited by the tornado, says it
was one of the most destructive storms he
has ever seen. He SAYS it made clean
sweep of everything in its way, leaving
devastation and ruin on every side. Maj.
H. J. Lee, also of Reidsville, who came
down last night, says he has never seen
worse storm in his life.
THE ONLY DEATH REPORTED.
The death of the 10-year-old son of Mr.
Barnett is the only fatality so far re
ported, though there We're probably 9th
ers as it must have resulted seriously to
anyone who was in the way Of the fall
ing tim bers and trees which were scat
tered everywhere in its path.
Mr. Barnett is a well-known turpentine
operator in that section, and his dwelling
was one of the first in Hogan to fall be-
meath the force of the mad winds. His
son was in the house at the time and was
buried underneath the mass of debris.
The body was recovered a short time after
the storm had passed.
NJ. j. Stubs, a merchant of Hogan, had
his arm broken by a falling timber, and
several Others were more or less seri-
ously injured in the same manner.
WORK OF THE TORNADO.
From all accounts the storm was a
genuine tornado of the western kind, and
its work of demolition was perfect. Mr.
w. H. Gilbert of Wilmington N. c.. who
was out driving in a buggy about half
mile from Claxton at the time, said he
heard the rumbling sound which an
nounced the approach Of a storm or some
thing unusual. He turned his buggy
around Immediately and got out into
the ground, which he says ways the only
thing that saved him. The edge of the
storm passed within 80 or 100 feet from
where he was at the time, cutting the
the same kind of a clean path from 100 to
$50 yards in width 1t passed, however,
to!the northwest of Claxton, between that
town and the river bridge, spending itself
only on the surrounding woodland and
farms.
The tornado seemed to have come up
suddenly and passed almost as quickly as
it came, but left behind it regular and
symmetrical roadway, marking its path
trough the country for several miles It's
exact extent, however, could not be
learned last night.
DESTRUCTION AT HOGAN.
The worst damage of the tornado was
at Hogan where it seems tOhave crossed
the railroad track of the Savannah and
Western and continued its course in q
northeasterly direction. An examination
OF It's path from the direction in which it
came, however, disclosed the fact that il
began, or rather struck the earth about
quarter of mile TO the southwest of that
place, as that was about the distance
from Hogan at which its path began
The house of Mr.. w H Barnett was
directly in the path OF the storm and was
completely demolished. The residence of
MIR. George r. Harden met with the
same fate and the debris from these and
other residences in the path of the
tornado was scattered around for
hundreds of feet. The owners Of the half
dozen other houses which were also de-
stroyed could not be learned.
VERY LITTLE ESCAPED.
Nearly every residence there was in
line with the storm and was damaged to
some extent. Those which We're not de
mohshed were unsettled from their foun-
dations and were tilted on one side.
The 2-story brick store belonging to
Mr.. j. H. PinhOlster had the top story
taken of and scattered around leaving
the lower story intact. Half a dozen
bales OF cotton which, were standing on
the platform of the warehouse there. were
blown of and carried a hundred yards or
more The warehouse, however. was not
directly in the path of the tornado and
was damaged only slightly.
The storm was attended by a very
heavy rain, which lasted but a short
while, and nearly every tree in its path
was either blown down or uprooted. The
entire extent of the damage has not yet
been learned
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