Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-09
frightened and he and his little boys had
a narrow escape from flying debris. He

reports that three outhouses were thrown
down on his premises and that his cotton
crop was badly injured.
A two-story frame house on the eastern
edge of town and occupied by Nelson
Davies, Jr., colored, was torn nearly in
two. The houses Of Isaac Wright, Dick
Lowry, and Josh Smith, all colored,
were also more or less damaged. There
was about $25 damage at the Erwin place,
owned by Mr.. r. j. Herndon. Numer-
GUS outhouses were blown down in diff
ferent parts of town, and there was also
more or less damage to quitea number of
dwellings. Including the other losses
mentioned and numerous trees broken
off and uprooted, the aggregate goes up to
several thousand Of dollars worth of
property destroyed.
The path of the storm, 1t has since de-
Veloped, was only seven or eight miles
long, and from one to two miles wide.
It is thought to have origi mated near
Beersheba church-the wind and hail
part of it at least. From there it went
across to Fishing creek, and seems to
have closely followed the stream down in
the direction of York, and abated some
where in the vicinity of the county home.
All along the route the open cotton was
beaten from the stalks by the hail, and in
some cases carried out of the country by
the wind. Among the principal sufferers
were Messrs. Felix Quinn, j. M. Temple
ton, D. c. Clark, Emmet Walker, W. F..
CASTOR, T. P. Whiteside, r. N. White
side, J. E. Whiteside, D. M. Hall, E. G..
Pursley, R. r. McCorkle, Joseph Ham
ell. Rev. F. C. Hickson, M L. Thomas
son, w. G. Brown, Thomas Summit,
VIM. Dobson, DR.. J. B. Allison and N. A.
Simril.
The cyclone originated just without the
incorporate limits of town, short dis
tance beyond the cotton factory. DR..
Miles Walker was an eye witness. He
was coming down the Kings Mountain
road at the time and saw the whole thing.
"It was regular funel shaped affair.""
said the doctor, with the small end
down. To me it looked like great
white cloud, though probably not 80
dense. 1t did not seem to be travelling
more than six or eight miles an hour ;
but went humping up and down, and
whenever 1t seemed tn get near the earth,
grass, leaves, limbs, trees, planks and
everything else that was near, began to
move. 1t was startling sight; bnt be-
fore it got to the roller mill or the cotton
factory, it was lost to my view."
A reporter went out to the cotton facto-
ry grounds on Saturday afternoon. Mr..
E. B. Evans, the contractor in charge,
was having a photograph made of the
wreck" "Whose loss?" asked the re-
porter. mine; all mine," replied Mr..
Evans, good naturedly. II can'tget any
body else to claim it." "And what is
your estimate ?" II can't tell yet until I
see whether I can straighten these houses
up or will have to rebuild them. 1t will
not he less than $500 though, and probably
more" Mr.. Evans hen explained that
the photograph was to go along with views
of other previous disasters that had be-
fallen him during his long experience as
a contractor, and invited the reporter to
roll his bicycle out before the camera to
help make the picture look more inter-
esting.
Mr.. Leroy Morrow, the owner Of the
roller mill, came down from Gastonia
Friday night, only few hours after the
storm. Notwithstanding the heavy loss
sustained by the burning of his gin last
winter. if he felt any depression he GER
tainly showed no signs Of 1t. He imme-
diately went to the assistance of his broth
or, Mr.. Pelham Morrow, who had already
employed large force of hands, and the
two worked until a late hour in the night
getting things in shape. In answer to an
inquiry about his loss, Mr.. Morrow said !:
"Ican't tell you exactly but don't think
it will 90 over $500. This is provided that
the machinery is not hurt any worse
than think now. The loss would have
been considerably more than that; but
the good people of Yorkville have already
taken great deal of the damaged stuff
off our hands, and that helps US consider
ably. Well get the mill in shape again
without unnecessary delay, and will be
ready for our customers again just as
soon rs we possibly can"
The first move at the mill on Saturday
morning was to put up the smokestack
Of the engine and start the ginning ma
chinery in operation. Both of the gins
are running full time and customers are
being waited OH with rs much dispatch
as before the storm.