The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-08
TERRIFIC TORN Do.
Seven Persons K'iied ard Ten OF
Twelve Wcu d.
PROF ER7Y CESTe CYEO
Most Damage in Tennessee,
Sus the Storm EIso Passed
Through Georgia ana
Atab.nli.

Aiab ANA.
J terr!tic Tor. I'd ra-s, d ovc! p -
tio" of Madi>rEvili. aud Monior rou.,
ty. Irnncs> co. Saturday Light. with
Gisa>tr"us results. Early iii Tic eve
Ing s;rors wind arose, and Scvcrnl
hours l4tera cyclone abou. IS ards
wide struck Madisonriilr, killing three
persons. wounding l0or II other. and
completely deriroying - or l5 houses
TIE KILLED
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mnser
Ed l.. Horton.
WOUNDED
Mis- Mile Erwin
Miss Della Mason
Mrs. f. L. Horton.
Mrs l. \. Robinson.
Nlr. L. \. Robinson.
Robert Robinson.
Miss Rodgers.
hlr. Moser
PROF. Charles Kelly.
The Horton and Robinson residences
are both complete wrecks. not one tim
Der being lcftabovc another on the foun-
da.ions. The escape Of the inmates of
these two houses, eight in the Horton
and three in the Robinson, seems mir
aculous, some of them being blown a
distance Of a hundred yards, yet escap-
ing in some cases without scratch.
". + E;vin residence had one end
torn away: Dillon Rogers house is also
wreck; Erskine Lowry's residence
moved the distance Of 10 feet and was
almost wrenched out of shape.
Telephone and: telegraph wires arc
blown down and all communication shut
off.
Thestorm came up with alarming sud,
denness aud swept everything in it.
path. 1t was acco npanied by the cer-
r..ic ro;r usl a'ly attending tornadoes
Frightened inhabitants rushed for their
cellars and places of safety In the
country greet damage ;sas done to orch
ards and crops by the wind and hail.
1t is reported that further casualties
resulted in therural districts, but no par
ticulals can be obtained.
The mos frightful feature of the tor
nado was the maoner in which Jack
Mosor met his death He was hurled
oy the winds force from his house. a
distance Of 100 yards until his progress
vas ;mpeded by wire fence, which
completely severed his head from the
body. The remains were found in that
condition by the rescuing Earty, which
lid faithful work after the storm had
subsidized The II year old son Of Mr..
and Mrs Moser vas in their home with
them, but he was unhurt.
Hugh Hi;ks and Charles Pierce were
seriously injured.
In addition to the loss of life and de-
t.ucti, Of residence property, barns
we're swept away and stock was killed.
Ihe wood working and milling plant Of
J. H Burleson vas damaged, together
Sith it, costly machinery. The proper,
ty damaged is not secured by storm in
surance, AID is believed to be total
loss.
it is believed that Miss Rodgers, who
is reported as seriously injured, may
die, her body having been lacerateA
by broken panes Of glass. She was
also badly bruised and injured inter-
nally.
Upper East Tennessee reports heavy
wind storms accompanied by terrific
rains. The rains did unt Id damage to
the crops in that section, and it is con-
servat.y:ly estimate d that this torren',
coupled with the recent freeze and bad
weather, will mean loss Of million
dollars to farmers in that section.
FOUR KILLED IN ALABAMA.
\ terrible storm of wind. hail ard
lightning struck Decatur, Ala, S.tur-
day night. doing great damage and
cauins the loss OF four lives. Tie huge
tower OF the Long Distance Telephone
company, 40 feet Aigh. which carries
the wires spanning the Tennessee river
was snapped like reed Several manu-
factu!ing plants are suspended on ac-
count OF tie damage % buildings a1G
machinery Capt. Sim Mckee Of the
steamer Luke Pryor, plying between
here and Chattanooga, came in anC
reported that he had found a large
raft below Whitesburg which had bee,:
broken up The raft was being brought
here by four white men, who were esi-
dently host in the storm, as their boat
was destroyed. Searching parties started
out to find the bodies
THE STORM IN GEORGIA.
\ terrific wind and hail storm sw .:
over Atlanta. Ga. Saturday night
Haiistoncs as large as seven inches in
circumference were found. Over two
inches of rain fell during the evening
Some damage was done telegraph and
electric light wires, and a Negro was
killed near the union depot by a live
wire falling on him. Five hundred
square feet Of lass in hot house on
Marietta street was demolished. The
oppressive heat Of Saturday gave way
immc 1iately after the storm to tenn
perature 10 degrees lower
Windsor. Ga. was visited Saturday
night by terrific hail, wind and light,
ming storm. Lots of live stock was killed |
by lightning and some damage done
farm property. lightning entered the
house Of ". D. Sims, ex-marshaI here.
demolishing a bedstead and tearing
the pictures from the wall. The two
occupants Of the room were unhurt.
Late Saturday night severe storm
struck EIberton. The court house was
badly damaged, and the new Episcopal
church, which was nearing completion,
was totally demolished Great dam
age to country property is reported.
A Iao,-, storm, or To,o, S,t,,,J,,-