Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-03-13
A Tornado IL Texas.

Wits Point, Texas, March 9.-At IL
O'Clock this morning tornado passed
through the west side of this town, do.
molishing ovorythingin it's track. Four
people are dead and about 20 injured.
Fourteen dwelling houses are entirely
ruined and number Of others arc badly
wrecked. The public school building Is
q total loss. Tho cotton oil mill is dam
aged and the largest gin plant is in
splinters. Wires were blown of the
poles and fences lovellcd and freight
car is off the track. The property loss
Is placed at $4,000, which is considered
conservative estimate.
Black clouds had beon hanging in tho
southwest all morning. Tho atmosphere
was heavy and at intervals thoro had
been clustering showers Of rain. 1t was
just at noon, whom thore was long roar
of rumbling thunder, a puff of wind and
thon the air was thick with flying tim
bers. Tho tornado came from the
southwest and held to a straight north
east course. Its path was about three
hundred yards wide. 1t struck tho
northwest quarter of tho town, in tho
residence section. No house is left
whole, those that arc not irroparably
wrecked are in tho minority. Most of
them are demolished-mero heaps of
debris that offer opportunity for the
junkmau. Household furniture and
utensils are strown farther than the eve
can reach.
TIE STORM AT OTHER PLACES.
Houston, Texas. March 0.-Roports
from New Boston, Texas Indicate that
no lives were lost in the storm thcrc this
afternoon, but five people wore seriously
injured, whose names cannot yet bo OBJ
tanned. During the storm at Tcxarkana,
the residence of Mrs. Poole, at College
Hill suberb, was blown down and Mrs.
Poole was seriously injured
FURTHER REPORTS OF TIE TORNADO.
Houston, Texas, March 1O.-Nows
from Saturdays storm is coming from
Northeast Texas. There are four dead
and five believed to bo dying at Wills
Point, whore tho property loss will roach h
Sl0O,O0O. Five persons were badly hurt
at New Boston. A number of houses
were wrecked. The property loss there
Will reach $4,000. At Blossom the
damage to residences was great. In
Payncs county one man was killed and
several hurt, two seriously. The dam
ago to property was heavy. The wind
was accompanied by rain, which, with
hail, did considerable damage in the
rural districts. The storm was first re-
ported from Uvalde, on the Mexican
border.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT
st. Louis, Mo-, March lO-A special
to the Globe Democrat from Dallas,
Texas, says
Up to tonight eight deaths arc re-
ported from tho Willis Point tornado.
Tho storm section extends into Ar
kansas, Louisiana and up to tho Missis.
sippi Valley nearly to Memphis, in
regions almost without wire or rail-
Telegraph companies are finding il
difficult to gather details of the storm,
but enough is known on which to base
estimates of property losses approxmat.
ing S1,OOO,000 to farming and other
interests and at least score of persons
dead.
Railroad trains to Dallas from the
storm section have been badly delayed.
Passengers report extensive destruction
of property along the lines.
Mayor Finncy tonight issued a state.
mcnt on the Wills Point situation. lie
says nearly ono hundred persons arc
destitute and are being cared for by tho
local authorities. A relief committee
has been formed.