The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
DEATH IN STORM
rosxApo TEARS UP SOUTH CARO-
LIMA TOWNS.
FOUR WERE KILLED AT UNION.
oruER TOWNS REPORT FATAL
TIES AND INJURIES.

IDOL House and Two Residences in
knitting Mill District at Union
u,oVvn Down and Several of the
occuuants Killed and Injured.
DI,cb Damage Done to Mills and
s+oras-TeIegram to Miss Lawson
who Was Killed Mt Union, Report
81 Fearful storm at JOnesville and
one Lady Killed There-PacOlet
uanorts one Killed and Several
Injured.
Union. S. c., May 25.-This place was
visited this afternoon at o'clock by
O terrible tornado. The storm came
from the north, and it seems there
mas also one from the southwest, meet
inc in this vicinity. 1t played havoc,
four deaths and considerable loss of
,,ronertv are the results. The storm
from the north was preceded by
heavy rain and what appeared to be
= dark mass about 100 yards wide. 1t
travelled with great speed and people
barely had time to get in doors before
the storm was upon the town. The
wing of the storm passed along Main
street and blew several store doors
omen. doing more or less damage.
Knitting Mill Hill, south of the
Town. caught the full force of the tor
nado, which blew down the school
house and two residences, converting
them literally into kindling wood. The
q -, FROM ono of tho houses
before it went to pieces and took ref
uge in another near by, but this house
was also crushed to splinters. In this
house the Misses Sallie Hart and An
ME Lawson were instantly killed, Mrs.
Maxey Sims died in an hour and her
little daughter, Vera, died about 8
o'clock Maxey Sims escapd with
broken finger. Mr.. Lee Sims received
TWO bad cuts on the head from falling
timbers and was internally injured
Mr.. Mabry sustained a fractured
shoulder and his leg was badly burned
by a stove falling on him, and he was
internally injured His case may prove
fatal Mrs Lee Sims received
a bad but not fatal cut on the head
Mrs Mabry and her two other chill
4 dren escaped with slight injuries.
Il 1t took some time to get the victims
n from the debris Every physician in
town was soon upon the scene, also
Il President Nicholson and Manager
Gault of the Excelsior Knitting Mills,
and willing hands assisted in relieving
the sufferers as much as possible.
the news spread rapidly and the hill
was soon full of people from town,
anxious to render every assistance
possible Everything that the fam
lilies had was destroyed.
JOneSville reports in a telegram to
Miss Lawson. the lady who was killed,
that the storm was fearful at that
place, and one of her family had been
killed there. Miss Lawson was dead
when the telegram arrived.
The property damage will aggregate
about $4,000, divided among a num-
Der of stores and cotton mills.
Pacolet S. c., reports on killed and
several injured.
Work OF the Storm at Union.
Gault and Allan's store was struck in
most peculiar manner, the shelving
from opposite sides being wrenched
from the walls and pitched forward,
scattering the goods all over the floor
breaking everything breakable, and the
ram damaged the rest. The store build
Ing remained intact Both pesthouses
and three negro houses were blown
down, one woman fatally injured. The
Da1n OF Mr.. j. Crawford was blown
down One shanty was blown through
the roof of P. C. Whisnant's residence,
Two inmates barely escaping injury
one house was blown away, leaving the
Aoor intact, with mother and son
sCdnuln2 IN the center. The house was
oloWh more than a hundred yards. The
Wlhd blew roof off the knitting mill
the Aetna and Monarch cotton mills
ana damaged the machinery of
'ne Monarch mill. The roof is
gone from the Harris mills. Severa
negro houses on Capt. A. H. Fosters
fl'Ce' the negro houses, cotton house
%doles and carriage houses and resi-
15nce are damaged at Mr.. ]. c. Ed
DaIo S place. Graham's store warped
Bailey and Copelands store unroofed
w the front doors of Morgan and
Mmd8han' and Of the dispensary were
D,oNh IN, and Whitlock's stable front
1s wrecked. Dozens of large trees
@.ie blown down and many orchards
utterly ruined.
va ' me knitting mill a feather bed
war war blown 300 yards, while a plank
b os clown half mile. Three other
r yoS5s on the hill were partially
TLeNeu py the sides being torn loose
On, ne sta bles, smokehouse, ice wagon
u p,,a carriage of II. G. Bailey were
ga -TGoAeo' McLaughlan's photograph
Ii.IE was blown down. The
ra a.Jieh and a pillar from the
S5,u Ie Of c. A. Hart are gone.
cor5S S. l urner. who was in a critical
inin -i(toH, was serious@J if not fatally
M " py door being violently blown
aiIP knocking her down.
tbos ports are coming in that more
L. dozen farmhousess between
6a ,siuu ana Jonesville and Santuc were
h Cd also a>number of houses al
mac Juc' including a large ginnery and
apa Is impossible to estimate the dam
e az present. but il will reach many