The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-05-30

ner door OurlnQ the storm was knocked
down on the floor by the door being
blown violently open. She was in a
delicate condition and it is feared the J
injury may result seriously.
Monarch Cotton Mill had small
portion Of its roof torn off.
A lady and her son were standing in
the middle of the floor nf their house
near Union during the storm. The
house was blown away leaving the floor
intact with the two standing on it unin-
jured. The first words those who hurried
to the scene heard the lady say, were
do see if the horse and COW are gone"
NEWS FROM TIE COUNTRY.
Reports in from the various sections
of the country show considerable damage
wrought by the storm to property, but
few were seriously injured. Mrs. Dora
POwell's residence was damaged by
chimneys blowing off, buggy shed blown
away and stables damaged, while negro
house on the place was unroofed and
the orchard ruined. Several negro
houses on Capt. A HI. Forter's Beatty
place were blown down. The cotton
house, stable, carriage house and negro
house on Mr.. j. G. Edwards place
were wrecked by the storm while the
residence was slightly damaged, His
orchard was badly torn up and
large tree in his yard blown down which
barely missed his house. Several negro
houses near were more or less damaged
or unroofed. A part of Mr.. G.. G.
Sartor's gin house was blown off and
the wagons blown out from under the
shed, and many trees down. The con-
vict camp and the travelling photograph
gallery, both on wheels, were blown
o yer and more or less demolished.
Our Santuc correspondent reports that
there are some twenty small houses un-
rooted and otherwise damaged between
Union and his home, some miles below
Santuc, and that several persons were
more or less bruised but no one seriously
injured. Some of the house tops were
blown three or four hundred yards,
Mrs. Harris Herderson's house was
blown down and she was slightly injured
while many of her things were blown
entirely away. In negro cabin which
was demolished negro child was badly
injured. The crops in the Santuc sec
| ton are badly damaged by the wind,
rain and hail. The storm was travelling
from northwest to southeast. The Meth
odist church had narrow escape, liked
few inches of leaving pillars, while
| the congregation was inside. Several
| negro houses in the Dawkins settlement,
| five miles below Santuc, were blown
| down. 1t is said there was not dry
house in this section. Every house
leaked badly and much damage was sus-
tanned from this cause. The orchards
are badly damaged. Mr.. Andrew Mitchell
lost two stables and his cotton house and
two mules had close call. Both of
them were fastened by the roof which
had fallen in on them, but they were
uninjured.
Our Jonesvlle correspondent reports
that there was very little damage done
by the storm in Jonesvile. Mr.. J. j.
LitJlejohn lost a considerable number of
trees in his timber lands. Some few
small houses were damaged and cotton
were blown down.
had had come to Miss Lawson after she
JOnesville had been killed was false. No
the kind happened.
eleven houses at and hear Pacolet de-
ooioJOu Va uhioolOus anu VIC H6STO girl
was killed who lived on Mr.. r. G. Cole
man's'place. Mrs. w. ID. Brown and
her son were badly injured by falling
timbers. The houses of Zack Mckinney
and Charley McWhiIter, also barn of
Mr.. Soleby were blown down near Spar
tanburg but no one seriously injured.
The storm struck portion of Charles
ton doing considerable damage. The
Pee Dee Oil Mill Company's property
was wrecked and damaged to the amount
of $4,000. Columbia narrowly escaped.
AT Eastover,, nearby town, houses
were blown down, also many trees, and
crops were utterly ruined. A house in
which Washington Hughes was living
was blown down and three of his children
we're instantly killed.
1t therefore appears that the storm was
not confined to Union county but ex-
tended from the upper portion of the
State to the coast, causing property
loss Of many thousand dollars, to say
nothing of the crops injured or destroyed
along its path.
The property loss in Union county
alone will foot up many thousand dol
lars. 1t was heavy blow to Union,
AMI while it was certainly bad enough
as it was it may have bean very much
worse, and We are all thankful that it
Was no w0rs, than it was.