Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-25

zen and has the upbounded sympathy
Of his many friends in his heavy loss.
The storm in this county last
Monday night was more disastrous
than we had learned at the time Of 60
ing to press Tuesday evening. In the
Fork Hill section 1t was very severe,
not only destroying timber and fences,
but unroofing a number Of barns and
one dwelling. The cribs OF Messrs
Henry Blackmon and Minor Ellis were
both blown down and the dwelling OF
the latter was moved from its founda-
ton and unroofed, and he is confident
he saved his life by running into the
yard and clinging to tree. The barns
of ]. E. Blackmon, Jr, and Henry
Blackmon were both unroofed and
scarcely a tree was left standing on
wooded land Of Messrs. j. j. Sims and
Jas. r. Blackmon. A party counted
over 200 large pine trees-the finest tim
ber in the Fork Hill section-blown
down in a small area. And 80 far as
injury to timber and fences is concern
ed the same was the case In other Sec
tions of the county. The new barn of
Mr.. H. N. Sowell in town was leveled
with the ground, and the large new cow
barn on the Gregory-Ferguson stock
and dairy farm was moved from its
foundation about a foot and creeled. at
one end. Mr.. R. M. Jones' stables and
barn in the Jones x Roads section
were also wrecked. He saw the stable
giving way and got his stock out be-
fore the crash come.
GASTON.
Gastonia Gazette, February 20: Mon
day nights storm, lifted the Presbyte-
rian church at Bessemer from its foun-
dation and left it fiat on the ground.
The building stood about four feet Off
the ground. The tower was also slight
ly damaged. Mr.. ]. T. Spencer went
down yesterday to see the extent OF
the damage and make preparations to
repair the building. So far as can be
learned Bessemer City sustained no
other serious damage from the storm.
Wednesdays Charlotte Observer
says that Col. r. L. Abernethy, owner
of the Open View Farms, lost wallet
containing $3.50 Tuesday enroute from
River Bend to Charlotte or after his
arrival in Charlotte. Col. Abernethy
drove from his farm to Mount Holly, a
distance Of five miles, Tuesday morn
ing and took the train there for Char
lotte. The wallet containing the money
was in his coat pocket. At last ac-
count he had not succeeded in recover
ing it.. Wednesday morning Super
intendent w. P. Eddleman, Of the
county roads, returned to get Joe Page,
a Negro who escaped from the county
convict camp about two months ago.
Page was sent up for stealing suit
Of clothes from another Negro and had
served the major part Of an eight
months sentence when he skipped out.
His escape was made possible by his
being a trusty. He had just finished
serving a short term on the chaingang
at Rock Hill when Superintendent Ed
dleman got him. .. Mrs. 'Sallie Wilson
Macarthur, wife Of Mr.. Samuel Nc
Arthur, died Wednesday morning just
before 8 o'clock, aged IS. She had been
i'll several weeks with peritonitis and
complications, but was believed to be
getting on we'll until Tuesday night,
when pneumonia set in and caused her
death twelve hours afterwards. ......
About 2.3O o'clock Saturday afternoon,
Just short while before quitting time
the workmen at the CASTOR Iron works
were startled by the crashing sound OF
falling timber. The large water tank,
holding between $1,000 and 10000 gal
Ions of water and standing 40 feet from
the ground, had just been filled up.
One corner Of the structure on which
the tank stands rests on the ground
near the edge Of the well from which
water is secured for the works. The
continued rains had softened the ada
cent ground to such an extent that the
walls of the we'll gave way thus precip-
itating the tank, with its contents, on
the engine room. The tank crashed
through the roof and damaged the en-
gine to quite an extent. The fireman,
Mr.. John Johnson, had very narrow
escape and had he not been hurled
aside by falling plank, would proba-
bly, have been killed. Mr.. J. Lawrence
Beal, the manager, was standing with
in five feet Of the engine, but escaped
injury. The damage to the engine and
the building amounts to about $3.50.
The tank will be rebuilt at once.