The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-12
1'ERRIBIE CYOLONN.
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vistis eiaiasyile oaargIs and ssota
4. Fearful Work.
MILLS nEHoIIsHHn
killing q Hundred or Moro i'cnplc
and woundine Many Moro.
Property Loss OF Three
Hundred Thousand
Dollars.

Dollars.
a terrific force struck Gainesville
Ga, Monday June 2, out of Il clear
sky, causing fearful loss or life in that
city and New Holland and White
Sulphur. AS near us can bc calculated
ut present the results are S5 women
and children dead and perhaps 10
more fatally injured, with property
loss OF something like $500, O0O The
death list is yet imperfect, not all the
bodies having been recovered and
ed beyond recognition, the only means
Of Identification being the records Of
the two cotton mills, in which most
Of the victims worked.
The deatl-dealiug storm appeared
suddenly a little before | O'clock and
within two minutes it lad killed near
~ 100 persons, torn two stories from
the five floor brick factory OF the
GAINESVILLE Cotton mills, demolished
almost 200 cottage, RACED two brick
stores to tho ground and blown. down
innumcrable outbuildings. BY what
~
fury was confined to the outskirts of
the city, the main business and resi-
tencc portion not being touched. Tor
rents Of rain accompanied the wind,
but within five minutes after its first
onslaught the sun WAS shining upon Il
scene OF fearful desolation
The list of the dead is confined
mainly to operatives Of the Gaines
vile Cotton mills and the Pacolct Cot
ton mills, and two-thirdS Of them
were women and children.
Unconlirmed reports from White
Sulphur, seven miles from Gainesville,
say that about ~ persons were killed
there. Their names are not yet
obtainablc and hopes arc expressed
that this report is unfoundcd.
IN THE TWINKLING Or AN EYE.
The tornado did its appalling work
in such incredibly short time that it
is diiliult to get Il coherent dcscrip-
tiOn Of its character. 1t appears To
have swept down from the
southwest, striking the Gainesville
mills with 4 roar like the report OF
artillery. After lifting two stories
from this structure il swept On III thr
northward. leaving Il trail OF distrlic-
tiOn along Summit street, which is in
habited almost exclusively by negroes
Nearly 100 cottages Of colorcd people
ON this street we're lcvclcd To The
ground, but by il Fortunate circlm-
stance the tenants were I'LL absent l,av-
ing left the city in the morning To
take part in Il negro picnic.
The furious wind next descended on
the pant Of the l'acolcL Cotton mills
at New Holland, Two miles from the
Southern station. This is Que Of the
argcsu mills in the south, employing
more than GH0 hands. The storm
spared the Pacolct factory, but entire
ly demolished 100 of its cottages.
standing near by and tcnantcd by it's
operatives. Here the fatalities were
greatest, upwards Of 35 persons being
buried in tho ruins Of tho cottages.
Bodies we're blown hundreds of yart.S
and many Of them when picked up
bore no Semblancc TO humanity. The
trunk Of one young boy was found
with the head dccapit:ltcd as If by
the guillotinc.
From New Holland the tornado
swept onward To the cast OF White
Sulphur, Il town of about 100 persons.
The extend Of its destruction there
cannot now be definitely told, but re-
ports SO for received Indicate consid-
cradle loss or life
TERRIBLY MANGLED.
The bodies OF most OF the dead in
the two cotton mills were fcarfully
torn and manglcd; the skulls Of many
OF tiicm were crushed and the limbs !
broken: some were torn and crushed
about the abdomen with the yisccra
visibly protruding The local physi-
clans who gave first aid to the injured |
say the sights were horrible beyond |
description. The death list is expect
cd to he OF much greater magnitude |
by morning, as nearly 30 are believed |
to be hurt beyond hope Of recovery
SURGEONS FROM ATLANTA.
Gainesville has only l2 local physi-
clans and their services were found |
entirely inadequate for the situation.
Surgeons from Atlanta and other
points came, SO that the number in
the city now is about 10 and all pos
Sihlc care and attention is hcing given
the injured people.
At meeting Monday night Of
physicians, newspaper men and citi-
ECliS VI A'dllIcaSlilc IL TcllCl com lItcc
was formed with James II. Gray Of
Atlanta as the chairman. Supplies
will he rushed into the stricken city
rs rapidly as possible. Gainesville
feels able to take care or the ilnmcdi-
ate needs OF the suffering, but unless
supplies are received much distress is
likely to result, as the families visited
by death and mutiation were almost
without exception dependent upon
their daily labor for support.
The property loss. it is now cSti-
mated, will reach about $30O,O0O.
THE FIRST DETAILS
Just after the noon hour The CITY
was struck by Il terrific cyclone. kill
ing probably one hundred pcrson.
tnrooflng the city hotels, other large
Buildings and destroying the Gaines
vile cotton mills
The greatest loss OF life is reported
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