The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-02-18
A Terrific Storm of Wind and Rain.

A Terrific Storm OF Wind and Rain.
The city of Anderson wal in the edge
of n cyclone ut 800 o'clock Monday af-
ternoon. and by 8 o'clock in tho even
ing Il blizzard had set in which has
wrapped the country. in n sheet of ice.
The first came with torrents of rain,
and with q velocity of wind that arOus-
ed app%rehensions throughout the city.
In less than an hour, however, the
wind lulled, the rain ceased almost en-
tirely, no damage in the city was re-
ported and the fright OF the people
ended.
Information sOon reached the city.
however, that IL terrific cyclone had
just passed through lIonca Path. kill
ing several and razing Il number OF
houses. Concerning this tic following
facts have been asccrtaincd: The cy-
clone struck Honen Path nj :;.30o'clock.
The twO-story brick stur OF w. a.
Shirley was blown down, burying be-
meath 1T Six persons. two OF whom were
killed instantly, two seriously injured
and two who escaped unhurt. Many
stores were unlOOfed, the streets filled
with debris, while residences and chin
neys in other portions OF the town were
blown down.
The two killed are Earle lIct;cc and
u Nv :" nJuIt' tlt i
G.. Stone and Edgar Donald. Both
legs of each are broken and Donald's
back is severely injured. These four
are young men between IL and II years
old. one, and pclhaps all. attending
school in tho own The walls fell
upon these Young men as they were
capped arc w. A. Shirley and Parker
Dunlap. Their escape from the store
was cut off by falling brick, which i'm
prisoneu them in the only part of the
building which did not fall. 1t is ru-
mOred that q Miss Williams, who lived
two miles north Of Eionea Path, was
killed during the storm.
Here in Anderson. ut z o'clock, a
heavy blow set in from the southwest,
gradually increasing in strength and
velocity, and by $50 o'clock it was
blowing q gale almost as terrific as n
hurricane. Houses trembled and shook
as if they might at any moment go to
pieces. Apprehension, alarm and OK
element was general all over tho city.
70 add to the excitement, ut about 0.30
o'clock the electric lights out and
almost Immediately an alarm of fire
Was sounded, and tho deep tones of the
f." bell sent a thrill of horror through
use who heard it. 1t was soon learn
rJ that there was no fire, only a CHM
ney burning out. All through tho night
A4O 4SaN WAhtA u y
ally diminished. Tho temperature fell
rapidly, beginning about 7 o'clock md
before morning q general blizzard had
set in. Tuesday morning broke clear
with little wind, but with everything
frozen tight.
There were no casualties during the
night, but there was Mt least one mar
row escape, considerable damage done
to one or more roofs of stores, the cleo
trio current cut off from Portmau,
which stops the Orr Cotton Mills, tho
greater part of the Anderson Cotton
Mills md n number of other smaller
industries in the city, and there was
one horse killed.
At about $50 during the night, young
Wiley Driscal was driving a pair of
horses to a carriage on East Boundary
street. He was alone. Tho feet of
one OF the horses came in contact with
q fallen, live, electric light wire. Both
horses were shocked. Driscal jumped
from the carriage and tried to get in
ately both horses fell. 1t was soon dis
covered that n horse was dead with
his feet entangled in the wire. which
wac still emitting sparks and flashes.
The other horse was alright except
bruises. The most remarkable fact
connected with this. however, is that
young. Drlscal several times crossed
this wire in getting to his horses and
escaped injury.
The Court House lost a good deal of
the tin covering the comb of the roof
and some Of the slate shingling.
The back end of h ROOT of the big
stOrerOom of Ligon s. LedbettUr was
opened up to the sky in u space 4Ox3O
feet. The tin was rolled up. the raft
ers gone nnd the ten-inch sheeting in
many places snapped in two like trap
sticks. Had it been raining their dam
age could not have been less than
$4,000.
The skylight of the Anderson Studio
on Brick Range was torn away, several
other roofs partly wrecked, and tho
of b. Q. Evans g. Co. I'M ured, one be-
ing shattered. Several trees were
blown down, one in tho yard OF Charles
Buchanan, d largo oak, which crashed
down on top of his dwelling, but for
%tunately did very little damage.
The entire South was swept by this
storm and blizzard. Reports from
Tennessee, Arkansas. Mississippi,
Northern Texas, Alabama, Georgia and
all parts Of Kentucky tell of damage
done by the blizzard.
1t was rumored here that half the
town of ElbertOn, Ca, vas blown away
and eight or ten people killed, but this
Tumor evidently started from n report
Of Bowman, in Ebert County, Ga.
which is to the effect that several houses
were demolished and a number of peo-
pie killed. The wires are down in
every direction and correctinfOrmation
from outside points cannot be obtain
ed.
etc fo w A FAINT