The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-06-03
Local News.
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 3. 1903.
Terrible Flood and Storms.

Ten days hard rain has caused un-
heard of floods through Eastern Kan
sas, Northwest Missouri, Eastern Ne
braska and Southwest Iowa. $4,000
people are homeless, and hundreds Of
them were drowned in tho overflowing
rivers. S5,000.000 worth of property
was destroyed. Many houses were
washed down the Kansas River. Some
OF these caught fire and the inmates,
unable tOcscapc, were burned to death.
The telegraph wires are down and it
will be several days yet before the full
extent Of the damage will be known.
OH Sunday afternoon Atlanta. Ga,
was visited bya most violent and dis
astrous thunderstorm. Considerable
property was destroyed, one young
lady was killed by lightning, and the
entire electric system, including troll
ley cars, electric lights and telephones
was badly damaged. Among the
property destroyed was the Georgla
Avenue Presbyterian Church, which
was just nearing completion. 1t was
struck by lightning in two places, be-
coming ignited and burned to the
ground
On Monday afternoon about o'clock
terrible cyclone struck Gainesville,
Ga, killing and wOunding probably
25O people, unrOofing many buildings
and destroying the Gainesville cotton
mill. There were 800 persons at work
in the cotton mill when the cyclone
struck it. The mill was three story
huildiDg. The first story was left
standing but badly wrecked. The
second and third floors were complete
]y demolished end the employees caught
under the wreckage and mangled. At
tho new Pacolet cotton mills, near the
northern suburbs of that city, all of
the cottages Of the employees were de-
stroyed. After its destructive work ut
Gainesville, the cyclone struck New
Holland and the White Sulphur
Springs, killing several people at the
lattrr place and destroying few
houses.
special train, carrying q number of
physicians, was sent at once from At
lanta to Gainesville, and they began
work Immediately upon arrival there.
THE STORM IN ANDERSON.
On Monday afternoon Anderson was
visited by very heavy rain storm, ac-
companied by considerable lightning
and some wind and hail. The clouds
had been gathering for several hours,
were very black. and for awhile
1t was feared that O cyclone would
strike the city. The thunder roared
long and loud, and the lightning was
as vivid as was ever seen by some of
our Oldest citizens.
The stecple OK the st. John Metho-
dist Church was struck on the east
side by lightning and considerable
hole was made in it. The building
was not damaged. ALI the lines of the
Western Union Telegraph Co. leading
out of the city were broken, and large
number of the telephones in the city
were burned out. The electric light
wires were damaged slightly, but they
were soon repaired and the lights were
turned on before 10 o'clock.
During tho storm George Hammack
was killed by lightning at the Orr
Cotton Mills. He was q carpenter and
was at work on one of the new cot
sages being erected by the company.
When the storm came up he went to
his home, and while standing on the
piazza, leaning against the door, light
ming struck the house and he was in
stantly killed, his body being badly
mangled. The house was wrecked,
but fortunately all tlse other members
of the family were away from home at
the time. 1ir. Hammack was son of
L. D. Hammack, and about "a years Of
ase. He married few months ago,
and he and his wife lived with his pa
cents at the mill.
The rain was very heavy In many
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