The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-19
WIND WRECKS TOWN
Village Of Bowman, Georgia,
Reported Literally Wiped Out.
BLIZZARD SWEEPS OVER SOUTH
Wires Down and Casualties Difficult to
Ascertain-North, East and West
Also Shiver in Icy Blasts
Of Storm King.

A telephone message from Royston,
Ca, a station on the Elberton Air Line
division of the Southern railway, says
that Monday afternoon storm pass
ed over Bowman, a station on the
same road in Elbert county, II miles
from Elberton, and that great part
of the town was literally blown away,
several buildings being destroyed, a
number of people killed and many 9TH
ers injured.
The wires were down beyond Roys-
ton and no further particulars could
be obtained from that point.
Bowman is located in the north
west corner Of Ebert, just over the
Hart county line. 1t is town Of about
eight hundred people and is quite a
business center for the surrounding
sections Of Ebert, Madison and Hart
counties.
The general decentralization of the
telegraph and telephone systems fur
nished proof of the destructiveness Of
the storm.
In South Carolina.
A special from Greenwood, S. c.,
reports a severe storm there with
slight damage.
The storm was central at Honea
Path,25 miles northwest of Greenwood.
Houses and barns were demolished,
stock was injured and the ground is
covered with fallen trees and razed
telephone and telegraph lines. Wire
communication was cut off and trains
were run without orders.
At Honea Path six men took refuge
in w. A. Shirley's brick store. The
store was demolished. Earle MCGEE
and Thomas Austin were killed.
Two men named Donald ano Stone
were fatally injured. Shirley was
hurt, but not seriously. Five houses
were blown down.
Men and women ran in the streets
seeking shelter from wind and rain.
Several people are reported missing.
A special from Tupelo, Miss, says
that a severe wind storm prevailed
over that Nee) county Sunday night
and considerable damage, was done at
several points.
In Mississippi. =.
At Verona, which is situated Cd the
Mobile and Ohio railroad, several gen.
eral stores were slightly damaged and
other buildings were partially twisted
from their foundation.
At Plantersville, on the Frisco, the
store house Of George E. Pigghrs &
Sons was completely demolished and
the stock of goods blown away. Other
property loss was sustained. AS far
as reported no lives were lost. Inc
monetary loss has not been estimated.
At other Points.
One of the worst sleet and snow
storms that has visited the section
about Memphis for years prevailed
Sunday night and Monday, causing Sc
rious delay and interfering Win tele-
graphic and telephone communication
in all directions.
Reports from Arkansas, Mississippi
and northern Texas tell OF similar con
ditions. AT Fort Worth and Dallas
the snowfall was the heaviest in years.
Trains are running on belated sched-
ules and in many instances are an
nulled.
Seven inches of snow on the Level,
accompanied by a gale reaching ve'
Iocity of more than forty miles an
hour, ushered in cold wave upon
Chicago which sent the mercury close
to the zero mark. The traction and
steam railway service Of the city, tele-
graph and telephone wires all suffered
from the heavy fall Of snow. Loss OF
life attending the storm, however, was
less than anticipated, but one person.
so far as is known, having succumbed.
The cold, which at midnight Sunday
night registered 10 degrees above zero,
gradually increased until 4 above was
reached early in the day Monday.