Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-04-15
10 PERSONS KILLED.
A Path of DeSOIatiOn Cut Across a
Prosperous Farming Section.
LITTLE ALABAMA TOWN RAZED.
Besides Those Killed Outright. Three
or Four Were Fatally and Score
Seriously Injured.

Birmingham. Ala. Special-Without
n word of warning the little hamlet of
Hopewell. forty miles north of this
city and one mile from Hanceville.
was swept away early Wednesday
morning by cyclone, which cut path
OF d9solation across a prosperous farm
ing section OF Blount county. Ten ner-
sons were killed. three or four fatally
and score seriously injured The
dead: Nathan Griffin. James Griffin,
Henry Mccoy and three children: c. G..
Oden. prominent planter, Hei;er
Oden. Miss Thelma Oden. Mrs. c. c..
Oden. The injured: A son and niece
of Nathan Griffin, Mrs. Griffin. Mrs
Nora Oden. Mrs. Henry Mccoy and
two children; r. G. Quick. Dink Quick.
family of Mccoy. seven persons: Mrs.
Holstin Horton, Miss Ine~ Horton.
Richard Griffin.
1t is believed that several of the in
jured will die The storm Travelled IN a
northeasterly direction wrecking ev-
erything in its path. One of the first
houses struck was that OF Nathan
Griffin, the house was demolished and
Mr.. Griffin and his son. James. were
killed. Mrs. Griffin was so badly in
jured that she died later Another son
and niece OF Mr.. Griffin made a miracu-
lous escape by running from the house
before the demolition was complete
and saving their lives. They were in
jurod. but all recover.
A Dr l.
next wrecked. but he and his family
escaped with severe bruises. The home
of Henry Mccoy. son ot JChn Mccoy,
received the worst impact of the storm
His wife was severely injured, two OF
his children are still unconscious ana
may die. and he and his babe and two
other children are dead.
The storm then struck the house of
G. c. Oden. Trees in the yard were
twisted into gnarled shapes and even
the vegetables in the garden were torn
up by their roots. Mr.. Oden was kill
ed out right as were his three daugh-
ters. aged 10, II and . years. respec~
lively. Mrs. Oden received injuries
from which she died later.
The home of Mr. Henry Wharton
was next attacked by the storm and it
was wrecked but Mrs. Wharton was
not badly injured. Then came the
home of r. G. Quick. 1t went to pieces
and he and his two children were in
jured. but there were no fatalities
there.
Little Rock. Ark, Special.-Spe-
cials to The Arkansas Gazette from
several towns in White anu Cleburne
counties, Ark, tell of n tornado which
swept through that section Tuesday
night. leaving death and destruction
in its wake. The major portion of the
country through which the storm
ploughed its way is remote from rail
road. telegraph or telephone lines.
The dead are: Jim Leggitt. Little
Red; Joe Leggitt. Little Red; Tom
King and wife. Little Red: 3 King
children; young lady school teacher,
who was boarding at Kings; A. c.
Williams, near Heber
The injured are: Infant child of
the King family; Mrs. A. G.. Will
liams, near Heber. not expected to
live; Buck Nee!ey, Searcy: Albert
keeler. Elbert Derritt. Walker Pol
lard, Little Red; two of the Pollard
family near Albion; Mrs. Hoverton
and child, Pangburg. not expected to
live; Miss Burkhousen. Little Red.
leg broken and skull fractured Wal
ter Muller Pangburn, leg broken:
Mrs. Henry Wells, injured internally.
fatally; unknown woman. Pangburn,
both legs broken Tom Houston. near
Heber. both arms broken; unknown
man at Bradford.
a special from Heber says: "In the
tornado which swept across this sec
ton last night A. G.. Williams, living
ten miles south of Heber. was killed.
He was 20 years of age. and lived with
his wife on top Of one of the noun
tains south OF this town. His house was
caught up by the wind and thrown
down the mountain side. he being
killed and his wife badly injured. At
Pangburn six residences Were blown
down. large church near Pangburn
was blown half mile"
Fortythree residences and sixteen
barns destroyed and other wreckage
is the record of the damage reported
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