The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-04-16
10 PERSONS KILLED.
A Path of DesOlatiOn 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
q word of warning the little hamlet Of
HopeEell, forty miles north OF this
F.! city and one mile from Hanceyille,
was swept away early Wednesday
morning by cyclone. which cut path
OF Gesolation across \ prosperous farm
ing section CT Blouat county. Ten per-
sons were killed, three or four fatally
and a score seriously injured The
dead: Nathan Griffin. James Griffin,
Henry Mccoy and three children; c. G.
Oden. a prominent planter. Heiter
Oden. Miss Thclma 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. c. Quick. Dink Quick,
family of Mccoy, seven persons; Mrs.
Holstin Horton, Miss Inez Horton,
Richard Griffin.
1t is believed that several Of the in
jured will die. The storm travelled in
uortheasterly 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 miracu-
lous escape by running from the house
before the demolition was complete
and saving their lives. They were in
jured, but all recover.
The house of John Mccoy was then
next wrecked, but he and his family
escaped with severe bruises. The home
of Henry Mccoy, son Of John Mccoy,
received the worst impact Of the storm.
| His wife was severely injured, two OF
his children are still unconscious and
may die, and he and his babe ana TWO
other children are dead.
The storm then struck the house OF
c. C. Oden. Trees in the yard were
twisted into gnarled shapes and even
tie vegetables in the garden were torn
I'D by their roots. Mr.. Oden was kill
ed OFT right as were his three daush-
ters, aged 10, 12 and 9 years, respec-
lively. Mrs. Oden received injuries
from which she diec later
The home Of Mr. Henry Wharton
was next attacked by the storm and it
was wrecked bit 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 and CleDurne
counties, Ark, tell Of a tornado which
swept through that section Tuesday
night. leaving death and destruction
in it's 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; King
children; young lady school teacher,
who was boarding at Kings; A. Z.
Williams, near Heber.
The injured are: Infant child OF
the King family; Mrs. A. c.. Will
l;ans, near Heber, not expected to
live; Buck Neeley, Searcy; Albert
Keeler, Ebert 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. c. Williams, living
ten miles south of Heber, was killed.
He was 70 years of age, and lived With
his wife en- top of one CT 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. A large church near Pangburn
was blown half mile
Forty-three residences ard sixteen
barns destroyed and ether wreckaSe
IS the record of the damage reported
up to o'clock.