The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-05-29
Established 1891.
HONEA PATH HIT BY CYCLONE.
Much Property Damage in Anderson
County Town.

Anderson, May 27.-A cyclone of
gigantic proportions and revolving at
a. terrific rate of speed, but travelling
forward slowly, swooped down on the
town of Honea Path, this county,
about 1.30 O'Clock this afternoon, DO
ing considerable property damage.
Luckily there were no fatalities so
far as can be learned here tonight.
Honea Path is completely cut OH from
| wire communications tonight. Pass
engers arriving here on the lnterur-
ban from Greenwood at 2.30 o'clock,
| who watched the cyclone as it ad-
| vanced on Honea Path from a point
two miles South of the town, say that
the cyclone, in it's usual funnel shape'
came from the direction just south
of the city of Anderson, and that 1t
| touched the ground for the first time
| in the business district Of Honea Path,
smashing plate glass fronts in the
stores and doing other damage.
Some Buildings Damaged.
One side of the brick store room
occupied by the Latimer Clothing
Company was blown out. The steeple
and the roof of the Baptist church
was partially demolished. The seed
and out houses of the oil mill were
turned over, as were the smoke stacks
of the mills Many small houses IN
the town were knocked down. Bricks
and sticks were flying in the air and
one man, lineman of the interurban,
was hit in the head, causing consider
able pain. One or two AUTOMOBILES
| and other vehicles were overturned,
throwing the occupants out and caus-
| ing some injuries.
Interurban Station Hit.
Terra Gotta roofing of the interur-
ban passenger station was badly DAM
aged while the roof on one side OF the
frame warehouse of this road was
practically destroyed. This damage
seemed to have been wrought as an
afterthought by the cyclone, as after
it had passed over this building,
gust of wind forming a suction or
great strength reached back and liter
ally sucked a hole at least four feet
square in the roof. It looked as II
proiectile had been fired through the
roof from the inside.
Freaks of the Wind.
Several freaks are reported. A
horse was blown against box car on
the interurban yards and was Instant
ly killed. A box car left on side
track was picked up by the wind and
hurled over, the derail on the main
line. Then it was forced back at
terrific rate of speed on another side
track, jumping another derail, thing
which is considered practically i'm
possible.
So far as can be learned here, with
all wires down, the cyclone did no
! damage before reaching Honea Path.
The amount of damage wrought be-
yond Honea Path and on this side Of
the Saluda river is not known. Rain
fell in torrents during the visit of and
after the cyclone had passed over
Honea Path.
Seen Several Miles Off.
Witnesses on the interurban car.
which was stopped when the cyclone
took off the electric power, say that
they could see the cyclone approach
ing for several miles; that it extend
ed from the ground in Honea Path
way up into the heavens, until entire
ly out of sight.
The cyclone, as it came in contact
with other clouds, would burst them
into pieces, hurting pieces Of the
clouds for several hundred yards. The
cyclone was most spectacular and yet
very uncanny.