The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-12
TELLS OF DAMAGE IN
ALL PARTS OF STATE
ANDERSON HARD HIT IN THE
JULY STORM
HAIL. BEGAN HERE
Cbservat:ons Of the United States
Weather Department Tell of
Storm Started Here
HAIL BEGAN HERE

"Tac Storm was probably the most
disastrCus South Carolina ever saw"
says Richard II. Sullivan, section di-
rector for tho United States Weather
Burcau n!r. Sullivan makes these re-
marks ahou: The recent severe storm
which originated IN Andersen county
Gnd DDrc3G C2cr ;he state and his
article II. ilic July issue OF ciriatolog-
tc; Data. @3ued by the United States
Dow rtment of Agriculture, vii be
read with interest.
"PrCbably the most extensive Sc
les Of DISASTROUS thundcrstorms and
EalistorDl8 that ever visited the plan
:ations Ot South Carolina occurred Iii
the upper Piedmont OF the state on
July 6-7. 1914. These disturbances
were Incident to n moderate baromet-
ric dcp"csG.cn that appeared off the
south Atlantic const during the night
OF July 4. and 3, and disappeared over
the Gulf of ST. Lawrence by the morn
Ing Of the 9th
The series OF Eailstorma appear TO
Eavc bcgfin in Anderson and Newber-
ry countieE: the center3 OF the dis
turbanccs then advanced northward
over Laurcns and Spartanburg coun-
ties and nstward over Cherokee coun-
ty. eliminating in extreme violence
over an extensive area of York coun-
ty, estimated at so TO 100 square miles.
or which approximately one half was
planted TO staple crops. In the latter
section the fall of hail continued about
one-half hour. while In other portions
OF the stricken district the time limit
ranged from 10 to 20 minutes.
The damage wac caused principally
by immense quantities of hailstones
about the size of an ordinary mar
Die. In Cherokee county there were
many stones the size of a genuine
guinea egg, while in Spartanburg
some stones as large as goose eggs
were reported. it might be well to
add. however. that such sizes as the
latter are very rare. The writer some
years ago was able to obtain GONE
immense ha:lstones from two yio-
lent storms that occurred In another
part OF the country, and the measure
ments OF the two largest were from
$40 to $50 inches in circumference.
such stones fall rather loosely. or
only here and there In scattered areas
ana their construction shows much
more snow and considerably less ice
than those OF the smaller round
gnarled types. and the damage is new
er SO great from these as from the
smaller sizes which often fall in
countless numbers. - In York county
In the heavy wash iuciuent 10 excess
sive rains, accumulations of hail
stones were noted that measures. IN
depth from 2 to feet in scms neck
cts and many banks OF hail or ice
were STILL visible until the late after
noon OF the 9TH.
Before reaching the vicinity os
greatest destruction, the storm
seemed to dip and rise after the man
'ner OF a bounding tornado. InL Laur-
ems, Spartanburg and Cherokee conn
ties the paths. ranged in areas from
! to miles and by 6 miles to to
miles. and In the first named county
there were two distinctive hail belts
ranging from $500 to $500 acres in
extent. In York county the area
ranged from 1-2 To Dy 25 miles 4.
q broad belt extending from, Catawba.
=. e.. to naar Stanley. n. g. The
center OF maximum energy appears
TO have been few miles north of
Rock HUI. In this area the losses
OF "a planters was estimated at 90
per cent of the planted crops, while
in adjoining areas the losses taper on
70 per cent and thence down to 30
per cent or less in region approxi-
taaGhg nnn 4O.Oo0 acres. controlled by g.
900 or more planters.
cultivation OF damaged fields be-
gan as soon as possible after the
storms, but where .she cotton y..s
strong I'm stalk or where corn was wa,I
In ear. the plants chat had been cmt
70 within few inches OF the pronnd
could not recover. Coming I'm mfd-
season. as these storms did. when tbe
staple crops were developing into
truitagei the losses have fallen Will
special severity on the pIa6fers of
inc affected areas And I'm conse-
quence OF ffne late season they can onJv
resort to fodder corn, cane. miiiei.
peas, neans. vegetables and forage
crops that eau mature before autumn
irosis IN order to stay the demands
untii another growing season retur:,s
AN average that has been airown
from the carefnl estimates OF general
losses made by number of conserya-
M'v DUalucus men, planters and n.y.
rieuiturai expcrts how the following
values.
Cherokee county: $35 200. or about
rec
TLnurens county: $i5o,oeo or aboat
90 per cert 20 80 per cens loss nm
crops of $500 acres va
} York county: $4,000 or no mar
cent to % per cent on crops OF about
2o.e09 acres. and 80 per cent acsiing
down to SO per cent loss or less of,
f7H-ss OF about 2o.oo0 acres addition.