Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-05-12
TORNADO STRIKES CAROLINA.
Manning Suffers Three Lives Lost.
100000 Property Damage.

Oh Manning SnOrtly after O'Clock
this afternoon and caused fearful de-
structiOn of life and property. The |
principal force of the storm was lin
tied to a radius of about $50 yards
of the Confederate monument, on
the court house grounds, and in that
area property to the amount Of
100000 was destroyed. Three lives
were lost and several persons were |
seriously injured
In the New Idea Store, at the Nc |
Leod corner, Miss Clara Baggett, |
saleslady, was instantly killed by the |
falling roof and walls, while her sis
ter, Miss Julia Baggett, is thought |
to be fatally injured. In the same
store Miss Annie Thames, milliner, |
was so injured as to be rendered un-
conscious for some hours, while her
brother, John Thames, was painfully
injured.
Two Killed in One Building.
At the other end Of the same block
| the upper story Of the large Nettles
| building collapsed and killed two
men, Basley Davis and a negro por-
! ter. This building was only recent
! ly occupied by the Manning Dry
Goods Co Adjoining the Nettles
building is Arant's drug store, which
was almost entirely demolished
The intervening buildings, from
the Bank Of Clarendon to Katsoff's
Bargain Store, were either damaged
or totally destroyed. In the Mcleod
block the walls OF the Clarendon
| Millinery Store collapsed and mar
rowly missed crushing Mrs. J. NJ.
Bradham, the proprietress. The roof
of the Home Bank was blown off, and
the walls Of the Wilson Insurance
COmpany's office collapsed
Across the street extensive dam
age was done to the roofs or front
walls Of nearly every store. The
main building of the Plowden Hard
ware Company was unroofed, while
the warehouse in the rear was de-
molished. Cothran's tobacco ware
were completely wrecked.
Singular freaks Of the storm were
impressive, such as the new brick
stables Of Coffey & Rigby being un-
rooted and damaged, while the frame
| stables of ID. II. Bradham & Son.
across the street, escaped unsca thed.
A number of small dwellings we're
demolished
Telephone and electric light wires
are out of commission, and the
streets are in darkness tonight The
debris from the demolished buildings
and large number of fallen trees
render locomotion very difficult The
court house building was damaged
in the roof and the furnace chimney
above the roof toppled over.
Very few of the business men car
ried tornado insurance and hence the
property loss is nearly all loss.
In Darlington County.
Darlington, May IA severe cy-
clone passed over the upper part of
'hiS |ouhtS anu tlle lower part or
Chesterfield county this afternoon,
| doing considerable damage to prop
erty. The only fatality so far learn
ed is the death of one negro on the
plantation Of David Mcintosh, where
several buildings were destroyed and
several negroes received minor inju-
ries, the most serious being q frac-
tured skull of a small girl, who was |
taken to a hospital by automobile |
tonight.
At the plantation of Wilson Maloy, |
few miles north of Society Hill, a |
dwelling containing number OF |
white people was severely damaged. |
but no occupants fatally injured.
About four miles north of Darling
ton several buildings were destroyed |
on the plantations of j. N. Kirven,
b. Vaughan and b. f. Candy, but so
far as can be learned no one was in
jured.
The wind was accompanied in this
district by a severe hail storm, and
at this time there is falling the first
heavy rain since last March.
Four Killed i'm Marlboro.
Bennettsville, May -Four peo-
pie were killed and hundreds made
homeless by a tornado which swept
Marlboro county this afternoon, just