The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-25
CYCLONE AND HAIL DESTROY
CROPS AND RAISE HOUSES
Hail Destroys Crops and Gardens-ao
Lives Lost-RaiH General over
County.

fire little WnlTl"luu diooo AZ e
vacant field of the. Waldrop place no"
owned by Mr.. ]. S. Ruff near Deadfaii,
on Tuesday afternoon and soon gain.
cred the strength of cyclone anu
Iaid waste houses and trees in It's
rath It was not wide but went sew
eral miles before it spent it's force or
rose from the ground and was dis
PEELED in the air.
The first building struck was on the
Frank Moon. place now owned by Mr:
II. Wicker. There was family OF
II negroes living in this house. Inc
house was completely demolished but
only FIVE of the occupants were IN
iured none seriously. The negro's
name is Tom Neel. Two other houses
ON the place were completely torn to
pieces and three others damaged more
!! 1t>,aIso struck the Fred Long place
and took off pa. of. the roof on the
house and blew down the shop and
another building. On Mrs. Reoecca
Paysinger's place it blew down tne
ctoreroom and a new barn. On MT.
! lanes R. Davidson's place it struch
an unoccupied house and tore ~ az
70 pieces and tore the shop all -
pieces and struck another occuplea
house and took it off the pillars. AT
Mr. A B. Cromer's place it TOOK TWO
harms and one negro house occupleo'
tearing it all to pieces. In this mouse
thare were seven negroes, ana none
was hurt except one negro woman
who was slightly injured. A niue
fnrther on it struck the place OF MT
Turner Hipp, the old Whitman piace'
and took a cotton house OF It's pliiara
and jumped over a barn less than 9o
v.rds away and struck his dweihns
bouse and twisted It off its pillars, a
, nepro occupied this house but al ths
time there was no one in the house.
Mr A B. Cromer found afdisc mar,
row which. had been taken up anu
. carried some 100 yards and was s'anu'
ing on end uninjured. ,d
Mr.. John Cousins said that ne anu
: his wife were. In the kitchen anu SUI
remarked that there was fire some:
: whera near and in second tne VIM
? or cyclone hurled through tE opel
/ field in front of his house but no dam
aee was done in his immediate com
d munity and the storm passed Oh.
n II is fortunate that no further Gam
: oeo resulted from this wind. Thert
]. was a good rain but no hail 70 40 an:
J. damage. At least along the tracA ~, "
a the cyclone. It passed along near, MI
,. I r Stephens place but did not nn'
anv buildings in its track and yer.
d few trees.
b There was hail IN various section
e Of the county but the only damage re
! norted from the hail Is in the lrlni.
and SMYRNA section Of the county Il
9 NJ & township. The storm came 1ron
j. the northwest and hit the county tnl
10 side OF Chappens. Corn, cotton an
l. oondans - were badly damaged, tn
worst sufferers being Mr.. Henry Long =
shore. Mr.. Henry D. Boozer, Mr.. n. !, N
st Martin, Mr.. Clarence Waio[1p, M,
le Marcus Hendrix, Mr. H. b. aenuln ,l
t. Mr.. NJ B. Hendrix, Mr.. J. Il. HenulH
II and Mr. Sam DeHart, whose crop
20 and gardens we're practically ruinee
D. good DIAL of timber was Dlo"
q down, but the rain in the BUSH nlVe
,e section was rather light
4 4 There were two storms, the one
U. described above and the hall stoii
le nentioned and in other sections
s. the county some hail Is reported ol
Is no serious damage done 80 far as "
O. have been able to learn. Ine rat
e. was pretty general over the coun' sa
e though in some places more Ill"
"A others. ;, o,
ed In the town we had good ram an
al ,o1oo Wind and some intermissions ]
We the the light, a part Of the time in II
~ dark, and then light, though at
~ time was the darkness very long AN
b. no damage was done, but a sre'
g deal of good by the rainfall.
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