The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-10
FIVE LIVES LOST
In TORNADO
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN.
FLICTED ON WARRENVILLE
Other Towns Also Suffer But in Only
One IS There Loss Of Life.
Death List May Grow
The State.

The State.
Aiken, March 7.-Sweeping down
mon Warrenville in Horse Creek val
lev, six miles from Aiken, at O'Clock
this morning, a tornado wrought
death and terrible destruction. FIVE
persons were instantly killed, Is TO
20 wounded, some seriously II not
fatally. and 25 houses were wrecked
in the path of the terrific storm Four
Of the dead are children. They are:
Fred Hoover. 12; Dollie Mitchum, g.;
Lucius Wood, 2; Theodore Wood, z
The fifth death was that of Mrs. Del
lie Body, 19.
The tornado, according to those
who passed through the terrible ex-
perience, lasted for about 80 seconds.
In this short space Of time houses
were laid fiat, trees were uprooted'
wreckage was strewn over wide ter
ritory and instant death was dealt.
The tornado struck first to the
southeast of the mill at Warrenville,
destroying all of the dozen houses IL
this row of the mill village except cne.
From here it jumped, striking aext at
what is called Stump Row, taking one
house and leaving another practically
untouched. Then, cutting a path
across an open field, it struck with
terrific force at Stiefeltown, quar-
ter of mile away, destroying four
houses at this place.
Family Under Wreckage
Henry Woods, mill operative, was
asleep in his house at Warrenville
with his family. The house was a
total wreck, only the flooring being
left beneath the wreckage. Woods
and his wife were found, the man was
badly hurt, a splinter having been
driven deep into his head. Mrs.
Woods was perhaps fatally injured.
The chimney falling had buried the
Woods baby beneath a pile of bricks.
There were many remarkable es-
capes at Stiefeltown. The home of
Frank Stiefel was blown down upon
him, the structure crumbling up like
a pasteboard box caught in wise.
Mr.. Stiefel was dug out of the wreck
age and was found to have been left
without a scratch. At the same place
the home of Mrs. Beard, postmistress
at Warrerville, was almost totally de-
stroyed. Mrs. Beard was unhurt, es-
Gaping with her entire family.
Relief parties were quickly formed
and physicians summoned from Aiken
and Augusta arrived on the scene be,
fore daybreak. In the early light of
the rainy morning the work of res
cuing the injured was begun. A tenn
porary hospital was establised on the
second floor of store opposite the
mill at Warrenville To the morgue
the dead were carried. Crowds began
to gather and the homeless were CIV
en- such aid as possible. Many of these
have lost all their household effects
and are without food or clothing.
One house, large square str1c-
ture, which was in the path of the tor
nado, was left unscathed except for
one side having been blown out as
completely as if the fourth wall had
never been built Not thing in the
house was disturbed.
To Aiken Hospital
The most seriously injured were
brought to the Aiken hospital in am
balances. Some of these will prob
ably die. All of the victims were
white. Those in the hospital are:
Harry Munday, Mrs. Josie Hardy,
Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Clark, who is uncon-
scious; Rufus Munday, Owen Wood
and Mr.. Green.
At Langley the storm did a great
deal of damage, but there was not loss
of life. The Baptist church was un-
rooted and parts of the Langley com
pany's barn and stables torn up. A
few houses were slightly dislodged,
Hundreds of large trees were uproot-
ed.
Several mules stabbed at Stiefeltown
and belonging to Aiken county were
killed.
The Aiken chapter of the American
Red Gross has been placed in charge
of the emergency relief work, under
the direction of Miss Agnes Campbell,
Red Cross nurse, and the mill COM
pany is providing temporary relief
for the sufferers as generously as pos