The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-03-09
Toll of Fiue Li0es Claimed
By Aiken Tornado Tuesday


lev, six miles from Aiken, at . o.
clock this morning, a tornado wrought
death and terrible destruction. Five
persons were instantly killed, 1S to
20 wounded, some seriously, if not
fatally, and Is houses were wrecked
in the path of the terrific wind. -Four
of the dead are children. They are:
Fred Hoover, 12; Dollie Mitchum, 8;
Theodore Wood, 2. The fifth death
was that of Mrs. .Dollie Boyd, 10.
The tornado, according to those
who passed through the terrible ex-
Derience, lasted for about 80 seconds.
In this short space Of time houses
were laid fat, trees were uprooted,
vreckage was strewn over a wide
territory and quick and instant death
was dealt.
The tornado struck first to the
southeast of the mill at WarrenviHe,
destroying all of the dozen houses in
.*his row of the mill village except
one. From here it jumped, striking
next at what is called Stump ROW,
taking one house and leaving another
practically untouched. Then, cutting
q path across an open field, it struck
with terrific force at Steifeltown, a
quarter of a mile away, destroying
four houses at this place.
Family Under Wreckage.
Henry Woods, a mill operative, was
asleep in his house at WarrenVllle
with his family. The house was to-
tai 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 in his head. Mrs.
Woods was perhaps fatally injured.
The chimney falling had buried the
Woods baby benath pile OF bricks.
There we're many remarkable es7,
capes at Steifeltown. The home OF
Frank Steifel was blown down upon
him. the structure crumbling up like
q paste board box in wise. lMr. Stel-
fel was dug out of the wreckage and
was found to have been left without
a scratch. At the same place the
home of Mrs. Beard, postmistress at
Warrenville, was almost totally de-
striyed. Mrs. Beard was unhurt, es-
caping with her entire family.
Relief parties were. quickly formed
and physicians summoned from AK
an and Augusta arrived on the scene
before daybreak. In the early llght
OF the rainy morning the work OF
rescuing the injured was begun. A
temporary hospital was established
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 given such aid as was
possible. Many of these have lost
all their household effects and are
without food or clothing.
One house, large square struc-
ture, which was in the path OF the
tornado, was left unscathed except
for o6e side having been blown out
as completely as if the fourth wall
had never been built. Not a thing
in the house was disturbed:
To the Aiken Hospital.
The most seriously injured were
brought to the Aiken hospital in am
balances. Some of these will proba-
bly die. All of the victims were
white. Those in the hospital are:
Harry Mundy, Mrs. Josie Hardy, Mrs.
Wood, Mrs. Clark, who is uncon-
scious: Rufus Mundy, Owen Wood
and Mr.. Green.
At Langley the storm did great
deal of damage, but there was no
loss of life. The Baptist church was
unroofed and parts of the Langley
company's barn and stables torn up.
A few houses were slightly dislodged.
Hundreds of large trees were uproot-
ed. Several mules stabbed at Steif-
eltown were killed.
The Aiken chapter Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross has been placed IN
charge of the emergency relief work,
under the direction of Miss Agnes
Campbell, Red Cross nurse, and the
mill company is providing temporary
relief for. the sufferers as generously
as is possible.
Governor Robert A. Cooper this at
ternoon telephoned to Sheriff H. H.
Howard offering his assistance in any
way that it might be needed. The
Aiken Standard has opened relief
fund for the tornado sufferers and the
responses are generous. The Aiken