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Another Cyclone. )ESTUIUCTIQN OFLIFE AND PRO C 1ERTY IN ITS. COURSE. r We give the following additional par tieu!ars of the cyclone, gathered f rom v t lie Greenville Daily News anld other t exchanges since our last issue. It will be seen that the one in Columbia occurred on Monday, while the one of t our section was on Tuesday, and in tTnion on Vsdnesday: A NOTIIER TORNADO.-Between 4 ( in(] 5 o'clock Monday morning a ter- a rific wind storm, accompanied by ap palling flashes of lightning, deafening peals of thunder and torrents of rain, e passed over the country. between two and three miles to the Northwest aId ( North of this city. A portion of the I ornado passed over Columbia, but did no damage. Considerable alarm was created among the timid residents by I he roaringim of the vinld, and the rain fell with the sound of a small Niagara.. The tornado came from the West, a f little Southerly, anI(d blew down two mithouses on the lluflmani place inir Lexington County, besides leveling ' t rees and fencing in its couirse. Pass ing over two or three plantations with- I out doing damage to anything except Iree, the tornado gathered in a valley to the South of Dr. J. F. Ensor's resi- f I decee, about 2 miles North of the city, and rushed uip to his house, where it tore away the roof amd flooring of the second floor piazza and topped over several of the iron columns. Nearly :0l the roofing was torn oil tha other I wo rooms of the SeCo(d story :an(l t hit portion of one of the chimneys which project above the roof was hurled tbrougl the ceilingy into a room where aI young- man named Ifarr-y Donaldsoni w'as sleeping. but he escaped any inju 1. 'P'he t-imbers torn from the roof C were blown with such force as to be I driveni into the earth. The torniado tore thirouigh the fields t t o the Windhoru place, where it w reek ed a bar: , anl bew ()wi and twiste:I o! trees. 'Mr. Theo. Windhorn 1 tates .1 I hat t he noise of the wind was terrible I annd hit inl itA passage it vould skip I fences on :a hill al lift half a dozeni panels ol i:n a hollow. The eyelome next struck t he house t of Mr. G. T. Taylor, on t h Price plan Iation. about five miles above Colum- ( hia . Mr. Taylor was a .ake ned by the roaring~ O smid of the aLpproacinmg sto m n andl calling his wife, sihe jumped fromi ( h ed antd ra n into the ot h r room, fol 19wed1 by her hutsbanid. By the time lhe had seizedl her and tittered n fewi lh'ering~ word1s the buildling was level-. ''I to the earth . '.l'wo) heavy pieces of thinber fell on Mr'. Taylor's shiouldere and pressedl him anid his wife. whmo was elose by, to the floor, but fortumnately the roof fell in such a position as only o slight iy inijutre t ha parties. Mr. 'Tay- I lor's chiest son in endleavoring to es cape through one of the doors was knocked down by the falling timiker's a.nd was badly hurt about the legs. Another soin had attemfptedI to escape by the ot her (door and3( as he reachied it he was eaught in tha falling mass. but I he timbers formed a box abiout him and he escapedl injury. Mr. Ta:ylor's bian and~ prove nder wvas seat.tebred to the fore winds1 and his furlniture, erockery. tutensilk. ete dlemliseed in t hi ruins of his bumilin' T'he floor of the building was mnoved~ N feet. from its p)ositioni. Immense trees were proEstratedl for ilesc arouand. Some were torn tup byv the roots and others twisted oil'near the ground. TIhe dwvelling of Riehard Price, It fs said1, sustainedl slght injuries from w he I storm-. All who heardi the storm approach- I ing described it as with. a terrilble roatr ing sound and that they had scarcely ) heen made aware of ts oning txhote~ tburst upon them . in all its fury. Xolmnbla Register. A TERRIFIC -STORM.--Betweon nd 3 o'clock Wednesday morning the itizens of this comnmnity Were st4't ed from their slumbers by. one of t01 nost terrific storms of thunder, light ling, rain, hail and wind they hat :nown for years. It lasted perhaps at iour, from irst to last, but when at it rorst the stoutest hearts quailed at it errrible force and awfulness. N< loubt the hour and many recent re >orts of destructive storms and cv lones in other sections added greatli o the terror of the storm and increase( he alarm among us; but It waa terrifd a itself. For hours before, the ski vas ablaze, as it were, with continu us flashes of lightning, and the cloudi vere black and threatening, forebod ng an angry storm before morning Ve have not heard that it did any dam ge, but the impression here Is that it reates force was spent to the Wes ud Noi thwest of us.-Union Times. A tamrrible Cyclone passed thlrougl ireenville Cotinty, near Simpvonville o TIesday evening last, totally de tr.oyingq the, reshlencee of Mr. S. T ifoore, together will all of his outbuild ngs. IMis wife veiy narrowly escape( romn having the falling house throwi ipon her and a little baby about , nlonth.s old which she held ill her arms .nd a little child1 was fatally ijiutred bi Ilowing down of a tenement house k house on Mrs. M. A. Moore's pltc vas blowni dowun anll( the negroes bad y hurt. The roof wicih was blow riom the 1)arn oil her' place has nevei leen found. The residence of W. A hl;th was also blown down and t1i ntire contents blown away. A m-it reds which was seen passing over' ouse. a half mile distant, 1 is neve 0een found. 'ihe cyelone struck Simup ouville, and th n took an easterly di ection towards Wooduitll's in Spartan ouer colmity.-Laurlensville IHerald. The house of Isaac Ifavis, colored %'hich is near Mr. Moore's was blowi ve. It fell upon r)avis aind his fam I'. IIis wife and child were so badly mirt that not thought possibl)e for thmn o live. 'Th1:3 residence of Austini Smith I>l Dr-. [IrItmter's place w.s completch leoihd vrtigbeing blowl way except a b!d. 'Th., falily tool efinge in a gully. None of them wer 111rt. Th'e oultbuliling-s Wertz llt die, troved. On the s-un place th'. dwel iig of Joh n II 11, which is about a q nat er (if a mile from Mr. Smnilth', was de t royed, together with outhtildings )th.r hotises inl this neighborhood wel hlestroyedl. Severa1l houses were blowr lown' at Sandy C7arsoni's. Benj:uniu looper is reported to h tve lost aboul 0 sh wep. [Dr. Mathew IIi nter's phic< vas v'ery badlly damaged. Ev'ery buil ug, i nclutding a new barn. waus blowi ver. Not even the sills of t h'e hant vere left, and they have not beet otund. Nearly all of the sto(ek on th< >hice was~ severely hutrt;onme m'ile is re >Orted kille~l. )lowi a down.aml his d welling daimagedl Ie also lost a n))tde. The engine wIe] 11ns hits gmn was blown over. .Joseph B'abb's hiouse was b)lown' dowi uLi his onit buildings detroy'ed. T'he coloredl Baptist Church, near Mr ~rotwell's waLs tornt to pieces, anm bhrown to the grown). TIhree telIneent ho~uses were blowi Lway Von Ha1mpton Poole's platce. Thie (houthdings on the place of J nd 0. Brale(y were blown away. Thlu moum.e of ILewis J'Thonason was blowi lown.t A teniement htouse 0on the place (o i. Mo ore. necar Staniding Sptrigs, Fair 'ei'w. was blown dhown) and1 the roofs o th~ers catrrieel ofI 'IThe dwelling of J ~. Cox was (-imuazed. Other propert ni sam', n eighbh)iod was destroyed Tlhi, hailI sto)tnes fell with such vio enee ait Pliny t hat some of them wen biroughi the shingle roof of thme schoo ir)use where Miss Earle teaches. J1 1 Ulen was coiming to this city In a wai ~on from the lower part of the count; vhen the~ storm struck him0 Afte. I - was -ve bk i hl% lager tha n Kis fist. One piece formed' a c7ros,' ei ~ actly. Wilia' Yea i'giliid his-kilotui ders severely broiised by. hail. Felix -dogan. colored, was returning with Is. back fron Laurens 'with the family of 11. II. Watkus., w hose reinains had just i een conveyed from this city to that I county., When the back had gxotten j within eight miles of this city the ey clone appeared and tirned the end of the back completely around. Logan hastily sought shelter for his passen - gers and himself. Now comes what seems to be a most incredible storybut It comes from citizens of reliability and leaves no room for doubt. In Gatt Township on Tuesday afternoon, the cyclone was at Its height. B. F. Year a gin and Robert Burns were standing - at a point near Kerns' mill, on Grove Greek. Th..y were watching the cy clone. Suddenly they saw two large j pine trees being wafted about as if t hev Shaid been straws. Presenitly one of the trees fell to tihe ground about a quarter of a mile off. Tiey were still 1 gazing at the pine yet in suspense, when a large flint rock dropped within - a few feet of them with the force of a cannon ball, makilng a h:e nearly a foot deep. Tils was too mitch for Mesisrs. Burns and Yeargin and they wotuglt a boom--proof at once. After the storm had passed, the rock was picked up and ptt on th t seales. It weighed 27 poundi(s. It is stipposed - that the rock fell from the roots of some tree torni up 1)by the cclon1e. S. M. P., writing from Woodrl' tiln der (bite of March 25, says, "Tiis even ig about 4 oselock a fearful cloud pass ed just North of this place preceeded by a cyclone albolt 100 yards wide - which furiously uprooted trees, blew rails and bushes in almost every direc tion and( even tore grass utp by the - roots. The dwelliirg h1 use of Mr. J. I. - Woflord wa"s levelled to tihe grouild, - and even his chimneys were blown down and constitute a part of the gen era1fl debris. Mr. WotYord and famnily seeiig the fimuiel-shaped cyclone Coni in, deserted their houlse anld went to the brick house of 1. If. Wofford for protectionl, anid thus, as it were mirac ulouasly, escaped the dreadul catastro phie. A glance at the map will show that. tihe (general ldirection of t :ie eyelonies was the saime as iat of 111 two Lhat .passed a loilth ago. Onme gentletman - wh-) lives near Mr. CrotwelPs reports . that duing the pasag of the cyclone he distinctly saw halls of fire varyl ig front the size of his h .ad to t i 1t of a Ilarible shooting thro-ugh t h. air, going from 1 to 8 feet and (disappearing It swept across the railroad a mile from P~endl1eton Factor'y tearing every thinig ini its path to piecs, and( 41estroy inlg all thme ouitbuildings on Mr. Dixon's plce. Frank Sowell, of this city, whY) yes terday visited the scene of the cyclone's devastation in tha vicinity of .Johm Crot - well's, furnishes additional p)rticutl.Lrs in refer'ence to the damage (done in t hat a locality. lIe founid that every houtse .on his place had gone. Mr. Baiily and i the remraining members of his family were in a snmall log houtse lying upon i paltets, being so badly bruised aund in jured that they could not stir without .pain. The life of one of his dlaughters 1 is despairedo of. Tihe b~odies of his wife and 13 year old bo.? were lying in thme I samie room. Both of Mrs. Baily's thighs were broken, and she was terri .bly mangled. The little boy was sit a ting in his chair pulling off' his shoes 1 when the storm came up. A fter it hasd passedh his body was found lying just f 187 steps from the b-nmse. The~ skull - was so badly cr'ushed that tihe brains f werec str-ewn upon thme ground, andl not .a whole bone as large as a silver dollar r was left. T1he chair In which he sat .wheni last seen lay beside Ihm, crushed -- amnd broken. Both bodies were buried t yesterday afternoon. Mr. Bally's cl I est eon, who was hurled acr'osa the I garden, states that he has no recollec - lon of anything betwveen time time lie r was hmm hIs father's house and1( finding t himself lyinagon the ground. His flight thtouglh the air is a'blaiu. In hdoitlone t'athe bulldid'ge already (nontioned as havihg been 16velled in the vicinit of 'Mr. Crotwnll's, the hotises of ir.6hn Priestly aid Thom. s Gr eer were bloWn - away. A mule belonging to Piriestly evas'taken from th stable and carried 200 yards away. Ilis traicks were found at intervals of 20 feet wheire ie striuck the ground and attempted to brace himself, his tour feet plowing through the soil. Mr. Sowell had nearly completed a tite large new hot.Ae to be used as a private dwelling. It was entirely destroyed. rhe outbuilings on Washington Ta3 - lor's place were demolished and four of his cows killed. One of the sills of Mr. Sowell's house 40 feet long was driven into the ground. A girder some dIstance from this was imbedded so leeply in the earth that three mules could not pull it out. A feather bed was seen sticking in the top of a tree, and pieces of furniture were scattered through the woods and ravines. One citizen was blown Into his yard. HiS watch and chain flew out of hii pocket and were afterwards fonud hanging to a piece of fence. Many pieces of scant ling and timber and shingles are deep ly imbedded in the ground. The Jubilee, Colored Baptist church was entirely destroyed. Jasper [lolcoibe's d(welliig and out. buildings were blown away, He es eap edl unhurt with his family. A new house wvhich Miles Batson was erecting Was badly injured. The premises 11pon wlicl Mr. Batson lives were badly damauged. Ite .vas servilng. as a juror here and was greatly (isturb ed 11pon hearing of thet work of the stormu. 'Tle 1dw~elliog of Wash Walker, col ored, onl Tanldy Goolett's place, was bonawvay. The ou1tbilingilus were, lso demliished. The house of Jtnes B(olling was (unaged1 and his stables tuil Crib uinroofed. lie was on the edgre Of th cyelone. -Daily News 'he Anlderson Journal says: The 4orm took a southily course and de stroyed a negro house and thien turned tast and totally destroyed the. house occupied by Parker WhitetflhL. Tihe illrst we leard of the Storm inl thii counl ty waIs at Joh' V. Sim)I)on's placo, wherc ver'1y litle dainague wai 01ne. AL the North plac., owed by Rv. W. W. Mills, o.een pied by Sam'lld IHial :md( his moth00er's la nlily, the mllhtl bIilding was ba-lly d:un tged and all the other hlouses swopt away. Mr'. 11all's moth .r an(] his brother were h irt but not seriously. Three year lings were killed and oth'rs are mis sing. At one of thie haouses occupied by Charlie Gaillard, colored, was found a Reintgton ritie, and a pahited piece of blue lank~ Nobody knows where 1t h y came from. Cherry Hill, tib i homestead of the late Geor'ge Se'aborn, wals almo)st totally dlestroyedl only two small rooms at the rear' of the h mtse beinug le ft. 16 peCople were in t hahiouse and all of them uni njutred. Miss 8 a born waLs taken from under a portion of the wreck after the storm had p)ass ed. A large oak tree measuring 0 feet in diameter was broken off close to the grountd while an old1 Crib near hi, which wals in) a d1ilapidlatedl condition. was left standing. Th'le residlenCe of John C. IHall, knownz as 'he Reams place, was blowni down and after'wards dlestroyedl by fire. Everything wa~s de stroyed1 except the barn aind fences. M rs. Hall and 3 children saved( them selves by clinging to small trees in the orchard, bunt were all br'muised. A house owned by Dr. T1. J. Pickens and (1occu pied by Jack Carter, colored, wae b)lown) downi and~ burnedl His wife and daughter were fatally injured On M. C. Dickson's place thr~ee tenant hiouses were destroyed one of which was oc cupield by a family of negroes. .One bed was occupied by a sick woman with her infant two weeks 01(d. She was 'un able to go out of the house, and wheni the storm had1 passed she was foumd ly ing on a matress on the floor, t he bed( stead1 having been carried away with u he house by the storm. T1he honse of Nick .ignn man..c1