Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Fatal Effects of a Terrific Storm South and West, on the I Ith. Another tornado has swetr with death-dealing force throui sev6er al States Sogth and West. At Oakland, Ind,, out of 30 houses all but three were detroyed. Four persons were kil16d. -'James San dlers, two milej *eat of OakVille, was also killed. 5Q persons were wounded. The path of the storm was about a quarter of a mile wide, and everything in its track was de stroyed. Near Huntsville, Ala., the house of a family, named White was blown away. Mrs. White and her mother-in-law were killed. A ba by was carried several miles and deposited in the woods, where it was found the next morning alive. A man named Glover had - both shoulders broken, and other per sons sustained iujuries more or less serious. Near Chattanooga, Tenn., two mnenibers of Col. Tattum's family were killed, and several other lives were also reported lost. Near Joysville, Ohio, 12 barns were destroyed, 4 horses were kill ed, and 3 persons were badly hurt. At Mechanicsville, Ohio, many trees were blown down and sever al buildings were unroofed aud upturned. The srorm came from the Northwest. From Urbana, Ohio, it is report ed that the storm did the greatest damage in the vicinity of Mutual and Bowlersville, the track being a third of a mile wide. The de struction of timber was heavy. No lives were reported lost. At Colnrnbia, S. C., the heavy iron roof of the western wing of the State house was blown oft, and others daniage to property in and near the city was done. The hur ricane wrecked a large brick de pot of the South Carolina railroad at Camden, S. C., and McDowell,s store and several other buildings in that town Much damage was done to prop erty and several iersons were in jurefi by a furious storm in Pitts burg, Penn., and vicinity. Petro lia, Penn., suffered heavily. At H omesteadl, Penn., a frame house in course of erection was demolish ed, and six men who were at work on the building were injured, one of them seriouly. A carpenter's shop1 adjoining wa~s crushed by te tailing timb~ers, and five men who were in the shop1 narrowly escap~ed. rThe damage amounts to several thousand dollars. An Atlanta( Ga.-) dispatch gives incidents of the recent terrific tor nado in that region. In Stewart county the three-story frame man sioni of Mrs. Grace Miller was lift ed in the air, the sills upon which it rested were blown away, and the htouse was dropped almost exactly into its old position, where it now stands, with its foundation sills gone. At .Judge Wimberly's the tornado struck a pine forest, and for five miles in a straight line it left a clearing 30 feet wide. In: Carroll county the storm first struck Lowell, where it blew away the house of Mr. Ellis Smith, in which two families lived. Two persons were killed, a mother and child. The woman's dead body ir was blownA150 yards, and one of 8 her arifis was twisted off. The ei child was blown against a tree A and mashed to jelly. The use of ol cyclone pits has greatly lessened hi the dangers to life. 30 persons w took refuge in Doctor Knox's, and m an equal number in that of Mr. ri Dials, until 2 o'clock in the morn- fr ing. They listened to the roaring p4 of the wind and thunder, and at w intervals fell upon their knees in o prayer. A short lull following, at h4 about 2 o'clock they opened the ci pit end found a starlight sky above C them, and not a trace of the dan- N ger there which had played such ti havoc below. The loss to live ai stock in Carroll county is not less li than $100,000, while the clean b] sweep of residences, fences, etc., ai involves a loss which $300,000 can- w not replace. The storm skipped about 100 tl miles without doing much damage, 10 when it struck the Echols' settle- ft ment in Milton county. Hailstones ti as big as saucers fell with such fc force as to cut off large limbs of T trees. Some of the stones were n< five inches square. At William ti Green's 17 persons crowded into a w small cellar and (lid not come out tr until next day. rf In Hall county two women and ni 7 children were sitting by the fire- c place. The frame of the building tl was lifted up and carried away, w leaving the family sitting il a- im mazement. A scantling 15. feet t long was driven into the ground to ti one-third its length. At the Mainelgi place the roof of a house was lifted I in off and set upon the top of a pine ft tree, where it balanced and still e, stands. ai In the vicinity of Townville, S. vi C., several persons were killed. ti rHE DEADLY PLUNGE OF A TRAIN OF FIFTEEN CARS. f The Western and Atlantic rail- ei road was the victim of two horri- p ble and death-dealing accidents as v the result of the storm of the fc night. e 'rhe two accidents were produc- ti tive of three instant and horrible at dleathls and an enormous loss to d< prop~erty. They ihappIened with in ti 15 minutes of tihe same timle andl al were only 4 miles apart, b)ut nkeith- n, er knew of the other's disaster uin- ri til Atlanta was teeming with sen- ti sational and exagger'atedl rum1or's tl concerning it. Th~1e first accident al occured just two miles soth of n<4 Big Shanty on a big fill which is Tr 27 miles from Atlanta. By it two ci men were dashled into eternity and lt thlousanlds of dollars worth of p~rop)- s< erty was destroyed. Tile other ac- e< eident happened nearly two miles c: north of Big Shanty and resulted si in the horrible dleath of a young al Atlantian and the total destrue- ,, tion of a passenger tirain andl hun dreds of p~oundls of mail matter. The heavy rains which fell Tues (lay morning was the direct (caues of the accidents and when the trains made their last leap tile rain Si was falling in torrents, the skies1 were covered with heavy clouds and the darkness was intense while B the rattling,whistling winds made g the night hlideous1. At 1 :50 o'clock Tuiesdavy morn. g section A of frieght train No. left Big Shanty for Atlanta. The kgine was under the control of r. S. A. McDonald, an engineer ability and worth, who had for S fireman Mr. Ed McCulloch, hile the traih was under the coin and of Conductor Theodore Cor e. When the train passed away oni Big Shanty the rain was )uring down but the train's crew as happy for a few more hours ily were required to put them )ime and give them rest. So the -ew thought and when Cenductor orrie waved his lantern Engineci [cDonald placed his hand upon te throttle of his engine and in i instant started on his last run, btle dreaming then of the terri eo death that was in store for him id his fireman, with whom hc as chatting pleasantly. Two miles south of Big Shanty tere is a deep fill about 200 yards ng. At some points the fill iq ily 30 feet, and at - the middle tere is a large stone culvert, mnadc r the passage of a small rivulet. lie track at that place runs almost )rth and south. The ground on te east is high and a heavy vol ne of water flowing from it would avel with great force. The heavy Lin Tuesday morning )roduced ore water than the culvert could irry away, and the result was iat about 50 feet of the fill was asIed out. T'here was no watch an nearer than Big Shanty, and ic washout was not detected tin I the train was in it. As the en ne rolled oi to the fiill or embank ent the engineer gave his engin< 11 swiy, and like lightnin it dash I onward. The night was (lark id the headlight was of little ser Ce, owing to the heavy rain, and e yawning a1byss into which th< Igine lunged was not seen 1) e eng0rineer. The opening was ly 50 feet wide, and when the igine reached the edge it gave a unge which carried it nearly o r. The tender and freight cars llowed, but their weight drew th( gine from its slight 1hold upoI A te olpposite bank and in an in ant engine, tender and cars weni wn. The fall was terrible, and to rattling of' the breaking iroms id timbers were heard above thi< >ise of the storm, telling the ter 1)le story of (loath and dlestrue on. When tihe engine Went dowr to engineer andl his fireman were( their posts and were buried b)e aath the mass ofiron and timbers. ho engine was p)ulling 16 freight Lrs anid a cab. 15 of the cars fol wed the engine in its terriible (1e sent,while the 16th hung over th<( ige of the chasm preventing th< ib from going (downi and thereb3 tving the lives of the condluctoi id two brakesmnan. JQSEPH WESTON, zoot & Shoe Make,, Over Wash. Howell's Beef Market, ain St., GREEN~iLLE, S. C. F you want to save money call omi JOS. W ESTON and have yom oots and Shoes made to Order, anid Aarateed perfect fits. Reparingboth neatly, cheaply ani 'romptly done, for Cas h. Dec 21-1v lloon &CON Just Received TONS GU ANO. ANI) BIK Supplie (d. Apor 18--tf