The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 16

State's Most Destructive Tornado Killed 67 Persons TU most eWrwctlve tornado la motor Sovtfc Carolina klstory tnrM 12) miles from Alloa to Florence comUei April leering 17 ed, C7 Injured and 4 Iwrnea tatroyed. Five tornadoes kit Charleston 8pC 29, 1131, causing major property damage, killing 21 persona and o'estroyiiyj 110 buildings. Soatfc Carolina tornadoes which Um were lost an: Aug I. till May 7, 1111 it it 1 si Storm Throws Mobile Home Tk tesflilt (as aI tkat AashM-itf ond flung it ocron the rood into the A ftkla maUIU k.AMa am It ika) Kamia front of a brkk home. The flooring of Fabric Shop Overturned I- Severe storm caused major property damage (One mllltoo dollars) and killed mm person.

Severe tornado struck Man nlng. killed 4, Injured 17 and caused considerable property damage. The storm originated la Orangeburg County, and moved Into Clarendon County. A well defined tornado along a Orangeburg Clarendon Greenville five-mile path killed one per eon, cauaed 843.000 property damage. Hampton A small tornado caused 818.000 damage, one death and Injured people.

Storm path II miles long between Hampton and the Selkahatchie River about 130 feet wide. Barnwell Tornado over a short path killed I. Injured and caused 83000 damage. Aiken Very destructive tornado along Big Horsecreek Valley, killed Injured 20, caused 1 45,000 dsmsge. Anderson Tornado over 100 miles la path, Greenville killed 10, Injured 100 with major Spartanburg property damage.

This was the Union most severe tornado In this York area since the Townville tor nsdo of about 40 years previous. Aiken The most destructive tornado Lexington to vlait South Carolina during Richland modern times, traveled 133 Sumter miles from Aiken to Florence Lee Counties, killed 17, Injured 678. Darlington la these 2 tornadoes 43 homes Florence were destroyed, 2333 people were affected, 710 families affected. Lee Tornado killed 2, rendered 22 homeless. Lexington Tornado over a short path killed 2, Injured 9.

Pickens Tornado killed 9 people, Injured 10. This destructive tornado passed through the edge of the village, 130,000 damage. Anderson Destructive tornado, killed Laurens people and injured 40 with considerable property damage. Richland Kershaw Barnwell Tornado killed I person, Injured 12, 1500 damage. Small tornado In connection with hurricane, killed one, injured several, 83500 damage.

Either the aame or 2 tornadoer caused' 8200,000 property damage, killed 4 people, Injured 34, damaged or demolished 33 homes. Tornado over a 45-mile path was very destructive, killed 19 people, Injured 100, rendered 80 families homeless, with major property damage. Path of storm one mile, minor property damage, killed one person. A very destructive tornsdo caused 8250,000 property damage, killed one person, Injured 30, wrecked 50 homes. The path of the storm approximately 13 miles, barely missed the business district.

Series of 8 very destructive tornadoes caused major Spartanburg Cherokee Anderson Greenville Laurens Colleton Anderson Charleston property damage, killed 32 people, injured several hundred. Tornado over a 5-mile path demolished 6 homes, 85000 damage, killed one person and injured 6. Five houses demolished, 1 small boy killed. A destructive tornado of major intensity entered South Carolina near Iva, followed by a series of tornadoes over a path of 80 miles extending into Newberry County. Eighteen were killed, 116 injured, 83 homes destroyed, 206 damaged, 124 other buildings destroyed and 128 damaged, including the Greenwood Hospital.

Tornado over a 35-mile path did 810.000 property damage, in- McCormick Kershaw Anderson Abbeville Greenwood Newberry Anderson jured 2 people, killed one. Greenville Thunderstorm with some Spartanburg evidence of tornado action, 2 fatalities, damage 8225,000. Saluda-Aiken A tornado over a 10-mile path caused 1-2 million dollars damage and 2 fatalities. This tornado was accompanied by a severe hail storm which caused major crop damage. Hail storms in this and associated areas resulted in 82,000,000 crop damage.

Aiken A tornado in nearby Augusta killed people: The severe thunderstorm associated with this tornado moved northeastward across Horsecreek Valley causing 811,000 property damage. Calhoun Tornado was observed forming Clarendon near Creston about 2:00 p.m. Williamsburg and moved rapidly ENE disappearing near Kingstree around A more or less continuous path was left by the storm from Creston to Sum-merton with the funnel frequently in contact with the ground. Dillon Tornado moved NE along 4 1-2 mile path about 3 a.m. causing extensive property damage, injuring 12 people, killing three.

Storm moved across Dillon. York Aug M.1III Nov. 17, 111! Dec. 10. 130 March 7, 1922 April JO, 134 April 90,1134 June 13, 134 Aug.

10,1921 March IS, 199 April 23, 1K9 April S3, 1929 Oct. 1,1929 March 22, 1932 May 8, 1933 AprilS, 1936 Sept. 29, 1938 May 8, 1939 Dec. 1,1942 April 16, 1944 May 10, 1945 May 10, 1952 March 13, 1955 May 24, 1955 April 22, 1958 Sept 29, 1963 This mobile home, which housed a fabric shop near Calhoun Falls, was was destroyed and overturned by the storm. A short distance down the road, the Slaton Motel Into House was 4iits4 lawin aI tAsitl ru-irtitinnt nrA furnlihlnnt three persons killed, which was destroyed.

-J Trees Knocked Over Like Tenpins God in Abbeville, Pine trees in the path of the storm were knocked over like tenpins. This patch of trees was located a short distance from the Spiritual Church of 4.