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Show THE CYCLONE'S FURY South Carolina Towns Ravaged by a Wind Storm of Great Severity. A BSIDGE BLOWN TEOM ITS PIEKS. Many Lives Lost and Many People Badly Injured by Falling Houses Meagre Details, 1 Columbia, S. C, March 24. Particulars Particu-lars of Saturday's storm, snys the fury of the cyclone was principally felt in Sumter, whore much damage was done. Ida Richards was killed by a house falling. Two men, names unknown.were fatally injured. Many were ba lly bruised and hurt. The railroad bridge ovor the Brand river at Shelton was blown oft its piers. An unknown man was standing on the bridge and was carriod away. In Chestor county the tornado did great damage. At Blaekstock one woman and several ehildron were fatally injured. In the city a score of convicts nt the penitentiary narrowly escaped death. An immense ventilating roof was blown off. It is reported the town of Prosperity was swept away, but as wires are down nothing can be learned. It is feared immense im-mense damage was done. At Camden thocyblone struck a house killing Mrs. Eastern. |