Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1884 — A Massive Sheet of Flame. [ARTICLE]

A Massive Sheet of Flame.

Many singular incidents and accidents and miraculous esoapes are reported in connection with the recent cyclone, says a Columbia (8. C.) dispatch. A reliable gentleman oi Aikeri County, who, suiiered severe losses, says the roof of his baru was taken off and the dry fodder caught up in the whirlwind, and as it was being carried round and round' a sheet of lightning passing through ignited the fodder, and for a distance of one mile the eloud appeared to be a massive sheet ol fame. He describes this scene as grand beyond conception. He narrowly escaped being caught up in the fiery element, his face being badly burned. Martin . Mingo, a colored man of Midway, weighing 200 pounds, was blown 200 yards. At the edge of a swamp he caught a small bush and held on until the storm was over. His overcoat was blown four miles.