Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-06-26
Great Destruction Of property,


been visited by such an overflow aus occurred
on Saturday afternoon On Friday there Was
hcavy rain, which SO snturated the earth
that 1t could containn no more and what fell
afterwards remained on the surface EarIv
on Saturday morniug thcrewas sliehtshow-
er BUTT soon ceased, though the clouds re-
NAMED heavy and lowering, At one o'clock
the rain began to fall and for two hours itfell
IN torrents, deluging tho streets in every d
rect'on' so that many of them were entirely
lmpossable, At O'clock that part of Ioun.
bard street lying between Bond and Canal
streets, was an unbroken sheet of water. and
the culverts leading into the tunnel of Canal
street was not Sufficient to carry off the wa
ter.
The wotcr oyorhowcd tho sidewalks, but it
dld not recede into tho houses. Attic inter
section of Canal and Pratt streets tho water,
Mas about two feet deep and most of tho cell
lars wore filled. There was only ono house,
however, into which the flood found its way.
Tho contcctioner store of Miss j. A. Keller.
was Hooded to tho depth of about six inches.
but the warning was sufficient to enable her
to remove everything before any damage was
sustained. tT
AT the corner of Canal and McEldcrry
streets the water was about three. feet In
depth, but the street is low at that point. on
Iva fow cellars suffered lying nearest
to Hartford Run. AT the corner of Baltimore
and Canal streets, too, tho way was impassa-
bic to pedestrians, and those having the con-
troll ofvehicles compelled pedestrians to pay
we'll for the passages. 1nOld Town, gcner-
ally. the streets were overhowcd and many
cellars were filed. Such a scene of excite
menthas rarely occurred, and it is we'll that
1t occurred in the day time, or the desruc-
ton would have been much greater. AS it
Is: tue damage will reach to many thousands
OF dollars, but it was impossible Yesterday
10 arrive at an approximations of tho real dam
age.
The damage done along the line Of Jones
where. Atthe cornor of Saratoga and IIoI-
hday streets the water was about Eve feet
high, and Messrs. Register & Webb lost q
Valuable horse. The water rose so rapidly
that air. Wobb attempted to drive away from,
his establishment, when his horse slinped
and fell, and before assistance could reach
him he drowned.
There was a good deal Of excitement Mt
Lombard street arr Jones' Falls. Messrs.
ing q bridge nycr tho faIs at that point. and
had driven piles, upon which was erected
staging upon which to convey over the iron
spars whith areto form the strength of the
structure. The woter rose rapidly at this
point, and ut half past five o'clock it became
evident that the whole temporary abutments
Just lnid up would also be swept off bv the
torrent, but they remained firm, and we're not
injured. Shortly after six O'clock the piles
gaye way and the lumber on them was swept
away by tho torrent. The damage was about
$500, most of the lumber being old and OF
little value. At halfpast six O'Clock the
waters began to subsidc, and at nine o'clock
the streets were again in a passable condi-
tion. III
On THE FREpERIcK RoAD.--on the Fred.
erick road, distant about five miles, the farms
of Messrs. L. g. Hewlett. Peter Zcil, George
Nj, Gill Mr.. Gabler aud Mr.. Hardesty, have
suffered from the inuudation On the farm
of Mr.. Uardesty walls of stone moeo wasbo1e
out and thrown down, and the fencing scat
tered: A small stream making down thro'
n raNine rose and crossed the pike SO rapidly
as TO endanger life, Henry Vincent, the
driver of tho Catonsville stage, was about
crossing the stream with his coach full of pas
scngers, when an immense body of water.
gathered from tributaries above, come down
upon; him and tloated the stage. The waters
were near getting the mastery of the horses,
but Alr. Sncent, with great presence ofmind
urged them forward, aud the vehicle and its
living freight were literally dragged from the
JAWS otdoatii. The passengers Immediately
made up purse OF money and presented it !
to Mr.. yincentas an Acknowledgment of his
action ON tho occasion. About the same time
several teamsters attempted to drive their |
teams loaded with bricks across the stoam. |
Two succeeded III reaching tho Shallow por-
ton of the flood, but the third was swept a.
way and The horses were drowned The |
driver escaped. a number of sheep and hogs |
have been swept from farms, and persons
were busy yesterday in recovering their car
cases washed ashore all along the different
lIARroRD BuS--In this small stream. as |
is frequently tho case, tho water rose rapid |
ly, and soon filled the mouth Of the tunnel at |
ofBond and &bbDttstree;s. On |
either side Of the run, from Abbott street TO |
broadway, there is n row OF small brick ten |
ements. The cellars of these were filed with |
water, and tho out-houses, sheds,nnd fences
washed away. Thedanlage, however, pecu.
niariiy, does not amount.to much This To- /
cality is rather used to ilu occasional washing /
ont of the SORT a small portion of the tun-
nelfat its mouth, was washed away. ALL
along therun, Units passage to Central ave.
me, cellars were more OF less inundated.
No part OF tho tnnneling q: Central avenue +
was injured as fur as We could perceive,
a remarkable cseapeo Of a boy occurred at /
the tnnne! across Chew street Al youth
naned John Bryson, aged about sixteen
years, wislic endeaYcring toeatch a foatingi
tub, fell IN and wiss carried through the tuns
ssi distance of thfce oT ss3:is squares, and |
Vas resenga, upon emerging below, by a gep-
tIenaIl npincyi vera. phe yo1.h feeeiyodl
no oiHlnry il his pesilous Journey 10 the dark +
wateTe. s
s Loss or LisEF no flood has not heen am
nttenaed wifh iosssof life. We have gathes-
cd the parIicslats connected witli tie follows |
islg Three celoped geiNangs &c Mrs Frads |