The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1876-06-23
he Week of Rain.

The news we have received from a., parts Of
the County gives us melancholy accounts of the
destruction of crops, washing of land and wreck
ing of Bridges For seven consecutive 'fys tie
rain fell almost necessarily, oftcN y t1rrey,s
and accompanied by strong winds and hail
The creeks and rivers were higher than lad been
known for many years, while the lands hdjou-
ing them were completely ovcrhoN\d that
corn five feet high could not be sss.t< The
overflow continued for at least three dSSsApd
in some casesAho wateTsc have ot,retiredy
gentleman of vcracity informs us that what
is known OF the Pacoct river as tho Norris
Land, containing four hundred acres of the
finest "hOttom land of that section, on Sunday |
morning last one vast sheet Of watcr-he
did not believe there was one acre of il that could
be seen. lie also informs us that the bridges Of
Trough Shoals and Hurricane Shoals, in Spar
,anhurg County, were Completely carried aw;IS.
Murphy's, Bca,y's anil Gi,t's Bridges, on ~
ger River in this county, are all gone and the
bottom lands along their banks completely OVER
flowed.
The only bridge on Fair Forest tla, has been
carried away is that Of Eicc's.
The destruction Of grain is truly lamcntahlc.
The wheat in the shock has sproucd in every |
instance, and not less than onc-h half the crop4is
either totally destroyed seriously injured |
that it will hardly make -four fit for use. fhc |
oat crop also has been seriously damegel bat
not moro than on, quarter of the tpG -sS2l i
promised TWO weeks ago will he ma11
The corn on the bottom lands will, in almost
every case have to he rcplantcd but it Will be
three or four days from cren before much Of !
the land will hc in condition for replanting.
Where corn can he straightcned up from the I!
ground, the plant is so brittle fsom the amount
of sap in it that it breaks off, willie more Of it
is found dead at the heart, from being under
water so long. Another sad effect Of the terri
bic rains is the ruin of much of the finest bot
tom lands hy washing.
From all that can learn from friends in all
parts of the County, the destruction was so
great that the prospects 70: crops of every kind
are truly alarming. Had tho oat crop been
saved it would have been of incalculablc value.
rs food for stock but now those who had relied
upon that crop will have to buy corn until their
own corn is maturedr and that will he much la,l
.ss Than " Tbs loss cannot be estimated
IN dollar, al lkhis. -l
THE RAILRoADs--So MAILS.
The Sprtanburg and Union Railroad stands
all right, and the trains have been able to run
| icgulary. Through the watchtulncss and, d,nccs
SAINT work of Mr. Andrew Murlock, the suIcr-
visor of Bridges and Trcs,cs, the bridge across
Broad River stands uninjured' Wca informed
that Mr.. Murlock, with the hands under his com
manl worked all day SUNDAY in flats AM kept
,.:r
'"""y foa'ci down i|b,',-:-fi - fiver from Tiers of
the nriLlssaI Al great risk to their lives
49, tree, four feet in diameter and abor
nk, feet loug, struck wooden pier with trcmeA
di- force, and would have carried the lattclk LAVA
'' u, hu, by extraordinary cxcr,on it vas tnck
r,, disloigcd withou, doing any injury. Athou2
hat the river was very high Monday, an ens
de- passed safely over it. As there were. no trai
'"e arriving from Columbia to Aston, ii was thong
us. prudent, Ia kccls the irain or,,l nluSI !
the river and send the mail and passengers aero
ON II hani car until the water subsidized and /
-, true condition Of the bridge could lie asc'
,rp tanned. |, is now considered safe
,.. W trains passed OVER the GresiIile '"l"
i,o hia roaL from Cplumbiak .\lsun from Satur'i
,.r to yesterday ,-rhur>l lay. We iGnrn that I
mr. road is badly damaged. and it will hc some J
,,c before regular train, i'll be able to pass.
,Lc $40 >""irE>r.
.; We regret to STAT" that las, Friday n sad 4c
.,. dent occurred rs the train was passing b,
,c,, Broadway rc,tlr On tho Anderson bran@
,h. the &. auI {. L. L., hy which Jamc, Wilson
l. Engineer a Fireman an! the Conductor ~
,hc killed.
vcr Since the above put in type the (ycerY
anal N.,cS Of sunday has come through aud init
and find the details Of the disaster, from which
In take the following:
,h- The Anderson train departed frr Amber
t;. with engine and baggag" car G'ly, amA vi
-" crossing over broadway trcstIc all went COW
anne distance of - on 80 feet, tinhcrs and drift
lex dcrnca,h 10 or II feet. MIR. lafoy. TIE con'
test tor. AMI Mr.. kitsingcr baggage master W
, found one hundred yards below i'll the ere
"'' manglcl anl dead The bodies of Nr. wills
; re- the engineer. and one fireman, Allen john
cas- col. are still under the wreck partially coy.
ina. by water AMI cannot he taken ont until the
- umc is moved in some way, which is lying
49, timbcrS, both the engine and tender being
lom upwards.
- THE AIRLINE ROAD.
Il; We hear that much damage has been don,
the this roal, by washes and land slides, and
ack- orc or ,wo lives have been lost, No trains
pp, ,o.,o1 ,,or ,,,c ro,l since last Friday II
gate f'
tory yesterday.
pub THE MAILS
all We have received no mails ut this place
men any section since last Saturday, and the
':T counts wc receive of the disasters are ncCcs
er a ly very meagre, AMI probably, in some tStar
king exaggerated ->--
cnd- DISASTERS IN srARrAHHuHG.
The following list of disasters from the I:
c. we take from the Spartanhurg papers: