The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-06-29
The Freghet.


by tho most destructive rain storm
over witnessed by our oldest citizens,
No one seems ablo to recall rain of
such severity and duration, or ono the
effects of which were 30 disasterous to
land and growing drops. On Thurs
day morning about O'Clock heavy,
stoady rain sot in, which increased
until 10 O'Clock, whom the windows Of
hoavon scomed to be opened and the.
rain camo down for. ovor throe hours
in unbrokon streams. Our. Oldest
citizens said at onoo they never saw
80 hard o rain for such length of
timo, and tho accounts of disasters
from it's offocts show their opinions
Wo havo hoard individuals estimate
their damage at from fivo hundred to
two thousand dollars, including land
and crops, and in many cases wo do
not regard the figures. as oxtravagant.
Whom We say that wheat crops stand-
ing in tho field uncut, sprouted and
scnt out green shoots, ono can i'm
| agine tho condition of tho weather
and atmosphere and the injury to the
crops. Tho general damage to land
and crops is variously estimated Mt
from ono to- fivo hundred thousand
dollars. 1t cannot fall under tho for
mor figure, for wo believe the injury
to small grain of all kinds will exceed
that amount. Lato and fuller nc
counts OF the great frcshet havo been
received too lato for this issue, which
show that tho oXtont and damage done
by it, especially in tho mountains, is
far greater than at first supposed In
our next issue wo will givo somo ac>
count Of tho offocts of several wator
spouts on tho head waters of Chauga
and Chatuga, as woll as special instan-
ces of complete destruction of crops.
Tho Anderson Intel!igencer says
Tho hoavy and almost inoossant rains
of last week resulted in immense dam.
ago to tho growing crops, and changed
tho fair prospect for an abundant har>
vest into dosolation and wide spread
ruin. From all SECTIONS Of the county
we receive accounts Of tho great do
struotion to the grain crops especially.
Whnok 20 onI oil
wero just harvested, and tho damage
is quito extensive from the fact that
much Of it has sproutcd in tho shocks
and Is considered almost worthless -
Such portions as wore not harvested
woro blown TO tho ground, and only
small quantity will bo saved thoro>
from. Tho bottom lands wcro over.
flowed TO such an oxtcnt that in many
instances their culture for this season
will be entirely abandoned, whilo the
uplands are washed to q torrblo ex>
tent, and great gulios wcro mado by
the floods Of water bursting through
tho hillside bitches. Hundreds OF
bushels Of grain has become 3 tct::!
loss in boing carried away by tho sur.
ging wators which ovcraowcd tho
fields. In evory imaginable way the
frcshct has inflicted damage and loss
upon the farmers, which will aggro-
cato thousands of dollars and impov-
orsh our citzons to fearful cxtont.
A special dispatch to tho News and
Courier, dated Columbia, s. c., Juno
10, says:
A considerable portion of tho tract
Of tho Greenville and Columbia Raile
road, between Columbia and Alston,
is covered with water, and is oonsid>
cred unsafe. Travel is suspended. -
Tho line of the road in tho Saluda
valley is also submerged. There will
be no trains between Columbia and
Grocnville before next Thursday.
All the bridges over tho Saluda are
down, this rivor being higher than in
twenty ycars. Tho rock dam Of tho
Saluda factory near Columbia, and tho
lower dam OF tho Camperdown mills
at Greenvillo, are both destroyed.
The Bluo Ridge Road is impassn.
bic at several points by reason of
broken culverts and washouts.
The damage Inflicted upon tho rail-
roads, bridges and crops is great, but
cannot be uccuratolv datorminod for