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

upon that crop will have to buy corn until their
own corn ismxsprid, and that will be much laa
4 yAssxaa Aa }Gssr cannot be ed
THE RxILRoAps---No MAILS.
The Spartanburg and Union Railroad stands
all right, and the trains have been able to run
regularly. Through the watchfulness aud ,inces-
SAINT work of Mr.. Andrew Murdock, the super
visor of Bridges and Trcstlcs, the bridge across
Broad River stands uninjured. Weare informed
that Mr.. MurIock, with the hands under his COM
mand worked all day Sunday in flats and kept
the masses of drift wood trees, s.; Eat con-
tin"ally foa'cd down 4 b',Gi diameter and piers OF
The @ @Hsssiruck wooden pier with trems q, me .
force' and would have carried the latter,away,
hut by extraordinary cxertion it was quickly
dislodgcd without doing any injury. Although
the river was very high on Monday, an engine
passed safely over it. As there were no trains
arriving from Columbia to Aston. it was thought
prudont'ts- the Train Oh, lSiLS of tb, u
river and send the mail and passeng7rs across
on hand car until the water suhlhled and the
true condition of the bridge could be asccr-
tanned. 1t is now considered safss.s
No trains passed over the GfSssnille & Column
ha road from Columbia&o Aston fr0m Saturday
to yesterday, y,--rhur>lay We lqarn that the
road is badly damaged, and it will be some days
before regular trains will be able to pass
SAD ACCIDENT. ~
We regret to state that last Friday sad Acct
dent occurred rs the train was passing bver
Broadway trcslc, on the Anderson branch of
the G. and e. H. H., by which James Wilson, the
Engineer n Fireman AMI the Conductor we're
killed.
Since the above was put in type the Gyeenv!le
Ae''s Of Sunday has come through, and init We
find the details of the disaster, from which we |
take the following:
The Anderson train departed for Andcrsorp
with engine and baggage car only. and whstif
crossih9pyer broadway trcstle all wen. n own ~
distance OF % or GO feet, umbers anCFdrIft un-
dcrneath 10 or l5 feet. Mr.. T.afoy, the conduc.
tor, and MIR. kitsngcr, baggage master, wore
found one hundred yards below in the creek. :
manglcd and dead. The bodies of Mr.. Wilson.
the engineer. and one fireman, Allen johnson.
col, are still under the wreck partially covered
by water, and cannot be taken out until the en-.
glne is moved in some way, which is lying on
tlnoerS. both the eng ne and tender being bott-
tom upwards ri
THE AIRLINE ROAD. II
We hear that much damage has been done orX
this road, by washes and land slides, and tbat
one OF two lives haze been lost. No trains bay6
passed over the road since last Friday, up II
ii
THE MAILS. II
We have received no mails ak this place from
my section since last Saturday, and Oe ac.
counts we receive of the diissfers areaeccssari-
y very meagre, and probably, in some Instances,
exaggerated.
DISASTERS IN srARrAABrnG
The following list of disasters from the rains
We take from the Spartanburg papers: ;
On facoet Riyer; the Rolling Mill bridge, at
hurricane Shoals; Golfers Ford Camps: New
Prospect McMnllin's. a :
rank Andcrsons Dautzlcr's.
On Enorec James Anderson's Bennett's
The Cow-Fori bridge Fair Forest, anCSthe
ridge over Ferguson's Greek, We learn, areAlso
one
"e also learn that the dam at the Rollne
iill, Bells Mill dam, the dam at Biyine syille !,
nj the dam at Hngerville are all broken AL q
D that W. H. Fosters Saw Mill on Pacolet and
' and D. JackSons mill on Obid's Creek are =,
ashed away. L
IL is said that the lioward's Gap bridge across !.
reen River. in North Carolina, one of the high u
Il bridges i'll this country, has been carried, Z
way and we arc informed that great injury .
rs been done to DR.. McAbry's and the other u
rms in that section. II
VANCE, frtianaaapr " j. Vance IVES nomi- %
'ted as the Conservative candidate for Governor ~
on the first ballot Let tie " clkin *
ng from one end of the State TO the ether that u
C people man has been placed in tie lead by
c people, and will lead the people to victory
xt November. Tho nomination of a candidate -
+ Governor OF the State of North Carolina By di
unanimous vote is something MHfHard of in q,
c politics of the State, and can augtA only an
len for good 1t shows the unanimity and
termination which pervatss our party. and &C
csnges an oYcrMhclm sYiclorY = HHnrlon. Ii