Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-21

tL 1T ana honorable human aqu6tics
ne Hater having risen three inches above the
centennial and eight inches above the Harri-
son marx Friday night the clouds poured a
ReIlect R oeiuge upon the city. and the very
from their foundations. The mighty aaoS
oI water, or course. swelled the Ocmulgee
greater than ever, So with the coming OF
5es.eraay morning, the river presented view
roiied up into the park, washing clear across
tue nl'e tracx. We took drive through The
PARK Yesterday afternoon with Mr.. Clay and
FOUND the water at the park gate nearly to the
hub of the wheel while Just b4hind the grand
STAND the water came nearly into the buggy
All ne hover beds are perfectly submerged
East Macon nearly TO the factory, is submerg-
60, Nh1e boat houses. etc have been swept
away. Thousands of people visited the river
curing the day, and many took boat rides
where only the day before were houses and
saru-ns Such a sight has never before oc-
CURED IN these parts ia the recollection Of the
Atlanta C,1lstituti0n About one O'Clock
Wednesday night an effort was made to bur
elarze Dr. J. TOdd's residence. ~ Marietta
street The doctor. before retiring, left q
ignt burntng in The hall. which was to be ex-
uuguished by the servant when he came in.
ABOUT one O'Clock the doctor aWoke. and see
ing the light yet burning got up and extin-
gushing it returned TO bed. Just as he was
lying down he heard rattle at one Of the
windows in hts bedroom, but as it was IN the
midst OF that terrible storm which prevailed
that night paid no attention to it. and went to
sleep. but soon the same noise at the window
again aroused him. and at the same time his
wiz. look at the window soon convinced
both the doctor and bis lady that the noise was
not being made by the storm, but by q burglar
VINO vas attempting TO effect an entrance
BY hosting the sash. Being OF calm
was TO capture or XIII the intruder
he knew that his pistol was in one or the
bureau drawers, but could not tell where He
also knew to look for it would DO to frighten
HsFs1F To- 4
doctor said, i want some water; I'm thirsty
and getting up he went through the dining
room ioto the servants apartmBn., where he
eWoEe boy TO send for policeman. He then
returned to his room. and thinking the burglar
would not be so easily frightened, began a
search for his pistol. This had an undesired
effect, for the would-be thief skipped out.
Hoping to capture him, this doctor grabbed an
old sword which ha been resting by the hat
rack for a long time and gave chase Deter
mined not 70 be out9oue by her husband Mrs
Todd jumped from the bed, AMI flying to tire
ourean, instantly picked up the dsrringer
her husband had been looking for, ard
11ineA IN the chase At the door she sighted
the fleeing robber and with a nerve equal 10
the occasion drew bead upon him and fired
but it is supposed without effect. An examinA-
tiOn showed that the burglar had taken a flour
barrel from under the house and placed In un.
der the y indOw. He then got uDo1 this and
prsing open the blinds. began raising the win
dow, which he got up about q foot and under
which he hadt reste1 a stick, when the doctor
awoke. Mrs. Tod, whose nerve shows true
courage, is a small lady whose general annearr
ancs would Indicate anything but the true
bravery she Gisp aged upon this occasion
There i every reason to believe the wou.d-be
burglar viii be captured. as Dr. Todd has an
idea who he is"
A commupicaii n from Roswell to the At
lanLa Constitution says: Never within the
recollection OF our Oldest citizens has our town
been VISITED by such a disaS. rous frsshet The
tremendous and iEcessant rains for the INST
tNFt-p HArg have Cnmn0tsIvy AIEaa
that nothing ia the way of bridges, dams an
mill-laces have been able to stand the immense
now of water. Every briigs and dam in this
section have been carried away, with the single
exception Of the new dam owned by the Ros-
well cotton mil. Grimes bridge gave waV
early Thursday morning. aud the heavy tim
barS. carriei by such immense force took
away portion Of the dam and some two hun
dred yards of race belonging to the Laurel
Mills Company. The lower and old dam of
the Roswell cotton mill was swept away this
morning, and for long time many were ap-
prehensive as to whether the new dam wouid
be able 10 stand The dam at Lebanon flour
ing mill. We learn, has been considerably In
jarel. though not entirely gone as was first
supposed. The losses sustained by these mills
cannot yet be fully estimated though il is
thought 10 be something over s.. eco They are
both backed by good companies and managed
by men who will az once proceed to repair the
damage done, and we hope soon to see them in
operation again. Our mail facilities are all
shut OF for few days. every bridge on both
routes having DcS1 washed away. "
The Augusta Chronicle and ConstitatfonaI-
fsf of Saturday gives the following account Of
the freshet in that place and neighborhood;
Yesterday morning the town was early ON its
feet Citizens in the upper part of the city
swoke to find their back lots submerged The
front streets hemmed In, aud the side streets a
slJiCe way for canal and river combined On
upper Reynolds the water flowed freely in
owing to the breaking of the dam on West
Boundary, near Hawks gully. Down Jones,
Bay, NH and Reynolds the red flood had
crept, until the waters edges at McKinne,
MsFnury. kollock and Cumming wanted but q
few feet of Broad, the raised street crossings
dammiug it from our business thoroughfare.
On upper Broad, all around the Httle reser-
yOir, fronting Quality Range. and extending
nearly TO Mcklnne, the water had covered
the green, filled up the bitches. and
from the head OF Greene street to the foot of
Schultz hil in Carolina, q muddy level of
river surface could be seen. Around the En-
terprise factory, Augusta aud Knoxville Rail-
road depot and tracks, at the foot of Clarks
mills near the base OF the Augusta factory
completely encirclinR the street car stables,
Excelsior mills. ice factory, water works,
Miier's mil. a winding, eddying sheet OF water
had exGeuded, which seemed about to Jon
currents with the river at Kollock and Cum
ming streets, especially. These are natural
freShets, are always swiftest there. Long
before old Augusta, fort, wss ever
founded, Que can picture the primitive food
a. it rushed over the swamp bottom,
turbed channel through Cumming street,
where lay the old lagoon, swept the wile-
spreading bases OF the willows, threaded
through the canebrakes below Dublin and
Joined the river beyond South boundary street
But il didn't do SO this time. For although the
water arose above the level of Broad street,
the fiji ed-up lands, the close planked fencing,
grsded streets and high pitched crossings
around farker's Row, and other improved lots
on upper Reynolds, saved the centre of the
city much damage. Early in the morning
g. \
business. Many OF our citizens were cut of
from the town by narrow water strips, and
hal to be transported over temporary ferry
ways
Says the Hawkinsville Dispatch: "we con-
tinue 10 hear good results in farming in this
peCt on last year Mr.. John D. Dupree, OF this
county, made is bales of cotton. averaging
over so pounds, on thirty-two acres He also
was all done with two mules or horses. He
used only 1850 pounds Of fertilizers, or about
81 pounds TO the acre"
Says the Columbus Enqttfrer-Sun The train
from Macon. due here at 40 p. m, did not ar
rive until p. m. The delay was caused by an
accident which occurred on Wednesday. The
freight train due here at 7:l5 p. m, when near
Fort Valley, met with an accident which came
near proving serious. Just as the train was
nearing the thirty three mile post wheel OF
one of the freight cars broke, untracking 1t
and three others. This spread the track and
caused another accident. A second freight
hind. and ran into the cab before a
warning signal could be given. There were
eight cars of this train untracked, one of which
ia a complete wreck. A large force Of hands
were Immediately dispatched to the scene and
are eng ged In clearing the wreck and repair
ing the track The through freight train from
Macon to Montgomery was prevented from
reaching Macon, ard transfer was made at
the wreck IL was thought by to-day the track
wi | be all right and trains run as usual. A car
of the train bringing the Carreno troupe
let the track within few miles OF Eufaula,
thus delaying the company an hour or two.
They arrived at p. NJ"
The Ia.e rains caused a freshet in the Chat
tahOochee, which was seriously felt at Colum-
bus The Times OF Saturday says: But few
hsve any idea of the quantity of water which
has fallen within the past two or three days.
The river has been steadily rising, and late
yesterday evening was on q regular boom,
wanting only few inches OF being as high as
ago About noon the Eagle & Phenix and
MuscGgee factories and the City mills were
forced 70 suspend operations, and from the
present outlook, il is not probable that they
will be able to resume before the first OF next
week. This throws large number Of people
cut Of employment, some of whom are depend
ent upon each days labor for the next days
support. The streets are in very sloppy con-
dition."
The ThomasviIle Times reports that "nuite
an accident occurred on the Savannah Florida
and Western Railway near Ochlockonea
station on Wednesday. The down freight col
lided with the tie train. The engineers and
firemen on both engines seeing that collision
was inevitable, jumped from their respective
engiaes and thus saved themselves. One train
hand a colored man. had his knee injured.
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