The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-07

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vas higher than Al any time slnes The mnfn1r
able food " iaIO. witch was The highest on
record The Oldham lirouk, the principal
tributary ~ the passaIo near Paterson. Just
ai1vo the city, ruse with great fapldify, and
shout two .. m. burst through the ! tliam n
Oldham, Tho torrent thu. sld.iesL released
rushed hiroualy down the slfcan. sweeping
all bcforu n. including saveaI bridges and q
part of the horscrairoad track. A brek aud
stone arch bridge orrt,d hy tho county nj
cost Of $3.50 ten years avo. aud recently ~
paifvd NJ cost of ss,On0 more, ON ltefwoods
avenue, nenr the city alinshouse. wes uador.
mined and washed away by tho fe-stisss Hood
DR. Myers. tho city physician, driving up 10
the Institution and 10 visit the smaIlpnx pa.
tients, got 10 tho bridEu ~ tho food was beat
Ing sayaTciy against II. ITO urged his horse
over, and had harcly rrschcsi the other side
whom hs heard bchlud him Htcrrino roar, and
Iocsins back saw tho whele bridge tumbiei
Into the stream and carried down the channel
A massive retaining wall Of stone adjoining
the bridge 10 protect tho aIns-house property
from cncroachmenis by the stream also went
down with q rush, and 10 a iwinkiins tho mad
torrent wns eating lts way into the sand-bank
on which Tho Him+ house rests.
Martin itorsitar, q gentleman aged about
seventy, lived In 4 pleasant cottage along tho
river bank. ncar tho outlet of tho Oldham
brook. with his family, and hal some ins
stock on hts farm. About three O'Clock he
tried 10 drive along tho doad near tho river,
when tho Hood came down with such Q sud
den rush that bcforo he GOULD get out uf IL
way hc was swept into the swift current OF tho
river. and. with horse and wagon, was whiricd
down and out of sight before any ono could
extend him helping hand.
All tho cellars along tho river below ths falls
were Hooded. and seycraIof tho adjacent mills
had their lower noors iiled win water. 10 tho
toa' na'nase of 'heir mscninsy. Inc snops
oine EroAt locomotive wprks naa 20 smut
u1wn on a.coun' oi .ne srest nvcd.
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'ae 1hooln pnuss' sposc 'ne CITY, 'nat y mr.
sny EAv. way, snu vent COWS WIN m'En'y
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'e't ana tn' o'nrf apous ninety feet rcsuns
on nn island ~ me nyer. me hrilke COS.
npou, snoo N ah. II was one OF mn best
, bridges In tho country. thc niasonry and super
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from ths sid"vsits to tsc,p 'fr,rt duor.p ~,
rasins road ssvsr Vi ch smpsins mar th
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