The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02

bldIy fright ned.
The small schooner of WATSON K Dan
ieIs was blown ashore. Two or three hsl
iIg o upset on the sound and al
the fish that we're caught lost
IN A COUNTY.
Durham Plant says: Tie heavy rain
Sunday night did great damage lere.>
bouts. The mill dams at HUDSON ;,
Stroud. Clayton's. McAuley ; and Pure.
foy's mills. IN Orange county, we're all
swept away. All the bridges 10 the
rcighborhood. 30 far a heard from,
shared the same fate. The waters have
never been known 70 be 80 high before.
L,w grounds are all inundated, and much
fencing has been destroyed. The wheat
in mary places Is seriously damaged, the
soil having been washed from the roots
When the dam broke at StroudS pond
many fish were left in the corn feds. ard
a. five or six barrels OF them were picked
IN by those who chose TO wad 10 the
mud after them. some Of the white o.
silver perch weighing as much az three
pounds.
II CASTOR COUNTY.
Gastonia GidzeHe: During the late
storm fire trees were struck and cow be
longing to Mr. Abe Stowe was killed by
lightning. The iron bridge across Little
Broad IN Cleveland sank beneath the
waves. Ii was finished In October and
" II be a great loss to the county. Also,
the recently completed bridge on the
Oh, ster x Cheraw Railroad, over the
Catawba river, was swept away, ten days
alter It wa finished.
IN RANDOLPH COUNTY.
The Pdtrtot says: The waters IN
Uwharlie we're perhaps higher than ever
known. The county bridge one nj {
south of TrInitv College was badly wreck
ed. j. j. hite's wagon left IN tue
bottom, was carried off. The mill damr
of Messrs. Payne, Welborn, Miller. GRAY.
Kennedy & Thayer, Puce, Fuller 4
Phillips and Rush were broken. RumOr
also says that Dunbar bridge was also
Injured.
AT Randleman, thirty feet of tie
levce OF the race above Quinn's mn
washed out. West abutmeDts of the
covered bridge much injured, renderiI 2
the crossing unsafe.
At Naomi, seyenty~fvc feet of tbt
bridge carried away, and blacksmith
shop, wagon aud tools gone seward.
The dams Of Mc>srs. Cobie, llodgr,
Branson, Davis aud Curtis we're al
broken, and the lower county bridge mex
to Deep River was seriously damaged.
The damage to the farms. especially ii
the low lands, Is almost IDcalcuiable.
IN CHATHAM COUNTY.
The Record says: With the exception
of the unprecedented frcshet or January
1865, never before has Haw River beer
known to be so high as on last Monday
tiaw River came rushing through our
county like a ~devouring monster, sweep
lug away three spans Of the bridge a
PAGES mill, all of the long bridge a
Iieuiey's mill anu a portion Of the abut'
ment at the Haywood bridge. The briig,
at Bynum's stood firm and unmoved.
While there was no treshet in Deer
River yet the back-water from Hav
River submerged the low grounds for tw,
or three miles above the confluence 0
tie two rivers, and it IS said that III,
back water from Haw River rushed VI
New Hope with such force as to wasl
away a mill-dam on that stream. 1t i
rather a novel thing for a dam to be car
r'ed up stream.
The damage to the bridges on Hav
River is a considerable loss to Chatham
ani the re building of them will al,
IL ach to our county expense. Not onl.
will IL cause great inconvenience to tn
citizens living along the river, but also I
all who haul their produce to Raleigh
because the only point at which the rive
can now be crossed is at Bynum's.
IN SAMPSON.
The Clinton Caucasian describe.
Young cyclone. Its approach has bee
compared to the running of a railroa
train. making equally as much if no
more noise in its mac career. In tn
In the field of Mr.. j. II. Stevens nea
the residence of Mr.. j. NJ. MOseley
struck the earth. utterly demolishing
. new fence for some 200 or 300 yard.
5 even lifting the bottom rail out of plac,
Y Passing on into Mr.. Moseley's yard
blew down his buggy shed, gave h
dwelling a lively shaking, and hurled
{ ladder from the side of the house
Then it rose again, doing no damage o
the adjoining lot. While it was blacl
o est and approaching in its widest fur.
a beautiful rainbow was seen spannlr
IT,. entire heavens from North to Sout
NJ. John f. Butler, son of John Butte
= ESQ. who lives in the neighborhood
a White Oak church. was struck |
lightning last Monday and instant
killed. He was putting a tish-net in
u little house in the yard when the Gle
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