The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-26
THE RI SH OF WATER.
The Most Destructive Ercshet since 1872
Crops Ruined md Live stock Drownded-
Bridge and Cul,erts Washed tway-Fami-
lies Driven From Their Homes.
(Coiambia Daily Record, May 81 }

| '!'NS ''''' SSiN!'' WV '4I' N'u'i'iy "iiu
the food gates OF the mountains having
been "penct. the waters are rolling down TO
the low lands with great velocity, sweeping
away c'3ln>. bridges live stock and crops
II their wild course.
Broad klver bridge this morning was
impass;'"ic 70 IrhicicS. ana liloSc VINO ven
turc,! OYER The c3ngaree River bridge took
FlsN' '> '!'G ''iI"2c ; Wa. ic''liy l'oatiDS Oh
thc "i.%I3 >'Ltalii' l'' l'1v'S Mc'c eoNeIeo "'
~ VI. III" itlc river SUI !lSillS
ne water mas llooHeo inc "ork on tnc
calEu. al" serious nl'''. VIII result l" tills
SFnA' H';i'e et'ciiliSe;
Inc Plantations "i We Jo!'h =. Scc9cfs'
Mr James " s'fah;tih' C;lt. w. -. Star
ing me GhlIG> Hr"tlier>. Mr. l. b. AuSh-
Try, VT .. r. Uil!ill IN" oliicrS IN thc
lower Er' ol lucn!na arc S'!rlcrSed ;,,, ana
Sc COZ ''o'' '''i'' Cox !. .c,G LII iiiels
nav io>' Il l'i - n':'''o'i " c'''ic. nus
'''l' '''iN '-'. -
90. :i", ''.> ~ '''N' - v 80
ei't"' ut'o!, '''I..t >,l', i"i'''Ei U.s. M cu:e
~ ,ie Un. -, ''l' ~ sno mD" d, ,,. vi 1no a.
III ) Pi''n'at!'r ., I'''' "Iics oa.t Ivo
"Sie> "!c o.' ~ ~! ,'''' :''o i".''. ~ 'ii'
p!ant;'l!uN i i"ui ict' 'cei' III ""'ci.
Al through tne cay a'!'' N"uHi' pI!dscS
and cau>tWayS nave pcch swept away, ana
the chances are that the icW remaining III
position will follow IN 'hc general wreck.
The culvcrt on the e., I. " \. X. X,
Just aoo:c lhe ci'y' mas caveo ih' pu' Il
temporary structure allowed rdlnS 10 go
out to-day.
y tral; on the I. x e. H. H. IS between
tw" washed out trc>tleS, near fcakS Sta
ton.
a ianily III aru /, fchlihS one OF lhe
AllWord@n houses. corner OF Medium ana
Assembly streets. was forced TO move out,
yesterday. lock. stock and barrel the
water having risen waist deep in the house
and threatening the family with drowning.
Captain P. II. Booktcr says his crop is
inundated and his loss will be nearly entire.
Trains have been delayed throughout the
country on account Of the heavy rains, and
the only wonder is that no loss OF human
life has occurred.
Hundreds Of persons went to the river
to-day AID remained for hours, witnessing
the destruction caused by the swollen
stream. The water broke through the
canal banks on the river side and washed
away the works for hundreds of yards.
Upon reaching that portion on which the
city water works stand the angry flood
seemed /" have an eSpcclal MISSION 10 1ui'
I'LL. l rec alter tree Slccumhed 10 the force
OF the torrent, Went crashing down stream
and threatened destruction TO inc CenSa'
rec bridge. lard a!lcr YARD OF cartn was
undermined until the close OF this report,
at 2.3O L. NJ, whcn the wafer Works were
carried One hundred cords OF 0llc
wood We're taken Oil IN Jllly ana the canal
bridge went OIL as drift wood.
iAc cyclone ol thursday morning, alter
spreading destruction through the fields OF
Mr. George Newman struck the places OF
Mf' Y; y: br"MA' 1apS. y. y. -. 9nilth,
Cap'. W. II. Miller ;th" oll'cIS' plcheu up
caoili> ;llo scattered lnci'i 10 lhe loar
W.hoS 0! nea'ch' sntlsles Soin7 ~ Que
direction logs n lAothcr ana chi'nhcyS ID
third. lAe READS were niled VITA d"OriS
OF the storm and the branches were swollen
to an almost mpaSsablc degree. Pines OF
( circumference cqua! 10 the span OF 4 man
arms were snapped like pipe stems and wal
nut trees 4 half century old We're moved
down like grass
Great !lnla2c wa; was 40, gone 70 liiG 1 9rlck
{alIS y;j;, o.. h'sS's C'fN " army ''n'' D. fos'
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s'o.h ti,!i M,'eiS staNe>; oe a. ,ou:
an I.,>I: Het !ioes ,tIS ''''SGs ot eHG peti
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t.iNei We, '-!tsg 1ce' !t"ti 81 t>''- Iii,'t
10 >'''' - ~ . ''TvN. i'S ""'I> i.e't'Ionco
were eAe'i,.ioN'u.' 20! crop e''iS
The f'oouS n'''"nSFe' .'
CHARLESTON, May Ill here are ileaIy
freshcts throughout upper South Carolina.
The Pee Dee river stands thlrty-SlX feet
above low water and is still rising. Crops
on the river are & total loss. The loss is
beyond estimate. Considerable damage
S,a,a sia '''' ''''' CIV: "'>''' f''' . " '-'>
'c;u CT,r,,1,rr \ c. Nav o1-Tb. rain
storm W,,ich rnm,ncnc.,i NJ This Mac.