The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-04-07
THE wAsLMrNa wArEns.

aSe by the Floods.
BrRMtNGHAM. MA, Ap"l /. "a
spec u, a. the Age from liver towm> OF
North Alabama, show that the effects
Of the freshet are greater even than
telegraphed yesterday. Gadsden re-
ports the tCoosa river al II highest
max, aud still rising with alarming
reports from above. All railroad
bridges N the branch road between
Atlanta and Gadsdrn are swept away,
and a lumber OF wanhUui~ on the
Alabama Urea, Southern are reported
on both sides OF tlanta. The mill
and lumber Interests ut Gadsdcn SUI
tered Immense damage. Tho Tonnes
sec river is reported cut of its banks
ut several points. From Tuscalo sa,
on the Ma ion river, advices are
serious, though it 10 believed tho
worst has passed. Many houses on
either side of the river have been
abandoned, and water is running
through the doors and windows. Some
families occupy upper stories of dwell
ling, and skitfs and flat boats arc used
for transportation. The village of
North Point across the river from
Tuscaloosa, is almost submerged now
and the iron bridge connecting the
wv GioSSo Il u ulANtS ~ polh CilNtb,
and fears arc entertained for it's safety.
Tho water is u foot deep in the Tus-
caloosa cotton factory, and work had
to be abandoned. Just before dark,
the wreck of a small house passed
down the river, and several persons
were observed clinging to the timber.
Rescuing parties in skiffs started out
Ill pursuit from the Tuscaloosa shore,
and were rapidly borne out OF sight
by the rapid current.
Many persons living OH low lands
below Tuscaloosa had to be rescued
from their homes in skiffS. No calcu-
lation can be made of the amount of
damage done to farming interests, to
railroads and other highways. From
places with telegraphic facilities come
the same reports of no trains and no
mails since Monday night. Regular
trains on roads centering here shave
been discontil ed till further orders,
and no work is being done by the
company's employees except in repairs
and constructing. Ruinors reach here
of loss of life in the CooSa river valley.
RICHMOND, April 1.-The James
River at this point has been rising
steadily all day, and at this hour C
p. N.Y. nearly all that portion of the
city known as the Dockeits is sub
merged to u depth OF eight to ten feet.
The wafer has also invaded the streets
about the old market, between 18Th
and 18Th streets, cutting off conmuni-
cation between the upper aud lower
part of the city except by boats or BY
going u long distance around towards
the north. Street cars run only as far
down az the ST. Charles Hotel, corner
of 18th and Main streets.
The precautions taken bv the people
generally in the threatened districts
in removing goods to places Of safety
will keep he damage down to com
%paratively small figures. Many poor
families living in the Rockets have
been driven from their homes and
made to seek shelter elsewhere. From
present indications this flood will
cqnal, if not surpass, those of 1870 and
1877. a portion of the gas works is
also submerged aud it is probable that
h gas will have to DO cut of during
the night.
The water at IL O'Clock tonight was
within two feet of the floor of the
bridge across the river at the rredegal
iron works, while in the blacksmith
and machine shops f the Trcdcgar
works it is nearly Il foot deep. The
rolling worts are still Mt work. AS
yet no s%erious fears are entertained
for the safety of any of the bridges
crossing the river here.
The only fatality reported here
to-day was the drowing of a negro in
the lower part of the city. While
driving through a flooded street his
team went down an cmbanknent, and
the driver vas thrown into deem water
and never came up again.
LYNCHBURG, VA. April 1.-The flood at
this point measured 26 feet att a. m. In
the early morning a rapid rise took
place, and damage in the lower part of
the city is heavy. AT this hour, /,
p. m, the river is falling. Fully one
third of the Richmond e Allegheny
Railroad track from this point to Bu-
chanan, forty miles, is submerged, and
all t~restles have been washed away.
No estimate of the damage can be OBJ
tanned. Telegraphic communication
along the line has been destroyed, and
the poles washed away.
STANTON, VA. April1.-Tke waters
have been rising steadily all day. North
river is higher than ever known and
other large streams are Overlooking
their banks. The destruction of prop.
erty is great.
CHATTANOOGA. April 1.-The Tennes-
see river is now AZ feet, and rising two
inches an hour. A fall will not commence
before morning. No trains are NOV
ing.
III wATER sUBsIDING.
The last from the flooded
localities indicated thatthe waters were
rapidly subsiding, and that no further
injury to property was anticipated.
The damage At large was considerable,
but no exact estimate can now he
made.
Loaf Legs and Arn1-.-A Oueer RuD