The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-20
the strain nobly and are not injured.
THE CoNGAREE BRIDGE.

On the South Carolina Railroad, the
bridge over the Congares near King
Vile, was in great danger this morning.
The last train to pass it was freight
at $50 A. NJ: The early train from
Columbia went out Oh schedule time,
but was stopped on the trestle this side
of the bridge by serious breaks in it.
The swamp was full of water, running
like mill race. A few people were
transferred by boats at great risk to an
engine which came over the bridge and
conveyed them to the other side, but
the majority returned to Columbia.
The breaks in the trestle carried away
the telegraph wires. No attempt was
made to effect ira nsfer this evening.
A local train went to Gadsden, in this
county, some distance this side of King
vile, but no further. The wires being
down 10 information about the bridge
was received this afternoon, but as the
flood is subsiding it is thought that no
injury than that to the trestle has
occurred. The Coast Line is all right
and trains left and arrived as usual,
aftording communication with Char
! lesion.
THE GREENvILLE ROAD.
Superintendent Talcott, of the Rich
mond and Danville, told the News and
Courier this evening that the damage
to the Columbia and Greenviile Road,
while great, is not as serious as was
feared, and falls far below that of the
great freshet of May, 1856. The water
at BookInan's twelve miles from Co.
lumbia, did not rise as high by eighteen
inches as in 1886. The track is badly
washed and under water at various
places between here and Aston and
one trestle is gone. There is break at
Helena near Newberry. The trestle
over Ninety-Six Creek, near Dyson's is
washed out. With these important
exceptions the line is all right to Green
vile and Walhalla.
THE sPARTANBURG AND UNION.
The only trouble on the Spartanburg,
Union and Columbia is the washing
out of all embankment just above Ais
tea. Superintendent Talcott thinks
that these roads may be opened for
travel by the middle or end of next
week. Trains are running from the
upper terminals to Ninety-Six on the
Greenville Road, and nearly to Aston
on the Spartanburg Road. The Laurens
train can run to Newberry and nearly
to Aston. All passengers from the
mountains are coming via Charlotte.
The work of repair will begin here,
proceeding up the road to Aston.
THE CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA AND
| AUGUSTA
Road is unaffected by the floods on its
northern division, but the trestling near
Augusta being washed away it will be
perhaps week before trains can enter
Augusta The bridge here over the Con-
garee is safe, but the trestling leading
to it is twisted out of shape and trans
fers have to be made. It is hoped that
this injury can be repaired to night.
The cOnvicts on
THE STATE FARMS
in the Congaree bottom have had a
hard time of it. Superintendent Lip
scolnb had several boats hurriedly
made at the Penitentiary yesterday.
sentin wagons to Griffin'splace launch
ed there and sent with supplies of
cooked food to the Aughtry place. No
working being possible, the boats re-
turned to-day, bringing some of the
convicts sick with chilis. Two other
boats were madeand dispatched to the
other places but have not returned.
The work of the rescuers were very
perilous, as the fields were swept by a
furious torrent. All Of the horses and
mules on the State farms are safe, and
on most of them the cattle and hogs are
also, but at Aughtry's about nine
tenths of the hogs and half of the cattle
are believed to be drowned At Spig-
ner's place the sheep and hogs were
secured from the food by driving them
into the second story ola dwelling house
Mr.. JOHN C. sEEGERs
is the heaviest looser on the river. OF
the I, 900 acres on his three farms not
ten acres are out of water. He had
10000 acres each in cotton and corn,
and 100 in peas, planted on shares with
the State, and had just purchased bag
ging for 500 bales Of cotton. 1t is not
certain that he will make 10 per cent.
of his crop. 1t is suggested that the
only way of utilizing the corn is to put
up distillery and turn it into whiskey,
but this has not yet been decided on,
the chances not being promising.
THE LOSS TO THE STATE.
The five State farms-Big Lake,
Green Hill and Gadsden, of Seeger's,
and Spigner's and Aughtry's-were
good for 1900 bales of cotton and 10000
bushels of corn, half of which would
have gone to the State. Perhaps not
10 per cent will he saved. The Lexing-
ton farm of the Penitentiary will lose
25 of is l25 bales of cotton. The ten
acres of sugar cane are lost. A sugar
mill had just been bought to work it
up. The crops on the Sims place are
uninjured except by rain. Two hundred
and sixty-four convicts are on these
State farms. Superintendent Lipscomb
is going down OH Friday to the farms,
taking advantage of the subsistence OF
the floods, and will have all the corn
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