The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-16
RAINS RUINOUS REIGN.
HAVOC FLAYED WITH CROPS AND
PROPERTY IN THE STATE.


Washington Gazette: The heavy rains we
have been having have again cut US off
from the outside world. Heavy rains fell
on Sunday, making several washouts on
the road, and the train could not come any
further than one mile beyond Hillman.
There were five washouts and we will be
without trains for several days to come.
The mails and passengers are being
carried down to the river on a baud
car and carried from there to the
train. The washouts are as follows: Thirty
feet Of the abutment on the other side of the
river and one support of bridge gone; DO
ahutments Of bridge over Harden creek
washed away one embankment just this
| side OF Hlllmaa neiriy gone; two washOuts,
one mile beyond Iillman, the track swing
| ing III the dir above the washouts. The mail
Is seat out at o'clock a. NJ. on hand car
and returns late in the afternoon. We hear
reports of great damage all over the county
to crops, bridges etc.
IN DODGE COUNTY.
Harrel's grist mill, six miles east of East
man, on Little creek, tho property of Joseph
Graham, and leased by d. G. Williams, was
washed away, with its entire contents, i'll
Guiding machinery aud stones, last Sunday
afternoon. Everything was destroyed but
the stones which Mr.. Williams thinks Were
not damaged. The loss Is about $780, Mr.
Graham Intends rebuilding as soon as the
water subsidies
IN BERRIEN COUNTY.
In Berrien county, Thursday, rain was
still falling in a ueluge. Mills and mill
dams had been carried away by the flood,
and things look ominous for the future.
Cotton is sprouting in the fields, and corn
blown down by the winds is rotting.
IN COLUMBIA COUNTY.
Harlem Sentinel: AT an early hour on
| Sunday morning 1t seemed as though the
very food-gutes of heaven were opened,
and the rain poured in torrents all day long,
with scarcely a moments cessation which
| resulted very disastrously to the farming
and milling interests in this county. The
damage TO crops can't be estimated, and
nearly all the mill-dams are washed away
and several county bridges. Mr.. b.
f. Pearre is perhaps the greatest sufferer
His dam gave way near the mill house, and
| the heavy rock pillars succumbed to the
great volume of water, thus wrecking the
| mill and gin house below, washing them
| entirely away. The loss is roughly e,ti-
mated at S., 900. We are informed that the
water was 81 feet higher than ever before
i'll the history of the county. After the
| clouds had exhausted and passed away, a
terrific wind storm followed of several
hours duration, causing great damage to
crops, fences and forests. No houses or
lives lost.
IN M'DUFFIE COUNTY.
Thomson has had heavy rains recently,
but last Sunday capped the climax. From
10 o'clock a. m. till o'clock D. IN. it fell in
torrents. About 4 o'clock it was so heavy
that the bitches and sewers could not begin
to carry off the water. The streets were
consequently flooded, and it even backed
up under the houses in the lower portions
OF the town. The culvert under the Georgia
railroad, Just above the postoffice, was not
large enough TO let the water pass A large
pond of water therefore collected, reaching
| back under the dwelling house of William
Keen and reaching near the track of
say they never saw such
ram. One of the main streets during the
hardest of the rain was two feet deep in
water. About IL O'clock Wednesday night
a heavy gale came up from the nortn, and
owing to the soft condition of the earth
from so much rain, did considerable damage
by prostrating trees around town. Almost
every one who had shade tree suffered
loss. The cotton crop is greatly damaged
by the heavy rains and long damp weather.
but to what extent it is impossible to say at
present
IN HANCOCK COUNTY.
Fridays rain was without a parallel in
Hancock county and the water courses are
higher than they were ever known tefere.
All the high bridges in the county nre de-
stroyed or much damaged. Culver's mill
on the Little Ogeechee river is damaged
81, 500 and the bridge above it swept away.
The mill owned by William Stevens ut May
field is moved out of place and rendered
valueless until replaced This mill has been
in existence more than sixty years and is
the best built Of any in the county. 1t
weathered the Harrison freshet of 1910 but
succumbed to the Cleveland freshet of 1888
The cotton and corn crops are damaged
greatly.
IN HALL COUNTY.
Gainesville Eagle. The rain here last
Saturday night and Sunday was something
fearful. 1t poured down incessantly for
nearly twenty-four hours The river
though quite swollen, did not do as much
damage as was expected. The corn on low
| lying bottom lands, near the mouths of
| creeks and branches, was overfiowed in
many places. and is greatly injured, if not
ruined. II cleared up Sunday night, aud
the weather since has been delightful. The
open cotton in this section is greatly injured
Fortunately not n great deal was opened
this high up, and fair crop may yet be
made.
Gainesville Eagle: Lookout for more
rain about the time the sun crosses the line,
which will be on Sept %.
IN PULASKI COUNTY.
The heavy rains which fell in Pulaski
county last week resulted in great damage.
There wore no doubt hundreds OF bales of
cotton beat ont, and its market value
greatly decreased. Farmers report that
much of the cotton is sprouting III the boil.
In addition to the damage to crops, bridges
and mills suffered grently Many bridges
were rendered impossible for several DAYS.
while others were swept almost entirely
away. Tho bridges across Bluff creek and
Cedar creek, between Hawkinsville and
AbbeviIle, were greatly damaged. Tho
high water swept away good portion of
Bsmbry'S mill dam, on the east side of the
river.
The Ochlockonee river is out of the banks.
IN TALIAFERRo COUNTY.
Bridges, dams, gin houses and fences
have been washed away in Taiaferro
county. Railroad travel was at a stand
still. The crops have been damaged at least
p per cent. The crop report at best for
Sept. IN Middle Georgia was for cotton
Sc and that was too high, So now the report
will very likely fall to 50 or 60 points.
Corn can be put down at the same rates if
not lower. All the low-ground corn is
ruined.
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.