The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-09-18

distance off, and took her to the hills south o.
the city. She was fortunate in having sucf
| devoted friends, for in the trip down Telfail
| street anxious faces would bend out OF win
dows or sturdy voices cry from the hill tops
| all on lookout for a craft to
remove them. They had no definite haven
| simply wanted 10 get out, leave
their home and all it implied and reach dry
| ground, or rather firm ground, for the rains
| Of the past two weeks have made the former q
scarce commodity
Fights occur everywhere, but here is one
| which the world cannot duplicate as to its
origin. 1t occurred near the Central hotel
yesterday evening. A gentleman paid negro
| one dollar TO carry him on his shoulders to
| the Planters hotel. Some misunderstanding
occurred about the position the gentleman
should occapy on the Negroes shoulders, and
the latter refused to carry him to the hotel.
The gentleman demanded his money. The
negro gave back all but twenty-five cents, and
addressed him in abusive language The lat
ter drew his knife and inflicted two or three
wounds In the back of the negro The wounds
of the negro are said to be very serious.
After the Floods.
In the streets large holes were found, while
yard after yard Of sidewalks were found mis-
sing. Heavy stone crossings were found a
block away from their former anchorage on
Broad street, sand was packed from three to
five inches deep, covering the street car track
completely. The sand is almost a pure white,
and is novelty in this section Of the country.
II is the general belief that it washed into the
city from some point miles away.
During the freshet n COW swan or
WAS WASHED INTO HIGH TREE
in front OF the Medical college, and was there
drowned. This morning, after the water had
gone down, the dead COW was still high in the
tree, fastened between two forks.
The flood left the city carrying with IL six
bridges. The most important one was the
bridge across the Savannah river. This
bridge was on old landmark and its age can
not be be told. 1t is said, however, that it
was being opened formally by big dance on
New orleans reached the city The bridge
was taken almost away. 1t was valued at
100000, but everybody is confident that it
can be rebuilt for less than half that sum.
TEN LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST
i'll the flood, but four occurred today. Only
one death was known up to this morning
Botevan Williams who was in a boat which
capsized. The dead are:
II. f. Farmer. supervisor of the Port Royal rail-
way.
A white Waterman.
A negro at the Port Royal bridge, name unknown.
Dan higgins, young white man.
Walter Bland, negro boy ten years old.
Rcbecca Cooper. an old negro woman.
Willie Morris, O small white boy.
James Cody, negro boy sixteen years old.
steve Cooper, negro man.
Bolivar Williams negro boatman
On Monday Supervisor Farmer was drowned,
but nothing was known of 1t in the city Until
today. On Monday evening he got into boat
TO go to tho Port Royal bridge to ascertain its
condition. The bridge is three miles from the
city, and in the raging stream the supervisor
was lost. The boat capsiZed and he went I'M
der. The negro who was rowing him managed
to make his way to a tree, where he remained
until yesterday, when passing boat rescued
him. The Port Royol bridge is a drawbridge,
and near ii was ahouse for the Waterman and
negro. The
HOUSE WAS WASHED AWAY
tlantir
names of the two men could not be ascertained.
Walter Bland negro boy about ten years
of age, was standing on fence, at the corner
of Bay and Campbell street, fishing out drift
wood, this morning. He lost his balance and
falling backward into the yard was drowned
before he could DO taken from the ten feet
of water.
Willie Morris, small white boy, was chas-
ing potatoes down a stream or Carolina ave-
nue., this afternoon, when he slipped into
deep hole and drowned.
GAVE WAY AND FELL UPON HIM
Today an old house on Telfar street was
opened.
1t was known that Rebecca Cooper, an old
negro woman, lived in 1t, and as nothing had
boon seen of her, the door was forced. She
was found inside dead. 1t is believed her son
closed the door and the old woman was unable
to get away
Ii is impossible to give the amount OF the
loss, but is generally believed 1t will be close
to a million dollars, all told.
Today Mayor May issued call for council
meeting tomorrow. The mayor is quite cheer
full, and said
"The loss is heavy, but we won't be discour-
aged. BY six o'clock in the morning hundreds
of men will be at work on the streets and side
walks. j have instructed the commissioner to
employ 900 mon and put them to work"
What do you put the loss at?"
well, that is hard to say. think a million
dollars q little big. know that million has
hpnn ri know hat will oh
million TO put us whore we were; but, you see
we will be better then than before"
One body in addition to those reported
was found this morning, while dozen more
were reported. On the corner of Greene and
Campbell streets, near the new government
building, pedestrian observed an arm pro-
jecting from the sand. An officer was sum
moned, who, after tossing handful Of sand
away, found the body of man. The remains
were soon eXhumed, and in a short time half
dozen persons recognized it as the body of "a
man named Henry Kennedy, q carpenter
Rumors Just reached the city morgUe that
two bodies were found near tho park locked IN
each others arms, man and woman.
The country surrounding Augusta for miles
is submerged and millions of dollars worth OF
property destroyed. Tho freshet is expected
10 reach Savannah tonight or tomorrow, and
will ruin twenty thousand acres OF rice 1t is
thought that not more than thirty per cent OF
The Storm In North Carolina.
RALEIGH, n, u, september H. Special T.
Today was the first bright day since September
came in. and there is now time to look back
and see the disaster wrought by rains and
floods. Over nine inches Of rain fell here dur
ing the month, aud at some points over fool
fell. The heaviest rainfall was on Sunday
night, when nearly three inches fell.
Between Winstons and Greensboro, whole
fields Of growing crop are under water. bridges
arc washed away and timber washed into the
| streams.
| One deplorable result of long continued
| rains is cotton seed Sprouting in the locks
| Even leaves have began to put out ON the
! sprouts and have in some cases attained A con-
! siderable growth. Ii is learned that a large
! quantity Of cotton In The fields in the Laurens
! burg section is in similar condi, on and il /,
! feared that much damage will result to tn,
| staple from this source.
The wind nj Wilmington yesterday blew
| gale at one time reachuga mean velocity o
| forty eight miles per hour. The consequence
n remarkably high flood tide in the Cape Fear
indeed, the highest for years The river wa
| over five feet above high water mark, caused
i 10y winds blowing with the tide up the rive
and its meeting of the fresheJ rushing down
from the upper river.
! Destruction In South Carolina.
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