The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-09-13

avail of granite. W. lth heavier stroRe
each wave returned until the trickling
stream frat :foun dsYent, followed bY the
last grand dash; !; which swept before it
3eyerySarticls Of man, and the banks were
carried in great clumps in a hundred
directions and finally crushed into moth.
singness: -
The factory district was FIRST submerged.
On the waters crepts until they began to
ipour into Broad street, and thence through
the intersecting streets TO Greene. The
telegraph office was invaded until the
floor was covered Then the operators
pulled of. shoes and stockings, aud rolling
:up. their pantaloons, continued to wire the
message Of disaster abroad, as the rising
water marked the increasing inches on
their; legs. hen the chair seats were
reached the operators stood up at their
desks and braYely Kept up the work of.
communication with the outside world. 3
The waters reached their greatest
triumph, when turning the highest grade
22of Broad street they ran onward @i0 q;
continuous stream, presenting the novel
spectacle of four miles Of boating on 81
public street. Hurriedly the merchants
removed their goods from shelf to shelf,
as the water threatened the last resort,
and then stood upon the counters to
watch the seething food. Second stories
were eagerly sought by the affighted
people. 8:
When the water began to approach
from; the factory side it lifted the small
houses as{if they were but. toy boxes and
moved them around in wild confusion
FAsstrapgeS suggestion was prompted by;
the scene. It looked as IF the people,:
instead of calling upon each other on
foot, had simply adopted q new plan, and
the houses moved around, meeting each.
sother, someWha boisterously but heartily.
sA cabin, with its scared inmates at the
door, would float up to another, in which
stood }as similar group, touch each other
like the glasses in a Dutch saloon, and
then part company again. On the root
of one colored woman sat, looking
about with the utmost self composnre,
crying out to! those who heard her:
tDe Lawd she sent me here, an de;
ELawd he gwine to do4what's rightl II
M The river continued to rise after three
O'Clock this morning and by four O. o'clock,
;it Was evident that big freshet was on
hand Merchants living in exposed
portions Of the city we're waked, and mo-.
stified OF the rapidily y tending waters.
BY 6so'clcck the waters had reached "a
feet, and covered the north western por.,
stion Of the city contiguous to the river
bank, and the southeastern, portions be-
low the cemetery, the two lowest parts of
the city. By O'clock thirty; four feet
seven inches was reached ,and the water
was running across Broad street to-
Greene from the river in swelling tor
rents. By s o'clock water stood three
inches deep in the Office of the Planters
hotel, and mas creeping on down Broad
street to Campbell.
& Merchants were closing their doors and
building little dams around their cellar
doors to shut off the food. Business was
suspended except q lively traffic in rubber
boots, ssovershoes, rubber coats and the:
like, and merchants devoted themselves
toremoving their goods from the floor
to elevated positions out Of the way OF the
.Hood. 800.
The rising tide has continued sall day
and at dark tonight the waters had
reached thirty seven feet tseven inches, the
highest water known in Augusta since
the freshet of 1s4O: The water has risen
more rapidly than at any previoDs fresh.
ct, and in the low portion of the city,
people who vent to sleep thinking the
waters receding, avoke this morning to
find themselves completely surrounded,
and all egress cut off. Many occupying
one story. houses even removed to two
story buildings where they could be above
the tide. In the northwestern portion Of
the city, near'the river, there are hun.
.dreds of people completely surrounded
by the water, which is surging through the
FIRST story, while they are -!
At II 80. this dash denoted that the
wires with Augusta were broken, and the
city was lfet to its fate as helplessly as
was Charleston when the great earth.
quake cut it: off from the world. )
sTAUNToN, Va, Sept. 10.-It rained
here twelve days in succession. Wheat
in stacks is sprouting and is much dam.
aged, and clover aeed is seriously injured.
spARrANBuRa, 8. O., Sept. 10
Reports from all quarters so far received
to day, give accounts of disastrous
sfreshets. An immense acreage of cora
is overfowed and railroad travel is
interfsred with.
LAuRENs, Sept. 10.-A tremendous
rain, accompanied at times by furious
wind, fell here yesterday afternoon and
last night. Effect on the crops will be
disastrous. Bottom corn ia slmost ruined,
and cotton has been very aeriopsly
injured both by wind and water
ABBEvILLE, s. c., Sept. 10-Tremen-
dous rains fell through the county yes
terday. Morton's mill and Brooks gin on
Long Cane and Calhoun creeks respec
lively are washed away:
WASHINGTON, September 7.-Disy
patches report killing frost last night
over all New England, Northern New
York and Michigan. Ice as thick as
window glass formed in many places.
Every variety of green vegetable has
suffered and canning interests are much
discouraged. The sweet corn crop of
Maine, Of which an enormous amount is
canned every year, is almost totally de-