The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-12
FLOODS IN THE STATE.
Congsree on loom and Rising HAPPILY
Washou,. and Railroad iate-rup-
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COLUMBIA. :. c.. March e.-The-e i
nothing left Of the Storm to-day oul
foods IN all toe rivers for Z hundred
miles around. The Co0g2ree has -i>en
rapidly ana Is now. ; y. IL, about
Iwenty-one feet above the river bed.
and IS rising. The banks 0i the Canal
can stand . much greater height ana
pressure than this. l. was reported
rhis morning that that section o. the
Canal where free labor Is employed was
seriously threatened, aut Mayor Nc
Master said this afternoon thai 10 dis
a=ter was 10 Ge expected.
Two waShoutS ar= reported, one OF
the Columbia and Gceemvi.l1 Railroad
aoou; siXtv-fve u.i,es above Columbia
and the other or the Columbia. New
berr: and Laurens Railroad. The first
trip Ct the new train from Co!um3ia
; leaving here =. G.2J "a. A., vas therefore
stopped al the waS1OLt. In- breaks
will, VI cJarSe, De promptly repaired. :
Master Of Transportation Williams,
OF the Richmond and Dauville Rail
road, saiG tonight al II o'clock that in
ali probability no trains would be run
;o-nlo-rOw On the GreecviIie road.
track there being further blocked by q
freight train stuck il tie mud.
The Charlotte, Columbia and AL
gusts train which left here this after
loon for Augusta is beld up At Granite
vile and will probably return he-e To-
| morrow morning.
4 break in the Columbia aud Green-
vile road is reported at B00hUlan ;,
| twelve miles from Columbia.
PROGRESS OK The FLOOD.
The Congaree al 10 a. n. Is y ieet
above low water mark and i still rising.
1t will have 10 rise good deal more
! 10 reach the D:g i;91d= " former years,
which We're a. follows:
August, 1870, u feet :. inches: Sep
! tember, 1oG2: 3t ieet:inches: February,
/ lojf, 81 feet: May, 1885. 81 feel: June,
80 leet :! inches: September, I>oS, ;3;3
feet ): inches: l>S9, ;;;3 feet
BURSTING OK TIE DAM AT CEA*EY.
! One 0: the noteworthy Incidents o.:
the food was the bursting Of the dam
al the Granny quarry al a quarter past
! : o'clock this morning. About fifty
men Were at wOrh, bat they saved
themselves by prompt flight W the
s;des Of the quarry. Tonight ~ 10
| o'clock the river is flowing over the
! quarry wall and the buildings in the
| vicinity are Submerged to depth OF
two feet six inches.
\ CHECK DAN Oh THE CANAL GOES.
At 80 P. ". the check dam OF the
! Canal. below Broad River bridge. broke
and filed the Canal 70 the check dam
al Cemetery He'll, reaching about five
:eet from the top OF the latter dam.
Capt Sigh. OF the Peniteltiary. who
came from the Canal at 1880 2. NJ:
says that there viii be no injury 70 the
| Canal. The part Of the Canal dam
| where the free iaUofers aTe &; work has
been strengthened as iar Is was adris-
able the rate OF rise. a. calculated by
Se-gt Adams at the Peaiienti;.ry, is
three and three-qua-ter inches per hour.
The calculations being from SO .. j.
until P. N.
At the check dam, which broke this
afternoon. Capt. Sigh had 100 convicis
al work.
.aLST0NITES ALARMED,
II reported that the perpleat Aston
are moving out of their houses 70 avoid
possible diaster there. There are two
breaks reported between Ne"berry and
Aston.
THE STORM AZ CAMDEN.
CAMDEN, March 9.-The wind storm
yesterday afternoon, which was &C
com mpanied by heavy rain, blew out the
front Of one building in town and partly
demolished the piazza OF another. l
an told that other slight damage was
done to feoces, eSc, in the country.
TIE RISEN THE REEDY.
TSrf.c.al to fhl S.atn