The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-12
FLOODS AND FRESHETS.
, The Work of the eE.in-TrarsPortation IS
! stopped-Washoutsi IN tho Railroads.

Newberry has not yet adopted that
system of water works and electric
lights, but during the past few days
she has had an ABUNDANT supply OF
water.
On Saturday afternoon and night
there was a heavy rain fall. Sunday
morning the lowering clouds partially
disappeared, but in the afternoon the
rainAgaTD descended in heavy torrents
and continued nearly throughout the
entire night. The streets were washed
IN ditches and gulleys, and SCOTS
Creek covered the bottoms above the
railroad crossing, as it was wont to do
before the culvert was removed. The
dwellers in the houses in the bottom
! were warned about one o'clock on Sun
day night by the rapid rise Of the water
J that they would have to move out for
their safety. This they did, some wad-
ing through the water waist deep III
T order TO reach dry land.
The streams throughout the county
! were much swollen, but at this writ
ing we are unable to give the damages
! to the county in the way of bridges
washed away.
The bridge at Godfrey Harmon's on
Bush River is gone. The Werber's
! Mill bridge has been injured, although
not entirely washed away. Lindsay's
bridge on Bush River was moved out
Of position, still persons were crossing
on Tuesday. The water was over the
banisters of the bridge at Mendenhali's
mill, butit remained in position. Other
! bridges no doubt have been more or
less injured.
THE RAILROAD WASHOUTS.
Newberry with her ten daily passen-
ger trains finds it little inconvenient
| to come down to one or two day, yet
such was our fate this week.
The new schedule on the Anderson
| train went into effect on Monday, and
! on that morning came through from
| Columbia, giving US Columbia's NOR
ming papers at O'Clock, but the train
got no further than Dyson, for when it
reached that point it found the track
about five feet under water. The track
at several other places between here
and there was also submerged, and we
have had no train from Greenville this
week.
The train returned to Columbia
Monday eight, but did not venture out
| Tuesday morning.
The old Laurens went through all
right. The up passenger came to New
berry and returned.
On Tuesday morning the passenger
! train from Columbia started, but when
it reached a point about twelve miles
from Columbia trestle gave way and
the engine and mail car were turned
over in ditch. No one was hurt.
The mail and passengers were trans
ferred to the Laurens train, and it re-
turned to Newberry about ) o'clock in
the afternoon.
This wreck was cleared aud the
Anderson train came through yester-
day morning. 1t will be some days yet
before the trains can make their
schedules.
On the G. n. & L. railroad there was
a small washout about two miles below
Newberry, and the train for Columbia
did not leave Newberry until one
o'clock on Monday.
On Tuesday this train ran off at
Prosperity and was delayed several
hours.
| Accounts OF the fresnets elsewhere
are published in another column.
The Saluda was as full as it was in
1883, but Broad River seems not to
have been so high.
1t last accounts the rivers were
gradually falling, and if the rains cease
there will be no further damage.
The damage to the railroads will be
heavy. The Z. & G. has had no freight
this week, except paSay 0Re mthoGrning, thorn and is
still at Newberry.
The trains passed through yesterday
| wednesday,. The train from Green
Vile reaching Newberry late IN the
afternoon.
The Richmond and Danvill people
have been very prompt in repairing
damage and getting their trains
through.