The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-30
IA DELUCE
OF RAIN.
WHOLETOWNSIN MOUNTAIN
COUNTIES SWEPT AWAY
BY THE FLOOD.

lossfs At AsaEWllE. nAlf nlllIos
| Many Lives Lost and Much Prop.r
Destroysd-Did Greaa DAMAGE % ii
Crops In Chakhan-Cafawha River T~,
Miles Wide Whsss Average Width
One Hundred feeG.
LIST week there was another yisj
tatlon OF storm and food In section
Of the state, and wherever the foo,
occurred it was one Of the worst an,
most destructive on record. In tn,
eastern and piedmont section of tn,
state there was much havoc.
The Catswba river at Morpanto,
wss 81 feet above low water A,
three places near Marion it changed
Its course. At Marion seven hun
dred feet Of track on the Western
N G. division Of the Southern r. r
were washed away. Passenger trair
No. ii was water-bound at Mud Gu
for three or four days. The Cliff
Hotel on the Catawba river, neal
Hickory, fiOated down the river
half a mile from its original site
At Durham 5.28 inches Of rain fell
in "a hours. The Emo river wa.
higher than ever before. Many
bridges were washed away and the
damage to growing crops will amount
up into the hundred thousands O,
dollars. The Durham water works
plant was badly damaged. One hun.
dred feet Of the dam, one engine,
two sides Of the engine house, one
side Of the filter house, and forty.
five feet Of shafting were washed
away.
At and around Morganton in
Burke county there was the most
terrific down-pOur of rain ever re-
membered. 1t is the concensus of
opinion that the streams were never
so high. Two iron bridges that cost
the county $1,000 each-one on the
road and the other on the
road towards LenOir-have been
destroyed. The central pier of the
bridge, of rock and of
proportions, was top
pied over by the logs coming down
the river. The food was so un-
usual and Of such grand proportions
that people flocked from all sections
and directions to see it.
At Sanford, ON the Seaboard Air
Line, water rose in the boiler room
Of the Sanford cotton mills, putting
out the fires and stopping the mill.
The engine room of Cobb's sash and
blind factory was flooded. Every
bridge in Sanford across Little Buff
falO creek save one was washed
away. Washouts were reported
along all lines Of railroad, and trains
On all roads were delayed from one
TO six hours.
LIFE AND PROPERTY DESTROYED.
Knoxville, Tenn, May 22.-Mil-
ions of dollars damage has been
lone, and at least eight lives lost in
upper Tennessee by the foods, caused
BY the recent heavy rains. The Doe
river, the Wautauga river, the Hols-
ton, the Chuckey and the French
Broad are out of bounds and the
growing crops have been swept away
Ill along their course.
On the Chuckey river three chill
1ren of Joseph Hill were drowned
IN his house, while he was at his
barn looking after his stock and un-
aware of the danger. On this river
'ix bridges were swept away, doing
/ damage of about 100000 while the
1amage at farms, houses and stock
Ilong this stream in Greene county
llOne will amount to one half mill
ion dollars. At Leeper's Mill, on
river, two Bolivar brothers
ell from boat into the river, one
icing drowned.
The HOlston river is rapidly rising.
At MorristOwn twelve houses fioated
past to-day and one corpse went past
)n drift-wOOd. One hundred thOus-
md feet of railroad ties bound to-
yether passed this point. These are
to have come from Eliza
During the week nearly all the
arger streams in the state equalled
n broke their records for high water.
But the most destructive rise of the
waters was reported from streams
near the mountains.
A conservative estimate of the
lamage done to property and crops
n Mcdowell county is two hundred
thousand dollars. ALI crops along
he watercourses were entirely de-
Itroyed, and some small farms have
'een left absolutely worthless. Four
" five cloud bursts occurred on the
Mountains above, washing away
louses, barns and mills.
Catawba river was three feet
higher than it has ever been and
vas two miles wide where the aver
Ige width is one hundred feet.
Thousands of fish were left in the
'iver bottom when the water sub
ided.
The following is q list Of the
heaviest losers by the storm:
J. 81. Greenlee $40, 900, John NJ.
1reenlee So, 900, Maj. Wilson s., 900,
Maj. Young $4,000, William Quinn
house and all stock), D. N. London
Il 500, Miss Sallie Young $1,000,
Maj. Conley $4,000, Silas Proctor
I3, 900. J. G. Neal 81, 900, Austin
yNnl0V 20 200 & Dvaorf H1 0nn