The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-07-03
I'm WAKE OF FLOOD.
The Wreck OF Railroads anc
5rjdgas Wars comple'e.
GREATLosS TO MINES.
No Cox. Can be Handlsd fer
Weeks Whisky Gourags
Caused Loss Ct 5aV-
eFal Lives.
eFal Lives.

eral Lives.
The damage in The coal fields begins
ct Cole Dale, which is Is miles
west of Blue6eld. At that place great
embankments supporting the railroad
track have been washed out.
At Mayberry, from tha train can be
seen FIVE houses upset and partially
demolished. The branch road leading
from this point to the Norfolk and
Delta collieries has sustained heavy
damage; the track is washed out in
some places and covered over in others,
and those left Of the long row Of vaiu,
able company houses have sn unsighsly
appearance on account Of material
washed in their yards.
The loss here and at Lick Branch is
SIS, 900. At Lick Branch the water was
very high, and st this place damage to
the main line of railroad begins, and
destruction Of coal company property
Increases.
At Z mis- can be seen the remains Of
valuable house, and on d)wn below,
lumber from many buildings is col
Ice ed high sgainss bridge abutment5
and other unmo7able structures. At
this place the esst bound track begins
to entirely disappear AID at some dis,
taoce further the roadbed is entirely
gone from both tracks.
The iron bridge structures still re-
main but the az proaches TO either eud
| in most all cases have been e1tirely
| washed away, By reason Of lumber from
demolished houses and other material
being Wedged against the abutmenss
causing the Ester to flow around. All
wooden bridges are gore. The Turkey
Gap colleries' loss is $4,000, the tip
pie is slightly damaged and the coke
tracks gone.
The delivery and coke oven tracks Of
tie Crczsr and Houston operations are
most entirely gone. Bridges and all
cars are turned over empty and partially
loaded, and : ,a are demolished. The
Grocer boiler house is washed out and
the damsge sustained is S25, 600.
The damage at Houston is $l5. 600.
At the Upland company the toiier
house and tipple is psrtislly washed
away. Alorg hare the camp houses
have been moved a,d destroyed. Be-
tween this operation and Kyle, al!
tracks are badly damaged, nearly every
thing having exchanged position vita
the former creek bed. TIE gTest fi.s
which the railroad company haVe beeo
making and riprappiDg ever since tae
high water Of 1897, have been levelled.
All operations have had heavy loss and
weeks viii have passed before they can
work agsin to advantage.
Heavy damage was done at LJnck-
burg operations, mostly to the tracks.
Up north Fork branch ruined house
| can be seen, besides a lot Of building
material WHICH was lodged against
North Folk bridge. The water has
changed its course at this bridge by
rem owing the embankment at the east
spproach. The North Fork operations
all sustained considerable damage.
Algoma lost houses and cracks and
| no reasonable estimate eau yet be made.
E:kridge lost a number CT houses, coke
ovens and trestles. The power house
and their tracks were washed out. The
| tipple is also damaged; loss $4,000.
Greenbrier lost a number Of houses
and their tracks we're damaged.
At Rolfe the tipple and trestle were
damaged.
At Roanoke the damage to houses,
trestles and tracks will amount to 81
500.
At Arlington bridges are gone above
and below the tipple and the loss is
estimated at $4,000.
At Mcdowell the tracks are washed
out and houses destroyed.
Gilliams loss is heavy in small
houses.
Indian Ridge lost number OF houses
aud their storehouses was damaged
|! Dr.. Workman's house and Office were
washed away, loss sl2. 900.
| Ashlands lost between eight ard ten
thousand. Bottom creek lost $25, 600.
Tide#ater lost heavily.
At Keystone tie streets are washed
irregular and debris is everywhere;
floors Of the building standing are Gov
cred with mud and water has been sll
over the town to considerable depth.
Had it not been for the jamning Ct
three or four buildings at the upper end
near the suspension bridge, 10 doubt
the entire property Of the town would
have been total loss.
Just opposite Calhoun's buildings on
the other side Of the creek, ali houses
we're entirely swept Away, iacluaing
the most OF Bellcher town. Properly
| is undermined and badly damsged at
Burke. The whole fill, on which the
TWO tracks pass through Keystone, is
entirely gone, tracks and al. The
wagon bridge and the coal company
| houses on the company's side are also
gone, ard Banks building known as
THE First Change Saloon" is dcmol-
isbed. Many persons had narrow es.
capes with their lives and men, women,
and childr,n succeeded is escspjng
through water waist deep, while Others
were carried away. A Mr. Abbott suc-
ceeded n resouing a man named Lock
Ro5d Oh Main street by fastening him
selt to post BY means Of rope and NIX,
ing dive in Tie swift water Just as
LockWook was sinking from viev.
Many similar rescues were made.
Eight booies have been found between
Burke ard E:kmsn. There is 20 doubt
that many. lost their lives through mere
proj .cis snd from beirg Intoxicated.
One white man got OF section Of side
walk and left town VII; b his s1m, folded
remarking that he Was goies down BE-
low to G4d cut how erytiing was.
His ho6y VAS recoyer3d attErSsrds.