The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-05-30
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FLOOD NEWS.

The Embreeville correspondent in
the Herald & Tribune says: "The
Chucky river came rushing down the
valley, sweeping everything before it
in its mad rush. Ten dwelling houses
were washed away, but the families all |
escaped safely; some saved their things
while others lost everything they had.
The Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke COM
pany's losses will amount to from So,
OlO to $4,000. The Southern Railway
company's bridge was washed away,
with about one and a half of track.
We are entirely cut off from telegraph
or telephone communications and our
once happy little village now looks
desolate and gloomy, but we hope for
better day." -.t
Allentown, Carter county, is said to
have suffered severe loss by the tide in
Doe river, on whose banks the town
was built. The large Touring mill
there and $4,000 pounds of -four are
gone, and the railroads are so badly
wrecked that the town cannot be
reached, since the only way into it is
through the mountains on the East
Tennessee & Western North Carolina
railway.
Congressman W. P. Brownlow tele-
graphed to the quartermaster's depart
ment, Washington City, Friday to see
if tents and rations could be procured
for the flood sufferers and has received
a telegram in return stating that fifty
tents have already been shipped by ex-
press from Alexandria, Va, to r. A.
Smith, clerk and master of Carter
county, and that the railroads and ex.
press companies carried them free Of
all charges. He has not as yet learned
whether rations will be furnished as il
is question whether they can be had
in such cases.
A. F. Hoss, of this city, was in Bak-
ersville, N. c., during the flood, and
says that Cane river, a small stream,
got out Of its banks, and washed away
90 houses and did considerable Other
damage. Two colored men were
drowned, Quinter Moore and son.
Every house in Magnetic City, a vii
lage in Mitchell county, was destroyed
Roam Mountain station 10 residences
were swept away. Six large stores OF
Big Rock creek were carried away an(
one man, John Mckinney, drowned
while an unknown man was killed by
landslide. ..4e. .e4..aaua
Most of the rich bottom lands alonI
the river in Unicoi are washed away
and now covered with white sand AM
river rocks. Loves Island, wher
there were forty-Ave acres of NIGEL,
grown corn, is now covered with san,
and rocks-eyan the beautiful tree
along its banks ore gone. Below Una
ka Springs is a pile of drift of perhap
seven acres, and 20 to 80 feet high, con
tanning little of everything logs
trees, portions of houses and furnitur
of all kinds everything from railroa
ties to baby cradles in one promiscu
Gus heap.
Railroad communication has been RI
stored between Johnson City an
Elizabethton over the East Tennessee
and Western North Carolina river. A
the stores in Allentown wore sweI
away and 1000 people are withor
food. A train of men on foot le
Elizabethton with supplies for thes
towns. Another dead body was foun
at Milligan, below Elizabethton. 1t
that of woman and is unidentifieC
Kingsport, Tenn, May 97.-The n
cent high tide in Holston river di
more destructive work than was at ifs
reported. Kingsport property vi
damaged beyond accurate estimate
and the great farming country of Il
Holston Valley is almost ruined. TT
RotherN God wooden factory suffer'
considerable loss as did also G.
Jordan's large general store at the 10
ter point. Iut p
Richard Jones reports having Sc,
the decomposed body of man floatiI
in Holston river, but waa unable
reach it.
A house on Holston river. a few mil
from Kingsport, occupied by Tayl
Guyn, fisherman, was washed aw
in the recent tide and reports say {
Guyn family persisted. Only meag
details are obtainahle as telepho
wires for miles along the water cours
are down.
Reports from the devastated secti
are coming in every hour to make t
facts more narrowing. .r
Richard Jones, a farmer, who liy
east of this place, reached town tod