The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-26
THE STORMS WILD work.
A View of the Flooded COnI District
of West Virginia.

of West Virginia.
Roanoke, Va, June 25.-The damage in
the coal fields begins at Coaldale, which
if fifteen miles west of Bluefield. At
that place great embankments support
ing the railroad track have been washed
out.
AT Mayberry, from the train. can be
molished.
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 valuable company houses have an
unsightly appearance on account of ma
terial washed in their yards. The loss
here and al Lick Branch is $4,000 At
LICK Branch the water was very high,
and at this point damage to the main line
of railroad begins, and destruction of coal
company property increases.
AT Ennis can be seen the ruins OF a
valuable house, and on down below lum-
Der from many buildings is collected high
against bridge abutmentS and other un-
movable structures At this point the
east bound track begins to entirely disap-
pear, and at some distance further the
roadbed is entire.y gone from both tracks
Ihe iron bridge structures remain, but
the approaches to either end, in almost
ali cases, have been entirely washed out
by reason of lumber from demolished
houses and other material being wedged
against the abutments, causing the water
to flow around. All wooden bridges are
gone. The Turkey Gap colliery's loss is
iT0Ia fc eli 41tr 4
and the coke tracks gone
The delivery and coke oven tracks of
the Grocer and Houston operators are al
most entirely gone, bridges and all, cars
are turned over, empty and partially
loaoed, and some are demolished. Tne
Grocer boiler house is washed out and
the damage sustained is $4,000.
The damage at Houston is $15.000
At the Upland company the boiler
house and tipple is partially washed
away. Along here coal company houses
have been moved and destroyed. Between
this operation and Kyle all tracks are
badly damaged, nearly everything having
exchanged position with the former creek
bed.
Heavy Loss to Railroads.
The great fills which the railroad com
pany have been making and riprapping
ever since the high waters of 81 have
been levelled. All operations have had
heavy loss and weeks will have to pass
before they can work again to advantage.
Heavy damage was done at Lynchburg
operation, mostly to the tracks.
Up North Fork branch ruined houses
can be seen. besides a tremendous
amount of building material which was
lodged against North Fork bridge
The water has changed its course at
This bT6oe Inv .rpnnOvpoy ha Iaar nh
at the east approach.
The North Fork operations all sustain
ed considerable damage.
Algoma lost houses and tracks and no
reasonable estimate can yet be made.
Elk Ridge lost number of houses.
coke oven and tresties. Til 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 were damaged.
At Rofe the tipDie and trestles were
damaged.
At Roanoke the damage to houses
trestles and tracks will amount to 1850
At Arlington bridges are gone above
and below the tipple and the loss is es-
timated at $4,000.
At Mcdowell the tracks are washed out
and houses destroyed.
Giliams loss is heavy in small houses.
Indian Ridge lost a number of houses
and their storehouse was damaged DR..
Workman's house and office washed
away. Loss, $500
Ashland's S loss is between 5000 and $10-
co.,
Bottom Creeks loss is $4,000.
Tidewater lost heavily.
At keystone the streets are washed r-
regular and debris is everywhere floors
of the buildings standing are covered with
mud, and water has been all
over the town to- a considerable
depth. Had it not been for the jamming
of three or four buildings at the upper
end near the suspension bridge, no doubt
the entire property of the town would he
a total loss. Just opposite Calhoun's
buildings, on the other side OF the creek,
a number of houses were entirely swept
away, including the most of Belcher
town. Property is undermined and badly
damaged at Burke. The whole fill, on
which the two tracks pass through Key
stone, is entirely gone, tracks and all.
The wagon bridge and the coal COM
pany houses on the company's side are
also gone, and Banks building, known rs
1.-The First Chance Saloon" is demolished
Many persons had narrow escapes with
their lives, and men, women and chill
dren succeeded in escaping through water,
waist deep, while others were carried
away. A Mr.. Abbott succeeded in reseu-
ing a man named Lockwood on Main
street by fastening himself to a post by
means of rope and make dive In the
swift water just as Lockwood was sink
ing from view. Many similar rescues
were made.
Many Lost Their Lives.
Eight bodies have been found between
Burke and Eckman. There is no doubt
that many lost their lives through mere
projects and from being intoxicated. one
white man got on a section of sidewalk
and left town with his arms folded, re-
marking that he was going down below
to find out how everything was. His
body was recovered afterward.
The loss at Peerless is estimated at
$4,000, and at Shawnee at $4,000
The North Fork operators, while being
able to repair their damage sooner, Will
not ship any coal for thirty days, as the
railroad tracks will have to be repaired
before anything is done.
Following are the names OF some OF the
dead:
John Smith. white; Nellie Smith. white;
Anna Smith, white; Charles Sesley,
white: - Mccoy. woman, colored;
Sam Poindexter, colored; John Ballard
c-olored; Bette Brown, coored; - Trigg.
colored; Jacob Rinin. colored; John Ban
Mister. colored mother and baby un-
known.
The negro man TrlEg hosted down
stream on the roof Of his shanty. When
near the railroad track he jumped and
struck his head against the rail, dash'ng