The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-07-03
IN WAKE OF FLOOD.
Tho Wreck of Railroads and
Bridges Were Complete.
oREATLosS TO MINES.
No Coke Can be Handled for
Wesks Whisksy Courage
Caused Loss Of Ssv-
erai Lives.

at Cole Dale, which is Is miles
west Of Bluefeld AT that place great
embankments supporting the railroad
track have been washed out.
at Msyberry, from the train can he
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 cut in
some places and covered over in others,
aud those lett of the long row Of vsu
able compsny houses have an unsightiy
appearance on account of material
washed in their yards.
The loss here aud at Lick Branch is
$4,000 At Lick Branch the water was
very high, and at this placs damage to
tho main line of railroad begins, ard
destruction Of coal company property
increases.
AT h mis- can be seen the remsins Of
a valuable house, and on down below,
lumber from many buildings is col
lee ed high against bridge abutments
and other unmovable structures. At
this place the east bound track begins
to entirely disappear and at some dis
tauce further the roadbed is entirely
gone from both tracks.
The iron bridge structures still re-
main but the al proaches 10 either eud
In most all cases have been entirely
washed away, by reason of lumber from
demolished houses aud other material
hnr l. -.
causing the water 10 flow around. All
wooden bridges are gone. The Turkey
Gap oolleries' loss is $4,000, the tip
pie is slightly damaged and the coke
tracks gone.
The delivery and coke oven tracks of
the Croz. r and Houston operations are
most entirely gone. Bridges and all
cars are turned over empty and partially
loaded, and some are demolished. The
Grocer boiler house is washed out and
the damage sustained is $25 900.
The damsge at Houston is SIS, 900.
AT the Upland company the boiler
house and tipple is partially washed
away. Along here the camp houses
have been moved and destroyed. Be-
tween this operation and Kyle, all
tr:eLc .raebad y damaged, nearly every-
thing having exchanged position with
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making and riprappipg ever since the
high water Of 1897, have been levelled.
All operations have had heavy loss and
weeks will have passed before they can
work again to advantage.
Heavy damage was done at Lynch
burg operations, mostly to the tracks.
Up north Fork branch q 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
removing the embankment at the east
approach. The North Fork operations
ali sustained considerable damage.
Algoma lost houses and tracks and
no reasonable estimate can yet be made.
E.kridge lost a number Of houses, coke
ovens and trestles. The power house
and their tracks were washed out. The
tIpple Is also damage loss so, 600.
Greenbrier lost a number of houses
and their tracks were damaged.
AT Rolfe the tipple and trestle were
damaged.
AT Roanoke the damage to houses,
trestles and tracks will amount to ST.
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 email
houses.
Indian Ridge lost a number os houses
and Their storehouses was damage d
DR.. Workman house aud off so were
washed away, loss $l2 600.
A5hisnds iosJ bo.ween eight ard ten
Thousand. Bottom creek lost S25. 900.
IideEaCer lost heavily.
AT Keystone tire streets are Washe d
llrcs sular ana debris is cyerywEeIo;
hoors of tle building stsndIng are Gov
eToo with mud aud water has been sil
over the town to a considerable dep.h.
Had IL not been f,r the M nlns IF
three or iOur bulldogs st the upper end
near tho suspension bridge, 10 dCub.
the entire property OF tho town would
have been e total loss.
just opposite Calhoun's BUILDINGS on
the other side Of the cree K, eli houses
wore entirely swept away, icoluaing
tne most Ot Bsilchcr towa. Propcr.
Is undermined and badly damaged a.
Burke. Inc whole fiji, on which the
two tracks pass through Keystone, Is
entirely gone, tracks ana sll. fho
wagon trldge and the coal company
houses on the oompany's side are a.so
gone, and Bank building known as
he First Change Saloon" is domol
lshed. Many porioIs had narrow es-
oape5 with their lives and men, women,
and Children succeeded is ESCAPING
through water waist deep, while others
were carried away. a Mir Abbott sue
oeeded IN resouing mAn named Lock
wood on Main street Dy fastening MIN
self to post by means OF roIo and max
Ing dive in the swift water last as
LOCKWOOD was sinking from view.
Many similar rescues were made.
Eight booi les have been found between
Burke and EskmAn. There is no doubt
that many lost their lives through mere
projects and from being intoxicated.
One white man got on a section of side
walk and left town with his arms folded
Temarking that he was going down be-
low to find out how everything was.
His body WAS recovered afterwards.
The loss at Peerless is estimated at
$3O, O,UOO and at Shawnee at $50 600.