The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-28
MORE FLOOD NEWS
SECOND STORM DAMAGED REPAIR
WORK.
MUCH LOSS IN TAzEWELL.
THE VIRGINIA COUNTY SUFFERED
SEVERELY.

List of the Dead Now Made I'm
shows Total of 81, with n Prob
ability of Many Others Buried I'm.
der Debris and Observation-Disclosures
Now Being Recovered From Trees
and Drift Heaps-Property Loss in
TazeweH County Placed at over
S5O0,O0O.
Roanoke, Va, June N.-The food of last
night at Pocahontas did not cause any
loss of life so far as known. Water was
three feet deep in some sections of the
town. The greatest damage was to rail-
road tracks.
The following official statement regard
ing yesterdays storm in the coal fields
was given out by the Norfolk and West
ern general officers here this evening:
I'VE had a very heavy storm yesterday
which cut out some of the track repair
work badly, and will take all of to-day to
repair the damage. We have material
enough at the front to repair the bridges
between Vivian and Davy. The storm
delayed this work also Without further
storms the work will be completed to
Davy tonight"
Calamity at Dry Fork.
The storm in Tazewell county, Virginia
seems to have been worse than at first
thought. Each day brings meagre details
of the calamity which has befallen that
community. Dry Fork, which has been
entirely cut off from outside communica-
ton since Saturday, has up to this time,
added three more victims to the death
list. Their names are Booth. Beavers
and Blaukenship. 1t seems that these
unfortunate men were at the home of
young Booth, son of one of the drowned
men. and were trying to- save the house
hold effects, when so suddenly was the
house torn from its foundation and car
RED down the stream that all hope of es-
cape was cut off before they realized
their perilous position. 1t is not known
whether the bodies have yet been recov-
cred.
Numerous houses were washed away,
anong them being the old Barnett mill,
which had stood the foods Cor three,
quarters of a century.
Several steam saw-miils situated on
this stream were carried away with mil
lions of feet of lumber. James Beavers
mill alone lost 100000 feet of fine poplar
lumber.
The body of Mrs. Hoops. the wire of the
section foreman, who with her two chill
dren was drowned at Pounding Mill, was
recovered two miles from her home,
lodged in a tree.
The body of a Mr.. Tate was also recov-
cred.
The Fugate lumber mill and lumber
yards situated on Dismal were swept
away.
Heavy Loss En TazeweI.
Numerous estimates have been made as
to the amount of damage Tazewell coun-
ty to farm lands. mill property, wooden
mills, residences. loss of crops and stock
but nothing definite can be determined
as the fist of losses is growing. 1t is
now placed at from 100000 to 100000.
News reached Tazewell last night of
the finding of two unknown dead bodies
in an enormous drift below Richards
They are believed to be father and SON
When they were found the man was
clinging to his dead horse and the boy S
arms were twined around the mans body.
Searching parties are at work, dragging
the river and other victims may yet be
found. The list Of dead so far as known
at Tazewell is as follows:
John Van Dyke, Edward Van Dyke,
Mrs. john Hoops and her two children;
- Tate, - Blankenship, Beavers
- Booth, father and son unknown;
Paris Craig, colored.