The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-05-30
Rise in CataWba River Breaks All Pre-
ViOuS Records.
The NEW CLIFFS HOTEL IS GONE.
Railroads Suffer Heavy Damage BY
Washouts--The Catawba Changes
Its Course i'm Pkaces--Railway Traf.
fic Suspended.
Railway Blocked.

ASlSVllle, N. u, opSNl"i' -No N"'-S
have come in or left Asheville since
Tuesday. The main line of the South
ern Railway to Knoxville ON the west
and Salisbury on the east is blocked
by landslides, the result Of the recent
heavy rains. 1t is believed schedules
will not be resumed east across the
Blue Ridge before Friday. News COM
ing in from the mountain district in
dicate heavy losses to farmers along
the small streams by the destruction OF
growing crops.
The Catawba Changes Its Course.
Marion, N. c., Special.-Reports just
coming In show the storm of Tuesday
to have been the worst one that has
ever occurred here and the damage to
crops much worse than at first report
ed. 1t is impossible to give correct
estimate of the damage done to farm
lands. One farm near here is damaged
about $4,000. The Catawba river has
changed its course in several places. 1t
was two miles wide at the nearest
point to this place and was three feet
above highwater mark. Every bridge
In this county excepting three iron
ones were washed away. The cloud
burst at Old Fort washed away one
house. No trains have passed here since
passenger train No II at noon Tues
day. 1t is still at Mud Cut, on the
mountain. where it will likely remain
for several days. Trains from the east
will probably reach this place some
time Thursday but will not be able to
get through to Asheville for four or
five days. Several bad washouts and
slides have occurred west of here.
Seven hundred feet OF track and road
bed are washed entirely away five
miles west of here. Trains will not get
here on the South Carolina & Georgia
Extension Railroad for two or three
weeks. So far as known no lives have
been lost
ri Feet Above Low Watar.
Morganton, N. c., Special.-A steady
fall Of nearly 48 hours. eliminating
Tuesday afternoon in clOud-burst
near Round Knob. wrought havoc
along the Catawna valley. when the
flood broke all records. The Catawba
river at Morganton was 81 feet above
low water feet higher than ever be-
fore recorded The two handsome
steel bridges at McDowells ford and
ON the Lenoir road were swept away
about II o'clock last night. These
bridges cost about $4,000. The stone
piers at the upper bridge were demol-
ished and the tubular piers support ng
the lower bridge toppled over. when
the bridge went down. There was
heavy washout on the Southern Rail
way at Silver creek at Br1dgewater
and much damage is reported on the
mountain division. Two houses at
Bridgewater, one near Glen Alpine
and one Just below Morganton, wers
swept away.
Cliffs Hotel Washed Away.
Hickory, N. c.. Special.-The Cliffs
Hotel, which had just been completed
and partly furnished, was carried from
its site down the river a distance OF
one-Quarter Of mile, the first and Sc
cond stories being entirely separated
and the damages to the structure is Sc
rious. The Carolina & Northwestern
Railroad Is badly damaged between
here and Lenoir, owing to the numer-
Gus washouts. The track and treStleS
along the line If the Catawba river, a
distance or two or three miles. are
badly damaged. 1t will take several
DAYS to repair them. 1t may be a.
least two or laree days BEFORE trains
can pass over the track. The passen.
ger train to-day was turned back from
this point.
A Big Washout.
Shelby, n c., Special.-As a result
OF the heavy dDwnpour for the past
three days two big washOuts are re
ported on the S. C. & G. Extension
Railroad. one this side Of Marion and
the other this side of Blacksburg.
Consequently no trains will be opera
ted before Saturday A large force Of
hands is now repairing the damage.
British King in a Wreck.