The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-07
30 PERSONS DROWNED AND
 PROPERTY LOSS ENORMOUS
All the Bridges and TrestIes on the Main Line Of the Southern Near spartanbure Are Washed
 Away--Wires All Down.

sulting in general devastation ana dc- stuctlon of life and property.
 All the bridges and trestIes on the main line of the Southern railway were washed away.
 The greatest destruction of life and property occurred at the Pacolet and Clifton and Glendale cotton mills Wires are down and reports conflicting. but it seems certain that 25 or 30 people were drowned, mostly mill operatives
 The following is a partial list of those who lost their lives by the inundation at Clifton:
 August Calvert and wife.
 Miss Lizzie caIverl.
 M. Felix.
 Mrs. w. 3. TInsley.
 MorIay Sims.
 Mrs. B. F. Johnson and four children. Mrs. M; tie Kirby.
 Mrs. John Owens.
 Roy Owens.
 Garland Long.
 Mrs. Long.
 Miss FIetia Gosa.
 Paeolet Mills Suffer.
 The il-fated Pacolet cotton mills were the heaviest property losers, President Victor Montgomery estimating the dam age to the plant at si25o,ooo About 1,2oc operatives in these mills are thrown out of work and within few days will be in need of daily bread.
 At 6 clock this morning 1t was noticed that the water was rising rapidly in the Pacolet river, but no special importance was attached to 1t by the mill operatives, who began to form in line to enter the nils At mills No. 1 and the water pressure soon became dangerous the boiler rooms were submerged and the workmen were ordered back. A little later the fury of the raging river struck mill No 1, sweeping the plant entirely away. The strong current then swept against No 2, demolshing that mill and leaving only the cloth room standing. The big bridge over the Pacolet river, a steel structure was then carried away by the furious water, which had burst through the dams. The wareroom with nearly 1000 bales of cotton and 1000 bales of do- nestle cloth followed, all the cotton be- ing carried down stream.
 Part of Mill Washed Away. At Pacelet mill No. one-half the picker room and five stories on the left side of the main building were washed away. The main building, supported by a thick brick wall, Is still standing, but is very shaky, and may collapse at any time. The boiler room is gone, but the smoke stack is yet standing. The dam at No. 3 is intact. All the machinery In this mill is ruined.
 At Glendale four warehouses filled with cotton and cotton products were swept away along with the dam across Law sons Fork and the trestle of the city electric railroad. The mill at Glendale was not materially damaged.
 Main Building colIapses.
 At Converse the main building of the Clifton factory collapsed and the water rose till the second floor of the mill was four feet deep-forty or fifty feet above the ordinary water mark. The Converse mill is utterly demolished, nothing stand ing except the picker room building which is badly wrecked. Clifton mill No. also lost its boiler room, machine shop. engine room and smokestack.
 President Twlchell could not estimate the loss tonight He has not been able yet to visit the ruins of the plants. The Whitney mills on Lawsons Fork were damaged by the heavy rise of the water, and some houses and a steel bridge at that point were swept away. At the Tucapau mills the water rose to the sec ond floor of the building and considerably damaged the machinery.
 Another Report.
 Charlotte, N. C., June GA special from Clifton, S. C., says: Converse mill, with 1000 spindles, has entirely gone Clifton mill with 27,500 spindes Is half washed away. Dexter mill with 30, ,500 Is half gone. These belong to the Clifton Mannfactur- ing company. Five hundred people are homeless. It is estimated that fifty are drowned. Four thousand are out of em- ployment. There were many thrilling res- cues from trees and houses. B. s. John son lost his wife and all his children, So did R. A. Finley and J. D. Owens. The following were drowned:
 Fleeta Gosia and child, Maggie Kirby, MT, Long and his wife, Novia Smms Other names are not obtainsble.
 The river has fallen to eight feet above the normal.
 Immediate help Is needed. relief committee is to be organized Immediately. The Rev w. G. Snyder will receive and turn over to the committee any moneys forwarded.
 Loss Is Severe.
 Charleston, S C.. June 6s-The News and Couriers special correspondent at Union confirms the report of destruction of Pacoet mills No. 1 and 2 Clifton mills No. 1 and ? destroyed No. 3 threatened Pacolet Manufacturing Com pany has three mills. capitalized at s700,-
 t probably s1.500000 would be more rt has 57 200 spindes and 2.2o2 looms.
 mill was built in 1ss1 pays 10 per se-i lvidends; motive power, water and t makes heavy sheetings. The same
 ny built and owned the Gaines ss i'll. destroyed by tornado.
 n mills. capital s1.o00.Oo. A. H.
 H. president, l01.oO0 spindles. s,254