Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-06-10

q dyke OF SanQ DdSS, WHICH proleCteo
the mills and operatives houses. The
only buildings washed away were the
recently built ice plant and a ware
room. The damage is estimated at
about $4,000. The damage to cotton
and cloth was slight, and no damage
whatever to the mill building.
The Pacolet Death Roll.
Spartanburg special Of Monday to
the News and Courier: The Interrupt
ton of all means Of traffic and COM
munication caused by the high water
in the Pacolet valley made it impossi-
BILE until tonight to secure anything
like an accurate death roll Of the
ports to be a complete list Of the
drowned: Joseph Hall, his mother,
wife and six children, Bud Emory, OIL
yer Johnson, E. Robbs, wife and two
children, Julius Biggerstaff, Augustus
Calvert, wife and two children, Mrs.
Hinson and child, Mrs. Williams, elev-
en- members Of Lowing family, Mrs.
Massey and four children, Grenoble
Sims, Robert Finley and wife, Mrs.
Owens and two children, Dock Will
liams, Roscoe Johnson, Maggie Kirby,
Garland Long and wife, John Swear
ingen and wife, Miss Fleta Gosa, Mrs.
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have been recovered and identified.
Three unidentified bodies have also
been taken from the river, making the
aggregate of the death roll 58.
Driftase at Columbia.
Columbia special Of Sunday to the
News and Courier: Today Is so bright
and beautiful in Columbia that 1t Is
hard to realize that but yesterday tor
rental floods were carrying death and
destruction along with them In the
upper part Of the state. There was a
terrific rain here in the early part Of
last night and the streets were badly
washed, but shortly after midnight the
clouds cleared away and the down.
pour which had prevailed more or less
throughout the week, apparently came
to an end. The Congaree river this
morning. however, bore abundant evil
dence of the disaster in the up-coun-
try. The raging water was filled with
wreckage, consisting Of planks, scant-
lings and pillars, which evidently had
been parts Of the destroyed mills. Be-
sides these there were a number Of
bales Of cotton seen floating down.
An immense crowd had gathered early
in the morning at the foot Of Gervais
street simply to see the sight, but
among them were those who had an
eye to business. AS a cotton bale
would come in sight here and there
along the banks row boats could be
seen pushing out to capture 1t. It was
a strong pull and a dangerous one for
the boatmen, but the desire Of gain,
to get something for nothing, as 1t
were, was strong enough in them to
make them risk death to secure It.
Some eight or ten bales were thus
captured during the morning by vari-
Gus parties and landed on the banks
It was reported that the owners Of
this cotton notified people below the
disaster and arranged with them to
save as much Of the cotton as possible
but the bales that got here had passed
the watchers higher up the stream.
The cotton belongs to the mill owners
and its being fished out Of the river
here brought up the question Of sal
wage. Some who claim to know about
such things say that in case the mill
owners claim the cotton 1t will be sub
ject to the same salvage laws as per-
tain in maritime cases, but as it Is
only about once in lifetime that such
salvage cases arise here, no one but
the lawyers is familiar with the law
on the subject. 1t may be that some
Of the cotton will be returned to the
owners on demand without recourse
to law, but in other cases no doubt
salvage will be claimed. Besides the
cotton some pillars and lumber were
picked up, but these were Of small ac-
count. At noon the river was twenty
one feet and still rising rapidly, and it
was expected to attain its extreme
height later in the afternoon.