The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-06-11
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ROARING FLOOD SWEEPS THE pIEDMONT.
Persons Were Drowned in Spartanbur8 County Flood

Two Mills at PacOlet and Two ut Clifton are Washed
i Away and Others Damaged The Most Destruc- .
Il tive High Water Ever KNOWN in the Up 4Sss
i Country. Railroad Bridges Swept Away.
i Many Lives Lost. =4@
Columbia. June IL. m.-Specas The State tonight
terrible destructive floods in the valleys Seneca
olet and Tiger rivers &&#$'&$5%
Clifton Mills, Pacoe river, report of the three mills
damaged and dozen lives lost The railroad bridge
there washed away, and dozen lives lost
At Pacoet the mills No.l and No. were washed away the
and of the operatives houses also gone
| There small loss of life there. ~
Converse Mill Clifton and Arlington Mills at Greers
are under j
Spartanburg off from railroad connection in every
direction except towards Columbia, and trains running
with extreme from here ..I
There heavy Columbia elsewhere through
out the State tonpht~ -
lhe loss to property caCt be estimated with any accuracy
tonight beSSt it must up into millions of dollars.
SSsSSas.s.a The State. #
Columbia, S. c., ARs Record has the following
special this afternoon;
Union, S. c.. June 6.-Ncws of destructlon py
high water at Pacolet miles north Of ibis ac las
just been confirmed by G. Gregory operative of the
Pacole mill who arrived here the train In inter
view he said there terrible heavy steady rain all nob
When people went to the mill at $50 60 water
was up to the double BRIDGE built by county last year.
IN about two minutes the bridge down and shop
beet Market dentists and warehouse two The
operatives did not work the wheel drawn out bv
back About o'clock mill No collapsed then the Il
Presbyterian church and warehouse No. and O'Clock 81
mill No Went down About o'clock heavy tmbers &3
known to be used mills down the river supposed to
have been Clifton Mill No. and No. but they passed
the dams without breaking through Timbers and great
deal OF household furniture also oated down. showing
the houses at Clifton have been wrecked.
sad incident when little boy about fourteen wears
Old, recognized to be Of named Bud Johnsonc
down on piece of timber. He cred "Save mel" But just
then the plank went down and he .%
The company store, which is about 50 yards
has feet of in the cellar and has been locked
will be allowed to enter.
Great excitement prevails here and is believed that the
port with regard to Clifton No. and No. having been
washed away 1t also feared that considerable
damage will be done Lockhart mills when the strikes
there.
who has just arrived in Broad River at
the mill at o'clock this morning says the had but
little Lockhart is cut off from telephone and eegraphc
muncaton with this place. At 23o the following dispatch
received from Pacoe showing the situation consid
eraby improved and that the third mill still stands.
Pacolet, June 6The is standsti. The Pacolet
Mills store is still all right The mill has suffered
any further damage. All hope the worst is
Later dispatches say the Clifton Mills greatly damaged
but washed away and that three people drowned
Over 5000 employees in the mills at Clifton of work
and in destitute circumstances.
At Pacoet 1000 people practically destitute. In the
smaller mills of the county the number thrown of employ
will exceed that of 5000
President Montgomery of the Pacolet mills places their loss
at 81 100000
at 81 8ooooo
Converse Mills Glendale is $4,000. Tucapa's loss is
$25ooo Lockharts loss is $25,ooo Famounts loss is
$4,000. Whneys loss is $4,000. Lolos loss is $5ooo
The total mill loss is $3,2SOOOO. =