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mills we're completely destroyed with the ex
ception OF q very small portion OF the clolE.
THE p.CoIET " MILES WIDE

! Union, June G.-Latest advices TO the Pro
gress indicates that the Pacolet River. at CHI
ton. is one and one.half miles wide. NO new
can be had from there, hut II Is believed tina
| Clifton Mills Nos. and are down. The dam
at Whitney Is gone and the steel bridge a.
| that place washed away. 1t is reported tha
about five miles of railraad track near Cam
pobello has been destroyed. Rumor says tina
one white man and two colored men were
drowned at Pacolet while trying TO save cot
| ton. Pacolet Mills Nos. l, and are down
| A message from Lock hart Is to the effect thai
Broad River Is rising rapidly. No danger
however, unless there Is further rise o.
twelve or fifteen feet. People there are very
| much alarmed.
THE STORY AS TOLD IN UNION.
UuIon,, June GA cloudburst at Pacolet
caused the washing away of two of the three
big mills at Pacolet, =. G.. The dam has gone
and the river was still rising At l2 10 p. m.
The post office, grist mill, beef market and
church and two hundred bales Of cotton are
gone, and the hotel is expected TO go som.
The loss of two mills alone Is about $1,000 600.
Converse, some miles above. on the river,
has suffered seriously, and about one thous-
and bales of cotton have been seen floating
down the river from that place. II is also re.
ported that Clifton No. has gone and No.
In great danger.
Telephone messages from Sparan burg to the
Union Times, Progress and private citizens
give accounts OF what seems TO be an appall.
Ing calamity TO number OF cotton mi lis OF
that county. II seems that there was a cloud
burst on the Pacolet River at some point
north OF Spartanburg at an early hour this
morning. AS consequence Whitney Mill, a
few miles north of Spartanburg, is badly
damaged; Clifton No. destroyed, Clifton NO.
2 sis going, Pacolet No. washed away. with
its ware houses, containing cotton and cloth
Pacolet No. 2 about to 60, and the dam at Pa:
colet No. gone. This last circumstance will
probably same the mill at that place. No &C.
count OF lives lost has been received. 1t is
rup h0naaR n
have been seen floating down the river, con.
taiping the dead bodies Of those who had
occupied them. Several miles OF the Colum-
bia, Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad near
train up from Columbia this morning will go
to Spartanburg and return. A good deal OF
anxiety Is felt here concerning the tate of
Lock hart Mill, In the eastern section Of this
county. This mill is situated on the Broad
River, q few miles below the point where Pa
colet River flows into 1t. The bed OF the for
mer Is very wide there, however. and IL Is
thought that If It has not been affected by
similar cloudburst above the mouth OF Paco-
let the influx OF the latter stream will not
cause Broad River TO rise TO the danger point.
The tenant houses, or some Of them, as well
as the mill, are situated almost on the river
banks at Lock hart, and the result Of an over.
flow there would be serious in the extreme,
No communication can be had between Lock
hart and Union.
A FULLER ACCOUNT.
Calhoun Falls, June 6-Seneca River began
rising slowly yesterday. Before daylight this
morning the rise became more rapid and by
2 O'Clock today the river was higher than ever
before known, bringing down houses and
bridges. At o'clock today Little River, a
of the Seneca, reached the second
story Of Courtenay's Factory, doing consider
able damage to the machinery in the lower
floor. The water reached the roof OF the cot
ton warehouses. severely damaging them and
washing away forty or ftty bales OF cotton
Several houses were also washed away.
The Benedict Lumber Company, at this
place, have sustained heavy loss. Their boom
failed TO control the logs and nearly all
got away today. The Southern Railroad Is
using the utmost precaution in crossing
trains over Seneca River, testing the trestle
with coal tran ahead Of the vestibules
News arrived about .o'clockt his afternoon
that the dam OF the Toxaway Company broke
today. This dam holds back a lake covering.
It is said, 1900 acres, and IL is expected that
great damage will result TO bridges and other
property whenever the flood comes along.
This Is the lake that has caused so much un-
easiness for several months past. for the dam
was known to be imperfectly constructed. 1t
Is on Toxaway, a tributary Of Seneca River.
D. l.. r.