The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-08
VICTIMS WILL
NUMBER SIXTY
Mills at Pacolet, s. c., Wholly
Destroyed by Saturdays
ClOudburst.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., June To
| days developments in the devastated
mills settlements at Pacolet and Cliff
ton in South Carolina do not lessen
| the horrors of the situation there. The
| loss of life probably may not exceed
| sixty people. The destruction of prop
| erty by the flood was far reaching.
| The following list Of dead is reported to-
| night:
sAMnEL sWAN4GAN N AND AND WIFE. WIFE:
| MISS F'LETA GOSSA.
MISS MAGGIE KIRBY.
| MR.. HALL AND EIGHT CHILDREN
| MR.. ELDREN AND WIFE.
ROBERT FINELY AND FAMILY, and
| their five boarders, names unk nown.
AUGUSTUS CALVERT, WIFE AND
GARLAND LONG AND WIFE.
| MRS. b. F. FINLEY.
| MARIE SIMS.
/ CHILDREN.
THREE GHILDREHNy Of Mrs Williams.
| Four bodies have been recovered.
The town of Union, S.. c., is today
| totally isolated. The Lockhart mills,
below Pacolet, for whose safety fears
had been expressed is but slightly
| damaged.
! ~ e00-foot section of the Southern
| railway bridge over Broad river be-
tween Spar tanburg and Columbia gave
way today, stopping traffic between
! those points. Many other bridges are
unsaf+.
Following is a summary Of the dam
age to the cotton mills:
Pacolet Nos. / and 2, totally destroy
ed; Pacolet No. 8, badly damaged
| These mills operated $4,000 spindIes
| and 1920 looms.
Clifton mill No. 8, at Converse, 81,
900 spindles, destroyed.
Dexter mills, $4,000 spindles, half
| destroyed
Clifton mills, $4,000 spindles, halt
| destroyed.
Glendale mills, badly destroyed.
Pacolet warehouse, $500 bales of cot
ton and 1000 bales Of yarn destroyed
AT PacOlet church, hotel and a
number of cottages destroyed.
| Property damages half a million dol
| lars.
The mayor of Charlotte today issued
an official call for relief
| The flood was due to a mighty cloud
burst along the headwaters Of the
| when it reached Pacolet was sixty feet
high. The mills were located along
the banks of the stream.
A mass meeting of Spartenburg citi-
zens was held today and $3,5O0 was
| subscribed for the relief of the flood
| sufferers.
Congressman Johnson left Sparten-
burg today for Washington to see Sec
retary Of War Root to secure federal
aid if possible. The congressman was
forced to walk to Cowpens to catch
a north bound train. No train has left
here since the disaster yesterday morn
ing.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 7.-Ab-
solute necessary relief in the way OF
! rations, medicines, etc, will be given
by the war department to the .suf-
fArers by the disastrous floods in South
/ Carolina. Supplies to relieve immedi-
ate necessities will be sent from At
lanta ty orders from the war depart
ment.
The railroad situation has given
much uneasiness here and throughout
the state today. The Southern railway
today annulfed trains between Colum-
b1a and Spartanburg, two hundred feet
of the trestle at Shelton, below Union
having been washed away. The coast
line trestle, two miles west of the city,
affords the only exit from Columbia
to the Piedmont country
The COngaree river at midnight was
at 27.5 feet, which is twelve and one
half feet above danger line. 1t is ris-
ing at the rate of 2.5 inches per hour.