The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-06-12
The Catastrophe at the c1iftous.
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blok aim )st Graz I'd with the horrors of
the scenes. 81 hear the cries now. /
hear them as g, to sleep, and am
sure | will hear them as long as 1 liye.' -
TIE FATALITIES.
The greatest loss of life occurred at
Clifton No. 2. There were sixty houses
and forty lives lost here, and the beauti-
full mill is badly wrecked and the magni.
icent store with its heavy stock Is gone.
About six or seven bodies have been
recovered. The fatalities are as follows:
Joe Hall, Mrs. Joe Hall, Ella Hall,
Lollie Hall, Jimmie Hall, three other
Hall children, Bud Emory. Oliver John
son, Eddie Robbs, Mrs Robbs and two
children, Julius Biggerstaff, Mr.. and
Mrs. Augustus Calvert, Miss Lou Cal
vert, Felix Calvert, Mrs. Henson, Mrs
Jane Williams baby, Louin family of
eleven, four Massey children, Genoble
Sims, Mrs Massey, Mrs. Finley, Mrs
Owens and two children, Dock Williams.
Roscoe johnson, Maggie Kirby, Mr.. Gar
land Long, Mrs. Garland Long, Mrs.
Samuel Swearingen, Mr.. Samuel Swear
ingen, Miss Fleecia Gotta, Mrs. Will
Kirby, Mr.. Will Wood reported missing.
1t is believed that several whole fami-
lies were swept away in Santuc, below
Mill No. 2.
THE MILL WAS IN OPERATION.
When the final crash came at No. 2
Clifton, the mill was in full operation.
The water rose higher and higher, but
the operatives were dispose to laugh at
the situation. They did not dream of
its seriousness. They stood by their
looms and spindles and the little children
floated their boxes in the water and
padded around as though it were holi-
day. When the seriousness dawned and
the order came to leave the mill, many
had to be driver. out by force.
Clifton No. 2 IS today totally wrecked
in one end and chord wood fills every
room. There are bodies not yet recover
I'd in the debris. The odors late yester-
day afternoon clearly indicated the
presence of human bodies buried beneath
the rubbish.
THE SITUATION.
The people need attention. They
need food and clothing, but there is no
immediate cause for alarm. The suffer-
ing has not set in. In the presence of
the fearful havoc wrought the men are
dazed. They cannot realize the force of
the blow. They sit around and talk,
inquire aDxiously about relatives, talk
over the scenes and incidents, but are
not disposed to work. The demoraliza-
tion extends to the women and children
and the negroes. At Pacolet yesterday
there was an effort on the part of the
company to begin clearing the wreckage.
A few men were put to work at No. 3
PacOlet, some white and some colored,
but not half as many as were needed
The men seem too daZed to think about
work. They have not recovered from
the shock sufficiently ard the negroes do
not seem to care for work. While
the demand at Pacolet for laborers to
clear the wreckage was urgent, on thr
hill this side a negro baseball game was
in progress.
The Herald ras been asked to make
the suggestion that the county convict
squad be hired to these companies to
work until the wreckage is cleared
The convicts are now encamped at Cliff
ton No. 2. There is no work that they
can do just now on the roads. The sug-
gestion seems TO be timely.
OTHERS IN THE PACoLET VALLEY
FINGERVILLE, Tiger AND TUG
APAU DAMAGFD-ENoREE SAFE.
Distress and damage are the reports
from cotton mills in other portions of
the county than Pacolet valley, where
the ravages were most terrible.
The Mary Louise Mill, a 2,0C0 spindle
mill on Island creek owned by J. T. and
B. f. Wilkins, was totally destroyed, no
vestige of the machinery or buildings
remaining. The loss is complete.
The Tiger mill, 30,720 spindles, oD'
Middle Tiger, was seriously damaged
President Mathews was here yesterday;
he estimates the loss at from S12. ZOO to
Sl5, 900. The greatest damage was done
by the raging water in the spinning,
weave and cloth rooms.
aLENDALR's LOSS.
Yesterday conservative business man
estimated the loss Of the Glendale Mills
at SAC, 900. Practically all Of the cotton
and cloth swept away from the ware
houses was recovered along the banks Of
Lawson's Fork. Some of these ware
houses, while washed away considerable
distance from their foundations, were
not destroyed and can be placed in service
again. The dam is one Of the most
serious losses Its cost was SIC, 900 and
it will require more than this sum to
durably replace it.