The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-11
NO. 46.
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Water Broke in the Heart q Of & = .
the Twin olty Causing .
Great Flood.

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Great Flood.
a reservoir Of the municipal water. {
works, located near the centre ~ J.
WINSTON, N. O., broke at s o'clock
wednesday morning, causing tie. losa
OF nine lives and the I'M jury Of four or
five persons. 3 -:
The dead are:
Mrs. Martin Peoples.
Mrs. Vogler. g
daughter. '1,o'1
Mrs. Southern.
John Southern.
MISS octayia Bailey, aged2o. 81
Lucille Malone. &
Carolina Martin.
The two last named are colored
The injured:
martin Y. Peoples, both legs brok.
en-. Walter Peoples, injury to back.
Gi1ley Jordan, slightly bruised. 4
:, Ihese are at the hospital. D. II.
fayne, q travelling man OF Creams.
ooro, may recover, though his condi.
1ion prevents his removal to fine hoa.
pital nUw. o-.e i1Vs, %;
The north side of the reservoir
which Is 80 feet high, tumbled over
;aiiing upon the home and barn Of
lrtin ". Peoples. >Phere wara
abo It 800, 600 gallons of water in sti1ss
reservoir, and the mad stream rushed
northeast to the Southern railwav
cdt ana thance 70 ns!!cs 10i,l;;. !. iiiia.
5ance Of a half mile. Four tenemant
houses were washed several hundred
yards. -
D:7L. Payne, injured, said he was
awakened by the crash and thouobt;
ne was being swallowed by an earthl5
quake. 1 cannot describe NV exna.
rience while was floating on the
mad, rushing stream or water,n said
MIR. Payne, after his removal tn .
aouse near the place where he was
found. - =. -, ,''' "'''
There were several miraculous ed.
capes. a colored man and his wife
named Davis, after their house wan
turned over, foated upon the stream
OF water on their bad to the railroad
]unction, distance of 500 yards. Ha
lodg ed upon q heap OF rubbish and
walked out without scratch - :.
The Winston aldermen, met wad5Q
nes1ay morning and made arranga-
ments a TO bury the dead and care for
sSIheSWinston reseryoir was. bniltin
1901 Dy company composed Of 40 = :
citizens. Ten years ago It and tine
entire water plant was sold to tha
City. Soon thereafter ten feet, wos
added to the height of the reservnir
which was full OF water when the cnl.
lapse came. The city has lust had n
large stand pipe completed. Itis fniI
OF water and the town Is prepared tn
supply every demand. y j :.
Despite the early hour, the news ne
the disaster spread over the citv In an
incredibly short space of time and
"itnln 81 minutes between 500 and
i,ooo people surrounded the spot. An
hour later the entire city was aroused
and excited. Before the extent of the
damage was known, and while it was
Thought that pelhaps the members of
the Peoples family were the only ones
VINO had los6 their lives, cries Of dis
tress were heard farther down the
street.
The thousands of gallons of water
that flowed from the reservoir formed
a pond In the vicinity, and it
was thought that several people
pie might have been drowned in this.
The city council met and decided to
drain the pond in order to recover anv
bodies that might lie beneath the
water.
The reservoir was situated about
i've blocks from the centre of the bust
ness district of the city and was sur
rounded by q number of residences
and several small stores. Io is under
stood that the structure had been
condemned, but the city authorities
had failed TO remove it.
Dining Hall Burned.