The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
WINSTON FLOODED.
Reservoir Gave Way, causing Toss Of
Nine Lives.
NINE OTHER PERSONS INJURED.
A Dam Holding 500, 900 Gallons of
Water Broke in the Heart of
the Twin City CausinRa
Great Flood,
Great Flood.

Water Broke in the Heart of
the Twin City CausinRa
Great Flood.
a reservoir Of the municipal water
works, located near the centre Of
Winston, N. c., broke at S o'clock
Wednesday morning, causing the loss
OF nine lives and the injury Of four OF
Eve persons.
The dead are:
Mrs. Martin Peoples.
Mrs. Vogler.
Mrs. John Poe and 12-year.old
daughter.
Mrs. Southern.
John Southern.
Miss Octavia Bailey, aged 20.
Lucille Malone.
Carolina Martin.
The two last named are colored.
The injured: -
Martin Y. Peoples, both legs brok-
en-. Walter Peoples, injury to back.
Gilley Jordan, slightly bruised
These are az the hospital D. L.
Payne, travelling man OF Green's
boro, may recover, though his coadi-
1ien prevents mis- removal to the hos:
pital now.
The north side OF the reservoir,
which is sc feet high, tumbled over,
falling upon the home and barn Of
Martin V. Peoples. There were.
abo4t 800, 900 gallons of water in the.
reservoir, and the mad stream rushed.
aortheast to the Southern railway:
CIT and thence to Belos pond, a dis.
Jarce OF half mile. Four tenement
houses were washed several hundred
yards.
D. L. Payne, Injured, said he was.
awakened by the crash and Thought
he was being swallowed by an earth-
quake. II cannot describe my expe-
rlence while was floating on the
mad, rushing stream OF water" said
Mr.. Payne, after his removal to q
house near the place where be was:
found.
There were several miraculous es-
capes. A colored man and bis wife,
named Davis, after their house was
turned over, doated upon The stream
Of water on their bed to the railroad
junction, a distance OF 500 yards. He
lodged upon a heap OF rubbish and
walked out without a scratch. =
The Winston aldermen met We'd
nesday morning and made arrange:
uents to bury the dead and care for;
the injured.
The Winston reservoir was built In.
1881 by a company composed: Of 60.
citizens. Ten years ago it and the
entire water plant was sold to the
city. Soon thereafter ten feet was
added to the height OF tie reservoir,
which was full OF water when the col.
lapse came. The city has just had a:
large stand pipe completed. 1t Is full
OF water and the town is prepared 20
supply every demand.
Despite the early hour, the news Of
the disaster spread over the city In an:
incredibly short space Of time, and
within 80 minutes between 500 and
1000 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 vas
Thought that perhaps the members OF
the Peoples family were the only ones
gho had lost 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 any
bodies that might lie beneath the
water.
The reservoir was situated about
five blocks from the centre Of the busi-
ness district Of the city and was sur
rounded by e number Of residences
and several small stores. It is under
stood that the structure had been
condemned, but the city authorities
had failed to remove it.