Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-07-05
ocoNee HARD NIT AGAIN.
Hsass Rains Last Friday Night Ealsed Streams
to Flood Proportions Damage Heavy.

over portions of Oconee, and did heavy
damage to crops on creek and river bot
toms. The area covered by the deluge,
however, 10 smal compared to tho flood
of 1908, when no section of this county
escaped, and the whole State suffered to
greater or less extent. Then practically
every bridge in tho county was swept
away, costing the county upwards of
$4,000.
Crops on all water courses botween
Tugaloo river on the South and Little
river Oh the Northe' st are damaged va
r!ccsly from 80 to 80 per cent, in most
instances wide strip on either side Of
the water courses being completely
swept away. Upland crops, as rule,
have suffered compa catively little. Yet
in places the upland damage is reported
as greater than in 1908. Reports from
the territory between Tugaloo and Little
rivers are practically uniform in estimat-
ing crop damage on bottoms at about 33
per cent.
Poor Mountain, just above Walhalla,
shows front SCARED by several land
slides as result of cloud.bursts, the
earth, shrubbery and trees having slid
down the mountain side in three or four
places, leaving the hill bare to red clay
or rock surface. These land slides have
been more or less common for several
years past, since the hill country has
been subjected to frequent clouo bursts
during the month of Juno.
A short visit Sunday afternoon to the
ODell mill place revealed heavy damage
there. The mill dam burst about 2
O'Clock Saturday morning, throwing into
the already raging flood double volume
of water. The corn crib, located some
hundred yards from the creek bank, was
overturned, the stables flooded higher
than the doors, aud it was only by hard
work that the stock was saved. When
Mr. Allison, who lives at the O'Dell
place, swan out to the stable the water
was SO high that he had t. swim into the
stable and reach down about foot to
nnlatch the stall doors. At that time
two horses were swimming in their
stalls. and two steers, tied in the outer
opening, were cut loose and swan out
side, one being almost past saving itself
when loosed. In the garden there is a
settling of sand and debris to depth of
two feet. The creek banks have widened
at that point to about three times nor
NAL width. Mr.. Allison says it will be
two weeks or more before he can replace
the dam, as his time will be required in
trying to save his crop and in sowing
peas where the land will permit.
The O'Dell place is q fair sample of the
work of the flood in places similarly
situated, but it is worse there than the
average, owing to the heavy volume of
water from the dam aud the steep fall in
the creek. There is little prospect of a
crop, as it is too late to replant and ma
ture the crop.
The Southern Railway trestle over
Chauga creek, near Madison, was washed
away. This, with damages to railway
property north of Seneca, prevented
trains from running either way as far as
Seneca aud Westminster. Traffic over
the Southern was handled by the Blue
Ridge railway through Anderson to
Greenwood, from which point Southern
trains were operated over the Seaboard
tracks. Blue Ridge trains ran late Satur-
day and Sunday, owing to extra work.
The Southern resumed traffic over it's
own lines on Monday.
The following bridges were washed
} away
On Little River-High Falls, Keith
Morgan and Emerson bridges slightly
damaged. Emerson bridge open for
travel.
North Cane Creek-Beatty, Ivester and
Flat Shoals. The Ivester bridge Is up
and ready for travel.
Cane Creek-Suttles, Pieper Thomp-
son, Burns, Wigington, Taylor, Alex
ander and Boyd. Biggerstaff slightly
damaged. There is a ford at the Boyd
bridge. 1t is expected that the Thomp-
son and Biggerstaff bridges will be open
for travel tomorrow. The Sloan Strib-
ling bridge is standing, also the Baptize,
Wendelkin and Werner. 1t is now re-
ported that the Biggerstaff bridge is
gone.
onneross-Stribling Hesse, Alexan-
der, Livingston, Sitton and High bridge
The Werner, Lee and Leroy bridges are
up and open for travel.
1t is understood that all the bridges on
Chauga are gone. Among them are ::
Cobb Mill, Hudson and Horseshoe.
These were all costly bridges and the
loss will fall heavy on the county. 1t is
learned that the Cox, Davis and Bryant
bridges are still standing.
Itis reported that the bridges on Ram
says creek are all gone.
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The Diamond Cure.