The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-09-02
50 DIE IN FLOOD;
. Loss 100000
SUMMARY OF CONDITIONS IN
GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA,
AUGUSTA SAID TO BE
THE WORST SUFFERER
Grammar School CoiIapses and Foun.
dations Of Many Other Buildings
Are Rendered Insecure by Flow Of
the Waters. .


Atlanta, Ca, Aug. ga cali for as.
sistance. loss of $1,5O0,OOO in
Augusta alone, and of $1,O0O,O00 in
other cities in South Carolina and
parts of Georgia, and 80 lives lost,
summarized the flood conditions in
the south Friday.
Reports of damage from points in
South and North Carolina. are COM
ing in slowly. Bridges have been
washed away in South Carolina along
the Southern railway, and until mid.
night it was impossible to secure com.
munication with any point out of At.
laEta.
In Augusta the principal suffering
is along the deep gullies known as Bird
wells Bottom and Perrys Bottom.
Here the houses We're covered to the
caves.
Business Blocks Endangered.
The water also washed the business
blocks in the city, and the total dam
age in this vicinity will be $;,5OO,OOO.
1t is not expected that the loss of
life will be increased. Most of the
killed by the high water were caught
in their homes on the outskirts of the
city.
There are many rumors of others
killed. but these have not been veri-
fed. In South Carolina the loss of
life will reach probably 20. In North
Carolina possibly half a dozen whites
and as many negroes have been
killed.
All Mills Shut Down.
Every mill in Augusta where loss
of life occurred has been shut down,
and there will be no manufacturing
operations for weeks. Five thou
sand persons have been thrown out
of employment in Augusta, and the
list will be swelled to $4,000 when the
mills in other Georgia cities and in
South and North Carolina are consid-
cred.
AT late hour Friday night the
loss OF life was estimated at 80 per-
sons, most of them colored
The financial loss in Augusta is ST.
600 900: the financial loss in other
central Georgia cities affected by the
flood is $1,O00,000 and the loss in
North and South Carolina, s, 500, 900.
The total loss of life is go
Grammar School CoIIapses.
Augusta. Ga, Aug. 29.-The flood
apparently has damaged the founda-
tions of great many buildings in the
lower part Of the city. The Cen
trail grammar school had collapsed.
the walls of the National Biscuit Com
pany building had fallen, and the I'm.
derpinning of the Port Royal bridge
had been washed away. The bridge
itself had not fallen. A mass meeting
of citizens was held Friday afternoon.
There has been no further loss of
life reported here.
City Sends Out an Appeal.
Fayetteville, N. c., Aug. 29.-This
city, with population of 10000, and
located on the Cape Fear river, was al
most entirely submerged because of
the floods Friday. Three thousand
persons are homeless in the city, and
an appeal has been issued for help.
Colorado Flood Kills Six.
Trinidad, Col, Aug. 29.-Flood con.
ditions menaced residents here Fri
day. Dan B. Wenger and two chill
dren and three others We're drowned
near Folsom. The news reached
here in message to j. G. Jamison,
brother of Mrs. Wenger. Wenger for
merly resided here. He was a mer-
chant. A. local undertaking firm Fri
day received message from Folsom,
N. NJ, ordering six collins for per-
sons drowned there. Folsom is 100
miles south of Trinidad, on the Colo
RADIO & Southern railroad. The town
is reported to have been badly DAM
aged by the flood, but wires are down
and details lacking.