Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
FLOOD WATERS FALL
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len streams. The damage to county
bridges in this county will exceed $loo.ooo.
The Piedmont section of the state Is
still cut off from Augusta. Columbia and
Charleston. Twenty miles Of track on
the Southern railroad In the Broad river
valley are under water. In many places
the track has been washed away. II Will
probably be three weeks before all rail-
road schedules are adjusted.
The city is crowded with DELAYED pas
sengers who are trying to get back to
their homes in various sections or the
state and south after having spent the
summer in the mountains
= Water Shortage Threatens.
COLUMBIA. S. c.. August 29.-Flood
conditions are much better The most
damage is the destruction of the trestle
Of the Seaboard Air Line in the city.
Traffic of the Southern line between this
city and Charleston has been suspended
for ten days on account of the destruc-
ton of several thousand feet Of track near
Kingville.
Connection with Spartanburg and with
Greenville is still cut off. The most seri-
Gus condition here is the damage to the
canal and power plants and to the water
works system. There is yet some dan.
ger of water shortage.
While the waters are recedfng at Co
lunbia they are rising at points below
here. At kingville, a junction point on
the southern railway, TIE was
abandoned yesterday.
Today the town is under nine feet OF
water No deaths resulted, but several
houses were destroyed
Food May Become Scarce.
GREENVILLE. S. c.. August EN-
this immediate vicinity waters are becom-
ing normal
The losses in this county will amount
to $4,000 on bridges, trestles and road
ways. The first train over the Charles
ton and Western Carolina railroad left
here today.
Anderson county was a heavy loser and
a probability Of food becoming scarce be-
fore the railroads resume the operation
of trains.
Record Flood Recedes.
FAYETTEVILLE, n. c.. August %
After reaching the unprecedented height
of seventy-one feet the flood waters of
the Cape Fear river began to recede to-
day with a fall of about six inches an
hour.
By tomorrow the city is expected to be
free from water. 1t is estimated tnat
families were driven out of 100 houses.
while at least 100 other houses were de-
stroyed by water.
Hundreds of people are suffering. A
citizens meeting yesterday took steps to
relieve them.
A thousand dollars already has been
subscribed. The board of aldermen has
opened the city's purse to any extent Tor
the benefit of the sufferers. The Elks
lodge voted 500 to the relief fund.
Boats are now plying up and down the
principal streets of the city. In the very
heart of the town houses can only be
reached by boat. At several prominent
crossings ferryboats are plying regularly
for miles on the east side of the river.
The land resembles vast lake as far
as the eye can see. Railroad traffic is
almost paralyzed. only the Bennettsville
and Sanford trains being able to reach
here The electric light plant is under
water and the city is in darkness at
night.
No Trains Southwark.
RICHMOND. Va. August 29.-Direct
travel between Richmond Atlanta and
farther south was entirely cut off during
the night by washouts on both the Sea-
board Air Line and the Atlantic Coast
Line.
Throughout the high water In the south
the Coast Line stood the strain until last
night. when the long trestle approaching
the bridge across the Peedee river was
declared unsafe and trains forbidden TO
run over IL.
Another break in the Coast Line Is
also reported at Fayetteville, N. c. The
last train to come through from Florida
passed through at o'clock this morning
This train was due here at 3 O'Clock
last night and was delayed five hours py
water and minor washouts along the road.
First Division Open.
Reports of the Seaboard say that the
first division, between here Hamlet and
Wilmington, is open and the road to
Charlotte and Abbeville is expected to be
open tonight or tomorrow. There is a
washout on the Columbia road and no
one here can say when the line will be
open to Atlanta and points South.
The washout between Cheraw and Ham,
let on the Columbia line, is about 1900
feet of f1ll About 200 feet of trestle on
the Atlanta line has been washed away
across the Savannah river at Elberton.
Ga. There are several smaller wash
outs along the main line Of the road
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