Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-29
Eleven Bodies Have Been Recovered
and List May Be Increased.
HEAVY LOSSES IN THE SOUTH
Thirty Persons Drowned in Georgia
and Carolina Cities,
DAMAGE TWO AND HALF MILLION
Many CoIored People Meet Death In
Rising Waters--Ioss IL Felt
Greatest in city of
Augusta.


the Cimarron river following a cloudburst
washed away number of dwellings at
Folsom. NJ NJ, and fifteen persons are
reported TO have been drowned. Eleven
bodies have been recovered,
The heaviest rain ever known here. COW
ering wide scope of country, fell during
the night and in consequence the town is
practically cut off from communication
with the outside world by railroad today.
Dan B. wenger. and two children are re-
ported drowned near Folsom N. NJ
Wenger formerly resided here. He was a
merchant.
A local undertaking firm today received
from Folsom. n M, an order for six cof-
fins for persons drowned there Folsom
is 100 miles south of Trinidad on the Colo
rado & Southern railroad. The town is
reported to have been badly damaged.
The known dead at Folsom are:
r, B. wENGER
MISS DAISY wENGER.
MISS LUCY CREIGHTON.
r. w. WHEELER,
MRS. 4. w. WHEELER
THREE WHEELER CHILDREN
MRS. ROOKIE.
r. w. wHEELER'S S1sTER-IN-L Law,
whose name could not be learned
Meager advices received here today say
that the entire town was swept by the
floods caused by the cloudburst. Several
houses we're swept away completely and
nearly every house in the town was dam
aged The advices say searching parties
have been formed and that II Is expected
many more bodies will be found.
Folsom is in the northeastern part OF
New Mexico, It's elevation is about 1000
feet and constantly in danger of floods
which sweep down from the mountains
whenever there is a cloudburst or heavy
rain in the hills.
The property loss is estimated to exceed
100000
Thirty Drowned I'm south.
| ATLANTA. Ga. Aug. GA call for as
sistance, loss of $1,6o0,0O0 In Augusts
alone and of N.0oO,0po IN other cities h
Nsouth Carolina and parts OF Georgia snd
thirty lives lost summarizes the flood cons
ditions in the south today,
Reports of damage from points In Souti
and North Carolina are coming in slowly.
Bridges have been washed away In SoutE
Carolina along the Southern railway and
until midnight last night II was impossible
to secure communication with any point
out of Atlanta.
In Augusta, the principal suffering is
along deep gullies, known as Brldwelrs
! bOllOlH anu ItIIy DOLloIn I1eIS NH0
houses were covered to the caves. The
water also damaged business blocks in the
city and the total damage in this vicinity
will be S15OO.OOO. In South Carolina the
loss of life will reach probably twenty. In
North Carolina possibly half a dozen
whites and as many negroes have been
killed.
The list Of dead in Georgia follows:
HARRY CARR, white jumped from the
burning building Of the Nixon warehouse,
Augusta; leaves wife and two children.
ROBERT BELCHER, jumped from the
Nixon building.
HORACE wINGARD, jumped from the
Nixon building
ELEVEN NEGROES, seven found under
the walls Of the Nixon warehouse.
Many Out OF Employment.
Every mill in Augusta where loss of life
occurred, has been shut down and there
will be no manufacturing operations for
weeks. Five thousand persons have been
thrown out of employment in Augusta. and
the list will be sweled to 5000 when the
mills in other Georgia cities and in South
and North Carolina are considered,
At late hour this afternoon the loss OF
life may be estimated at thirty persons,
most OF them colored.
| georgia ana tne ChIollndS To-Day raced
drop in temperature, which threatened TO ado
suffering to those who have been made
homeless by the floods. The mercury
reached very near the frost point in some
sections.
A dozen trains on various railroads at-
tempted TO leave Atlanta late yesterday and
during last night for northern points. but
were blocked in Southern Carolina, when
washed out bridges were reached. Many
of these trains returned to the city and
some have been detoured by way of Chat
tanooga-
FAYETTE, N. c., Aug. &.-This city
with a population OF 1900 and located or
the Cape Fear river is almost entirely
submerged because Of the flood last nigh
and early today. Three thousand persona
are homeless in the city and an appea
has been issued for relief.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Aug 2s.-The flood ap-
parently has damaged the foundations OF
great many buildings in the lower par
OF the city At l0:3O this morning thu
Central Grammar school had collapsed
the walls Of the National Biscuit company
building had fallen and the underpinninI
OF the Port Royal bridge had been washed
away. A mass meeting OF citizens hal
, been called for this afternoon.