Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-28
LOSS TOTALS MILLIONS
Buildings and Bridge in Augusta,
Ca, Collapse.
SITUATION AT FAYETTEVILLE
Conditions Throughout Virginia and
the Carolinas Much Improved.
Lives Lost in New Mexico.

ATLANTA. Ga, August 2S.-A call for
assistance, a loss of a million and a half
of dollars in Augusta alone. and of mill
lion in other cities in South Carolina and
parts of Georgia, ard fourteen lives lost,
summarizes the flood conditions in the
south today.
Reports of damage from points in South
and North Carolina are coming in slowly.
Bridges Rave been washed away in South
Carolina along the Southern railway and
until midnight last night 1t was impossi-
BILE to Sc ,ure communication with any
point out of AtlantS..
In Augusta the principal suffering is
along deep gulleys known as Bridwell' s
bottom and Perry's bottom. Here the
houses were covered to the caves. The
water alao damaged foundations of busi-
ness blocks in the city and the total dam
age in this vicinity will be million and
half dollars. 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 unverified rumors of
others killed. In South Carolina the loss
of life will reach probably twenty. In
North Carolina possibly half dozen
whites and as many negroes have been
killed.
Dead in Georgia.
The list of dead in Georgia follows:
Harry Carr. white. jumped from burn
ing building, Nixon warehouse. Augusta
leaves wife and two children.
Robert Belcher. jumped from Nixon
building.
Horace Wingard, jumped from Nixon
building.
Eleven negroes, seven found dead under
walls of Nixon warohOnSp
Every mill in Augusta where loss of
life occurred has shut down and there
will be no manufacturing operations for
weeks. Five Thousand persons have been
and the list will be swelled to $4,000. 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 per-
sons, most Of them colored.
The financial loss in Augusta Is 81 .O0O.-
600. the financial loss in other central
Georgia cities affected by the food Is
South Carolina. $1.JOO.OOO. The total loss
OF life is twenty-five.
Buildings in Augusta Collapse.
AUGUSTA. Ga. August 2s.-At 10:3O
o'clock this morning the Central Gram
mar school had collapsed. the walls of
the National Biscuit Company's building
had fallen and the underpinning of the
Port Royal bridge had been washed
away The bridge itself had not fallen.
The flood apparently has damaged the
foundations of a great many buildings in
the lower part of the city. A mass
meeting of citizens has been called for
this afternoon. No further loss of life
has been reported.
Situation in Fayetteville.
FAYETTEVILLE. N. c.. August 2s.-
This city. with a population of 1900 and
located on the Cape Fear river. is almost
entirely submerged because of the floods
last night and early today. Three thou
sand persons are homeless in the city
and an appeal has been issued for relief.
Spartanburg Lacks Information.
BY reason of a crippled telephone sys-
tenn throughout the country and the re-
fusal of local railroad officials to give
out information. Spartanburg is in the
dark as to the extent of the flood havoc.
The only authentic information is as to
the. destruction of country bridges, their
value being estimated at $2OO.OOO. The
dam at Pacolet mill No. 3, has been
washed away in part. and the dam at
Tucapau mill. eight miles south of the
city, is destroyed. The destruction to
crops is beyond accurate estimate.
The flood is subsiding in this section
and all streams are falling rapidly The
city is still dependent upon a local auxil-
isry plant for electric lights and power.
the Broad river plant at the electric
manufa curing and power company, twen-
ty miles north OF here being still out of
operation
Improvement in Virginia.
NORFOLK. Va. August %. - Flood
conditions throughout Virginia and the
Carolinas are today reported much i'm
proved by the railroads. whose tracks
and bridges have suffered from the high
water and general storm conditions of
the past week. The Seaboard Air Line
railway reports that the water in the
flooded districts of North and South
Carolina is rapidly passing off and that
repair forces are being put to work at
many points. Some new troubles. how
ever. have been discovered The Nor
folk and Southern railway reports that
its flood troubles have passed. and the
Southern railway hopes to have its
trains running through from Norfolk to
Danviile tonight.
The coast storm is passing. though
the wind at the Virginia capes was TO-
day still thirty miles and hour, max
ing Ii dangerous for small shipping to
venture outside.
Lives Lost in New Mexico.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
Ell PASO. Tex, August 2S-The heav-
lest flood I'm the history of Folsom n
Mex. swept away part of the town last
night The flood came in the form of a
cloudbiIrst at midnight and wrecked
many houses on the mountain side and
in the gulches.
Eleven are known to be dead. including
r. b. Wenger. wife and daughter and
Miss Lucy Creighton, all in the same
house. r. w. Wheeler. wife and children
and Mrs. Wheeler's sister in anothe,
house. and Mrs. Rookie. II is believed
that many Mexican families also me,
death. The bodies of Wheeler and hi.
wife were found this morning buried ir
the sand.
Plans for New Battleships.
AS soon as President Roosevelt ap
proves the plans for the two new bat