The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-01
CITY OF AUGUSTA
SUFFERS HEAVILY
LOSS MUCH WORSE THAN WAS
EXPECTED.
Death List Placed at Sixty-Resi-
dents of Submerged Districts in
Great Distress.

uHNcIcStiHlAItu LII aOOlLlOn 10 the
disasters already reported it is found
T that the Riverside mills, damage to
plant and loss Of cotton which float
cd away, sustains loss Of 100000 !;
Reid's cotton warehouse, the finest
in the South, is damaged in large
sum, but it will require survey to
determine the amount; Triangular
block, where the Wholesale houses are
assembled, is badly injured. The
Nelson, Morris G. Co. warehouse has
collapsed and is being razcd; the Au-
gusta Grocery company's building is
damaged to the extent Of $4,000; Hill
& Merry escaped serious loss; the cs-
Establishments of &. d. Carr & Co.,
Paul Muslin and Murphy are com
parativcly slightly damaged The
National Biscuit company building is
wrecked. The Central Grammar
school is badly hurt and the Davidson
Grammar school is damaged severe
ly.
In addition to the fires already re-
ported it develops that there were
ten smaller houses burned in differ
cnt sections of the city.
AS the water goes down further it
is feared that damages similar to the
Triangular block damage will dcvcl-
op.
AS to the loss Of life, % bodies
have been recovered and corpscs are
found every hour or so. The captain
OF the river steamer Swan, which got
in today, reports that he saw. on tho
np trip, at least p rnrpScS, all ne
gl"cS, except one.
Sh"rr are reports Of many drown
lngS anon" ncgr" farm hands in the
lower valley. The Chronicle cstimat-
"S the death list at CO.
The citizens i'm mass meeting, the
riiy council in special session and the
board of health in special session
nave taken measures to relieve the
distress. Citizens are subscribing to
fund to help the poorer people in
the submerged districts. for portions
OF the town are still under water.
Thrrr is sure to he great suffering
and relief must be quick to prevent
starvation swelling the death list. Tn
some districts people unable to leave
their houses have not tasted food
Slnrr Wednesday night. Augusta is
iryln" hard to measure up 10 the de-
mand upon her. AT The public meet
ln"S today it WAS decided noi to make
an appeal for outside assistance, but
to accept amy contributions offered.
1t Is Il question if thc citizens. meet
IN" AND city council did not err in de-
rhnn" t" make ii public appeal for as
SlStancc and many believe they will
yet be compelled to ask aid of the
"ntsidc world. 1t is certain that the
mayor will gladly accept contrbu-
t'onS and he SO publicly said in reply
|" Atlanta 5 inquiry today.
The immense cotton manufacturing
establishments are not only idle be-
cause Of the breaks in the canal
banks but they have received flood
damage.
The water reservoir is full. It's ca,
pacity Is Go,000,000 gallons But the
service pipes are broken and the city
Is without water. The gas supply is
nearly restored.
The electric companies will start
up III IL hours, using steam power
instead of water power. Electric
lights will not be turned on for a
week.
There was pathetic incident in
connection with the drowning of
Harry Carr. His brother, G. d. Carr
of G. ID. Carr & Co.. whose ware
house is opposite the burned Nixon
warehouse. from his Office saw Harry
drown and was powcrcsS to give a
helping hand.
The known dead are: Harry Carr.
b"okkecpcr for the Nixon Grocery
company: Horace WinGard, prcssman
for NJ. b. Williams & Co.: james Bar
ris, colorcd; Caesar lIarvcry. color
cd; Nelson Thomas. colored; Ice
Hatcher, colored; b. Davis, colored;
Jesse Hawkins, colorcd; Harry Gales,
colored; John Holmes. colorcd;
John Robinson, colorcd; Dennis Bar
bic, cclored; Josiah Glover, colored;
Tom Jones, colored; Ed. Owens, col
ored.
EStimoto6 IosSoc oro oc fo1tows.