The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
Wreckage in Aueusta.

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 A,~usta5 Ca. Aug. 2S-The flood water at Augusta is reeeding rapiuiy and as the. water leaves the streets, it Is apparent that the loss has been underestimated
 In addition to the disasters already reported 1t is found that the hlver- side Mills in damage in plant ana loss of cotton which fioated away, susIasns HMs sl A loss of $10O. 900; Reid's Cotton ware house. the finest in the South. is dam aged in large sum. but it will require a aNsuryey to determine the amount; triangular Block, where the wholesale houses are assembled, is badly injured, the Nelson Morris and Company ware house has collapsed and is being razed. The Augusta Grocery Company's build ing is damaged to the extent of $6,- oO0; Hill and Merry escaped serious loss; C. D. Carr and Company Paul Muslin and Murphey are comparatively slightly damaged: the National Biscuit Companys building is wrecked. The Central Grammar School is badly hurt and the Davidson Grammar School Is damaged severely.
 Tn addition to the fires already re- ported. 1t develops that there were ten smaller houses burned in different sections of the city
 As the waters go down further. 1t is feared that damage similar to the Triangular Block damage will de- velop.
 As to the loss of life. twenty-five bodies have been recovered and corpses are found every hour or so. The cap-' tain of the river steamer swan which got in today. reports that he saw on the up-trip at Ieast twenty five corpses. all of negroes except one, white man. There are reports of many drownings among negro farm hands in the lower valley. The Chronicle estimates the death list at sixty.
 The citizens in mass meeting. the City Council in special session, and the Board of Health in special session. have taken measures to relieve the distress. Citizens are subscribing to fund to help the poorer people in the submerg- ed district for portions of the town are still under water. There is sure to be the greatest suffering and relief must be quick to prevent starvation swelling the death list.
 Without Food.
 Tn some districts, people who cannot leave their houses, have not tasted food since Wednesday night. Augusta Is try ing hard to measure up to the demand upon her. At the public meetings to- day. 1t was decided not to make an ap- peal for outside assistance, but to &C., cept any contributions offered. It Is a question if the citizens meeting and the City Council did not err in declining to, make an appeal for assistance many believing they will yet be compelled to ask aid of the outside world. It is cer- tain that the Mayor will gladly accept contributions and he so publicly sad in reply to Atlanta's inquiry today.
 The immense cotton manufacturing establishments are not only idle be- cause of the breaks in the canal banks. but they have sustained Hood damage.
 The water reservoir Is full. Its cs- pacity Is 60.000.000 gallons. But the ser vice pipes are broken and the city is without water. The gas supply is nearly restored.
 The electric companies will start up in twelve hours. using steam power instead of waterpower. Electric lights will not be turned onf for a week.
 There was a pathetic incident in con- nection with the drowning of Harry Carr. His brother. c. D. Carr, of c. D. Carr and Company, whose warehause Is opposite the burned Nixon warehouse, from his office saw Harry Carr drown and. was powerless to give helping hand.
 The financial loss In August is $2,- BOG, 900. the financial loss>ln other cen- trai Georgia cities affected by the flood Is S1. .000 900 and the loss in North and South Carolina is $1gb00.o00.
 Deaths and Losses.
 The known dead are: Harry Carr, haokkeeper for the Nixon Grocery