The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-10-19
DAMAGE IS DONE
BY HIGH WATER
HALF DOZEN OR MORE STORES
ON NEWCASTLE STREET ARE
FLOODED LAST NIGHT.
Fire Department anc City Jail Under
Water-McGarvey's Furniture Store
journal Office, Vickers & Mann and
Other Places Damaged.

Rushing over the wharves at many
places and coming through the drains
at others, the tidewater from Ogle-
thorpe LAY last night flooded several
blcchs in tie. very teart of the city
and. as a result. considerable damage
was done
l--.gzA4 that the evening tide
"oo-G lie s1Ter-l inches hi-her than
tha- CT Yesterday morning, many
merchants lpepared for the worse
during the day l.y moving tseir goods
and consequently when their places
Of business were flooded by the wa
ter last night the damage to their
stocks was small.
1t was not high tide until O'clock
but as early as 7:30 the water began
to pour into Newcastle street, be-
tween Monk and Mansfield, and so
rapidly did it rise that in less than
half an hour almost the entire block,
except for a few high places, was
covered. The rain tegan to fall in
torrents at this time and added to the
tideWater
BY $50 o'clock the water had reach
ed within a few feet of Monk street
and had flooded the store of c. Nc
Garyey, the Journal office, Vickers &
Mann, Bowen & Tho~cas and other
places in this block, while on the op-
posite side of tie street the water
did not get high enough to do any
serious damage. The fire depart
ment was almost flooded. the police
barracks was cut off altogether, it
being impossible to reach the Jail
without the use of a boat. while the
racks resemtled a large lake C.
McGarvey is probably the heaviest
loser, as considerable of his stock
was damaged, the water was also sew
eral inches high in TIE newspaper Of
flee, but the machinery was damag-
ed very little. Vickers &, Mann will
suffer small loss, as will the the
other merchants in the block.
At one time it was feared that the
tide would overflow the wharves.
which would have caused great dam
age and alarm, but it came within
one inch of the top of the Coast Line
wharf and tegan to recede The
dock at the foot of Gloucester street
used by the steamer Ellen was com
pletely covered, the water coming up
into the street and within a few feet
Of the railroad tracks.
At the back river the water rush
ed over the boulevard and we'll into
tie city, but little or no damage re-
suited, as no houses were near
enough to be flooded. The water
came up Gloucester street for two
or three hundred yards The golf
links were entirely covered
Recedes Rapidly.
AS soon as the tide egan to ebb
the water started to recede as rapid
ly as it came in, and by midnight
there We're only a few large puddles
Cn Newcastle street. The new drain
a9e in this vicinity prevented a heav-
Ter damage, it is stated. as it never
became clogsed mp and drained the
NdlCl Ou III perfect SINle. FOR TWO
or three hours last night, however.
1t was impossible to pass from Monk
to Mansfield street, and people resid-
ing in the southern section Of the
city were compelled to go via Union
street.
Compared with the flood of Oct. 2,
1898, the water was not within a
foot as deep. At that time, it will
be remembered by those who were
here, the water covered almost the
entire city and many oats were
pressed into use in the business sec.
tion of the city. TIE tide. it is be-
lieyed, was almost as high. but the
rain during the former flood was
the heaviest ever seen in this city.
AS stated, the water receded very
rapidly last night, and there will be
little indications of the overflow this
morning, unless the heavy wind CON
tinues, again causing the tide to
overflow.
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