Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-03-20
wA1HALnA SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MARCH 20 1919
REPORTS OF FRESHET DANIAG GLE
Flpshet of Last Week Was Heavy
Over Great Area. t


Atlanta, Ca, March 17.-ReportsI
of heavy property damage throughout
the Southeast as the result Of the,
terrific rains Of the past two DAYS
continue to be received here and
earlier estimates that the losses wilI
reach into the millions are sustained q
Rivers and smaller streams are all
out of banks and railroad traffic Is
generally demoralized.
Cotton mills and other industries
along the smaller rivers have been
compelled to shut down by high wa
ter, and in North Carolina alone the
losses are estimated at half million
dollars Is,
In this State.
Reports from Columbia show SINH
lar conditions in South Carolina. ID
nderson-Between 6 o'clock lasts
Thursday night and noon Friday 5.6S5
inches Of rain fell here. AS a result!
transportation over the railroads andi
electric lines has been badly Grips
pied.
The bents under the Broadway
Creek trestle over the Blue Ridge
road were torn o., by the enormous
freshet and nrintendent Ander-'
son has been operating passenger
trains by transferring at these points.
On the Southern between Belton.
and Greenville the trestle at William
ston was washed away. The trestlei
over Saluda river north OF Pelzer was
badly damaged.
The county roads have been badly
washed and many bridges have been,
washed away. The county's big iron,
bridge at Maddox Mil, on the Salu-
da river, near Ware Shoals, was
washed away.
Cyclone at Cheraw. B
Cheraw, S. ca cyclone passed
through the southern edge of Chez
raw totally destroying the plant of
the Boyk.a Lumber Company, un-l
rooted the main building Of the Che
raw Door, Sash and Lumber Co., and
blew down the dry kilns: unroofedi
the Seaboard Air Line depot, de-i
stroyed the negro Baptist church, the
base ball grand stand, blew down
every smoke stack in the town and,
levelled many chimneys and smalE
buildings. Nobody was hurt. E
Two Drown in Flood. .
Greensboro, N. C.-Railroad traffic
E.pagslgAed ty.;cou Mt " ges wash ietls
away by the score, and two fatalities
are reported as the result Of one 81
the heaviest rain falls this section
has experienced in years. In this
county alone eleven strong bridges
were washed away by the raging tor
rents of swollen streams and reports
from the surrounding country are
that bridges have been swept away
like chaff.
Mary Bell, daughter Of ]. R..
Bell, returning home from school,
was caught in the deluge at noon and
washed from the streets into the rag
ing waters OF hitherto small
branch and drowned. A negro is re-
ported drowned in Rockingham
county.
Mich Havoc in North Carolina.
Charlotte, N. C.-Damage and dis
aster are left in the wake OF ter
rifle wind and rain storm which pass
ed over the Piedmont section of the
Carolinas. Binding torrents Of rain
were accompanied by wind that
reached the intensity Of 40 miles an
hour. The rain fall was the heaviest
In the past 8 years In less than ~
hours a precipitation Of 4.40 inches
was registered here, while Salisbury
records six inches.
hSpoitS vi SIedl I'd udSc W prop
erty and loss of live sock are COM
ing in from all points.
In Winston-Salem the damage Is
estimated at quarter million dol
lars.
Damage Around Danville.
DanVille, Va.-An almost continu-
ous and unprecedented rain fall in
this vicinity. and extending for many
miles in every direction, swept away
bridges. inundated electric light and
power plants, caused complete cessa-
ton Of trolley traffic and tied up
practically every manufacturing and
commercial enterprise in this city.
Cyclone in Virginia.
Petersburg, Va.-The worst cy-
clone in it's history struck Farmville,
wrecking three residences, badly
damaging five, beside the Presbyte-
rian church, and doing damage to two
stores.
Tried to Save IiiS Rppthpr