The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-07-22
lkluoIT FEELS FLOOD F0lcE
OnEAr DAMAGE DONE RY swOI4L.
m srREAlls 10 INDUSTRIES
AND CROPS


nAaway Operations Abandoned for
Isoosut as spassanhurg, Where
u1sods Were Bad-waters Now Re-
Ooo1ng AIlowing Estimate 70 he
lGA1s of Injuries.
0paftaAburg. July i7.-siowiy
wedding waters In the rivers ef Pied
nnont south Carolina tonight are isav.
~ this section Of the country with
cut railroad connection except over
~ main tine Of the Southern railway
% Atlanta and the Charleston &
Western Carolina to Augusta. while
Ne stations Of the big water power
osvolopmsnts are flooded and out OF
eonmiaslon. Railway bridges are out.
eesrss of highway bridges have been
swe'N away and on the mountain al
viaasns Of the Southern railway and
Chsolina. Clinchfisld q Ohio there
ere numerous serious landslides.
TIE cotton mills Of this immediate
eostion have not suffered greatly.
aheuoh many Of them have been
fosesd % close because Of high water.
4ese of the cotton manufacturing
D1ahte of this county are o., the Tiger
aAa PAeolst rivers and ths,s streams
have noe reached danger point. ~
~ seory Of greatest destruction
penshing here today came from Polk
oesaty. Nerth Carolina. along the
vol1sV e the Pacolst river. Here for
'osG1soaaeey @of13 miles ths Asheviile
t)v1s>on of the southern railway has
~ almsst destroyed. while IN auto
meor hlghwEy built BY tho counAy
80 yeass ag'' at cost of S7s.Ooo
~ 11saDpsarsd. Not . bridge on the
ta41Fs Foad between Tr,,on. N. c..
a. pAluda. N. c.. remains and at
tIoesg slidss from the mountain haze
bofied The rot,d for long distances.
u this valley the southern railway
~ thrss trsins narooned since last
o>sprday. The passsngsrs on, two Of
Nm we're brought back 20 Spartan
uefg this aftsruoon. OAlciais OF the
md here believe Il win be weeks.
rorhaps. before the iine may again
!. - operated. Laftie better IL promised
( ~ the main line east Of here. Ths
fC3rolina. Clin,,hhsld q Ohio railroad
tetWssn spaitanburg and Johnson
CITY. Tenn. ID closed and. accordino
~ statsmsats given out hsrs tonisht.
van not be ALE to operats trains fos
two weeks. \ span Of the bridge over
Dscad river. 80 miles north OF thin
~ was thsA nrst serious troubis.
syond AArio,,, n. c.. the bridge over
~ caeawes sivsr - out. AID an the
penHain dsviaon serious shdss ars
poAins ths iins. ts
2 Railway people cay ne situation ID
! Ne worst that has ever confronted
hem In this region. Many passsngeru
hstd here since Saturday are still in
ths city. unable TO proceed to their
dsstinatlons OF 70 return horae.
Persons walking from sialuda to
Ttyon today and reaching Spartan
borg tonight over the Southern rail-
way bring accounts OF damage no,
only 70 the Southern railways line
which over the saSuda grade has been
e1nest completely wrecked. and to
the nsw automobile road built by the
oesnty two years ago at a cost of
e7s.ee0, but to farming land. The bot
tom lands near Tiyon. whore week
40 splendid crops grew. are now COW
cred deep In sand and drift wood from
the mountain slopes.
a similar story may come from the
mountain division Of the Carolina,
Clinchneld q Ohio railway when COM
munication ID ,sts blishsd. for reports
Of grsst dsstruetion are reashins the
city. though the road has no wires be-
you'd chssnes. ~ miles north Of Spar
tanburs, and 4 not informed as TO
damage beyond Broad river bridge.
wnsrs one straind Of that structure
nearly 100 feet above the stream ia
hanging. This road has not operated
uasns since Saturday and according to
statements given out here today will
hardly be able TO open for two weeks.
Today the city had only two lines
Of railroad open. the main line of the
southern west to Atlanta and the
Charleston q Western Carolina to Au-
susea. The main line Of the Southern
70 Charlotte 10 blocked by the de-
seruction OF the bridge over the Ca
savbs river. while trouble on the line
TO Columbia begins at Broad river
bridge at Shelton and continues to