The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-07-27
SERIOUS FLOODS
SWEEP CAR0L|NAs
MANY PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN
RlvERs-LARGE NUMBER RE.
PORTED DEAD.
ESTIMATE LOSS $10,OO0,0OO
Five Known Dead In Asheville and
Blltmore.-Western North Carolina
Hit Hard.--Power Lines Wrecked.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. floods IN North
Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia
Sunday caused five known deaths
with IS others known to be missing
and rendered hundreds homeless, dam.
aged property and crops to the extent
Of $4,000, 600 according TO first esti-
mates and dcmoralized railway, tele-
graph and telephone communications.
Following the hurricane that struck the
South Atlantic Coast unprecedented
rains have fallen, driving rivers and
smaller streams from their banks and
jmperilling many lives.
What are said to be the worst
floods ever known in the Catawba,
Broad and Yadkin Rivers did untold
damage in the territory within IA.
dius OF so miles of Charlotte with the
possible loss OF 18 lives.
Just above the Southern bridge,
over the Catawba at Balment, the
Piedmont & Northern Interurban
bridge and the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad bridge at Mount Holly were
washed away Sunday afternoon and
night Farther up the river, near
Mooresville and Statesville, two high.
way bridges went out, while at Ca.
tawba. the Southern's bridge on the
Salisbury.Asheville line, was washed
away.
At Monbo. below Catawba, the
West Monbo Cotton Mill OF 5000 spin
dies. is under water and believed to
have been washed away, and the East
Monbo Mill, across the river, Is prac.
tically submerged, while cotton
warehouse with 400 bags OF cotton has
been washed away. Still further up
the Catawba, the Liledoun and Ais.
paugh Mills are under water.
The damage to these mills Is laid
to waterspout IN Alexander county
that caused a section Of the earth
embankment Of the Lookout Shoals
power plant Of the Southern Power
Company to give away adding Is feet
Of water to the already more than 90
foot tide in the Catawba. That volume
Of water also caused the last two OF
three OF the bridges to go.
The bravo Power Company's dam
on Broad river near Shelby, went out
late Sunday afternon. menacing the
Southern Power Company's plant near
Blacksburg, s. c., and cutting off the
electric supply for Spartanburg and
the textile towns surrounding that
city. The Southern Power Company
however, may be able to meet this de.
mand.
Near Winston-Salem, the town OF
ROndo was cut off from the outside
world for several hours until tele.
graph operator, flooded out Of his of.
fee, carried his instruments to a high
hill and cut in on telegraph wire.
Trains cannot be gotten to North
Wilkesboro and will not be operated
west Of Donagha for some time be-
cause OF the tide on the Yadlcin river,
which Is eight and one-half feet higher
than known in 43 years. A Southern
Railway train supposed to have left
North Wilkesboro Sunday, afternoon
has not been heard from, while one
that started from Winston.Sa to
that town had to stop at Elkin. Resi-
dents Of Jonesvi1le and adjacent
towns were moving to high land
its course near Asheville, flooding fac.
tories and homes in the lower part
OF the city. At Biltmore three per-
sons, Capt. j. C. Lipe, Miss Nellie Lfpe
and Mrs. Leo Mulholland were drown
ed when the Lipe house was flooded.
Two persons were drowned at Ashe.
Vile while trying to put food into the
upper story Of the Glenn Rock Hotel.
Many are marooned In their residences
along the river and rescue parties for
hours have fought their way against
the rushing current in an effort to
reach them.
Swift streams Of water are flowing
down some Of the streets OF lower
Asheville. The Southern Railway sta
ton ds flooded to q depth Of six feet
as are all other buildings in that vicin-
ity The city proper, 800 feet higher.
is without lights, but otherwise is not
affected.
Industrial plants everywhere suf-
9ered severely, property loss in cot.
ton mills, woodworking plants and
lumber yards along the French
BlDoad and Swannanoa Rivers was
estimated at from $1500,000 to ST.
100000.
From Hendersonville came a report
that placed the property loss in Hen
derson county at approximately ST..
100000. The plant Of the Henderson,.
vile Light e Power Co. was put out
OF commission and the city reservoir
flooded by muddy torrents that made
the city drinking water unfit for COD
supmtion. Many. persons were driven
from thei rhonaes IN that section and