The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-07-15
slIIElA FlDols REtE:lE.
WQIHY-EIvE DEAD AND GREAT
pA1GA0E LEFT IN SOUTH.
7 f ERN srAEa. 3
F1Aaa ren for ssorm and Ftcshets
Rhobd ~ Nuun - .ooo. 900 % &c..
eeAeoe - 1histnshancc Moves on
In>s ulinois. Rains Having lpracti-
cally Csassa.

cally Csassa.
Columb.a, July LITTLE Southern
noods are rseedins with the passing
nsrtbwsrd Of the tropical hurricane
which struck ths gulf coast last We'd
nesday. lssving = list OF de,.d and
silsuAng Of approximately ss persons
aao propsrty dsmags Of from W.
seeseee % 80, zoe ZOO.
- weAther bureau announ cement
shat what rsmaAus Of the disu,rbancs
= now ever Illinols leads to iths be-
~ that The worst has been told Of the
dieturbsa weather esnditions that have
Stripped the south for the last several
days.
Rains that had fallen steadily for
Hpss than III hours have ceased
threushout North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee. Georgia. Mlssis-
npp1 and Alabama. and rivers and
snAa1l se3ssms that had broken over
tbel< taRks ana floodsd thousands Of
aefss - tArm lands are subsidins. Per-
ssns drives fgom their homes in the
chatkaheohss and ocmulsse lowlanda
- Georgia sDesrsturning and condi-
lions Il ~ 'VSh4sssss river valleys are
4 almose norhaE southwsst Georgia
etrsau,S heSsSSr. are still rising and
the dasna6S ~ property ana crops
ehsrs = fnouatihs hourly. FLOOD stage
n several South Carolina streams ID
s(1ll TO be reached.
\ The French Broad river. which
overfiowed IN Bumcombs, Henderson
and .rraaslyvRriA countess North Car
p'laAty 8nllC6 In Mississippi small
ssrtalS 4 by tas continued
dREHp ~ Atain in their banks.
csnAtal AlAtSlna, Of ali the hooded
sectiensy failed TO show decided Inn
nreysnsnt The Alabama river II stiil
riplng - Nontsomery ( and Selma,
s Water covers part OF North Mont
epmery and 1aay nsgroes have been
eeFSel tos nays their .homss. Four
neftt ~ pntgomery the lvAlla-
c>n' ~, ars over the state
IN ~ ~ slssss are saaroonsd
4 esl( 9esti63 q dry land. \ yl
a sS.s. q.
~ fitsf tsAshsd the nood stage
. k6r~i day9 ago. The Autausa creek,
(which crosskd the streets OF Prattvills.
HAT stand.
Hslf the population Of sslma is do
nssrsIief work among the 1000 fam
lilies made destitute in that region by
the ovsrnowins OF the Alabama and
Cahsba rivers.
Communication has been recstab-
Iishsd with Brewton. Ala. which has
been Asoiatsd since last wsdnesday.
Reports ny Escambia county waa
ltsrslly inundated for four days by
sl,s ovsrfiow Of the Escambis river
and crops In that section were virtual
y ruined. Every piece Of property
n Brswton was damaged.
Mobile suffered property damage of
e1.soe.ooo In the hurricane. according
to conservative estimates furnished by
business men there. the loss was
principally to shipping. msrch andise,
telephone and telegraph companies
and railroads. No lives were lost in
the city proper. Psnsacola's loss In
cssdfng DAMAGE to government prop
ssty WAS estimated At Ssso. 900.
The Alabama commissioner OF agri-
culture estimated that the dam age to
srowtng crops In Alabama ON account
Of the floods and windstorms win be
mot less than from $500, 900 to ST.
900. .0O0."
No estimates have been mads from
other States. but Georgia and Missis-
nbpi crops are known to have suffer-
Cd severely.
Ths safe arrival at Biloxi today Of
tnree schooners carrying IL men was
onset by news irom Mobile of the
nnd'ns OF several additional bodies of
she coast and that some small craft
nave not been accounted for.
The known death list throughout
the storm area is approximately 80
persons. about equally divided be-
tween those drowned In the gulf and
those killed by lightning or drowning
IN she interior of Alabama. Georgia,
AissiHsippi and Tennessee. The miss.
ING are all sailors on ships long over
due st gulf ports and known to have
been In the path Of Wednesdays gale.
CALAMITY TO GEORGIA