The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-07-18
Asleville and Biltmore, N. c.,
Partially Inundated by Ris
ing Rivers.
FIVE TO FIFTEEN ARE DEAD
Many Cotton Mills and Railroad
Bridges Carried Away by
Mountains of Water.

Serious floods IN North carolina, /
South Carolina and Virginia have .
caused five known deaths, rendered .
hundreds homeless, damaged property /
and crops to the extent of $4,000, 900, !
according to first estimates, and dc I
moralized railway, telegraph and tcle-
phone communications. Following the !
hurricane that struck the South At
lant;c coast Thursday. unprecedented
rains have fallen, driving rivers and
smaller streams from their banks and
imperilling many lives.
The French Broad river has broken
from its course near Asheville, flood
inc factories and homes in the lower
part OF the city. At Biltmore three
persons. Captain J. c. Lipe, Miss Mel
lie !.ipe and Mrs Leo Muiholland were
drowned when the Lipe house was
flooded. Two persons were drowned
at Ashcville while trying to put food
into the upper story of the Glen Rock
hotel. MANY are marooned in their
residences along the rivers 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 Ashe-
VILE The Southern Railway; station
is flooded to a depth of six feet are
all other buildings in that vicinity
The city proper, 800 feet higher, is
without4 lights tonight, but otherwise
se not affec+ad. -.--..--
throughout Western North Carolina
the situation is reported serious. The
big dam at Lake Toxawav, the noted
resort. and two dams at Henderson
willie. are reported to have collapsed,
loosening hundreds of tons of water.
The Southern Railway bridge over
the Catawba river at Belmont, n. G.,
has been washed away, carrying ten
or twelve men into the river. Whether
thew were drowned or not has not been
learned The Seaboard Air Line bridS1
over the Catawba river at Mount Ho.
", n c.. has collapsed, as has thai
over Illt tttdH I'd ol lllS eo'iiHooi@
Ashevillc line.
An earth fiji at Lockout Shoals pow
er dam. near Shelby, has yielded, anc
the East Monde. West Monde, Lila
daun and Alspaugh cotton mills ar
under water \ wall of water 40 fee
high is reported rushing down from
Lookout Shoals
Reports from Spartanburg, S. c., tel
Of heavy crop damage by the ram
that have fallen in South Carolin
during the past few days.
Practically all railway traffic, IL
southwest Virginia and eastern Yves
Virginia was tied up by washouts an
slides resulting from the heavy rail-
Of the past week. Many bridges hay
been carried away by swollen creek
and rivers, telephone and telegrap
lines are down and heavy crop dar
age has been reported.
The bravo Power Company's da
Oh Broad river, near Aa"';Sh''rg,
G.. has broken, cutting Of the olectr
supplv for Srartanburg and neart
textile towns ana menacing the 30
thern Power Company s plant at MI
tv-Nine Islands, at Cherokee Falls.
The flood threatened Jonesvllle a
othor nearby towns and the resldel
have moved to higher grounds
The Nadkin river has reached I
highest stage recorded in years
continues TO rise around Lexington,
G.. Crops and saw mills have be
destroyed and livestock crowned.
br;s ,it.crs the swollen river as 1t
sweeping past Lexington.