Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-17
SWOLLEN RIVERS
Do HEAVY DAMAGE
IN THREE STATES
Feared List of Deaths Will
Be Much Heavier When
All Reports Come In.
FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS.
STREAMS OVERFLOW BANKS
Portions of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia Devas-
tated by Raging Torrents.
TRAFFIC rs AT STANDsTILL
Bridges Washed Out. Communication
Cut Off and Many Towns
in Darkness.
FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS.
STREAMS OVERFLOW BANKS
TRAFFIC is AT sTANDsTILL
Bridges Washed Out. Communication
Cut Off and Many Towns
in Darkness.

Serious floods in North Carolina,
South Carolina and Virginia on Sum
day caused five known deaths, rem
dcrcd hundreds homeless. destroyed
property and crops to the extent Of
S10,000,000. according to first estimates.
and demorallzed railway. telephone
and telegraph communication.
Following the hurricane which
struck the Atlantic coast on Sat-
urday. unprecedented rains have
fallen, driving rivers and smaller
streams from their banks and imperil-
ing many lives.
The French Broad River has broken
from it's course near Asheville. flood
ing factories and homes in the lower
part OF the city. At Biltmore three
persons-Captain J. c. Lipe, Miss Nell
lie Lipe and Mrs Leo Mulholland--
were drowned, when the Lipe house
was flooded. Two persons wcro
drowned at Ashevillc while trying to
put food into the upper story of the
Glenn Rock Hotel. Many are ma
rooned 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
IN ASHEVILLE STREETS
Swift streams of water are flowing
down some OF the streets of lower
Asheville. The Southern Railway sta
tn nf Siv
as are all other buildings in that VII
cinity. The city proper, 800 feet higher,
is without lights. but otherwise is not
affected
Throughout Western North Caro-
lima the situation is reported serious.
The big dam at Lake Toxaway, the
noted resort, and two dams at Hender-
sonviilc, are reported to have coll
lapsed, letting loose hundreds of tons
Of water.
The Southern Railway bridge over
the Catawba. River. at Belmont, y. c.,
has been washed away. carrying
eighteen men into the river. whether
they were drowned has not been
learned. The Seaboard Air Line bridge,
over the Catawba River. at Mt Holly.
n. c.. has collapsed, as has that over
the Catawba. on tho Salisbury -Ashe-
Vile line.
An earth fill at the Lookout Shoals
power dam. near Shelby. has yielded.
and the East Monbo. West Monbo.
Liladaun and Alspaugh Cotton Mills
are under water. A wall OF water
forty feet high is reported rushing
down from Lookout Shoals
Reports from Spartanburg, S. c., tell
or heavy crop damage by the rains
that have fallen in South Carolina
during the last forty eight hours with
small streams rising rapidly
TRAFFIC. is TIED UP
RY wASHOUTS AND SLIDES
Practically all railway traffic in
Southwest Virginia and Eastern West
Virginia was tied up to-day by wash
outs and slides. resulting from the
heavy rains OF the past week MANY
bridges have heen carried away by
swollen creeks and rivers. telephone
and telegraph wires are down and
heavy crop damage has been reported.
The Dravo Power Company.s dam.
on Broad River. near Shelby. y. C.. has
broken. cutting off tho electric sun
ply Tor SpartanburE and nearby tex
tile towns and mcnacing the Southern
Power Companys plant near Blacks.
hurg, s. c.
The flood is threatening Joncsvillc,
~ C.. and nearby towns, and the rcs:-
dents there arc moving to high grounds.
Tho fadkin River has reached tho
highest stage recorded in years, and
continues TO riso around Lexington,
y. c. Crops and sawmils have been
destroyed and live stock drowned.
l'chris lit;rrs tho swollen rIvor Al a
sweeps past LcNiuStun