Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-18

evr.oItS and bridges carried away.
sJN LIVES AnE LOST
a. IN tSltENILl.E SECTION
BASKERVILLE, y. C., July l7.-Floodcd
Matters OF tho French Broad and Swan
nanoa Rivers rapidly were rccedinS to-
night. but compilations Of definite re-
ports received here shows q startling
aggregate Of damage and suffering.
AS nearly as could ~ estimated. the
MT results OF tho food on SUNDAY were:
:. Nine lives lost.
.SiXty residences washed away
i. -Four hundred people homeless.
eaTwclvc. hundred without cmplo, mont.
-:srwcnty-hve industrial plants par.
TALLY destroyed.
t-:Gemr3cte tic-up OF railroad traffic
with exception
rropci';y loss OF si".o0o.ooo.
Workers in cotton mills aud lumber
plants in Eurcomhe. Henderson and
Madison Counties ave hcinS cared for
here Nearly $1,000" was Subscribed
here today Tor relief work among nood
Sufferers
Ashrvt ~ was without, ,ish, and
&clcctrle4l or tonight. tho saS AMI
electric plants having hccn flooded.
Milk and icr arc scarce here.
here and in tho village or Eltmoro.
!, laid ont by the late George w. Wander
s.hih. tho passiuc al the foods showed
heavy damage. Many houses in Eilt.
moro were swcpt away. ana II said
~ That four lives were lost while two
:. women tied themselves TO a tree yes
Si"rdaE 'and were rescued to-day.
Large quantities Of hay were washed
70 out NJ tho Vanderbilt estate. 100 acres
Of co!'I arc reported covered wiki silt,
and many OF the supplies for the cx-
IS tonsivc farm orcrations there viii have
= 80 be replaced Mud and LOGS were
swept across portions Of tho estate ami
>. into Eiltmore. whe.e Mrs. George W.
,ss'Nandcvoilt joined tho rescue forces ycs-
terday and to-day.
WOMEN TIE THEMSELVES
: sss::E.ss 10 TREE "Iru SWEATER
: - The home Of Captain J. &. Lipc was
swept away carly on Sunday. and he
: was drowned. His two daughters. Mrs.
Leo Mulhollamd and Miss Nellie I.ire.
: %crc swept down the valley. but cluny
10 tree tons, and one OF them used her
= sweater with which to tie herself and
q sister 20 tho branches OF tree. They
4 were taken off wien tho flood rcccdcd
= To-day, bruised AMI almost proStratcG
) but not seriously Injured.
Miss Mabel Fostcr, Miss Charlotte
) Walker. nurses at Biltmore Hospital.
and Miss Marion Maker elder sister
I lin. bor,o o,.,,. ~
49,. Iro,o, ~" 49,
,.o,,r,, ~, 'r''" Vt"
Tho walker sister, were rccovcrcd
hay. ru; t',o., uf Miss Forster ana ,,,,.
tain Lin, have no, vci been found
..-rIc ,tr., -,
,o,.nr ,i, 'on' "e,o III '''
! Southern Railway demo, and Tho r;Io,r
: Rock Hotel were covered several foo,
{ deep in water.
! -;.w,,,.r rrox,or asa
: ,n. ,, w. '"|'er'
~ '"'''' "'S'', were drowned while
'rE'hS 10 'hNo 1000 TO guests who
: were hnarooned Ia uppcr stories of the
I ho;o! on sunday Edward Mcdowell.
: aged eleven, is missing from this SOC.
Z him. ~.
:.
ase in hooded houses in ~. law, '' s,|
It" W. ~" - sec
80! '''' ~ '''"'s 10 cio'S ana manu-
ur'nE P'"h's ont as Tar As known
SNere' no yves nave netn lo+t. 1t was
{he Henderson dam and the kanu-a
Gam that burst. causing hoods
All reports received hero sav ~,
yoxaway dam sun is holdire ,ra .,
l., b.Ii.ved ~. d. y
iS,.nt.s ,,,, w"
'o"" ana
""u'" u" Within
Ineir banks by Tn'sda> night or
uncertain. however.
pN"e" ''ah'' can D" resumed
VI any dehn'te schedule
The only line operating ;o-ui-b, rae
Hiatt known As tho Murub,. Y g a.;
Sjsion 81 tho sou,ho ~
EIb.rs ,.,, 49,, -"
s;sja N'Sne"'o "'
az" '''''" i"'h'
ypFAIN. WITH 2Ga on BOARD.
g MAH0ONED ST MARSHALL
sSaLews Foster. Of this civ vbo ,,.s
~ Marshall on suudav arrivcd ,,.re
tin an automobile from that place. hay.