The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-07-22
THE STORMS HAVOC.

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lina's floods continue 1ltenng through
to the outside word. tho eno7mity of
the disaster becomes more and more
apparent and the sympathy Of the
entire south, rather the entire nation
goes out 10 The unfortunate people~whO
have lost their wealth, their friends,
their loved ones, their all. Late re-
ports show that the death list is rap
idly nearing the hundred mark and
may reach or even pass that figure,
while the property damage reaches
millions.
Flourishing cities have been heavy
sufferers in The path of the rushing
waters; thriving towns are left mere
piles Of wrecked homes and mangled
bodies. while peaceful hamlets have
been swept from the face OF the earth.
1t is sad TO look over the mass of
debris which once marked the homes
and factories OF our neighbors. yet it
is sadder still 10 count the great loss
of life and the suffering of the in.
jured
Eighty or even a hundred souls hurl-
ed into the great beyond in the twink.
ling Of AN eye are but mere handful
compared to the millions of souls left
to battle against the cares and trou-
bles of life But each Of these eighty
or a hundred people was dear to some
one; they were wives, husbands.
mothers, fathers, children or sweet
hearts of someone. Who that someone
may be matters not. it was someone.
In its horribleness a flood is sec
ond only TO a conflagration, Brave men
and women quake before the on
rushing waters while children scream
In terror at the roar of the flood. 1t
is a thing that cannot be fathomed;
il comes often In the darkness of the
night, without warning save for the
roar and humble which is quickly fol
lowed by the crash of falling homes
and the cries Of suffering humanity.
Men feel their hclplcssness then as
they never feel it again. as they never
felt il before. It seems that the hand
of God, Himself, is behind the rush
ing, boiling, seething, maddening, de-
yastating waters; and yet men are
loathe to believe that loving Father
would thus destroy his own.
1t has been said and oft repeated
that when Nature turns loose her
powers of destruction, Man realizes
his weakness" Perhaps, then, in this
one statement lies the secret of Ma
lures devastation at various times
Man has in way conquered the ele
ments He has caught the lightning
from the clouds and compelled it to dc
bis bidding. furnish him with light
heat and power. He has harnessec
the steam and forced 1t to be his
beast OF burden. He has turned tn,
raging torrents to grind his grain an(
furnish more power to him. He has
reached his hand into the very ali
| and brought TO his feet various ant
valuable products for his own use
while the bowels of the earth havi
given Up their treasures at his steu
command. The workings and move
| ments OF the sun. the planets and tn
stars no longer puzzle the wonderful
| brain man; he can foretell to n secou,
the movements of them all, Man dc
fees the winds of the air, the wave
of the sea and the stubborn crust o
the earth: he rises above the power
of Nature which ordinarily seek L
destroy him In the past half contur
Man has become powerful, more pow
crful and almost, but not quite, all
powerful
is il possible then that this mysteri
GUS power called Nature was in tn
very beginning designed for the pun
pose 81 ourhing MANI when Naur
turns loose her powers Of destruction
Man realizes his Weakness Truly
Man realizes his weakness in tn
face Of a flood such as chat which la
hundreds of homes in ruins and sen
| scores of souls into eternity.