The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-07-22

to Kingville. The junction is all un.
DER water and Kingville is several feet
beneath the surface of the foaming
waters. The line between Columbia
and Charleston was discontinued
Tuesday morning because of the con-
dstion Of the trestles over the Con-
taree between Kingville and Fort
Note.
a The Northwestern Is operating all
OF its trains on it's eastern branch be-
tween Sumter and st. Paul, and Will
sons Mill. On the other branch trains
are not going beyond Rembert, as the
track Is several feet under water from
the back water on the Wateree. Pine
Creek trestle is deep under water and
may be washed away. but what dam
age this road will suffer there cannot
- stated at this time, as it will not
be known until the water subsidies.
The Seaboard Air Line suffered a
Slight delay and damage at Lynches
tiver on Monday, but after repairs
yere made there the line between
FSnmter and Hartsville has been oper-
sting on schedule. North the line Is
intact. since repairs have been made,
hut Of course. trains cannot go any
further than Camden. as part of tho
'&tabosrd bridge there was swept away
|4uesday morning.
Last night q seaboard train between
4AlKgton ana Jacks0nville which
- -
|rAorning came In here, having been
detoured by here when It was found
that the Camden bridge was down. At
first 1t was thought to turn the pas
sengers over to the Coast Line, but
later the whole train was turned over
TO the Coast Line and detoured by
Charleston and Savannah. The train
was operated from here in two Sec
tions. one to go to Atlanta and the
other to go to Jacksonville.
Camden Highway Bridge Down.
The concrete bridge built by Ker-
shaw over the Wateree river at Cam
den went down this morning. The
bridge withstood the force of the
Hood until the crest had passed and
It was pronounced out of danger, but
the water had evidently undermined
the structure. for this morning it gave
way and Camden is cut off entirely
from Columbia by direct route.
Round About Trip to Columbia.
This morning the agents at the
Southern. Coast Line and Seaboard
roads were called on to answer as best
they could the hundreds Of questions
OF persons who wanted to go to one
place and another. The majority of
them wanted to get up into the Pied
mont sections. but they found it a
hard matter to go there, so complete
iy was Sumter cut off from the wes-
tern part of the State. Many of them
essayed to make the trip by way Of
Charleston and left on trains FOR that
place today. hoping when they arriv-
ed there that they could get out to
Columbia by going to Branchville,
Blackville and on over the Southern to
Columbia. However, this did not
warrant that their troubles were at
an end. for many of the bridges be-
tween Columbia and the Piedmont
were down and it was still doubtful
that they could reach their destination
Ready to Repair Damage.
This morning the Coast Line sent
large quantity Of materials to
Wedgefield to be held in readiness to
make reairs on the track in the Wa
tere river swamp, as soon as the wa
ter goes down sufficiently to allow
work to commence. These materials
will be followed tonight with about
thirty car loads of materials, which
nave been ordered here for this work.
The gang of workmen is already here
and Is being held until the subsiding
waters show what has to be done.
However. 1t Is not expected that the
repairs can be made in few days,
and the line may be out Of commission
for several weeks.