The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-17
FLOODS DEVASTATE
. SOUTHERN STATES
Five Known Dead, Many Miss
ing-Property Loss $10,-
100000.
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Of the score Of mills along the Catawbn
II II estimated that a thousand bale,
Of Charlotte yesterday. Southern raii-
way traffic to the south and southwest.
and Seaboard Air Line traffic to the
west is annuiied. ihe Piedmont ana
cars has been lost. the damage being
near DO.UO. II II estimated that twenty
saiway trestles and as many more
f HsdSs' w nTs gSne Il ,s,sventyve mile
A second bridge on the Charlotte d.
vision went out at a. m. Trains are
unable to proceed beyond Salisbury. and
ne wires are IN operation south Of that
Chicago and New Orleans.
The southern Railway bridge over the
Catawba river at Belmont. N. c.. was
weshsd away. CARRYING eighteen men
whether they were saved.
An earth MI at the Lookout Shoals
power dam, near Shelby. broke and the
East Monde. West Monde. Liledoun.
o S %ssr ors s S Sss was %ssr
shoals last night.
Crops Badly Damaged.
Great crop damage to the surrounding
country Is reported from spartanburg.
9. c.. due to heavy rains. OF tho last
forty-eight hours.
,.Asheviile. n. C.. is hard hit. Tho
French Broad river has broken It's
course course near ,t there; flooding fastories and
The station is under six feet OF water.
TWO persons were drowned. attempting
70 put food Into the upper story Of the
in their residences along the river. while
rescue parties are fighting against tho
rushing current to rescue them. Ware
houses and factories were greatly dam
Asheville Under Water.
Asheville was without lights last
night, and water 10 flowing in swift
streams down many OF the streets Of
the lower city.
facing q serious situation. Lake Toxe-
ways big dam and two dams at Hen
Jacksonville are reported to have COL
lapsed, setting free hundreds Of tons Of
water.
Atlanta Cut Off.
The Charlotte Atlanta line OF tho
Southern. which 10 it's main trunk line
South. Is closed by the washout of
shs bridge cs at Belmont Mos, Of the
damaged. or now under water so that
their damage or condition cannot be
possibly determined. The wires Of the
Iii. Section. c 70 ee P into XsH.viIis o tSs
general offices hero had to 80 to Chi
caso. Chicago to st. Louis. St. Louis
to Atlanta, Atlanta to GhattsnooEHa.
in this section have to be detoured. II
able TO move BY the cutting Of the
I'M That the Haox IN sio9 W.s 81 them
are In a bed shape a. we'll as the South
ern. IL learned also. Their line was in
the path OF the storm. in southwest
Virginia, between Roanoke and Bristol
but the amount Of damage could not be
On the winston-salem line water 10 -e-
ported falling now. and officials here
predict that repair work will be started
this afternoon or tomorrow. The first
work will be putting in temporary
laying track and replacing cross-tiss.
Damage Reported Everywhere.
The desk Of the chief clerk Of the
Southern railway here Is piled high with
kilograms from stations all over the line
announcing damages to track. . wash
Ing out OF nils. rising water. and sus-
pension Of train service. An embargo
has been placed on the entire territory
this afternoon. and no more tickets are
being sold to these points.
The Green river bridge. on the 6aluds
line. which 10 one of the main lines OF
the traffic south. has been washed away
completely. and all travel over II neces-
sarily stopped. A report from Hender-
sonville. N. c.. states that at 10 o'clock
Sunday morning two Of the big retain
ing dams there burst: the dam at Lake
Toxaway also has Eiyen away. and Bit
greatly damaged by the ravaxes OF the
storm.
Route Clear To Saulsbury.
Tho Southern railway Is operating
no trains over its own lines west OF
burg, 8. c., or east Of Morristown.
Tenn. according to information given
out at noon today by G. A. Kline, as
sistant general traffic manager OF the
company.
Trains Numbers IS and SO, ~ and 30,
are being operated. Numbers 81 and
80 have been annulled temporarily.
Trains Numbers rs. ss, Al and ~ are
The route of the Southern 10 now
clear as far as Charlotte. but the
washout Of the bridge az BELMONT.
puts an end to any attempt to have
through service by this route.
Number 36 goes by Southern to
Charlotte. then takes the line of the
Seaboard to Hamlet. Hamlet to Co
lumbia, 8. c., Columbia to Augusta,
Ca, and there goes en- the track OF
the Georgia railroad. Then II takes
its regular route to New Orleans.
Thirty-six operates tho same way, re-
versed.
Thirty seven Is detoured by Lynch
burg. Bristol. Cleveland. and there takes
the Cohutta cutoff to the Louisville and
Nashville for Atlanta. and runs over the
Louisville and Nashville track TO Nash
VILE. From Atlanta to New Orleans the
regular route Is followed.
Numbers II and 40 go by their usual
routes. as do the Memphis specials. via
Bristol. Knoxville and Chattanooga.
No Service To Jacksonville.
There Is no train service over the
Southern for Jacksonville.
The entire service Of the Salisbury
division Is suspended.
Mr.. Kline stated that the tie-up wal
the most complete In the history Of the
Southern road In that section Of the
country. Many Of the trains that were
out on the road at the time that the
washouts occurred are still out and un
able to get back to base. Some OF
their locations are unknown, but the
officials have their approximate posi-
ton. II may be that some of the pas
sengers are suffering from the pangs
of hunper nd fatipua from tha lona az