Arizona republican., 1916-07-19
SOUTHERN FLOODS TOLL INCREASED BY SEVENTEEN
|S NUMbERD DEAD '
 IN GREAT FLOOD
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 ATLANTA, Ga, July 1S.-Seventeen deaths reported today brought the southeastern flood toll to thirtytwo. but all rivers are falling and something like normal conditions obtain in many of the sections overrun with the high waters from the eastern mountains Sunday. Ten persons still are missing and the property damage is estimated at s15,O00000. principally to railroads, crops and industrial plants.
 Eight of the deaths reported today occurred at Bat Cove village in Hen derson county, North Carolina, on the Rocky Broad river and two at Nolga, a small town in Buncombe county. Four were reported today from Brey ard, N. C., and three from the Hickory Nut gap section, in the western part of the state. In addition unverified reports said three boys were drowned below Marshall, N. C., in the overturn- ing of boat.
 Marked improvement is shown in conditions in North Carolina. The French Broad river in the Asheville region is falling rapidly. The Catawba river is receding all most as fast as it rose two days ago. when the water rushing down from the water sheds carried bridges, fac tories and homes before it. Railroads and other utilities companies are using large construction gangs repairing damage in the Catawba valley. l. srs said, to restore normal train service on some of the railroads and hundreds of thousands of cotton spindles may be | idle for a month.
 All fear of serious floods. in South ! Carolina have been dispelled by the rapid fall of the Congaree and Broad rivers. The greatest loss will be to crops and livestock in the Congaree valley.
 1 The rivers of East Tennessee have reached their crests and are falling | slowly. The greatest loss will be crops. several hundred thousand acres hay ing been flooded in the valleys in the extreme eastern part of the state.
 Conditions in Virginia and West Yir- l SIflld are tA ADtCltu lO bS ItOIIlldl W llliAil a day or two
 Village Wiped Away SPARTANBURG, s. C.. July 1S.- l According to information brought here tonight by H. A. Marlette, who went to Thermal City, N. C., yesterday in an automobile, says the village of Chimney Rock, N. C., near the famous . | 1r Il,
 ty, was completely washed away by the high waters of Broad river The population of the town was about 150.
 According to Marlette party went to Chimney Rock to try to rescue those caught by the flood, but water sur rounding the village prevented them
 from getting close to the houses. They
 saw no signs of human life, it was
 said. The postoffice and hotel were
 washed to point several miles be-
 low the village.
 Seven Additional Bodies
 ASHEVILLE, N. C., July 1S-Reced-
 ing waters of the disastrous floods
 which swept through the French Broad
 valley Sunday gave up seven addition ! uA bOulcS loudS anu ItpOIlS loOlSn i of eight more deaths by drowning il
 the Batavia section, brought the tota
 death list in this district to twenty
 eight. Indications were that the prop
 erty loss in western North Carolin; t alone may be s12,000, ,000. Fears arr = felt that the loss of life and propert l. may prove even greater when the riv = CTS subside.
 c Relief work is being pushed. forwar, rapidly and most of the 1900 mel e thrown out of employment by closin, y of twenty-five industrial plants are be le ing put to work clearing away tn flood wreckage