Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1916-07-20
SERIOUS FLOODS
SWEEP CAROL|NAS
MANY PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED m
RIVERS-LARGE NUMBER RE-
PORTED DEAD.
ESTIMATE LOSS $1O,OOO,OOO
Five Known Dead In Asheville and
BiItmore.-Western North Carolina
Hit Hard.-Power Lines Wrecked.

Charlotte.-Serious foods in North
Carolina. South Carolina and Virginia
Sunday caused FIVE known deaths
with IS others known to be missing
and rendered hundreds homeless, dam
aged property and crops to the extent
OF S10,000,000 according to first esti-
mates and demoralized railway, tele-
graph and telephone communications.
Following the hurricane that struck the
South Atlantic Coast unprecedented
rains have fallen. driving rivers and
smaller streams from their banks and
imperilling many lives.
What are said to be the worst
| floods ever known in the Catawba,
| Broad and Yadkin Rivers did untold
damage in the territory within ra-
| dius Of so miles OF Charlotte with the
/ possible loss of IS lives.
Just above the Southern bridge.
/ over the Catawba at Balment, the
! Piedmont & Northern Interurban
bridge and the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad bridge at Mount Holly were
washed away Sunday afternoon and
night. Farther up the river, near
Mooresville and Statesville. two high
way bridges went out, while at Ca
tawba, the Southern's bridge on the
| Salisbury-Asheville line. was washed
away.
At Monbo. below Catawba. the
West Monbo Cotton Mill OF 5000 spin
! dies. is under water and believed to
have been washed away, and the East
Monbo Mill across the river, Is prac-
tically submerged. while cotton
warehouse with 400 bags OF cotton has
been washed away. Still further up
the Catawba, the Liledoun and Ais
paugh Mills are under water
The damage to these mills Is laid
to waterspout in Alexander county
that caused section OF the earth
embankment OF the Lookout Shoals
power plant of the Southern Power
Company to give away adding IS feet
OF water to the already more than 20
foot tide in the Catawba. That volume
OF water also caused the last two or
three OF the bridges TO go.
The Dravo Power Company's dam
on Broad river near Shelby, went out
late Sunday Afternoon. menacing the
Southern Power Company's plant near
Blacksburg. s. c.. and cutting off the
electric supply for Spartanburg and
the textile towns surrounding that
city. The Southern Power Company
however may be able to meet this de-
mand.
Near Winston-Salem, the town OF
Rondo was cut off from the outside
world for several hours until a tele-
graph operator. flooded out OF his of
fee, carried his instruments to a high
hill and cut in on a telegraph wire.
Trains cannot be gotten TO North
Wilkesboro and will not be operated
west OF Donagha for some time be.
cause OF the tide on the Yadkin river,
which is eight and one-half feet higher
than known in 43 years A Southern
Railway train supposed 10 have left
North Wilkesboro Sunday afternoon
has not been heard from while one
that started from Winston Salem to
that town had to stop at Elkin Resi-
dents OF Jonesville and adjacent
towns were moving 10 high land.
The French Broad River broke from
its course near Asheville flooding fac.
tories and homes in the lower part
of the city. At Biltmore three per.
sons. Capt J. g. Lipe. Miss Nellie Lipe
and Mrs. Leo Mulholland were drown
ed when the Lfpe house was flooded
Two persons were drowned at Ashe-
Vile while trying to put food into the
upper story Of the Glenn Rock Hotel.
Many are maTooned in their residences
along the river and rescue parties for
hours have fought their way against
the rushing current in an effort to
reach them.
Swift streams OF water are flowing
down some of the streets of lower
Ashevin6. The Southern Railway sta
ton 10 flooded TO a depth of six feet
as are all other buildings in that vicin.
tty. The city proper. 300 feet higher.
IS without lights, but otherwise is not
affected
Industrial plants everywhere suf
fered severely, property loss in cot
ton mills, woodworking plants and
lumber yards along the French
b pad and Swannauoa Rivers was
estimated at from $1,5OO.OOO to So
600. 900.
From Hendersonville came report
that placed the property loss in Hen
derson county at approximately ST.
100000. The plant of the Henderson
Vile Light & Power Co. was put out
OF commission and the city reservoir
flooded by muddy torrents that made
the city drinking water unfit for con
supmtion. Many persons we're driven
from thei rhOmes in that section and
number OF bridges carried away.
Only the big railway bridge south Of
Hendersonville remains intact. IL was
said, and no trains have entered or
left Hendersonville in the past Is
hours