The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-07-24
FLOODS RUIN CROPS
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
r. r. SUFFER WASHOUTS AND
TRAINS ARE ,DETOURED.
Meteorologist Says Rains Will Con.
tinue. Stock Men Worried to
Save Cattle.

An average of APT inches precipita,
tion for the past three days in me
Piedmont and middle section of South
Carolina has enabled the Santee wa
tershed to boom at flood stage, with
ruin to crops and some damage to
property. The rivers should reach the
crest of the flood tomorrow, contin-
gent, however, on the continued rain
fall.
Rain to Continue.
Richard H. Sulliavn, meterologist
in charge Of the local United States
weather bureau, stated that, in his
opinion, there would be rains until
the middle of the week, but as to
their preciptancy he would not fore
cast. He was of the opinion, however,
that the present rain would not wreck
astrous floods of 1916. The floods in
that year were the result of quick
heavy downpours, while the rains this
year have been gradual. In 1916 the
waters came down so fast that the
rivers could not take them over and
they banked. This year they are
rushing through their regular chan
nels to the sea and spreading over
the lowlands. However, the soil is
saturated and todays heavy down
pour rolled into the rivers.
Damage to Railroads.
So far the material damage to the
railroads has been small. A fifty-foot
section of the Atlantic Coast Line at
Sims, small station just below Co.
lumbia, washed out, and near that
place the trestle of the Southern Rail-
way at Childa was washed out by the
release of impounded waters when the
Southern Railway ran out shuttle
train and the passengers from the
Coast Line train from Sumter were
transferred and brought into Colum-
bia. An official said that the Coast
Line train to Wilmington was detour-
ed over the Southern to Sims, and
the passengers of the road for Char
lesion were placed on the Carolina
Special" which was detoured by way
of Blackville because of the washout
at Childs. The Coast Line had suffi-
ciently repaired it's track at Sims to-
night at 8 o'clock, said an official, to
allow the operation of passen nger
trains, and expects it to be in condi-
ton to run freight trains over it BY
tomorrow.
Water Close to Tracks.
The Southern Railway reported
that water was in six feet of its tracks
at Chappels, between Aston and
Greenville, but did not think the line
would be tied up because of the rise
in the Saluda. The trestles at Ca
tawba on the Columbia line of the
Southern near Charlotte and at Broad |
siver on the Spartanburg line of the
southern were reported safe and no
apprehension was felt for them.
The Seaboard Air Line reported its
rlght-of-way in good condition, but
the Wateree river vat Camden was
still rising. Officials of the road
thought however, that the trestle at
that point was safe, but his feeling
OF security was contingent on whether
there would be continued heavy rains.
Service Discontinued.
The line of the Columbia Railway,
Gas and Electric Company, to Camp
Jackson suffered somewhat, the track
approaching the camp being washed
out in several places, so much So that
the street car service to the camp
was discontinued. Tonight the new
bridge over Hampton creek
and a large stretch of the new paved
road to Camp Jackson is threatened
because of the rush of waters in the
creek which skirts the camp.
Building Wrecked.
The rear of brick store building
On the 1900 block of Main street.
owned by Walter F. Jones, of his
city, caVed in this morning and crum-
oled to the ground, causing several
thousand dollars in damage. No one
vas injured. There was some excav-
alton going on next to the structure,
preparatory to building an annex to ,
he Adjacen Department Store and it
s supposed that the rain ate under
he foundation of the Jones Building .
it to crumble. 1t was one of
he Oldest structures on Main street. :
t was erected shortly after the war
between the states.
Crops Ruined.
Reports from various sections of .
south Carolina say that cotton and {
orn are ruined, that the rushing {
waters of the past few days have [
'aten deep gullies into the soul. {
Bridges and roads likewise have suf-
cred. In Lexington County several U
ridges are reported gone and the
Dads are in bad shape. Supervisor G
)wens, stated tonight that number !
# bridges had been washed out in S
County, including a steel t
ridge on the old Camden road about c
tx miles from Columbia The roads a
ave been badly cut up. u
Flood Warnings. [
This morning at II o'clock the local e
Teather bureau sent broadcast flood
urging the farmers to get
heir stock out of the river bottoms e
he warning relative to the rise of O
he rivers said: "Catawba river at d
atawba, near twenty feet by morn o
1g Of 21 ST. IVateraa at Camden nesr I