The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-19
RAINFALL OF 6
INCHES RECORDED
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threatening the grade built fol
the new Spartanburg road. This
morning the water level was only
about foot below the top of this
grade, and it was believed that the
grading work had already been
damaged by high water.
A small washout was reported
on the Greenville highway several
miles south of the city where a
small creek flows beneath the
road. The paving there was dam
aged.
The city barn, located just off
Seventh avenue on the eastern
edge of the city, was under water
and the stock there was moved to
higher ground.
Practically all of the bottom
land in the vicinity of the city
was flooded. Some of this land is
in pasture. but thousands of acres
were planted in corn and other
crops. The corn crop for the most
part has not been gathered and
damage from the standing water
will probably be about rs per cent
of the crop, agricultural experts
said this morning.
One city street, the southern
end of King, was under about a
foot of water this morning.
The water level had dropped
about half a foot this afternoon,
but was still across the Greenville
and Spartanburg roads.
The state highway forces were
at work early this morning and
the roads under water had been
posted with signs to warn motor
lists of the situation. Traffic was
passing over both the Greenville
and Spartanburg roads, but high
way crews this morning were di-
recting traffic and allowing cars
to proceed in only one direction
at time.
AS far as could be learned this
morning there was no loss of live
stock or property. Most OF the
flooded area consisted of open
fields without dwelling houses.
One small house on the Chimney
Rock road was almost entirely sur
rounded by water this morning,
however.
In the county number of other
streams were out of their banks
this morning. The French Broad
river flooded bottom lands along
its course and was across the Hay
wood road on the Hendersonville
side of the bridge. Traffic was not
held up by the water, however.
The French Broad was also out
of its banks in the western section
of the county between Henderson
vile and Etowah. Bottom lands
were flooded but no highways
were blocked.
Utility concerns in Henderson
vile today reported they had suf-
fered no damage due to the rains
and high water.
OCTOBER RAINFALL
TO DATE 8 INCHES
Rainfall on Monday was slight
ly under two inches, and the fall
last night was slightly in excess
of four inches, making the total
fall for Monday and Monday night
slightly under six inches.
Including the rainfall yester-
day, the total for the month is
now more than eight inches, while
the normal for the month is 4.36
inches. Weather figures for the
past four days are as follows:
FRIDAY
Max, SIS deg; min., 25 deg.
mean, 40 deg; days range, 81
deg.
Max. Sc deg; min., % deg. !;
mean, az deg; days range, 20
deg.
Max, 81 deg; min., &c deg, !;
mean, 40 deg; days range, 20
deg. rainfall, .03 in.
MONDAY
Max, 81 deg; min., "A deg. ;
mean, sos deg; days range, l3
deg; rainfall, 1.89 in.
Rainfall last night will be in
cluded in Tuesdays report.
Normal mean temperature for
October, 56.4 deg. Rainfall to
date Exclusive of last night)-
APT in. Normal rainfall for Oc-
tober, ASS in.