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2 BRIGHTER SCENES IN THE ELKHORN Repair Work is Now Being Pushed Rapidly. THE ROAD OPENS TODAY Bome Coal Comes East Over Fart of the Line. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DAMAGE Partial List of the Deal. Sp cial Mail Service For the Stricken Towrs. Bryan to Lecture For the Benefit of the Destitute. (By the Associated Press.) Bluefleld, W. Va., June 25.—The situa tion in the Elkhorn Valley is greatly im proved today. General Manager L. E. Johnson was seen on his private car at North Fork Junction where he is person ally supervising the work, and he stated the loss was much less than amounts heretofore given out. He stated that if nothing unforseen occurred his force of 3,000 men would have the road opened for traffic on a single track by tomorrow night, and that freight trains would be running in two or three days. This of course, docs not indicate that regular traffic will be the result, but coal came east over the road today. It is believed by Mr. Johnson that the road will be put in its normal condition within two weeks. Superintendent Connors, of the Scioto division, with a force of men working east has reached Dayy. a point eight miles east of Welch. Mr. Johnson says he will send a local train with supplies from Bluefield to Vivian tomorrow. The distance between Keystone, the point reached today by local trains, is twenty miles. This section is covered with debris and rains, but only two/ bridges are gone. The whole line was inspected by an operator, who reported the condi tions. General Boggs and Colonel Hud son, of Governor White's staff, visited the section today. They went to Key stone to ascertain if the destitute needed help from the State. They were inform ed that Keystone would take care of the destitute. Jennings Bryan has telegraph ed the Y. M. C. A. that he will deliver a lecture at Pocahontas on the night of July 2nd, the proceeds to be given for the relief of the destitute. Several of the nearby coal operations resumed loading today and will ship from two to three hundred car 3 of coal and coke per day. DETAILS OF THE DAMAGE. Farlial List of the Dead Some Almost Mira colons Escapes (By the Associated Press.) Roanoke, Va., June 25. —The damage in the coal fields begins at Coaldale, which is fifteen miles west of Blue field. At that place great embank ments supporting the railroad tracks hhve been washed out. At Mayberry from the train can be seen five houses upset and partially demolished. The bianch road leading from this point to the Norfolk and Delta Collier ies lias sustained heavy damage. The track is washed out in some places and covered in others. The loss here and at Lick Branch is $15,000. At Lick Branch the water was very high and at this point damage to the main line of railroad begins and de struction of coal company property in creases. At Ennis the eastbound track begins to entirely disappear and at some dis tance further the road bed is entirely gone from both tracks. The iron bridge structures remain but the approaches to either end in most all cases have been entirely washed out by reason of lumlier from demolished houses and other material being wedged against the abutments causing the water to flow around. All wooden bridges are gone. The Turkey Gap collieries’ loss is $29,- 000. The tipple is slightly damaged, and the (eke tracks gone. The delivery and coke oven tracks of the Crozer and Houston operations are almost entirely gone,bridges and all, cars are turned over empty and partially loaded and some are demolished. The Crozer boiler house is washed out and the damage sustained is $25,000. The damage at Houston is $15,000. At the Upland Company, the boiler house and tipple is partially washed away. Along here coal company houses have been moved and destroyed. Between this op eration and Kyle all tracks are badly damaged, nearly everything having ex changed position with the former creek bed. The great fills which the railroad company have been making and rip rapping ever since the high waters of 1897 have been leveled. Heavy damage was done at Lynch burg operation, mostly to the tracks. Up North Pork branch ruined houses can be seen, besides a lot of building material which was lodged against North Fork Bridge. The water has changed its course at this bridge by removing the embank ment at the east approach. The North Pork operations all sustained consider able damage. Algoma lost houses and tracks and no reasonable estimate can yet be made. Elk Ridge lost a number of houses, coke oven and trestles. The power house and their tracks were washed away. The tipple is also damaged. Loss 20,000. Greenbrier lost a number of houses and their tracks were damaged. At Rolfe the tipple and trestles were damaged. At Roanoke operations the damage to houses, trestles and tracks will amount to 7.500. At Arlington bridges are gone above and below the tipple and the loss is es timated at SIO,OOO. At McDowell the CASTORIA For Infants and Children. fbn Kind You Have Always Bought [tracks are washed out and houses de stroyed. Gilliam's loss is heavy in small houses. Indian Ridge lost a number of houses and their storehouses were damaged. Dr. Workman's house and office was washed away. Loss $12,000. Ashland's loss between SB,OOO and $lO,- 000. Bottom Creek loss $25,000. Tidewater lost heavily. At Keystone the streets are washed irregularly and debris is everywhere, floors of buildings standing are covered with mud and water has been all over the town to a considerable depth. Had it not been for the jamming of three or four buildings at the upper end, near the suspension bridge, no doubt the en tire property of the town would be a to tal loss. Just opposite Calhoun’s build ings on the other side of the creek, all houses were entirely swept away includ ing the most of Belchertown. Uroperty is undermined and badly damaged at Burke. The whole fill, on which the two tracks pass through Keystone, is en tirely gone. Many persons had narrow es capes with their lives and men, women and children succeeded in escaping through water waist deep, while others were carried away. A Mr. Abbott suc ceeded in rescuing a man named Lock wood on Main street by fastening himself to a post by means of a rope and mak ing a dive in the swift water just as Lockwood was sinking from view. Many similar rescues were made. Eight bodies have been .found between Burke and Echrnan. The loss at Peer less is estimated at $30,000 and at Shaw nee at $30,000. The North Fork operations, while be fog able to repair their damage sooner will not ship any coal for thirty days, as the railroad tracks will have to be repaired before anything can be done. Below is given the names of some of the dead so far recovered: JOE WHITE, white. ANNA SMITH, white. NELLIE SMITH, white. CHARLES SHEELY. white. MRS. M'COY. colored. SAM POINDEXTER, colored. JOHN BALLARD, colored. BETTIE BROWN, colored. TRIGG, colored. JACOB RIFLIN, colored. JOHN BANNISTER, colored. MOTHER AND BABE, unknown. The colored man, Trigg, floated down stream on the roof of his shanty. When near the railroad he jumped and struck his head against the rail, dashing out his brains. The loss of life, it is now conservatively estimated, will not exceed fifty. The railroad company is using every endeavor to quickly repair the dam age. Every available man from Nor folk to Columbus and all the working crews have been rushed to the scene. The Westinghouse electric car, fitted up with a complete electric light plant and apparatus, has been taken to the de vastated country from Hagerstown, in order that work may be prosecuted at night. The telegraph company has eight gangs of men working to get their wires up and the telephone company has a large force of men at work on their lines. There is no suffering for want of food. TKACK GONE FOR FIFTY MILES Special Mail Service to bo Arranged For the Stricken Towns. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, June 25.—Official ad vices to the Postofflee Department show that the break in the Virginia and Ohio division of the Norfolk and Western caused by the flood, is for a distance of fifty miles, from Williams town to Ennis, except in spots. The branch line running from Goodwill to Bramwell is practically entirely wash ed away. Special arrangements will be made to take the mails to and out of the stricken towns. Chief Clerk Good loe, from Washington, and Sales, from Lynchburg, of the railway mail ser vice, have gone to the flood district to make a report on the needs of that dis trict. The telegram of the postmaster at Durhring, W. Va., asking for imme diate special postal service says such service probably will be necessary for three weeks. The postmaster at Cedar Bluff wired today that the money order funds, forms, blanks and stamps, together with transit mail from Paint Lick were swept away by the flood. Cedar Bluff is on the Clinch Valley division of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, in Tazewell County, 't'he postmaster at Ennis, W. Va., also reports his office swept away. The fiirst assistant post master general is furnishing emergency mail service for the flooded district. Mail was taken this afternoon When As sistant Postmaster General Shallenber ger authorized that establishment of a special service to Durhring, via Bram well and Freeman. This is along a spur of the railroad which was prac tically entirely washed away and the mails probably will be transported on horseback. THE KAPPA ALPHA FRATERHITY Twenty-First Biennial Convention Hobson to be the Guest of Honor Today. (By the Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., June 25. —The Twenty first Biennial Convention of the Southern Kappa Alpha College, Greek-letter Fra ternity, held its opening session in this city today. The attendance is unusually large and representatives from nearly e\ery State in the South, are in attend ance. Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson will arrive in Richmond tomorrow at 2 p. m., and will be the guest of honor at a brilliant reception which will be given the Kappa Alphas by Governor J. Hoge Tyler at 6 p. m. Later a banquet will be given at Lakeside Park, when a dia mond pin of the fraternity will be pre sented to Captain Hobson. The convention will adjourn Thursday. Atlantic Coast Line Dividend. (By the Associated Press.) Baltimore, Md., June 25.—At a meeting of the directors of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company held today at the office of Henry Walters, President of the Company, action was taken on the divi dend. It was decided to pay a semi-an nual dividend of 114 per cent. The last was 1 per cent. 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Raleigh Steam Bottling Works, RALEICH, N. C. "V TUCKER’S GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS. Granits and Marb'e Monuments, Headstones, Iron Fencing, Etc. Building work furnished at short notice. All work delivered. Designs on ap plication. P. O. Box 277, Wilmington, N. C. Branch yard at Goldsboro, N. C. A 0| ;N j " i fQpj Atlantic Coast Line R,R, Condensed Schedule. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. DATED | £ » j 1-3*l Jan. 13, 17901 M * S . N M (Corrected.) zq\z al z 8 zp z,p IA.M.JP.M.IP. M. A. M.|P.M. Lv. Weldon ..|ll 50| 8 58| | Ar. Rocky Mt..| 1 ooj 9 52| j |P-M.| | 1 Lv. Tarboro ..|l2 21|.-....} 6 00 J Lv. Rocky Mt..| 1 05(10 02( 6 371 5 15|12 52 Lv. Wildcat ..j 1 59|10 40| 7 loj 5 67| 2 40 Lv. Selma ....( 2 55|U 18| 1 j Lv Fayetteville) 4 30|12 35| | j Ar. Florence..] 7 35| 2 40[ j j IP.M.]A. M.| |.....l 1 11 1 ! Ar. Goldsboro. | | 17 55| | Lv. Goldsboro, j j J | 6 45| 330 Lv. Magnolia ..j j J j 7 51$ 435 Ar. Wilmington) j | | 9 20$ 600 J | |P. M.|A.M.|P.M. TRAINS GOING NORTH. * ! Ijr ! c 1 |» . 23 ' « . 2 < oo • •' £ 3m j M £ '*>>'** 073 o • d 73 Ocd dea ZP Z% ZP ZP ' ZP laTm;| IP. M.| | Lv. Florence j 9 50| | 7 35).....| Lv Fayetteville|l2 15$ j 9 41) J.*.... Ar. Wilson ..j 2 35| |1« 13| | | |A.M.| IP. M.jA.M. Lv. Wilmington j 1 j j 7 OOj 935 l, Magnolia..j j j I 8 30‘11 10 Lv. Goldsboro .| 1 4 50| | 9 37|12 26 IP. M.| lA.M.JF. M.|P.M. Lv. Wilson ..| 2 35j 6 33 1 12 13 1 10 46 I 1 18 Ar. Rocky Mt..| 3 30| 6 10)12 45)11 23) 1 53 i—j—j~J—j— Ar. Tarboro ..] 1 6 48] | !••••' Lv. Tarboro .. 2 31 ! i I 11 i ill! Lv. Rocky Mt..j 3 30| |l2 451 | Ar. Weldon ..| 4 32| | 1 39| j IP.M.J |A. M.)P. M.| Yadkin Dlvslon Main Line —Train leaves Wilmington, 9 00 a. m., arrives Fayette ville 12.05 p. m.. leaves Fayetteville 12.25 p. m., arrives Sanford 1.43 p. m. Return ing leave Sanford 3.05 p. m.. arrive Fay etteville 4.30 p. arrives Wilmington 9.25 p. ro. Bennettsville Branch—Train leaves Ben ncttsviile 8.05 a. m.. Maxton 9.05 a. m.. Red Springs 9.51 a. oi., Farkton 10.41 a. m. Hope Mills 10.55 a. m. arrive Fayette, ville 11.10. Returning ieives Fayetteville 4.45 p. m., Hope Mills 500 p. m., Rod Springs 5.43 p. m., Maxton 6.15 p. m., arrives Bennettsville 7.15 p. in. Conned lons at Fayetteville with train No. 78. at Maxton with the Carolina Con trol Railroad, at Red Springs with the Red Springs and Bowmore railroad, at Sanford with the Seaboard Air Line and Southern Railway, at Gulf with the Dur ham and Charlotte Railroad. Train on the Scotland Neck Branch Road leave* Weldon 3.55 p. m., Halifax 4.17 p. m.. arrives Scotland Neck at 5.C8 p. m., Greenville 6.57 p. m., Kinston 7.55 p. m. Returning leaves Kinston 7.50 a. m Greenville 8.52 a. m., arriving Halifax at 11.18 a. m., Weldon 11.33 a. m., daily except Sunday. Trains on Washington Branch leave Washington 8.10 a. m. and 2.30 p. m., ar rive Parmele 9.10 a. m., and AOO p. m., returning leave Parmele 9.35 a. m. and 6.30 p. m., arrive Washington 11.00 a. m. and 7.30 p. m., daily except Sunday. Train leaves Tarboro, N. C., daily ex cept Sunday 5.30 p. m., Sunday, 4.15 p. m., arrives Plymouth 7.40 p. ra.. 6.10 p. m. R«-tarning, leaves Plymouth dally except Sunday 760 am., and Sunday 9.00 a. m., arrives Tarboro 10.10 a. m.. 11.00 a. m. Train on Midland N. C. Branch leaves Goldsboro dally, except Sunday, 5.00 a. m., arriving Smtthfleld 6.10 a. m. Returning leaves Sirltlifleld 8.00 a. no., arrives at Goldsboro 8.25 a. m. Trains on Nashville Branch leave Rocky Mount at 9.30 a. m.. J. 40 o. ns.. arrives Nashville 10.20 a. m., 4.03 p. m., Spring Hope 11.00 a. m., 4.25 p. m. Re turning leave Spring Hope 11-20 a. m., 4.55 p. m., Nashville 11.45 a. m., 5.25 p. m., arrive at Rocky Mbunt 12.10 p. u»., 6.00 p. m., daily except Sunday. Train on Clinton Branch leaves War saw for Clinton daily, except Sunday. 11.40 a. m. and 4.25 p. m. Returning leaves Clinton at 6.45 a. m., and 2.50 p. to. Train No. 78 makes close connection at Weldon for all points North daily, all rail via Richmond. U. M. EMERSON, General Passenger Age»t. j. R. KENIiV, Orn. Manager. T. M EMERSON. Traffic Man*«e*. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. R. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. I _ Dated January 13th, 1901. ~No. 1 No- $ I NcT l No. ! 103 1 *49 | 1 * 4B 1 1102 1 1 STATIONS. | H P. M. lA. M. 1 IP- M. |A. M. 2 20) 9 OOj Lv.Norfolk Ar.| 6 551 10 25 ? 40| 9 22| Pinnera Point j 5 30j 10 03 3 03) 9 51j ...Drivers... j 5 05| 9 54 3 17) 10 05j ....Suffolk.... j 4 50) 9 19 3 50| 10 35) ....Gates ....j 4 20| 8 41 4 15| 10 50j ....Tunis.... | 4 00] 8 38 4 36) 11 06| ...Ahoskey... | 3 41| 8 Os. 4 53; 11 21) ...Aulander... 1 3 27| 7 50 5 35) 12 00) ...Hobgotsd... j 2 53| 7 08 6 00) 12 21$ Ar.Tarboro Lv. 31| 6 44 j j 1 | |Ar. Lv.j f 6 351 12 50$ Rocky Mount | 1 55| « U P. M. jp. M. j IP- M. lA. V, •Daily. ’Daily except Sunday. Trains No. 49 and 48 solid trains be tween Tinner’s Point and Wilmington. Train No. 49 connects at Rocky Mount with train 23 for all points South and No. 78 train Tor all points North, j. R. KENLY, General Manager. T. M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager. General Passenger Ase»t. fi. M. EMERSON,
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