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7ol. Xx No. 2709
AUGUST 22 1898
W hole No 11772
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-urn, ujuugD . ne engine had
The Lightning PlaysWhile
It Rains in Sheets.
Unprecedented Rain- Floods the
Bleachery. llreaks Away the Rail
road Fillings, Sweeps Away Brun o's
Brickyard, Removes a Mill and
Lift Iron and Wooden Bridges.
Saturday night between 10 and
11 o'clock three clouds were to be
seen neanng each other till they
focuseed about the north end of the
city. The lightning played as the
electric sparks dashed hither and
thither and pierced the welkin with
the sharpest peals, while the heavens
reared and rumbled with the echoes
as if a mighty battle were being
fought in ethereal regions where nas
ture3 agencies the friend of man -
were subduing- similar agencies
wreaking with pestilential retribu
tion upon an erring world.
Rain began about 11 o'clock and
for two hours or more it seemed that
some grand reservoir were pouring
out its atore. The streets were so
many streams, little drains were
mighty creeks, and soon )he town
creek was a majestic river. At about
1 o'clock the rain held up but later
daring the night it burst forth
again and the thunders majestic
tones told of the littleness of hu
man wisdom and , power as com
pared with Eim that ruleth the
storm.
Quickly on Sabbath morning the
news spread that the effects of the
ram were unpiecedented here and
all day curious throngs visited the
wrecks of human industry.
The switch track at Gannon's
Mills lost its trestle and hung par
tially suspended. The track lead
ing to the Odell company's bleackery
formed one side of tbe dam at Cans
lion's. About 73 feet of the em
bankment wasted away, leaving the
ties and rails to droop and swing.
At the bleachery, however, was the
greatest calamity. The water rose
six feet in the first floor, completely
submerging the fine engine and run-
rung oyer the roolers and essential
parts of the machinery. About 400,-
000 yards of goods were either sub
merged or floated. The muddy
sediment soiled ( every equipment.
The whole scene within would seem
a desecration if it were tracable to
other than the Hand that makes no
erring strokes.
At the BonIo Thread Mills" the
reservoir was filled with sand and
the dyes in the dye house being
liooded were ruined. The machinery
also being left with a soiled and de
plorable appearance
The flood swept over most of Mr.
K A Brown's brick yord, destroying
about 40,000 bricks and carrying
away hacks, planks, oil barrels, cord
wood, etc.
The main liDe of the Southern
even suffered : "
A while after midnight the second
section of No. 73. a southbound
freight train passed here. Getting
on a large fill about two miles below
Concord the -engineer and fi-. ;'
telt their engine giving way on the
track. The engineer was partly
thrown from his seat, while the fire.
al
ready gone over safely. The engine
and three cars went over the1 wash
out. When the fourth car started
over, the lowering: of the one in
front caused the coupling to break,
leaving nearly the entire train on
this side of the washout. The cars
being ebuipped with air the rear
end of the train at once stopped.' It
was fortunate there were two Wash
outs instead of one for if they had
run onto the next one. which i
much larger, a wreck of a freight
tram would have been the conse
quence, r
A wreck train was soon sent out
from Charlotte with instructions to
come to the place oi the first one.
ami where the freight train was
standing, but thav r.nM nA
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ing embankment below
It is impossible to even approxis
mate the losses.
Mr. Brown hopes to get back.most
of bis washed away property and
thinfca $ 100 will cover the loss .
The loss at the bleachery will des
pend largely upon whether- the
stains can be removed by resbleach
ing, bat the loss will doubtless
reach into the thousands .
The Buffalo mills will be delayed,
beside the loss of dyes that we could
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ONE LOT
any aid, as they found a farge one
not learn.
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The Cannon mill was be delayed
one day to clean out water pipes, H30T300:0brl
of Lawn worth 10 to go at
5 cents.
Worth 25 to go at 15c
Worth 15 to so at 8s.
These are Remnants
etc
Ladies' Gowns ft
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40 and 50 cents. .M
Ladies' Chemise 20c. W
JJWro vurdec covers 25c, W
awcia,
The iron bridge cost the countv
about $3,000. Much will depend
on the condition in which it is found
to be.
The Southern Kail way's los3 is
much less than it won Id h
about a mile on this side of the Cod but for the , easy cut around by
die creek railroad bridge. The en. Stateaville, delays amounting to
gmeer am not see it any too soon more than the mending.
cuoer, to srop, Having come around Mr. Misenheimer's loss of his tabo-rw--v-
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that the delayed freight train was pec se to replaced
several miles up the track yet The Deoidedlv the htavieat loaao. in
washout that delayed the regular the aggregate, though distributed
vciu um nut compare with will tall imon the furmAra ,Yne
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me one near Coddle creek. The fields of exuberant crona of mm
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Huiaiier one was deep but hot very in the way of the flood.
wme, making it less dangerous in
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crossing. The one near Codd e
creek is 35 feet deep and nearly that
Qis-ance wide, it having kept giving
way yet at Sunday noon.
This was a strange circumstance
a tr-in at each of the wash
outs and an engine and three cars
hemmed in between the eullies. A
force of hands started on the smal
ler one Sunday morning and sue
PERSONAL POINTERS.
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-Misses Fannie and ; Mary
Young returned home from Char
lotte Saturday evening. r
Miss Annie Kemp returned
here Saturday night after spending
several days with a friend in Salis
bury. x
Nice Plaid
P Shirtwaists
Worth 50 and 60 cents,
ft To close out at 40 cents.
Can n on & Fetzer
Company.
Masters Ernest and Noah
ceeded in making it passable about Correll are staying in Albemarle a
1 o clock bunday evening. few days.
a. teieraph Station wan mndp afl Monara f! T, Smith an4 T
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tbe large washout awhile before Yorke speni Sunday here and had i 6
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uuoa ounaay. At that time it was to stay with us this morning, there
reported that .it would take until boing no train for them.
Monday night to get the bridge built
satisfactorily. After Saturday night
YOU FURNISH TEE FEET
VVE DO THE REST.
That's all we ask you to do f
nish the feet. W Will T!f - .1 .1.
the rest, but we will .n
$2 50. - "V w
We have everything in OxfnnU
except your feet.
An oance of satisfact ion in wrrffc
a ton of talk. Satisfaction goes
every pair or shoes we sell.
RFpect fully,
Dry ' S Miller
Shoe Furnishers.
there were no more trains, except the
work trains, the passenger trains
haying gone around by Stateaville.
A passenger train came down
from Salisbury Sunday night and
went back this (Monday) morning,
but the track was not vet clear
Mails were exchanged and passengers
taken or, those going south being
taken by Statesville.
A FRESH LOT OF
ancy
Is what comes to those that tikp. n. "p,:v.
Fiber" Mattress. DOOures coughs, colds
is Verv hfinfifim'ol n r,n i . ,
trouble. Highly recommended by- medical
iratermty. Cheaper than Patent Medicine-
Rocky river was raging with angry PU1 L clb nair ana Will not "Pack. Our ppvfar.
waters that staved not for the im-.hr ' kiii tinn !VrQT"P -v j '
k. of mn. it swept crvin a iuurniuii iiutue irom regmned cotton
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perfect worki
away the iron bridge at Blank's mill
and the thunder-struck bridge is
hadly injured.
The bridge acroes Buffalo at
Bradford's mill is washed away.
Mr. Geo. M Misenheimer's dam
on the Three Mile branch broke for
about 20 feet, carrying the corn
mill, saw mill and work shop away,
most of it to a distance of 150 yards,
while parts are 300 yards from the
original site. It is a wreck depress
ing to the owner.
The new macadam road by Mr.
C W 8wmR's was almost destroyed
at, the fill near, his houee. Thf
earth softened and seemed to find
its way in through the culvert on
the upper side. The dirt crumbled
and tumbled in only to be a went
away till the barest vehicle track
was left intact. A v&8t semi.cir.
cular cavity with perpendicular
walls 15 feet high was washed out.
At the fill this side the water ran
QR0CER5
whu -x guarantee." for sniiH
comfort, stands at the head of theJist. Hir
Spain undertakes to excuse her- btun, OOLXun ailQ HUSH:. Straw flnrl or-f
SSfSjilS ?m a S6od common to the best mattress for
on. However that may be she cer
tne money always on hand.
tainly had very little to do with the You know that one third of vnnr Uf 6i::.i.li..
war after it was brought on.-Ex. T , ; - V " " lu uyu '
. : iin oraer to have a first class hart XTfn mi-tat- tnw-y- "V -m
WANIED-To buy 100,000 Spring. We hye at yonr command the Silver King The '
)unds of old cast-iron scrap, de- . , ( - im, j.ixe .
livered at the foundry at once, for "u la me rresiaent, the National, "Raleigh '
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which we will pay a fair price. No Rest," Morpheous" and i4Solid Comfort "
burnt iron wanted.
alCtf. Concord Foundry Co.
When you call for De Witt's
Witch Hazel Salve tbe great pile
cure, don't accept anything else.
Don't be talked into accepting a
substitute, for piles, for sores, for
burns. J P Gibson.
All persons indebted to Dr.
Archey by account will please set
tle same at once. W G Means, tf.
and take your choice.
Pay your money
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House Furnish'intc Goods of eveay description, world
without end. Come and see. . . .
, Bell, Harris Company.
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