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3UNC0RD, NfcC. MONDAY, MARCH, 3 1902
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GRE4T llotfDS 1KB STORM.
Marshall, C, Suffers 8eyerelj-13
Feot Dike Overflowed and Town Swept
of Houses gattersoi, X. J, Suffers
. Worse Than From the Fire Mexico
Suffer From Storm. .
The rains and storms of last
week were more severe in places
than dispatches indicated on Sat
urday. The town of Marshall,
the home of Senator Pritchard,
was peculiarly a sufferer. There
is a dike or wall of masonry. 13
feet high that usually gives se
curity to the lower part of the
town. The flood bounded over it
and houses toppled over, swung
around or floated away. Only
one life is known to have been
lost. He was unknown and sup
posed to have been a tramp.
Senator Pritchard's law office is
among the wreck and ruin, in
cluding his law- library. The
jail was wrecked and the jailer.
had to take the prisoners to the!
court house and place a. guard
over them. The flood was 6 feet
higher than was ever known bo
fore in Marshall.
The Southern Railway has suf
fered to the extent of hundreds
of thousands of dollars by the
washouts and landslides along
from Marshall to Asheville, In
many places the track is, entirely
washed away for hundreds of
yards. At Barnard the depot
was undermined and fell over on
the track and a half mile of the
track was washed away.
About Pittsburg, Pa., the flood
was very high. The Alleghany
measuring up to about 33 feet.
The cities along the Alleghany
and MonongahQla rirers were
flooded till citizens had to move
into the upper stories and cook
in their garrets. There was for
a while no water supply in Pitts
burg for domestic use or fire
fighting, the power plant being
submerged.
The flood did much damage
in Virginia and at Pulaski the
storm was severe, doing damage
to the extent of thousands of
dollars.
At Philadelphia the flood did
great damage, especially to the
railroad. Water rose to the car
windows on the yard.
At'Patterson, N. J., the Pas
saic river flooded t he tenement
ection and -it is said produced
more suffering and " privation
than the recent groat fire. The
silU mills and dye works were
flooded and the watr reached
the second stories of dwelling
houses. Six hundred or morn
Jamilies were driven out of their
homea
Dispatches indicate unusual
finJf in sqtne places, record
breaking floods in West Virginia.
At Augusta, Ga., the water j
was 34 ft. 7 inches abovs normal
Saturday night. Two lives were
lost bv falling into the river.
locity of the wind was from 50 to
80 miles an hour. Damage. to
property is estimated at $300,000.
. The death rate is fortunately
rery small notwithstanding the
great suffering and the financial
losses.
PRINCE HENRI'S SOUTHERN T6CR.
Greatly Pleased TTith U if Reception
Admires Chattanooga Battlo Groand.
Prince Henry wag in Chatta
nooga on Sunday. He visited
the great battle ground where
Gen. Boyuton related the horrid
struggle. He said Evrope had
nothing to surpass it. After
ward he asscended Lookout
Mountain and viewed Missionary
Ridge, Orchard Knob and Rac
coon Mountain. He enjoyed
the scene. He went to Nashville
where he was received with much
courtesy and had the pleasure of
hearing the real Southern
"darkey" sing. He asked
about' .the music and
being told that it was revival
music he asked for an explana
tion. He proceeded from there to
Louisville and goes next to St.
Louis.
ATTACKS,THE-MAN THAT HAD SHOT
HIM.
Collins Goes For Gholdston at Bprrtan
bursr Gliolston Runs and Reg.
It will berememoered that last
summer Clifton Gholston shot
his employer, J , D Collins, at
Spartanburg, S. O. Mr. Collins
recovered and young Gholston,
accompanied by his father, re
turned from Chattanooga for
trial in court this week. Collins,
accompanied by friends, met him
at the train and attacked Ghold
ston, who ran begging that Col
lins be not allowed to kill him.
When Collin i was about to get
hold of him with a pair of brass
knucks the elder Gholdston hit
him a heayy blow and the police
men took charge of all. Collins
gave .bond.
Hard Worked Officials.
'During the block of traffic by
the recent floods no msn were
ever taxed more severely than
the local officials of the South
ern. Capt. W R Ryder, super
intendent of the Charlotte disvis
iou, has worked unceasingly, and
Thursday and Saturday he spent
the entire' night in his office,
getting no sleep at all.
The congestion of traffic be
tween Charlotte and Atlanta Jias
been greatly relieved in the last
two days. "Fourteen engines,
which could not be used on the
Western North Carolina division, ;
owing to the cpndition of the
road bed beyond Asheville were
sent to the Atlanta and Char- UWUUUUT ,u .r
lotte division and were instru- j wofld is too busy to care for
mental in moving from Atlanta ns and sorrt,ws. Learn to
Saturday and Saturday night:7
abdut 2,200 solid north-bound 'do something for others. Lven
cars. Charlott Ooserver of 3rd. jf you are bedridden invalid,
Prof. C L T Fisher of Eliz- there is always something that
abeth College is in the city to- y0tf can do to make others hap
day fpiar, and that is the surest way
"Women d&n stand an effem- ttain happineSs for yourself.
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TICKET AGENT SANDBAGO?
Mr. J.Jt. tee, of Dabani, Jnj'ured.bj
Two Men TTho Meat Him Into Insensi
bility Take His Keys from His Pockets
and iteal Over $400 from tBo South
ern's Safe. . '
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Mr. James E Lee, the ticket
agent for the Southern Railway
at Durham, was waylaid and bru
taliy sand-bagged by two un
known men last evening at' 7
o'clock. After Mr. Lee was un-
conscious the men took from his
pockets his buqch of keys; went
to the depot a mile away; opened
the ticket office almost under the
eyss of the night watchmen; un
locked the company's old fash
ioned safe and 'Joqk therefrom
over $400.
Mr. Lee had locked , up., the
ticket oflicfc and wren the assault
was committed was on his way
to the home of his brotheiyin
law, Mr. Y E Smith, who is the
j superintendent of a cotton mill
. in East Durham. " As ho walked
along the railroad track two men
sprang out Of the darkness and
dealt him blows with some heavy
instruments or sandbags. Mr.
Leo fell and before he lost con
sciousness he hoard one of tho
men say, "Get his keys."
Passing by Mr. Leo's gold
watch and $25 in money the. men
found his keys and then left the
prostrate man. Mr. Lee sus
tained serious injuries and The
Observer was informed, by tele
phone, last night, that it was
thought his jawbone was broken.
The robberp was not discovered
until after Mr. Lee had been
found and roused to conscious
ness. The ticket office in Durham is
in the heart of the city, and con
sidering the hour the robbery
was committed the deed was one
of singular boldness. It is reck
oned that the robbers were ex
perts. There is no clue to their
identity; though the entire police
forcw is diligently at work on the
case.
Mr. Lee has been ticket agent
on the Southern for several
years, but goes to Atlanta soon.
He has accepted a position with
the Seboard road and wijl be in
office of Capt. R J Cheatham,
general freight agent qf the road.
Charlotte Observer of 3rd.
Sunshine Thought.
Loarn to laujsh. A good laugh
is better than medicine. Learn
to tell a story. A well told story
is as welcome as a sunbeam in a
sick room. Learn to keep your
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