The Gastonia * * . r Devoted to the Protection of Home and the Interests of the Conatp. va\. xxh._UTLajressttu.)_GASTONIA, x. c.. tuuksday, may 30, ihol. LAST WEEK’SGREAT FLOOD The Story of Its Vastness And Furi ous Violence. The great flood of last week will long remain, it Is hoped, the great est in the history of the localities affected. During the vast rainfall on Monday and Tuesday of last week the storm of precipitation ap pears to have gathered ita moot furious forces above the water-shed centering about Bakersvllle or Asheville where the headwaters of the Tennessee and other streams on the west and of the Catawba on the east find their beginnings. Here the clouds hurst and poured out their watery volatile* in an unprecedented deluge on the highlands, covering also with diminished but still very fearful fury the lower water sheds and valleys of the watercourses named. But other streams, both in this State and Virginia, were greatly swollen and wrought much destruction to crops and property. The following dispatches taken msinly from the Charlotte Obaerver, which we print as a matter of history and record, will give our readers some idea of the vastneu and violence of the great flood of May, 1901. THE GREAT CATAWBA FLOOD PSEgT WATER TIT 01 RECORD. Mna rwl *km ika IMI at ■mN lUI-A THriiyia* Wmm u it* ■W B*Mn *nr Ik* tt>M« raw raw rai *r u»»- ■«**"»* a Tr**«l* oa tba warm af iateraa* (a tba Btaalatba CMwka Ckartaua otwarrt* May tk Tha Catawba river baa seeoeeded In breaking all raaorda within tba memory of tba living generation. YeeUrd*y<e Hood report* in tba Obarrrrr gave In reader* an Ida* of what wat Id eoma aad Uta worst rxpectatioos wen re alised. Tha Catawba broke all records It Is s fact sataNisbcd by ancient land marks that tba river roao at least seem fret above tba bigbeat mark til which then Is aay hnewlrdg*. At Ilia otd Neal kUH, iu Steele Creek township, than la a mark mad* Io 1804. which records tba blgbaat stage et water knows wp to that time. Mr. ft. T. Ftgna who vns bare yestssday, says that aloes 1804, there bas baao two high stages of water whlab Hie people beet regarded aa floods, but oa oeitbar oeoaaloa did the water reach tba mark at IBM. Tha Good of this work, bow aver, sank tba water exactly Mean feet above tha high water mark of 1334, at Nealy's MUL Interest esoured In tbs fata ot tha big bridge of the Southern's Air Lina division over tba Catawba river, a few miles tenth of Cbarlotla By daylight tt was la passe bis, bat a freight train loaded with coal stood span tt sad lit * rally bald it down against the rushing water* aad maaa af drift wood piled op against It. Tba treat Is work apgroaehe* to tba bridge on either tide were swept away. That* was a aaa ot water oa both tides of the big steal bridge, its three long spans wen isolated, bat with tha weight of tha aosl oara, tt waa bald down, la addition to tba coal oan that wen ran upon tha bridge tha Urns tactions wen anchored together with heavy chains and drift bdta. Tba welghtlagdowa ot tbabridga was doe to the fort*bought of Captain W. B. Ryder, tba divlaloa superinten dent, sod things earn* handy to bite. It happeaed that la tha hour of danger to tba bridge there wen two freight loaded with coal, on* op the north aid* aad one on tlm south eld*. Capt. Rv dar issued orders for that* two rrulght* to beak together oo tha bridge. Tha boMlag capacity of these Ualoa un doubtedly saved tba bridge a raaairTiR* scran. “The scese at tbs bridge," said an Observer reporter test night, wee a terrify tag one. It ■eat ha remem bered tost wblfs tbe bridge wag origi nally e high one. It waalaat rear raised fowt fast. Yet Uris flood, while It dM ■ot smm over tbe tfaeka, covered ;lio piers and with tie socom aisled load of drift, rove up lea feel against the bridge —that la tea feet above tbe blare. The drift against tbe bridge wee simply enormous. It was composed of logs frsgmaata of bouses, trees and rails, •adit was this Immsavs amount of rufaMab driven against tbs bridge by tbs fores of tbs waters that mused the damage. Tbe wonder I* that tbe Whole structure eras not washed bodily away IU UXMI TO TUB niOM. "TIM Mg brldga realty reoaptd llglit ly. Tha aialu ponton or tba brldga war tba ilrar at thta point, aonalaU of tbrea Kaol apaoa. On tba north a Ida t la apprepMad by a traatla U hat «Mm la a treat)* MO teat hay AN of tba traatla wort an tba aoath MO ten, waa aw*pt an Ureb away. On «pnvt tba traatla CM tha aoath waa featured. Tba aiatar apaa at tba Maat brldga waa wteaahil fear tert oat of XtA Tbo plan wan aotdamagad, a ad wha* tba water flaBa balow tba brldga and tha gaaaanra la relaaaad. tha obatre nan win aprlag bank Into pteoa, Tha ataal a> root ora la practical Jf aalnfared, bob tha traatla work ag pradeblag tba brldga la a total wreck.** raw oatawba aanwa. s55SSSSi»‘-*Si ttsswfi saws’* Ufa tha wort area. Tha water a oat aaciwarlly toll krtow tha brldga batata tba aaaatmttua gang aao gat to wort on tha Mdgaaad pihaa. Soah a thing Mat aavanl aoaaliaattoa toatoa to tba vaSSSnaf wintenbaf SS^Uglhti | supplied for night work by two •‘o<l Iguabere" known a« (hr Well* light. I Compressed air la tired for forcing a jet of oil Ibroogh » burner. Only two of there Ilf Ills are used—one at iba mirth aad odd at tba tow Ur rod of tha bridge jet tbay make iba surrooodlnga as light as day. TO* TEMPORARY SCHEDULE. Until Iba bridge over tba Catawba Is repaired, train* No*. 38, W, 97 aod 96 to Attala will ba run by way of Uo laoabla aod Bpartaaborg. Local traina Ho 11 and 11 will ba ran oa regular aohadola batween Mrlmoot aad Atlanta, raaaaogura for points brtareaa Brlaaoet I aod Spartaobarg will lio oarrtrd by way af Oolambia. Tba local traina batwran Charlotte aod Laovtlla aod Charlntta and Taylenytlla will ba ran no regular aobedate lima. Tbo railroad oBolal* are eoobdaat that all ncuUr schedules will ba real mad by Auoday. A BREAK ON THE SEA 13 A kb. Information tat Bight la to tba af fret that tha Haabonrd AI it las to also id trouble at tba nroaalag of iba Cto tawba. It la reported tbat tba traatla approach to tba bridge at Catawba Junction, waa swept away. This ap proach rtabrace* 178 faat of traatto. Tba main part of tbo bridge, which la of atari waa aot Injured. This break la on U»e C, G. * H. ditrleloo. local aaaroETS Farmers from Lbe vtoiaity of Iba Catawba who ware bare yesterday, give graphicaocounta of the flood. Mr. J. T. M llcbri, who owoe thr tarry in Hany bill towoablp, rays tbat tha water waa It f«rt higher than tha raeant flood wbleb carried away tba Ml Holly bridge. Mr. James Irwin says that at the Bock Island mil to. tbo water man abuts tha top of tha do ora of tbe Bret floor, 7 faat higher Uiao tha flood of 1878. Tba river oatse within two fret of pouring Into a well on tha blllalda above tha mtlL Tba middle pier at Boaaalla'a firry, which oas left standing by tha Fad era 1 army, yeatarday disappeared aod la a thing of pact. 'Vneo tba Cbariolta bound train on the Carolina Central road from Bother ford loo. reached tba Catawba bridge of Mt. Holly, yeatarday, there waa h bait. Thing* looked acary. Tha pas aaogara got oat aod walked across the bridge, aad Iba train followed. Tba bridge waa subsequently found to ba perfectly safe. ■Mniy Tall tiMo flaw*. Hickory M*y 99—Tuta morn So* at 9 o'clock, when tba water had reached a depth of from two to three feat loaida of Um driveway. the hlalorlcal bridge known far and oeer aa tba "Catawba toll bridge," waa carried away by tlM great correct, taking part of tba plllere aad tba long anchor* which bad heeo Imbedded In tba groat maaoory of tba bridge, which waa Orel built M yean ago aad burned daring tba la»* war, bat rebuilt in 1M7 at a ooet of aboot •4,000. Tba property ere* owned b» a ayndlcaU, the loae of which la about •9,600. The bridge waa almoat a na ereeUy, bring located on tbanatotbor onghfara leading from Uw lower aoan tit* tbroogb tbo north wootorn pari of tb* State Into Tewntaoia, There hao boon for tbolaat few yean a groat effort upon tba part of the C« UwWana aad the osttnoa of tba lower pari ef Caldwell oounty to bare thia “ridge bought by tb* two aooaUaa aad otodo free which would bay* mat tba •Ppneal of all good aUfoena. Mow aa tba bridge boa go*** and tb* rirwoUre bil baa# to b# ballt entirety aaw eur btuloaoa man will at owoo go to w*ik tbroogb tbo Hickory board of trad# to bare tb* oeunltat tbroogb thalr board to make arreagameaU with the peupar ty ownare of tbo *Ho aad bare a fra* bridge orooted aa gerly a* poaotbie. Tin CM* Haul, wttlob bed J net been son pi Mod and putty fornlehed, via our led from ita alto down tba rlrrr a dletaaee af oor-qaarter of a wile, tba drat and eoeood etarta bales entirely aaparaud aod tba diwfu to tba etaaeture laaertoua. Tba Oaraltaa * Vodhwaatara Hell road la badly deuagrd between Kara and Lenoir, awing to tba nUOQiroaa waebeuW. Tba tree* mad treaties eien« Vhe line of Uw Catawba rim, a ***;■—af taro or tbrne all® are bed ly damped, it. will toha aamal daya 5wsr b&narsrss am tba Waak. Tba paaaangrr train S1SSX2 norm. Great damage la reported tbreigboot Oarbaat wwl>. Tba ralefbM waa «.»taoba* Is M bear* Tba fr.ri.ea waterwnrbe paaaping ataUoa, ate wllee fra® tba «My ara daw-gad to iba awooat of abaat Id.000 oe aaaonat af tbafroabat. Oar bead rod tart nf Iba daagtaa taglaa, twa H*a af tba On® baa®, aadtf tat af abaftlog won waehed away. ▼Scrissf srar ss. J. F. YEAGER, GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA. LADIES’ FURNISHINGS A SPECIALTY. AMmul HOT • WKb^"vklMi"lu!riW^ ' *Mt TisIm tal lain Otr»»ll«—. Aabavllte, May 88.—Ashevill* is wRhoat water. Tha flood so badly dam aged tha antler worts plant that It may ba aavcr-l day before It oao a apply the eltyagmlo. N* mails bar* b**» received fiom tba North or tba Eaal yet, and all mall forwarded for tha Rail la sent W eat by way of Knox a Ilia aad paassa (rrt have barn necessitated to go tba tame way. Oo tba Spartanburg road, beyond Ileaderton villa. the trsekaaru tors to piece* for long distances. Train* ara raonlng regularly between Statesville aad Salisbury. It Is hoped that by to morrow after soon the schedule from her* to Hendanoevlll* eaa ba returned. At Lick Log eat. on tba top of the Bio* Ridge, then t* a washout of sev eral hundred feat aad at aeversl place* down the mountain than ara washout* fully as long. Hilda* at various plaoaa have ooverad tha traoka for buodnd* of foot. Me. 11, due bore Monday. I* still betarem the slides, and it la aot ex pee ted that it can ba cleared before lata to-mor row. Work train* are work lag to ward* them from Blltmora and will not gait the work until the train la reached. Thera la another washout at Old Pert, about 800 feat long. On torn* of tba Alls tba dirt lie* been washed away an that Ilia track baa tagged 80 feat I'i the middle. Kobrrt’a ail, on the Asheville A Spartanburg, baa bam washed oot The til la BO feet daap and morw than that is laarth. There hava been 800 men employed to track work, bet a aambar «f them war* taken nfl this aon'.ng to work an the UUlawtan bridge on tba main line. Tba damage generally la far worm than at flat reported. Many fgrtll* bottom leads wars anti mil denuded of tb« toil and nr* totally wertbleo*. »«w mivaa u»u anew imm. **• CnlgweU (MO awe Ui*»r Cm bww ItMM-Umlr ImIUMI fcy ilu rmM. Morgmotoo. Key M.-A Heady fall of newly 48 boon, eelwtoatleg yeeler day afternoon la a cload burnt near Beend Knott, wrought havoc along tbo Catawba valley laat alibt. when tba flood be oka all raoorda. Tbo Ca tawba rlrwr at Morgantea war <1 leet above tow water. 4 feat higher tbao aver before recorded, The taro bead aoow Heal brMgao at%toDowell'e ford and ea tba Leoolr road: wen awept away about U o'otook laat night. Tbaaa be tdgea ooat about Ilf ,000. Tbo Hoaa yian at (be apper brldga wen dnnrollebed aad tba tabular plan *up portlng tba lower bridge toppted over, whew the brldga areal down. Vo loa« of Hta la reported though da ulta from tba upper valley, where Lhe beavteH ralaa fell, on wan Hag. AO •brag the valley of tba Catawba aad tie trlbauriae the wheat aod m Outda an aabmaeged and oovand with wad and a aooaarvatlva eaUcoata of the f^wrought.nBatt.eou.ty.lo . MlktrNitlM Th*. Bolter fort ton, May IA—For tbra i day* and olghta r«lu baa poarad down la IMa town aadoounty, aad tte da* act doa* U th* Maya will te.lt la ftar ad. wary graat. Report* art coating fro* all o*« Um eoarttjr of waateriU, 11 vara oad f.n* way* oaro* th* eroaaa aad hrldgoo art ton*. Botorooa hot* and Marian, tta Um ■oath Uorollaa A Urvcgta Batonstun Httflrocd, laro trooUao ora known »• bo aatlrtly g**o aad a**y waakaat* at* rryortod ay th* aroMoa m—tor hor*. Th* Mu foot traatlo ootrOtowwood oad •aoUMr Mat Thtnaa) Uly war# da •ftopd Toiiiiu. On* 9.000 Aral of traak A roaortod mated away hot wood ha* aad Mortoo. AMo aaratal rraah **M terra Um raad art ropartad. noas-iwm atuunuc. Many IImm Mayl Ammg mm* People •a Weal several Lin* Ux. lUletta Km IX UOvrrev. Marlon, V. 0, May M- Re purls Jual Iti from HekeravlJie my twenty houses and several lives were lost by tbs storm. following Is lb* list of lb* owner* ef booses destroyed by storm is Bakers vlito: K. Morgen. Gibb Green. Hlekn Pat tor eon. M. Buebeoaa. Bam Tarver, Jim Green. Bill Green. Nora Ander son. Berry Btewert, Prof Britt, gain, toa Moors. C. Sllwr. Mrs. Uule Howe. R II Young. Henry P-iteot, John Cadger, Baptist elmich. Three bourn*, logetlitr with ell household vffecti, was swept aw«y hy flood- A greet sonny «>tl»*t* were damaged. Maw Tarver lost * trunk coalmining on* iboosend dollar* A large Bomber of people had lakao refuge io the Baptist Church. They barely aeoepad Mod U was wssbad away. Qdlatan Mnora and aan • were drowned. In Loefrr’e Glory, a Stanir settle ment near BsksrevtUe. 1>. Torbes. Dea ton A Wllaoa, Charlie Stewart, Ool burtaou and D. McKinney lost booses aud. store room* together with thslr cootsate. ■very house In Magnetic City, a good-slsvd village, le Mllobell county, was washed awsy. Twenty boo*** were destroyed at Rom Mountain Buttni. Big or eight largv atom* ou Big Hoefc Creek w*ro washed away. nunladal* with Bfteen mile* of rail road near than was mttiely destroyed. Jobs MoKloney was drowned. Unknown aaaa killed by slide near l/oafrr’e Olory. People aredolag the b*st they can to repair their I mesa, bat greet suffer lag will follow It, eo many have lost theli only meant of making « tiring. haw hiua iraaiMin Vlw PmrtllM a* "Itiym mm lira «-*. uvWilaa. Troataan, Uar M — Several itaeti of rtraw sod llmbara of htklgea to ■Mbcr wlUi logaaod lombvr.bara gotta down tlw rlvar. laaiaw aawbvra «.f U«M ara la-log uprooted and cariird dawn. The pavilion at Uw raearner re tort knows •• '-teoofwrVoo-tlw Cm lawks" la rrpavtid la ba Sealing and hi kept from floaitn* down Uw rlvar liy tha Iihi whloh turruaad II. Tlw taw mill and vogtiw of Ur. A. B. Merdnch U Ml I rat/, aubmargvd. while aavvral thoaaaod rant of Id as bar sad logs havs tern oarrttd away. Tlw water at laat aecoual# vu raaateg In Uw front door aad onl llw back door of Ur. Pomp Alloy’s 4well lag hooae, which was aappoaad lo have baao built courtly bay aad Uw reaab of high wa* ter. tin ini r» »al«i m ■>■■»»■A Uoonr, May SI—Th* g. A. L. Railroad brtdfa aaroaa Um CaWwba rim, batwaaa Maaraa ant Uhaatar, la la a praoartaaa soot l(Ion f rota tba btgb watar aad at laat aaooaata thla aaan* lag tba watar waa Mill rMog. 4 Bart at tha Ural la aa tba Ubaatar alda at Um atrra« la gawa, aad tba uaak la aoa aMmtUy out at llna At least tour branekra ot tba IrrMla art gawa. MaWWNk M Trsabaa AW tUataarllln, May M.—Tha graalrM dtaaaaa doaa la alaag tba CaWwba rl* rr. All tntaa aa tba Wratara br»t,eh, Mam bar* and Aabavina, Iwrra Wan •tinuilrd far ala day a. Tba raHrawd brtd«« aaraaa Um Catawb > waa earrlad a tew toabaa traaa lia propar pa*hioti *ad baatdaa aawaat tba important lrm aamorte war* tool aad win Mat W ba «tr»i*bUo«d batara It will atari! ot tralaa paaatag am It. % •miM is onw TMmwmr. • K.rd..i .of Tor* (Mr fMpotadonooMMoiM Tuitiiln Ca<|uue.r Ctotewbt rieor luw tvnu nag tag « mw record for hmrlt tkl* work. ; Tha wnler ejaaenead lining during Uoadny, .nd oouUuaed to go ep stead ily ad ourrlf until Thunday worn log.1 when It ranched «U uxtrean height. Tint to the record at Wright's ferry. At 10 o'oioek a uotioMbto subsidence net In, gad by 6 o'clock la Uw eer nlog the Heer bad fnllee noatd ton or areen feet. Mr. L J Caetaer. the furry nan and ■ bit family, had an exalting experience > Mr. Uustner’a bouts I* tome 900 y.ids ' *> more f oci the river, aad about 29 feat above low water. It bed been a • re re thing for the river In gut In Ms yard, and the riling water did not glee ‘ him a neb uoeaelavie «t ftrat During WedMalay, however, he renliaod that u>e flood meant business, aad that If ba would keep bit ferryboat ha mutt taka Care of It. As the water rose be guided the boat op toward Me house, and by WedM»ds» evening be had It t» the frost door. With tbu water atm rising, tbs family went to olarp. sad about 9o’clook Thursday morning woe awakened by tbe riMfabig of Um flood over tlie fl tore. By mesas of tbs tole Idiooa tbe neighbors ware advised of lbe situation, after wbleb Mr. Costner and family, together with Mr amd Mrs Tli HMMi, and s family of If gnus — ten people In all—gaUMifed In Um flat boat, chained It Is a tree and awaited further davstupmanta. Wham day , light oemn they found themselves fl-ial iug in water six or sawn feet deep asd 1 s quarter of a mile from tbs nrareat aborr. Khortly after daylight, people began I to arrive from every direst tan la wag. I go»s, haggles, sa horseback aad on ! foot, until several huudssd wars Sol. broted. Tbs flat was reasbsd by moats of a bust, wbiah had turned over on tha way. aad lbs ladles, af ooeree, were unwilling to rlah% as a manna ! of rroapo. It was dentdad. tb err fan . In remain la the flat an tli tha water went down, sod It aria about 4 o.eloek on Thursday aflsraosa before lbs parly was dealIv reward. Mr. Custoer saved bos 00W by gosttnm It twin tha second story of his bars/” Shelly. May 29.—As a result of tbs heavy dowapoar for Ure past (bras days two big washouts era reported sa I ha 1U. 40. Emansion Railroad, oca ibis aids of Marios aad tbs other this aids of Hlaikabnrg. Nolralas wU) he ope raced before Saturday. oTsaa ptKTrour.tMs or rtooo um nnnMM. ■»an«w«n*ia»MMi. Oof I At Um Rapt tat I—ih Uctrrrelty. , PnaAiit Tut PimM to Mluw Wrtoaa Wok* aud Bnata Lm, of i Wayaaatllla. cold wadali I atari bad: • For briwta aarrtaa ftuhtmry, 19W,” liroaaaa (bay roljtiUarad U aaraa ata ri aota who bad auaH-po* and two oUl tra wbo bad TtTtaioM. Mlaa Lottla Htabaatlth. who had •■aO-yM, pla ted tha •adaiaoa tha rooai plan u. Tha aaadala art tha c*f*a tf tbt (Malty aad a tad tola. aittaoB • ana raw a. “1 waa Uoublad for ea ratal yaara l with obroaw ladlcaatlao aad aarroua daMIlty." wrldraTT. Orata, of Laa ! cottar. H. II. «•».. raaardy baited wo ' tatll I lepaa taln( JHrwtrte Blttara. which did at BMit cuod than all tbt atari lat’tea i atar a aad. Tbtf km alto bapt aay wife la rxorllml health fur yaara riba ray* Waatrla BitUra art |tat epitadld for Itaib IrtoWaai that Uwy art a trandtmilaaad laTtoar ator far weak, rat d»wa wwto Ho other aatdMaa aaa taka Me ptaaa to oar (■■ally.” Try thaat Only 60a. MattakaoUaa ftimUtd by i. X. Otrry : Thin Things for Spring and Summer Comfort. gf About tine for the winter of your dteeowteut to become Jy fl»rloos Springtime with new 5PRINQ HABERDASHERY. we naye the glortons apriug-tlme •ort here, and every line is Juntas pret ty and dainty as the Spring dowers. J. Q. Holland & Company. E. M. Andrews the up-to-date Furni ture House it the place to buy your Mfiy furnishing goods. More goods for less money than you eon buy elsewhere. Big lot BABY CARRIAGES and GO-.CARTS at prices'to suit the times. I A nice linn of WILLO WROCKERS •just in. Pictures, Frames, Easels, ! Lamps, Lace Curtains, Bed Spreads, in fact everything that is handled in a first class furniture house. We also handle a • line of musical, instrutpents such as MANDOLINS, GUITAHS. PIANOS, OKGAN8 Good* on easy paymenta at low price*. E. n. ANDREWS. McCorick Harvester. IVPngpqyKlVpenhMralag* l^cogaat We have one of these harvesters set ap and on display at our store. You are invited to seo this great machine and Investigate Its points of superiority over all others. Craig & Wilson, _OA8TONIA, N. 0 No Files on Us! We use wire-screen doors and windows. Do tell! Where did you get them? Why at , J- E Page & Company’s. Well, well I And did you get the*» promptly? Yea. Indeed, after their wire-netting i arrived. They have a full stock en hand and are ready to help yon In keeping the ftheout. Best Ink We Ever e— m\ Fop fountain pen or any other P«ti. Freeh supply jost arrived. W. F. MARSHALL A CO., Gastonia Rook Store • •

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