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'1 4 v- 3 , Great Activity Yesterday In Gleaning Up Debris, Gathering Scattered Materials, and Drying Oit. Water-Soaked; i -v. . Goods--Additiorial Details v. ; J . - . - . , i.. flu mm m. mw mw k m , y, 7 - ' The Disaster u On the first day after the worst ?J? 1 vv 1 , ' . i .-1. . t ,' i r storm ana nooa- wumn me mstory w ' the city, New Bern citizens yesterday had before them . the . enormous task of-clearing away the wreckageand debris caused by- the wind and- water , on the previous day. The day, in marked contrast to the' previous tone, dawned bright' and clear, intensifying the, ruin, which -had been wrought, ' "' i - As has before been stated the worst damage- wag along the - water front and the streets leading to Neuse and Trent rivers. Along 1 East Trent street tne yarus -OI tjic many .. ucauuiui ivor i dejftcea located there were filled, with logs, cord wood, gpicees of Neuse rive"r i bridge and in fact all manner of debris which the raging waters had within their " grasp and left-" stranded then they began to recede 1 - - Wagon load after wagon load of this was hauled away1 to some other point - where it ' would be less conspicuous and of more service. ' The streets and sidewalks were " also littered, with uprooted trees and broken limbs and for hours the city's street cleaning force were - engaged in cleaning these 'away and ' along this . street the1 scene late in the1' afternoon was much more ' - . l.f ' tltiila Y ft . PAIIflH ".. .7 At Union Point, another section where the wind and water had full sway f from. Tuesday night until Wednesday morning, the appearance ..was anything but pleasing.'. One gentleman was heard to remark1 that: it seemed .4 him, as '" though the plae had been turned into a !i nuge, iog uuuu. ii'wifttW' ' juoi , ; between i Neuse and Trent .river this place got the full benefit of the storm and it was littered with logs,' wood, floating timbers,' boats and oil barrels; AH day long men wer9. engaged in getting the place ino somef semblance ' of its former condition, ,' t - ' The E.H. & J. A.-Meadows Compan Und J.' A. Meadows, located - jusd? iacent to this property, ha'd thdusands v of dollars worth of fertilizer,' meal ancU " hay ruined bythe water and the entire ; day was spept by tneir men in tawng out the gopds which were totally ruined f ' and ia picking out that which had not been damaged. 1 On Middle street below South Front street where the stores. of a number , f merchants were flooded with -several feet of water and 'thousands. of : dollars worth of merchandise totally ruined. " one saw the street lined , with boxes and barrels containing articles ' which the owners probably thought cpuUl be 1 dried out and saved. However, many of the merchants will save but Rttle of their stock which was sitting on the floor and the lower shelves. : . Practically all 01 tne aeDns leit sirauucu m.iuia section" when the water receded, has been removed. 7" v ' Street Cleaners At Wprk. The street cleaning force devoted part of the day to cleaning up-, the Wection of South Front street- west of Haicock, and succeeded in getting this in fairly good, shape but. there were so many other- places to visit thct they could not do as much there a9 they Vould iked to have done., 'The train service was somewhat better yesterday than on hhe previous day. The bridge between MoreheadTParmalee. ' - CK'::yy ,K''''J''-r liy tXllKl DLdUlUl L CL SLllUtl VI n 1111.11 had been torn awa'y on the previous day, had been repaired andthe first train from the latter place since Tues day1 aftf-rnotm came tl. rough yesterday af tcrnoo'i. . F. s. i. is on this train toll of t'if v.:. e s f t'.e storm at that tin - ." tt .A 1,1 J a mm m m mm m m L r .. . 1 , . Texas Oil Company was rammed by the schooner. Winona and was torn from, the filings: i , -A partial account of the damage done at Morehead City (appeared -ia the Journal yesterday-W later reports are to the effect that the loss to pro- perty is. much greater ' than-that at first learned, ? The Paragon buildine, k ..large concrete structure which is occupied by L. LI Leary, the Morehead 4nto communication with the outside Ciy Hospital and thfe'BusinesS Men's , world yesterday afternoon by tele Club was damaged." The smoke stack graph.The Western Union Telegraph at the ice house was torflu from its Company got one wire open to Rich fastenings "as though it has -been a., mond and they were literally swamped straw and was carried some ydistance wltik business until late into the night. a way, Several of the buildings connec ted with the'Atlantic Hotel were also badly damaged GREAT DAMAGE" AT WASHING- 's,. ' ',TON; .' "a No train was operated between this city and Norfolk by the Norfolk South - ern Railway Company, on' account of j morning'engaged in repairing the dam the ' fact that . their ; bridge ' between. age to- the wires which had caused Chocowfnity and Washington was" com pletely (demolished : and , swept away. It. will probably be two weeks or more before this company will be, able to get tiraina through., the- train leaving this city.- at .'present going only as far) as , Qiojcowinity where passengers for Raleigh are transferred I v Robert Srtellings of this city, who was in-Washington on the day of the jstorm and flood arrived borne yesterday after noon, having been ferried across the river' by a boatman -and then wading through ai mile oL inundated" swamp to - reach the . train at Chocowfnity and he relates a graphic story of the disaster at that place. ' ' . Mr. Snellings and Eugene. Simpson are members of the New Bern .Division of the North Carolina Nawl Militia and -Vere; last week on board-, of the battleship 'Alabama at Gardn.ijjr's bay engaged in target , practice witli their company, y Whea the compa Ayvireached Norfolk on .their, way homa tnese .two youngTnen decided to ipake a short stop theve with relatives and left the other members". , Wednesday,, morning at 9:30 they left Norfolk. A$ that time the-storm ; was' .not - at alt alai'ming and they had: nVtr&ubie Intil after Plymouth had been feached. From there on $ until Washington was...teached thetrip' was eventful. : There were numerous-washouts and at many places rees "Had been blown across he track. A short ' distance from Washington there is a "creek over "which tie train passes and the rails had been torn from this and it "was necessary fo..the pas sengers to walk acrossthis bridge and to walk the remainder bf the distance ta - Washington, reaching that place about 8 o'clock. Wednesday night. nThe worst 'part of the storm. passed over Washington in .s the afternoon but : Mr, : Snelling, states that ' even when they arrived, the water , was in the- streeti'and that it had been up in - the stores and houses ; and that the property: loss is several thousand dollars.' A section of the Atlantic Cdast Line Company's track - out of Washington was also : washed .away, but this- has been temporarily repaired and they succeeded in getting one train out of the place yesterday by way of ' Trairis from this city to the West and to Wilmington are being operated and mail from , Washington, Elizabeth City and Norfolk is being, sent y way of Goldsboro. This necessarily causes some delay but it is the best that can -,e ('one until the damage "to the bridges ' 'I. ' 5 t.n be repaired.,.. ! 1 r :. ts Recovered. f t'-e l";,ts owned by local ; business enterprises t I found on i a previ- 1 ILOii Mil ous day were . located: yesterday and rescued. (L. D. Daniel's costly" motor boat was found across Trent river. A few of the boats were sunken but the majority of those missing it is believed, were driven up Neuse or Trent rivers and will be recovered within a few days. About a jhundred feet of the strong brick ' wall surrounding - the National Cemetery went down Wednesday morn ing , under ; the combined ' influence of the overflow of Neuse river and the North wind. The portion of the wall that fell in that located on the North side. v ,. ' " c "V" , J""1" " ,CrecK built in.-connectioii w.th the opening up of a .horter route to the Fa,r 8ron, was washed down and swept, against the. old bridge acro;ss the f eek- Use of new br,de had i?ot been commenced, 1 For the first time since Tuesday Tl - 1 ' 1 T 1 ;tu- n'ght New Bern was again able to get The telegraph companies have linemen out on the road repairing the broken lines and hobe to have things in better i L ' j . shape today j .H. H, Hodges, superintendent of , the local electric, and water plant, ! had a force of men out early yesterday the city to' be in darkness and without electrical current' of any kind since a short while before midnight on Tuesday night. There . were an innumerable number of breaks but mahy of these were repaired and it was possible' ' to-' get the current on' yesterday after- noon and" the incandescent temps were brightjy V burning 11 again last y. night. The line over which the current, for the arc lights flow was allowed to-remain as it is until today when the linemen will be put to work on that division. In order that' there- might be some illumination , in the business 1 section of the city last nighj; the electrij- arches were again brought into service. " , r Reports from nearby points at to the effect that he crops are not nearly so badly ;, damaged, as- atj "first thought. In Pamlico ' the -; damaga ' is- probably fifty - per -cent ' whiles in- this county, while there are points where the damage is greater, the. general damage' is,' not more than twenty-five or thirty, per cent. Cotton of course is somewhat hurt but it is by no means totally des troyed as was at first reported. Lunber Companies Lose Heavily. One - of the' heaviest 5 losers by the storm' was the East Carolina :umber Company. This company had a large quantity of lumber ready for shipment and much., of . it was - washed away. Valuable .belting, in the mill was also damaged. '.The total loss .will be thou sands of dollars. . . ' , , . Tolson - Lumber & . Manufacturi -Company were damaged - conside-atfi their loss being bef ween five hundreJ and a thousand. Pine Lumber Compar" lost in the neighborhood of two tho-.-sand dollars.' Neuse' Lumber Company six. to i seven thousand dollars. : 'i Elm City; Lumber Company, three thousand dollars, . while the NBlades ' Lumber Company, .at JJridgeton, were - also heavy losers. v -'S.' r s;: '-'-;'?-i.;!ri'r;;;;i- v In Henderson Section. ' , Henderson, N. '. C Septi.r Con siderable . damage .was done to the corn and tobacco in Henderson and Granville counties. It was the most severe storm experienced here in many years. ' , ' , Wires Down.TLlghts Out. ' I - .' Greensiwro,- Sept.'. 4.1 Rain.-fell in. torrents here all; day . yesterday and last night while at times the wind n, reached a terrific' ' velocity! During the late afternoon telephone and telegraph wires were blown down and light were off. for a time. .Reports from the county are that the rain was general and that some t damage was done to crops in the lowlands. Streams rose during the" nightand dan., e to roads andibridircs in addi' SEVERAL NEW CHARTERS. , Yesterday A Busy Day With The y? ;. Secretary Of State. " Ralfeigh"u4 rtTJoUoring cfiitN facVd.'i,cKl Jboardof iwm&y jfeefci ters were issued todays., .v ?J--',--. ing to deport him under the immigra 'r I)ellinger Bros, ..Inc. - of Chervtfon act, for two hours today: He pres rubille; to deal in .furniture;' author- sed the point that he entered Canada ized capital, $100,000, with ' $2,500 as a tourist and therefore is not amen paid in by David P. Dellinger of Gas- able to deportation. The board tonia and R. Julius Dellinger and Darius P. Beam. . , The Riverside Farm, Inc.,1 of Gas- tonia, to deal in real estate and to engage in farming; : authorized ca pi- tal $100,000, with $10,000 paid in by;W. S.' Lee and.'E. C. Marshall of Charlotte, and W. T; Rankin and O. F Mason, of Gasonia. Vi Hopkins, Sons" & Co., of Wilming- ton. to buv and sell and slaughter cattle 'and other live stock; author- ized capital, $25.00, all subscribed! for J. J. Hopkins, C. S. Hopkins, I and D. N. Chad wick, Jr. The French Broad Manufacturing Company of Asheville increases its capital stock" from $250,000 to $750,000, the increase of $500,000 to be in preferred stock at 7 per cent. L. V. Smith, is Vice-President. FALLS BUT IS DON GASKILL, GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, HAS A NARROW ESCAPE. H. T. Patterson, assistant United States Engineer, received advices from Washington last night telling of the thrilling escape of Don Gaskill from drowning durinir Wednesday morn- m o - ing's storm. Mr. Gaskill is a government inspector. He was on the Norfolk Dredging Company's dredge Reliance. The crew had left the Reliance in a niud scow. As he was preparing to board the scow he fell overboard. A wave picked him up and wasded him throughf the .engine room of the Re-,, liance. ' Men on the scow threw him a OVERBOARD RESCUED line which he caught and was pulled "I believe that the commercial in on board. The scow then floated over terests of the town will be many times the Norfolk Southern bridge and landed in the woods above Washington. - Mr. Patterson was notified that the government dredge boat Trent and the government launch Frances are safe The dredge Reliance fondered one mile below the Norfolk Southern bridge, The tug Carolina went down at the Buoyyard, the Chowan at the county bridge, while the Samuel Eccies was left high ud on the beach. All these vessels-belonged to the Norfolk Dredg- itig Company. :' " STRAUSS BROTHERS AWARDED DAMAGES. ' , , Only one case was disposed of at yesterday's session of Craven county Superior Court. This was a civil action against the Barrington Dry Goods Company instituted by Strauss Brothers. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff allowing them damages iri the sum of $189.08. .'. i1 1 j tion to growing crops is feared. ) .-,.! jv.-:'.,v- - -r : Damage In Albemarls Sound Coun- s ,, v try ; , Elizabeth ' City, Sept. .4. A severe ind storm visited this section Tues- day night ' and all day Wednesday, " rren' of -water- have fallen and ! wind blew a gale. Consider- jle damage has been. done,to crops in this section, probably amounting to eight or. ten thousand dollars. No damage has been done to property and n.o casualties have yet been re- ported from thjs immediate section. -Two Killed At Farmville. house. V ' The New Bern Electrical - Wilsons Sept.'.-4. A , message- re Supply Company has also been awarded ceived here' this, morning from Farm-, the contract for furnishing the supplies ville, in Pitt county, says that Monk's and wiring : the court house at St. tobacco 'warehouse- at that place was Matthews, S. C.- v- blowA down Wednesday afternoon and " .. . . '- . two i men ! killed and seven, injured. .."LOST't STEAMER COMES IN. One of the men . killed was Walter . v-v.---. ; ... Bynum', the name of the other was not ? Norfolk, i Va., . Sept. 4.r The- Old learned. . -The warehouse was a brick Dominion steamer Mobjack, reported structure and had just been completed, lost in' the Btorm which swept Chesa this being its first season. - ' . peake -'. Bay, i arrived ' at her pier ; in : ' - r f, ' " Norfolk at 8:10 last night. : Captain . A RECORD TIDE. - , C. E. Caffe reported that the vessel ,'. r ', ,v , r i -s ;' i . .. - did' not strike the full force'of the N Assistant U. S. Engineer H. T. Pat-( storm and did not encounter the water, tersonook the official -record of, the spout that threatened to destroy other water at Union Point . at the height craft in the bay. He says the steamer of the . flood Wednesday 'morning, experienced a rough voyage but was It was 11.1 feet above mean low water, 'never in any serioOs danger. . By a coincidence, eight, months' pre-,; " , , V yiously, on January 3, 1913, the govern-' ' Dr. Joseph F. Patterson left -. last ment gauge showed the lowest Record, evening for a short visit at Washington, 6r 3.6 feet below mean low water... D. C, -,V . - v I FACES Tin IMMIGRA TION BOARD. Coaticook. Quebec. Sent. 4. Thaw agreed to consider his contention and adjourned at noon until 2 o'clock. The point of insanity was not touched up- on. All questioning bore on the clause of entering by stealth. Expecting a quick decision dash for Vermont Wil- Ham Jerome stood below the immigra- tion detention room, with a car ready .to start on instant notice. ANOTHER EFFORT BEING MADE TO SAVE HER. Reading, Pa., Sept. 4. Another ef- ( lort is Deing made to iree Mrs. i.ate Edwards, in jail for twelve years un der a sentence of death for the mur der of her husband. Four Governors failed to set the day for her execution.. .The triaPhas been through all State courts, and several times before the board of pardons. OFFERS TO HELP THE BRASS BAND SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN WILL DONATE TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS. The following letter was yesterday received by Manager Minnich of the Brass Band. The letter was figned "A Friend to the Band" who is one who asks that his name not be made public, Mr. R. C. Minnich, Manager of New Bern Brass Band, New Bern, N. C. Dear 1 Sir, "In my opinion the brass band last night organized in New Bern will be one of the greatest assets that the city . possesses. repaid for any amount of money which they may invest in this enterprise. j "It has been suggested, I believe, that the local band furnish the music for th3 coming Eastern Carolina tair Last year the Fair Association spent several hundred dollars for a band from another city. It appears to me that the privil ge of playing at our fair snouia Deawaraea to a nome Dano. "Believing as I do, I desire to make the following proposition: I will be one of 10 men, firms or corporations in New I B rn to give $25.00 a piece for the 'purchase, of instruments. I 's understood that the members 'of the band were considering a delay in the -purchase of instruments, being reluctant to call upon the business men of New Bern immediately after many of them had sustained heavy losses by the recent flood. It appears to me, however, that we cannot . afford to let the band lose by delay the chance j of playing at the coming Fah I "I would appreciate seeing in both , the Journal and Sun the names pub- ! lished who are w.'lling to give the contributions as above named and 'surely there are at least 30 men, firms or corporations "who can spare $25.00 now which will be a great investment for Athem." i : LOCAL FIRM- AWARDED TWO CONTRACTS. ' J. J. Tolson, Jr., has returned from Qoldsboro where he secured for the New Bern Electric Supply Company the contract of doing the electric work in Wayne county's new court THAW NEW BERN NAVAL ILIA BUS Soldier-Sailors Steamed Into Pore A Few Minutes Past 10 O'clock Last Night. ALL ANXIETY WAS RELIEVED Crew Find Wreckage Of All Kinds In Passing Through Pam lico Sound. A few minutes past ten o'clock last night the New Bern Division of the North Carolina' Naval Militia, on board of their training ship, Elfrida, arrived from Elizabeth City where they have been since last Tuesday night. It was- known that the New Bern Division of Militia left Norfolk Tues day at noon but after that time nothing was heard from them until yesterday afternoon and there was much anxiety as to their safety. Local citizens and relatives and frieids of the . members of the crew not knowing but that they had been caught in th storm which raged over the North Carolina Coast on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The Elfrida arrived at Elizabeth City about 10 o'clock Tuesday night and at that time the storm was in pro gress, but according to accounts made by members of the crew it was not even a circumstance to the disastrous storm which visited this city and nearby points The boat and its crew remained at Elizabeth City until 7 o'clock yester day morning when the last lap of the trip began. In passing through Pamlico ound all manner of wreckage was en countered. Trees and heavy timbers were seen in abundance and many drowned cattle passed by the vessel. Many of the buoys and beacon lights had been swept away and after darkness fell it was a hard matter to navigate the vessel with any degree of safety. However they succeeded in getting through without the slightest mishap. The New Bern Division made an excellent record in targetvpractice with the big guns on Gardner's Bay. In seven shots in forty-six seconds B. G. Harker made four hits. In seven shots in thirty-seven seconds C. Scales made five hits. The record made by the local boys was surpassed only by the smallest fraction by the Maine Militia'. The trip was thoroughly enjoyed by every member of the company who participated, and proved of much benefit to them in numerous ways. AT THE "The Lion's Bride." Jealous of its trainer's husband, a lion kills the woman when she enters its cage for the last time. Unusually thrilling and dramatic. A Vitragraph, featuring Miss Julia Swayne Gordon. "Broncho Billy's Strategy." An ov.'t:n 1 V- .. i J G. M. Anderson. "Pathe Weeklv." These Weeklies give you the world's news in a picture 'and are not only interesting but very edifying. Matinee daily at 5 o'clock. Con tinuous performance at night starts at 8 o'clock. All next week "The Southern Beau ties," a musical comedy company composed of all artists in their respec tive roles good comedians, good sing ers, good dancers. Nothing better has ever been seen in this town, in fact nothing as good on a vaudeville stage Matinee daily. next week at 3:45 o'clock. : Night' 1st show will start at 7:45,"' 2d immediately after 1st is over, or about 9:15 o'clock. Prices next week to mat inee 5c. and 10c. Night 5c. 10c: and- 15c. - ' Remember we . will show our , regular ; 3 - reel service of pictures in ; connection with the musical comedy ' company,: giving a shew one and a- I half hours long. ' , The Supply of copies of Thurs day's' Daily Journal havlnft been e jhausted;' the " article about . the storm that appeared In it has been, republished ( In "the , Semi-Weekly; copies of which may be had at the Journal office at three cents each. PROGRAM ATHENS TODAY
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