Show South Soul Carolina and Georgia Partially Submerged by Flood Atlanta Go Ga Ga Aug 26 More 6 More than 20 lives havo been lost host and ond enormous US the tho damage to property done by Hoods floods foods which are aro prova pro ling in western west wet South Carolina and eastern Geor Geor- ern mm 01 unc estern gin gia Railroads are arc blocked an and amid communication by telephone and telegraph h havo been largely large Interrupted Nineteen Nine Nine- Inc Inc- teen of or the persons who perished Jo lost t their lives when the steel bridge overlie over th the lie river at Camden S S. S C was detro destroyed cd went f Twenty five persons watching the surg- surg wore ore on tIme the ng ng waters whon when time the foot toot spill span tm of or those who and only six gave o o ga gaoa a way were on tho the bridge have havo been leen accounted ac ac- counted counte for formon Among mon who are aro known to lo o ha have been drowned are arc M.D. M.D. M. M D. D Knowles and amid his son Bon A Mr Savage Sav Sat In Inthe were caught and two Iwo negroes the Iho ago age top lop ond of or a tree and were saved II Southern Railway Halway trains train from ille Ashe to burg ran into a u I washout near and amid Engineer London was killed and tho the fireman badly injured Tho tracks of oC the Southern Alston and Columbia Colum Coluni- bia bla are aro submerged severn several 9 are aro down on time the Charleston V West West- tern t- t ern em Carolina road and und mn many washouts washouts wash wash- outs ure reported on the Asheville of the Southern While cl prevail all over eastern conditions nJ o er I Georgia Augusta on the Savannah That s seems to be bo the Iho chief chic sufferer I Is completely under water and andla andl city I et la l cut oft off oc from communication b by rail rai I and wire the tho last laut latt telegram coming at 5 itt 10 II p. m. m reporting the tho entire entre i city submerged Tho water Is 10 feet deep In Broad street th the main thoroughfare thoroughfare thor thor- and amid people are aro using boats boat The Time bl big dam darn at the tho head of or the canal cana gave way this afternoon under tho time strain an and vast tast masses maes of ot water rushed upon tho the cl city Several Se eral negroes n are arc reported to lo have havo been drowned when the tho canal dam damn burst Ten feet feel of or water Is standing station at nt Augusta In the tho Union ton st Augusto Tho The street car cr lines hues Jnes are out of oC commission com corn mission and also time Iho electrIc light company compan and time the Hooded cIty Is In Jim darkness tonight It is Impossible ImposIble to fix 1 lx the property loss loss but It I is 18 enormous The railroads railroads rail rail- ral- ral sufferers roads loads are the chief sufferer advices state that fire has ht Later a fre ad added ed Its terrors to lo the tho arad already pitiable pitiable pIta pIta- ble condition Is In Augusta Augusta A huge cotton cotlon warehouse with wih its It rich deposit depos coton of tho the Maple has been ben Ixon company's destroyed while Nixon warehouse al already already al- al great wholesale grocery ready surrounded b by 10 feet of or sur surging surg eurg- ro burned to tho ho waters water's wa wa- InS ing water water was wa Wlter Wl- Wl ter's ter edge Not an afternoon paper was yas published pub pub- in iii Augusta to today a Business 11 generally has been boen abandoned The Tho T telegraph and telephone ar are tr Hooded flooded The loss los early this afternoon exceeded cx- cx and it may pass pas tho time million dollar mark milon As a result of or the flood food In the tho Oco Oco- nono none rivet river the Athens cotton coton ml mills at nt Athens have havo o ha been forced to close Is also aleo under The Time waterworks plant the tho water V 1 1 u f |