| Show TOLL OF FLOOD IN SOUTH FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED TEN MISSING AND PROPERTY LOSS OF MILLIONS towns inundated and people fro from M their homes by raging torrents crops being ruined in large areas raleigh I 1 N 0 fifteen persons persona dead at least ten missing and property damage at estimated at around is the known toll ol of floods in five southern states although the waters are receding in nearly all districts railroad and telegraphic communication still are demoralized zed and reports from towns and villages edw isolated may increase both the number of deaths and tho the property loss north carolina south carolina virginia tennessee and west virginia all suffered heavy damage from the overflowing streams swollen by to torrential rains which followed last weeks hurricane as it swept inland irom from the coast but the heaviest loss was in north carolina where eleven at f the thirteen deaths are reported ind where two thirds of the material clamage was done the list ot of known dead follows asheville two biltmore four alxander alexander county three marshall aliree three Fd naville two radford va one all but one of the dead were white in addition ten southern railway construction men who went down with the southern bridge near charlotte are missing crops were badly damaged throughout the piedmont section of south carolina and several railroad bridges washed away at portman the southern power companas comp anys plant shut down cutting off power to greenville and many cotton mills at georgetown warehouses and stores oil tho the water front and two lumber mills were damaged at redford bedford va several buildings were destroyed and pro crops s in nearby counties damaged damage in the Pearls pearisburg Pea burg district alone la is estimated at a million dollars newport tenn is partly inundated and many families have been forced from rom their homes |
