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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1916
Page
1
United States dispatches report eight confirmed deaths from the North Carolina flood. Marshall suffers fifty three homes destroyed and two lives lost. Asheville area endures power and gas outages with trains halted and relief efforts organized for displaced mill workers and residents.
Flood waters swept western North Carolina and neighboring states killing at least nine people and leaving hundreds homeless. In Asheville the French Broad overflowed washing out mills and bridges while telegraph lines failed and rail service halted, with two deaths in the city and six drowned in Biltmore. Missing rail workers numbered about twenty, and swift currents capsized boats carrying rescuers as damages reached tens of millions.
Asheville reports Miss Nellie Lipe and Mrs. Leo Mulholland were found alive in the tops of trees after their father J. C. Lipe's house at Biltmore washed away. No additional deaths reported as Swannanoa and French Broad rivers fall.
Charlotte reports engineer Joseph Killian and three Southern Railway workers spent the night clinging to trees in the Catawba River a mile below the railroad bridge after a perilous incident. The group avoided injury as rescuers reached them.
Rescue teams saved eight workers at 1 30 today after a river accident that sent several others overboard. Searchers scoured the water for the remaining men from Southern and Western Union employe lists who went down during the incident.
Salisbury reports a house washed away in Alexander county with two children drowned. Local authorities and residents await confirmation of the casualty details and the investigation into the flood impact.
In Atlanta on July 17 rumors spread that the Lake Toxaway dam has broken. Asheville railroad officials dismiss the report and say there is no wire communication with Toxaway to confirm any failure.
Powell Miller, about 25, was hurt Saturday night when he tried to catch train No 12 in the yards and missed it. He was thrown to the ground and bruised his elbow. Dr D A Stanton says injuries are not serious. Miller, reported to be drinking, is at his home on Leonard Street under Southern physician care.
A West End Fire company meeting chose delegates H. A. Oakes and J. M. Teague to attend the North Carolina Firemen's association annual meeting in Raleigh, with T. O. Whittington and G. C. Valentine as alternates. Both groups are expected to attend the state convention.
Dr H W McCain at the University of Pennsylvania taking a course in Xray work and another in obstetrics under Dr Hirst. He plans to go to New York to learn infantile paralysis methods used by the Rockefeller Institute.
The Yadkin River at High Rock floods the Sunset Park island covering buildings recently erected. Seven Sunset Park Company members were rescued by boat to safety as flood waters rise and debris floats downstream from Hickwe.
Reported Allied offensive activity in the Somme area continues as heavy artillery is moved forward and new partitions are consolidated. Emperor William is said to be in the Somme sector with French and Russian troop movements linked to the broader front developments.
Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railway, reported that in the year ended June 30, 1916, the company carried about 17.6 million passengers and recorded four fatal injuries to passengers in three incidents at Salisbury North Carolina Jamestown North Carolina and Citico Tennessee.
Charlotte July 17 Dr J W Summers physician of some prominence here was held without bail today charged with performing an illegal operation June 26 which caused death in a local hospital yesterday of Miss Minnie Jones daughter of former Sheriff Jones of Greensboro NC Attorneys for Dr Summers gave notice they would institute habeas corpus proceedings and apply for bail.
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with possible showers in the extreme west. Gentle to moderate south winds shift to variable as conditions change.
The Yadkin River near Salisbury rises to 21 feet above normal at noon, surpassing previous records as debris travels downstream. Bridges south of Lexington face danger. toll bridge braced with lumber and barbed wire, rail bridge threatened, trains still running. property damage and no fatalities reported.
In a 15 minute sermon at Wesley Memorial Church Dr Gilbert T Rowe spoke on liberty as devotion and obedience to God describing it as the only true liberty. He urged seekers to find this divine liberty and said true freedom comes under divine authority.
Wade Barber, a black worker at the Consolidated Veneer and Panel company, stepped into a vat of boiling water Friday night. He is improving under the care of Dr. Thurman Mann. the injury is painful but not deemed serious.
Ten year old Shelby Welborn died from a shotgun accident at the home of his aunt and uncle near Trinity. A hammerless 12 gauge shotgun discharged as a boy dropped it while playing with two other local children. Funeral services were held at Hopewell church with interment in Hopewell Cemetery. The incident stunned the Trinity neighborhood and drew a large crowd at the church.
Flood conditions isolate western area and south of Charlotte causing no service between Salisbury and Asheville and no trains running from south of Charlotte. Trains 38 and 30 were annulled last night while Train 386 ran on time today and Washington services remain unaffected.
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