Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

SAW HIS BROTHER DROWN BUT COULD NOT HELP ‘'l saw my brother leap from the burning building into the roaring, rushing torrent of water. He was not three hundred feet away and in the awful glare of the destructive fire he was plainly visible as he splashed into the turbulent tide. I knew he could not swin and that unless some miracle happened he could not be saved, for he was l»e --yond the aid of human j>ower. It was the most awful sight l ever saw and so long as I live I hope I shall never again be forced to gaze ti]K)n such a scene.” This is the statement of Mr. C. 1) Carr, brother of Mr. Harry Cair, who was one of the few’ white men drowned. There are two other brothers, Messrs. Pierre and Antoine Care Mr. Carr leaves a wife and two little children, be sides several other relatives. Together with Harry Me Auliffe, Robert Belcher, and Horace YVing ard, Mr. Carr was caught in the Nixon Grocery Co., when the flood surrounded the place. They did not realize their awful position un Every Precautions Taken. While the flood was rising every precaution possible was taken by merchants and business men in every section of the city to guard against damage as possible. Goods were taken from cellars to higher points and still ,the raging flood increased until in most instances all the work came to naught. Daring 1 -Escapes. At the start no one expected to see the river get much above the danger, or flood stage, and rubber boots were resorted to. Within a couple of hours the water reached such a depth as to make them useless and vehicles were resorted to, only to be su perseded by boats from Lakeside Club and any other points where they were procurable. Many bare escapes were made as several of the lake boats proved unsuitable in the swift currents around the corners. A launch occupied the Hayes brothers was caught in the waters on the corner of Campbell and Broad streets and capsized, the occupants narrowly escaping, while the launch was dashed against the cornor <>f Campbell and Ellis street Harry Y'aiden was the next to feel the effects of the flood in this manner and his boat was smashed at the Y. M. C. A. corner on Greene Street. John V. McAuliffe, with some companions went to secure one of his large boats in order to assist in rescuing people in danger. He was caught in a drift, his boat torn up and was nearly drown ed when picked up several blocks down Greene street, near Dr. Miller’s residence. Other stories of daring experiences are relat ed on every side. Telephones Resumed Today Mr. Peter J. Nix, manager of the Southern Bell Telephone Co., in Augusta, gave out the following statement: “We have the situation well in hand and expect to cut in a few telephones by 1 o’clock p. m. Linemen are here from Atlanta, Savan nah and other cities. We have a big force hard at work* Between Jackson and Campbell streets on Ellis, we will have to excavate, to get to til flames broke out and soon forc ed them to a choice between a j.os sible escape through the flood, or death for sure by fire. Three of the four young men met death, Harry McAuliffe, battered, bruis ed and hardly unable to move tells the story of his fearful experience. “We worked through the day,” he •aid,” and considered ourselves pretty safe until the fire broke out. Then we knew something had to be done. Harry Carr could not swim and we gave him a rope, but almost as soon as he plunged into the current he was caught around a telegraph pole and drug ged under water. I worked with him for quite awhile, but it was an impossible struggle for human strength could avail nothing Finally benumbed, I was | caught up by a great rush of water and i separated from all. There were half a ! dozen negroes with us and they mils i have perished also. • “Down the street I made a grab at a tree, but I doutid I was unable to climb completely out of the water and had to remain half submerged until the water receded and I was rescued.” He is at his home today in bed, receiv ing medical attention and will probably be out within a few days. THE AUGUSTA HERALD conduits that carry wires from more than 300 stations. We have pumps out at work, pumping the water from man-holes. By tonight we pect to have a great number of telephones oJ era ting. Strange to say, ail our long distaiM wires are operating, which shows that the tM ble is entirely local. We estimate the dama* between twenty and thirty thousand dollars.’■ The Swan Arrives The river steamer Swan, Capt. Shabhort, arrived this morning Irom Savannah, two days late, with a foil cargo of passengers, who were rescued all along the rive'. The Swa n left Savannah last Monday, and fought her way up the current four days. Capt. Shabhort was master of the /ad vance in the famous Hood of ’BB. He savs: “That flood wa~ nothing like this. A man can’t imagine t % distress and disaster down the river. Damage to the larms in the val ley is fearfully heavy.” • Mrs. Chadwicks Husband Goes In Bankruptcy CLEVELAND, O Dr. Le Roy S. Chadwick, husband of Cassie Chadwick, who died in the peni tentiary, where she was sentenced for colossal frauds, has filed a pe tition in bankruptcy. His personal debts he places at $1,750, while debts contracted through indorsing notes and checks for his wife, he places at about $050,000. LEGISLATORS NOT DUE PAY, SAYS TREASURER ATLANTA. Ga. —State Treasurer Park hold that the members of the legislature are entitled to neither per diem nor mileage. He turned down three applications this morning. He says patriotism is the only motive that moved the legislature and the only reward the members will re reive will be the knowledge of duty well done he awaits the decision of the attorney geheral. 1.200 EMPLOYEES STRIKE, OFFICIALS WON'T SUBMIT NEW ORLEANS. I-a.—The textile mills corporation today announced it 3 refusal to submit to arbitration the complaints which have caused a strike of l.Sftft employees of the Lane- Magainnis mills, which the TextiD | Corporation controls. The refusal was based on the as-1 sertlon that while the employees! would not he forced to accept the! result of arbitration as proposed, the, corporation would have to abide by j the commfcsion’s findings. FOSSE no I NEGRO BRU] NEW YORK—An armed headed 1). John Gable, of Point, a .-nl■ url: of Haw rstraw. BHj S- ai-'-ip .1 'iie brick piers Huil-"ii riwr ioda> de 'aka vengeance on a Gable Air. Gai..e's absence and • d Mt Gable. Haring an and slast of All.-. Guide’s nose. The negro had lx an noticed tne Gable home before dark. •lalile was in the rear of the 1 and her husband had gone to straw. There was a knock door when Mrs. Gable |« iH Hie negro forced Lis way in. H| Airs. Gable had no chance m H|| la The negro clutch.d he throat, bin was madden. ''ear and as" r the two had been HH gilng iitthor and thirl: r loom, she m mag.-d to wrench free. Then the negro drew a H" flourish, d i: in front of her and as she darted to one negro slashed hei. At the sight of blood, the I fled. .Mrs. Gable ran Iron: the h of a neighbor who hitched up his pout an- drove her to When Mr. Gable returned he 1 , red together a posse to search the negro. Today the posse I augmented by citizens of Havers: , and the hunt was renewed. KAUFMAN KNQCKLI OUT BILL DELANE] LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Al Kaufmaß Bill Delaney’s husky protege, scorfl a clean knock out over Jim Flynn ■ the ninth round of their schedul® ten-round bout at Naud Junction lafl night. Coming up in this roufl \ after being floored twice in tfl eighth, Flynn receiv'd a right punH flush on the jaw, delivered when Colorado man was in a crouching H sition. He went down like a 1 sack of sand, falling on his sac then rolling over on his back. '1 fi| •world. He was unconsf ■Bj m 'T.:I Second ■■ finally entile was walk from the ring he was ot a • liou-aml HH| ANGRY BALL PLAYERS Mi ASSAULT THE HOT SPRINGS \rk Cm;- H| retired from He- game he,-,. > tic and Pin*- Bluffs in kan i - i- - -I.i mEgm Mired arm as • result of j Hflfl ail tierlir with Hie visitors ■BHhH r i i win II HHH| ■ o lie 11..1 half a iiun- HHHH rushed ■ flis rescue MBWIBI