| From the Charleston Mercury |
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| January 17, 1865 |
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| The Flood -- Great Damage to the Railroads |
| The freshet of the past week seems to have
extended its violence over a very wide scope of territory. We hear of
heavy losses in Edgefield and Barnwell Districts. But the greatest
injury, and that which will be felt most severely by the whole country
has been sustained by the different railroad lines. |
| Between this city and Columbia the long
trestle work on the South Carolina Railroad at Kingsville, has been
washed away. |
| At Columbia there was a great "upheaval of
the waters," and the Congaree River was higher than it has been since
1852, causing great destruction to mills, plantations, etc. |
| At Chester, on the Columbia and Charlotte
Railroad {Charlotte & South Carolina RR},
heavy losses were sustained and the track greatly damaged. |
| On the North Carolina Railroad, between
Charlotte and Greensboro, two bridges are gone. |
| The Piedmont Railroad from Greensboro to
Danville, Va., suffered extensively, and we hear of the destruction of
two bridges and an extensive trestle work. |
| These are all serious losses, and will
occasion delay in the transportation of supplies, as well as the
derangement of travel. By proper exertions on the part of the railroad
authorities, however, the damage can be repaired within three weeks.
time. |