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Floods of July 1916 by Southern Railway Company Hard Cover
Floods of July, 1916 by Southern Railway Company Hard Cover
The Floods oh July, 1916 Includes Map
By Southern Railway Company
With Mr Fairfax Harrison's Compliments
Hard Cover
Pages 131
Copyright 1917
Contents
Introduction 5
Map of Southern RailwayFacing page 7
United States Weather Bureau's Record o f the Floods
The Storms in Southern Railway Territory 15
The Gulf Coast Storm 17
The Storm in the Carolinas 25
Asheville and Biltmore 29
Asheville-Salisbury Line 41
Asheville-Morristown Line 73
Asheville-Spartanburg Line 79
North Wilkesboro Branch 85
Catawba River Bridge near Belmont, N. C 93
Catawba River Bridge near Fort Mill, S. C 97
Charleston Division 101
Spartanburg Division 104
Hendersonville-Lake Toxaway Line 104
Coster Division 105
Telegraph Service
105
Equipment and Materials 107
How the Southern People and Other Railroads Helped 110
Keeping the Wheels Moving 110
The Men Who Took the Lead 112
The Appreciation of the PublicEditorial Comment 117
President Harrison's Executive Order No. 76 130
In Memoriam 131
Partial Introduction
"Doubtless it will be pleasant to remember these perils hereafter," wrote a Roman poet nearly two thousand years ago. We of the Southern Railway organization can echo the sentiment today, for perils and adventure experienced in company have ever been strong bonds to bind together a group of men in action.
In July last we were called upon to show in a sudden emergency what we could do as individuals and even more as an organization. It was my official privilege to express at the time a word of appreciation upon a great achievement, but in order that there may be a more permanent record of what was done and of those who did it, we have collected the facts in the following pages. The editor is Mr. J. C. Williams, Assistant to the President, and I am sure that all whose deeds are recorded, as well as others who may be interested, will join me in congratulating him on the result of his work.
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