Neuse River Now
Falling Following Big Overflow
Kinston, July 30—The Neuse river here reminds one of the
Mississippi in flood down the swollen stream. Tens of thousands of trees for
many miles along the banks are under water, the tops of many just visible above
the surface. A house or two sailing southward would complete the picture. A
number of animals have been drowned at points along the river.
The river is falling, the receding waters having
accomplished the destruction of lowland crops valued at hundreds of thousands
of dollars. It will be days yet before the stream get back to normal. Numerous
persons usually optimistic can be found to estimate the total crop and property
damage of the past two weeks at a cool million dollars in Lenoir county alone.
This figure may not be greatly exaggerated.
The excessive rains probably did as much damage as the flood has,
although that has wrought damage enough for many miles on either side of
Kinston.
Railroad passengers have been transferred across the Neuse
during the past two or three days. Though there was no actual washout, the
Norfolk and Southern tracks have been under water near the stream. Women
passengers were not transferred, but men who insisted upon crossing were taken
to the other side to waiting trains. Even the men were discouraged, but some
with urgent reasons for continuing their journeys braved the danger; all were
safely transferred.
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