| From the Yorkville (S. C.) Enquirer |
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| January 25, 1865 |
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| The Flood at Augusta and Hamburg |
| Upon every side are the marks
of devastation. Fences are gone from about dwellings -- handsome yards
have the shrubbery uprooted -- lamp posts are turned topsy turvy --
trees thrown down -- frame tenements washed from their foundations --
whole streets rendered impassable gullies -- crossing washed away --
lumber, outhouses, &c., piled in promiscuous heaps -- all
indicative of the immense force of the current. |
| The South Carolina Railroad
Bridge remains intact, and has suffered no perceptible damage. The
tracks through Hamburg has, however, been greatly injured. For a
distance of several hundred yards the iron and cross ties were lifted
from the trestle-work and moved entirely to the low grounds adjoining. |
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