The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-03-14
A GREAT RAlA sFORM.

1akoO Nliy, March Capt z
+. Suits, president Of the BOard
I OF Supervisors, estimates the los.
to the county from bridges de
slroyed at not less than $1,000. No
a bridge was left over the streams in
the hills. A special session of the
Board Of Supervisors has been called
for next Monday, when the work Of
rebuilding the bridges Will begin. Nc
trains North of YazoO City TO-DAY
owing to wsshouts on the railroad
The mail and passengers from the
South were transferred across Martini:
creek by hand-ear. Ii will be several
days before trains will run on schedule
time. The water has receded some
during the past "A hours from the in,
undated warehouses. The river i.
several inches above the highest water
OF last year. To-day has been bright
and better feeling exists among the
people, who hope the worst is over.
Columbus, Miss, March 9.-The
heavy rains during the past week have
put the Tombigbee river on rampage
again. Every indication now points
to one of the highest waters ever
known. Every stream in this part OF
the country is out of its banks and all
this water is rushing into the Tom.
blgbee, which is now only 2 feet 4
inches below the highest water known
and rising at the rate of two inches an
hour. Nearly 1900 feet of the road.
bed of the Georgia Pacific railroad
was washed out yesterday evening
about rs miles west of here, and trains
cannot go further west than West
Point. The train from Greenville to-
day only got within six miles of the
train from Birmingham. The back
water is several feet deep iu the lower
part of town, and many people have
had to move out of their houses, the
water being three and four feet deep
in some of them.
Canton, Miss, March 9.-lnforma-
ton has just been received of a terri
BILE cyclone that passed over the north
eastern part of this county on Satur-
day at Z o'clock a. m. DIR. Anderson,
who lives near Pickens, had his gin
house blown dowa. Mr.. j. p. Simp-
sons house was blown of the pillars
and carried a distance of twenty feet
and set down again without injuring
any Of the family, all of whom were
in the house at the time. At Mr..
Blacks place, near Sherrock's store,
the residence, ginhouse, one cabin aud
corncrib were all completely dcmol-
ished. Three negroes are reported
killed near Sherrock's store. All fenc-
ing in the track of the storm was
blown entirely away. The overflow
here has subsidized and persons who
had to leave their houses ON account
of high water are returning to-day.
There have been no trains from the
North since Saturday night. 1t is ex-
pected, however, the breaks will be
repaired in short time. There has
been no damage to the Illinois Central
road south of Canton.
Lexington, Miss, March 9.--Satur-
day and Saturday night this county
was visited by the most destructive
rainstorms ever known in this commu-
nifty. Reports from many places In
The interior show that nearly every
bridge Of importance has been either
washed away or so badly
damaged that no passing can be had.
This town is almost entirely cut of
from all communication with the out
side world. The railroad bridge, one
mile east of town, is entirely destroyed,
20 that trains cannot come, and the
loss is incalculable. Later, upon a
fuller report from the interior, II Is
earned that the damage done was
argely in excess of what was first
thought. Bridges, both wooden and
ron, were washed away like toy
houses, and the roads were washed in
yullcys in many places, and are almost
mpassable. Farming operations have
been entirely suspended, and the land
hat had formerly been plowsd Is
BADLY washed aud will necessitate re-
thereby delaying planting
'ully two weeks. Fences along the
,reeks are completely carried away.
farmers are greatly discouraged at
he present outlook.