Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-10
FLOODS AND STORMS.
The Weather in a Frowning, fearful
Mood Almost Everywhere.
LOWER MISSISSIPPI 0VERFLOWS.
A Destructive Tornado One of the Varia-
tionS in the South.
HEAVY F0GS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST.

NEW ORLEANS, March 9.-Pickens,
Miss, near this city, has been isolated since
| last Saturday, when the last train passed
North. Continuous rains since Thursday
night have raised the water in Big Black
river higher than ever known, and
it is still rising rapidly. 1t Is
up to the floor of the bridge.
All other bridges in the county are
gone and communication is cut of. The
Illinois Central Railroad track is lifted
bodily from its bed and deposited in the
ditch for miles below and above. and the
embankment is swept away. Incalculable
damage has been done by the water.
A tornado passed over the town last Sat
urjay morning without doing any damage.
dropping over into Madison county, where
it caused great destruction of life and prop
ertv, passing from there into Attala county,
near Newport, where houses were blown
down and four negroes killed.
Railroads and Towns Inundated.
At Quitman, Miss, the almost unprece-
dented rainfall for the past week has caused
general freshet and the cessation of traffic
on railroads. AT Enterprise, Miss the Mobile
and Ohio and New Orleans and Northeast
ern Railroads are submerged for long distances
ana passage either way is impossible The
town OF Enterprise is inundated to a large
e3tent. the water flowing through the streets
stances coming into the stores The flood has
no parallel save in the memorable year of 1871.
1t Will perhaps be two days before traffic will be
resumed.
The freeze on February 26 considerably
DAMAGED the prospective fruit crops in this
secton. On Saturday afternoon large hail
fell for few minutes and Saturday night the
ram fell IN torrents for several hours, causing
greater damage by washouts and overfowing
lowlands than had been done in many years.
Vegetation Nipped by Frost.
Several large growers had their tomato plant
beds completely washed away. and many others
have suffered damage. Last night there was
another freeze. this time preceded by rain.
which finished up the peach blossoms, and very
few peaches. If any, will be produced this sea-
March i.
At Yazoo City. Miss. reports from different
parts of the county received to-day indicate
that Friday and Saturdays heavy rain has
lngs and bridges Every stream IS
over its banks. Captain 2. P. Suits, Presi-
dent of the Board of Supervisors estimates the
loss to the county from bridges destroyed at
NOT less tina n $1,000 Not a bridge was left
over the streams in the hills.
There were no trains north of Yazeo City
to-udy- owing TO WdsnOuCS. Inc mall and pas
sengers from the South were transferred
across Martins creek by handcar.
The Cloud Burst at Meridian.
1t will be several davs before trains will run
on schedule time. The water has receded
somewhat during the past a hours from the
inundated warehouses The river is several
inches above high water mark of last year.
At Meridian Miss, the cloudburst of Satur-
day night did immense damage to all the rail-
roads entering the city, and no trains have
come in or gone out to-day. except
one on the Alabama and Great South
ern Railroad. The Northeastern Rail-
road is washed out between Meridian
and Enterprise. and it is reported that the
iron bridge is a foot out of line. The Alabama
and Vicksburg is washed out in dozens of
places and the Mobile and Ohio is badly dam
aged between Meridian and Enterprise and at
other points. Two trains on the Illinois Central
which came South from Jackson, Tenn, over
the Mobile and Ohio are standing on the track
here, That road is broken north of jackson
Miss The Greenwood Opera Company is tied
up at Hattenburg. 1t is expected that trains
will get through tomorrow. The city suffered
heavily from bridges washing away.