The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-14
pIx1E's DIsAs rRoUs FLOODS.
The Tombigbee Likely TO Reach the
Eighest Point in I-s History.

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Eighest Point in rs History.
MOBILE, ALA, April lS.-1he Tombigbee
river at Demopolis, Ala, is rising at the
rate Of 6 inches an hour, and great areas of
low lands planted with corn and cotton are
under water. The rise between o'clock
last night aud this morning was feet.
The river is within ~ feet of the high wa
ter Of 1874, and will probably pass that
point to-day. The Alabama Great South
ern railway track is submerged
near Epes Station, and the
trains of that road are using the
East Tennessee road to Meridian, Miss.
West Point, Miss, is surrounded by water
and is practically on an island. Every rail-
road is washed out and nearly all the wires
are down. Every bridge in the country
has been washed away and much stock has
been lost The hotels in West Point are
crowded with water~bound passengers. The
first through train for Mobile on the Mobile
and Ohio went out Monday night, but rain
began falling again, and 1t looks now as if
the food would be greater than before.
GOVERNMENT AID ASKED.
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The House com.
mittee on appropriations to-day listened to
an appeal by Representative Allen Of Mis-
sisslppi, in favor of his resolution asking an
immediate Appropriation of $50. 900 to allevi-
hI6 luG COUulLlOu Oh Luc lipJh sufferers III
Mississippi and Alabama. Mr.. Allen urged
the committee to take action at once. as the
people along the river banks are in "a ter
rible condition, aud ask relief from the gov
ernment. kilograms received by Mr.. Allen
from Columbus, Miss, state over 100 persons
have been drowned in one county, and
already sixty bodies have been recovered
from the waters, and many Others can be
seen floating on the surface. His
people, he stated TO the COM
mittee, who hal suffered were
probably poorer in actual money than any
people in the country, and while they had
homes and means of subsistence, they had
little to give in aid Of others.
At the suggestion Of Mr.. Holman the
resolution was referred to subcommittee,
which will take prompt action upon it.
Mr.. Allen has also received a request
from his district asking the Secretary of
War to provide 1000 tents for the homeless
people. The tents, no doubt, will bepromptly
forwarded by the war department.
Secretary Elkins this afternoon directed
the department quartermaster at st. Louis
to send Immediately 800 tents to the mayor
af Columbus. Miss, for the benefit of the
sufferers from the recent floods.
rHIRTY-Two NEGROES DROWNED.
BIRMINGHAM, April IS, 1880 P. M..-The
Age Herald representative came In from
Columbus, Miss., tonight and says that the
waters are still receding and exposing a
wide scene OF devastation. For many miles
nothing is left in the shape of live stock and
hundreds of cabins have disappeared. Only
thirty-two deaths have been ascer-
tanned up to date-au negroes.
The crowd of refuge,5 is d.
minishing. The demand for labor by the
railroads being very great those who are
willing to work are temporarily supplied
with something to do. When the railroads
are repaired many laborers will be COM
PEELED to 60 back to the devastated farms.
The railroads are getting in fairly good
shape. The Georgia Pacific will go through
to Greenville. Miss, tomorrow by using
the Mobile and Ohio track to West Point
THE FIRST TRAINS IN A WEEK.
The Kansas City, Memphis and Birming-
ham got two trains through to this point
tonight. the first since last Wednesday, by
using the Georgia Pacific track from here
to Columbus.
The Alabama Great Southern is still max
| ing detour TO avoid the high water below
Akron, but it is expected that its present
route by way Of the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia, will be stopped by high
water at Demopolis Tonight. and arrange
ments are already being made to go up the
Mobile aud Ohio to Columbus. Miss, and
come here by the Georgia Pacific.