The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-21
MILLIONS LOST BY FLOOD.
CALAMITY is ESPECIALLY HARD ON
THE FARMERS.

pcopIe Drowned In Some Localities
aud Many Animals Have Lost Their
IiveS-SituatiOn With the Rail-
roads Is Little Better-Jackson Has
- water Famine With Water All
Around It-Business Suffers From
Loss of Mails.
New Orleans, April 2O.-The flood which
commenced the early part of the week has
already caused, at a conservative esti-
mate. fully $S,OOOOOO loss in Central and
Southern Mississippi, to say nothing of the
damages to the railroads.
The extent of the losses has not yet been
fully realized, and 1t may be some days
vet before an accurate total can be reach
ed for mail communications has been to-
tally cat off between these localities which
have suffered most and the outside world
and telegraph lines suffered greatly so
that the news is just now beginning to
arrive by wire.
In Louisiana, too, the damage done by
the unprecedented rains was great, but in
this state they are more inferential than
positive A special from Columbia, Miss,
which was received late tonight, fixes the
loss in that little town and its immediate
vicinity at 100000.
Many farm houses We're carried away by
the mad waters, the occupants barely ee-
Gaping with their lives and the number
Of cattle destroyed was great A great
many gins and mill houses were washed
away and many saw mills saw their lum-
8
" every bridge aroundColumbia was swept
down stream. Pearl river is now higher
than it has been known for many years.
Miles and miles of the New Orleans and
Northeastern track are still under water.
Many Animals Drowned.
Honey Island, the rendezvous of the
noted train robber Burch, is under twenty
feet Of water, and the island, which has
for years been one of the natural game
preserves of the South, is now devoid of
wild animals. Hundreds of deer were
drowned and the hills near the banks of
the Pearl river are now the temporary
abiding places of all manner Of four-foot-
ed life
The log booms in the neighborhood of
the loss sustained in this direction alone
amounts to thousands of dollars.
Distressing news comes from Hiehery,
Miss. a small town on this road which
is now completely surrounded by water
and inundated in many localities. Hun
dreds of hogs and cattle near this point
were drowned, and miles of fencing have
been washed away.
The latest advices from the town of En-
tefpHse state that the losses there have
been great, and much destitution pre-
walls Half score of towns are COM
pIeJely cut off from the outside world,
as they have been since the early part of
the week. From Chunky river swamps
near Enterprise comes the news of a
heavy loss of life.
The Illinois Central road is crippled
badly The New Orleans and Northeast
ern, the East Louisiana and the Yazoo
ana Mississippi Valley are as yet unable
10 move trains, and the Mobile and Ohio
also heavy sufferer.
Disastrous Washouts.
4 special from McComb City says:
Inc hrs- train from New Orleans since
Monday arrived Monday. The washouts
soulh of Chatawa, on the Illinois Central
railroad was the worst ever experienced
" inns company, over five miles of track
'elns completely destroyed. Large forces
u men have been employed in rebuilding
'"e track on Wednesday evening two
Na'nS OF passengers from the North, en-
'OUte TO New Orleans and other points
south were compelled to lay over here
uhuI last night on account of the track
a special to the Picayune from Enter
Prise Miss, says:
I"e Total loss of the merchants of this
pace Ay the recent overflow amounted to
"o'lt 10000. Quite a large number of
suburban residences, with all live stock,
are a total loss.
NO one can conceive of the distress that
movers over this section. Thousands of
0o1afs worth of fertilizers sold by the
merchants to the farmers of this country
NlF' Deem swept away and in many fields
a. ''e soil was washed off. leaving only
ihe clay
situation Around jackson.
'''Ason' Miss, April 2O.-The Illinois
g.'i'I managed to open traffic with New
|''0s tonight over the Natchez branch
"' lazoo and Mississippi Valley road,
'"oa-" trains are running with great
'''N on account Of the ueacherous con-
| '.uon OF the track.
'"' main line is. stll tied up below Mag
M wy the high waters, and the officials
"o' expect TO get traffic opened before
'i'F part of next week.
'.'@9 was washed out al Pearl river
''' Tine situation in Jackson is rap
sowing worse and a good sized sec
The southern portion of the city
submerged with the backwater from
ean river.
''1"ded on three sides by water
""n the numerous small streams
Neyond their banks the city is at
pune Tine confronted with the danger
t. ".''' famine, as the overflow of the
pni out the fires In the pump
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