The age-herald., 1900-04-20
Water is Five Feet in the Streets
 of Enterprise.
MUCH LOSS OF LIFE EXPECTED
The Floods Are Worse Than Has Ever Been Known Before and Addi- tional Reports of Disaster
 Are Anticipated.

Memphis, April 19.-A special to the Com mercial-Appeal from New Orleans says:
 New Orleans has ceased to regard the flood situation as a temporary ineonven- fence. As the time has passed and as the full scope of the disaster which visited this section of the country in the excessive rains, which began in the early days of the week and still continue, has been learned, the conviction has been irresistibly brought home that calamity of appall. ing magnitude has been experienced, and that instead of the worst being over the evil has just begun
 There are now within the gates of the city on less than 800 water-bound travel CTS, who are not only unable to return to their homes now, but who do not know when they will be able to leave. Partial reports of the damage incurred in the storm belt have run figures up into the millions, and taking into conslderatioh the losses, real and resultant, the amount foots up to an enormous figure.
 The Illinois Central railroad system has incurred damages which will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars, figuring the loss of business, and the end is not yet. Not only was that road tied up to- day, but there Is no telling when the trains will be able to run. The streams are still rising, and rain continues to fall today. The tie up is complete, both on the Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroads. The trains which departed for Chicago Monday morning was only re. turned to New Orleans last night and with the delayed passengers came back two car loads of mail which had to be taken in charge by the postal authorities and routed out as expediency demanded. The New Orr leans and Northeastern is in just as bad fix. It has been unable to move any trains out of this city since Monday and does not know when it will be enabled to resume operations.
 NJ. & Q. Is ParaIyzed
 The East Louisiana has shut up opera tions and the Mobile & Ohio, between Me- ridian and Enterprise, Miss, is paralyzed Business is out of joint owing to the lack of mails, which have been stopped over the suffering roads since Monday
 Related news is just now beginning to arrive regarding the loss of life Four persons were drowned near Meridian and two near Hattiesburg, Miss. In the vi- cinity of Enterprise, Miss. the waters of the Chickahasay are raging Water was five feet deep in the main streets today, and throughout last night cries for assist ance filled the air. The loss of life, if any, could not be ascertained today.
 The three bridges between East and West Enterprise have been swept away. The Enterprise academy, a building which was the pride of the town, is swept away. A number of buildings were also demolish- ed.
 Shubuta and DeSoto, Miss, are com- pletely inundated. The rise of the Chick ahasay has been in the neighborhood of thirty feet, and the torrent is still rising. The Pasagoula river. too is on the ram- page, and much damage may be expected from the lands adjacent to it's banks.
 The floods have been worse than ever before known, and tomorrow adyices may bring additional news of disaster and of Joss of life