The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-21

point Pearl river is now one vast lake
stretching six or eight miles to the east
and south.
The Alabama and Vicksburg railroad
bridge Is tottering on its foundations to-
night and will doubtless be swept away
before morning
Advices from several states from which
a general idea of the food is gained, in
dicate that the damage will reach into
the millions and the calamity falls es-
pecially hard on the farmers.
Repairing the Washouts.
Mobile, Ala, April 2O.-The flood situa-
tlon on the Mobile and Ohio was not i'm
proved by Thursday. To-day, however
has been fair, and it Is believed the flood
has reached its limit
The railroad company has 500 men al
work in the flooded district repairing
breaks, and the officials are confident that
the through trains will be run by Monday.
A force of men has been sent from the
shops at Whistler, and like force from
the Jackson division. They are now at
WORK at Enterprise, where the banks are
badly washed to a depth of twelve feet
Water is still over the track at Gwynns
for distance of a mile. There is a bad
break IN the Montgomery division, near
BUM, but passengers are transferred at
that point 1t is expected trains will run
through on that division tomorrow night
a special from Buckatunna, on the Mo-
bile division, says that the loss of stock
and to farms is enormous, many of the
farms being ten feet under water Fami-
lies have been forced to seek the hills for
safety. The Southern Railway is suffer
ing between Meridian and Selma. and
there will be no trains before Monday on
that division.
The Louisville and Nashville is carry
ing much Illinois Central freight. The
transporta tion of 107 carloads of bananas
is one feature of to-days business.
The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City
Railroad escaped damage until to-day, but
the rivers have overfiowed and cut off the
town of Merrill. at the western terminus.
Trains do not go any further than Luce
dale. Merrill is on the Pascagoula river.
Much alarm is felt there. There are from
one to three million logs in the Pascagou-
la river boom, threatening damage to the
Louisville and Nashville bridge below, If
the boom breaks. 1t is learned that the
boom company has taken the precaution
TO use steel ropes to hold the boom, and
that danger has. it is believed, been
avoided.
business Men Suffering.
Meridian, Miss, April 20.-The mer-
chants and business men of Meridian are
beginning to suffer from the continued
suspension of railroad traffic as result
of the floods. Five days have elapsed
since any freight or mail reached the city,
except from the north.
Reports from the surrounding flooded
districts to-night are gloomy, showing no
prospect of the resumption of traffic be-
fore Monday or Tuesday. The waters in
the large streams south Of here continue
to rise.
Floods at Columbia, s. C.
Columbia. S. c., April 90.-The heavy
rains of the past three days have done
considerable damage to the crops in this
state, beating down the earth in places AMI
overflowing in others.
The Wateree river is twenty-nine feet
above low water at Camden. The Conga-
rec was twenty feet here to-day.
The Seaboards new bridge over the Wa
teree is just a few feet above water level,
but is not in danger.
In this city the Seaboard has been ham
pered on account of cuts through Lincoln
street caving in and imbedding the track.
No serious damage, however, has been
done.