The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-23
DAMAGE TO RAILROADS.
Mississippi High Water DemoraIl1es Sched-
uIes Of Trains.
A HALF A MILLION LOGS ARE IN DANGER
The Louisville and Nashville BRUCE
WrecIScd-rhe situation Is serious
at Scranton and Pascagouin.

Meridian, Miss. April 22.--Passengen
traffic, by transferring at several bad
washouts, has been resumed on the Ala
bama aud Great Southern road. The MO-
bile and Ohio passenger train, wateroound
at Quftman for i've days and nights, pulled
into Meridian today at noon. Eisntseh
hours was consumed in making .wenty-
odd miles. Full traffic on the Mobile ana
Ohio, the Alabama and vicksburg, and the
New Orleans aud Northeastern can not
possibly he resumed inside OF ten days.
Mobile, Ala, April 22.-The Mobile and
Ohio officials here have flood kilograms
from Superlntendents Fonde and Scale
from Quitman, Miss. saying that tho
work OF getting the Mobile and Ohio in
shape Is more difficult than was ex-
peeled
Mobile, Ala, April 22.--Two spans of the
Louisville and Nashville railway bridge
at West pascagoula, Miss, have been
knocked out by floating logs coming down
on the overdowed river
| The PASSENGER train service Is crippled
and passengers and mail from the tralus
are forwarded in boats. Freight traffic Is
entirely suspended.
New Orleans, La, April 1.-THE per-
sistent pounding Of logs swept down by
swollen streams, knocked out the Pasca-
goula bridge on the Louisville and Nash
vile road and threw this end Of the line
cut OF business. The superintendent vi
this division viii begin repairs tonor-
SOW and In the meantlme the gap Will ps
srossed by boats, making connection WITH
trains on each side. The bridge Is a steel
span some AGO feet long, ana its loss al
tins time Is serious. as the Illinois Central
aud Northeastern have been utilizing III
Louisville and Nashville to get out thell
! freight until they get their roads In SNAPS
The Northeas, eru can not resume unit
Wednesday. The Illinois General ran gu
It's trains today. but another general rail-
has already played some havoc and By To-
morrow all Eastern freight may be tied uJ
or take a roundabout route by the West
Special dispatches received here tonigh
report heavy and general rains today
throughout the greater portion of Texas
Louisiana and Mississippi.
Ponchatoula, La, reports heavy rain
there this evening, The Sunday excur
sion was waterbound. This will be serious
TO the strawberry and vegetable gardener
along the line, as no shipping facilities car
be had. There Is no fear of high waite
in this vicinity, as Ponchatoula has higl
lands and fine natural drainage, but tn
dOwnpour of the heavy rain Injuries tn
ripe fruit in the field.
Monroe, La. reports: There is anothe
rairstorm here this evening and 1t looks a
II there would be no let-up. Recent rain
had already done great damage to tn
planting interests of this section aud tn
!. storm this evening Will cause much NOR
} injury to crops.
, jackson, Miss, April 22--The railroad
are again threatened with track trouble
and tie-ups on account OF heavy rail-
, which has been falling in torrents for tn
past six hours. TIE small streams, al
ready at high stand are being swollei
; beyond their banks The Illinois Contra
/ has now commenced running its throug
passenger trains over the main line q
the Yazoo and Mississippi Valleu- route
but the travelling public is at great in
| convenience on account of the restricte
schedules. 1t Is impossible to tell whe
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