The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-23
ZIG BRIDGE IS OUT OF PLACE.
elc,NrIC STRUCTURE PARTLY DE-
STRoNED ny LOGS.

rl,e4s in the Gulf states StiII Play
ans Havoc aud There VIII lie More
u.a,, WatuS-Somc Railroads win
Nas nc Able to Resume Traffic for
fen ~-Lumbermcn and Farm
a.. WiIl nc Heavy Loscrs-EXtcnt
,f thc Destruction.
w..art.on. April 22-The Weather Bu-
.o.peat ordered storm signals dis
rg.. 900 the entire Gulf coast from PEN
ss F,. 90 Brownsville. Tex. near the
N., border line.
oa ...Gu'i coast the forecast for Monday
ass ly is for fresh to high Winds
o southeast with thunder squalls
ulu ums in the Southern states,
..at. uriher floods In that section are
taae..i tor the next two days.
re A.s.. Aprn 1.-Two spans Of the
t. louisville ana Nashville bridge at
W laersroua. Miss. were forced out
tfl ili- morning by floating .ogs com
ire ara Che oyeCnowed river.
ra. sseneer service Is badly crippled,
al Hs sersers and mails are being trans
f n boats The freight traffic is en-
tr.e asa udel This is on the direct
irs .f tuyel between the East and New
O-lH. where traffic is always heavy
.scaL0ua river. which the bridge
spsr- lIveeu West Fascagoula and
seantn has been rising very rapidly the
ll f.WlHNs. and many log. booms, brols-
aaaay fiam their moorings up the coun-
ty .ate been carried down stream. Many
la.s ,ole.i arainst the piers. and their
Weight. toee-her with the force Of the
water ua.g terrific pressure.
Tried 20 Weigh IL Down.
LAST rlht fearing the safety Of the
d -r tre Louisville and Nashville Off
o1 hI rp their passenger train from
Naa Hr-lr- which arrived here at mid
u-a- A long train Of freight cars was
rga ia.o tc bridge in an attempt to weigh
81 oen aat re pressure was too great.
Tae nu,nt during The morning was
ao.t ar..a miles an hour, and az /. 80
oao.h U- aftcrnoon. when the flow Of
l..s v.f h.l'icr than for some time. two
sHs t U. steel structure We're moved
co. t.t .at of place The water con-
uaues 90 .rry hundreds of logs down
s.ram an' tae spans may be forced COM
I ce fore morning.
r.-aeo.'l river at the point where the
Hee crosses is ten miles in width, the
e're 4Hrcc being traversed by the
er' lnl -s approaches.
e Louisville and Nashville is not
mc-g an any Grains from New Or
i i th, passengers who have been
te.s. fsra for many hours are being
0il.i srns the gap In the line by boat
on" HALF OF the Bridge Gone.
l#-.- li...'s from Pascagoula say one
t. oridse is now gone. and il the
vt r0e structure viii b. totally
Passengers on the train due
te lau to-day from New Orleans.
T rred across the river by boat.
'- lrther viii be attempted un-
Oh 'a morning. the south-bound
remaining at Scranton. Miss,
.0ommodations are far from
&" rising water it is mol certain
i'ing 10 make a landing on
shore. Meantime there is
.uuing at Swartout. nine miles
scranton. where the water
Hack. and a stoppage Of traffic
atarI
0HuH logs In Danger.
'.r,et conters I'm the great log
o.
-ou.a river. There are half a
there IN danger The boom
no 20 far. a telegram from
'le river, says the Pascagoula
hcre. At the Farnsworth
boom, lower down. there has
'..i rise since morning. \ tele-
ase says il is hoped to save
f..rc.
Ices Will be heavy, for all
oi the logs can probably be
ihe mouth OF the river. the
$3.50 he small.
iaek tonight the water "a
.rl pascagoula IS rising rep
situation IS very serious.
''h'i" nnd ohlo'S Trouble
Nn.le ana Ohio officials here
kilograms from Quit
saying that the work
the Mobile and Ohio in
''.r he hieh water is more dim-
'cted. The water !s st!l ,oo
-r1it Of close examination.
near Quitman has lost the
rnrcrs. a mile and a half
uN fhe embnnkment and WA sh-
thc woods. The. water IS
much OF the road bed b. SIN
hLow 10 RAILROADS.