The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-22
Points of Danger Are Chiefly Alon:
~. Coast of Mississippi
Sound
FIERCE FIGHT FOR A BRIDGE.
Great Force of Men Struggling
Against Il Raft of Valuable
LOGS N Scranton Re
lief al Jackson.

| RErtri.lr SPECIAL
| New orleans. IA. A,r.l o. The a"uI SIT
uation IN Louisiana ANA Mississippi il i'm
proving. except in the country immediately
| along the coast OF Mississippi Sour! Here
| the summit uf tn" flood wave has just
reached and thrr" will be great danger TO
The railroads. sawnlls. lumber and other
| interests
| Up to iri~ time. the Illinois Central
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley and New or
| leans and Northeastern! railroads have been
! the chief sufferers ana the country along
| these lines the tn"st devastated The Louis
willie and Nashville. which runs along thc
p. Gulf coast is row iii greatest danger
! The flood 10 The nurtn and northeast is
suhsdinc hut 1t viii be three " four days
before II is down. The Illinois Central has
1 had six repair trains nut. II has been work
ing theoretically. ana Will be able 10 re
! sum. business tu-morruw.
The chief point ~ DANCER is the big hrids"
of the Louisville and Nashyiil" Railroad
7 ovcr the Pascicouia Ejyrr ut Scranton
over $3eocoe worth of logs are ;ammed
! against th- bridge. and ii Is rio''cn;ariiy
| IN danger of being swept away. Every man
! IN Scranton and III In" numbering towns
or tie vicinity was employed today in ny
! ing to sac ;he bIitgr. and thousands %!
dollars worth "t logs war- ,u:nri oui aud
SWEET ir,u III" Guf "f Mexico.
Al tl- N.s>.l- at Scranton have 3n'!r
steam Bp. r..!iy 10 depart Al lnoilril: =
notice ShouiG jhr ran n.sccnl on th' M
| uc-ri.::lt there i faint hope Of saIins the
bridge and some "a: the logs. hu TIL" iufr
be' miils have already lost heavily. ana
al n..sl, IL them Is >tspenced
Tnc losses ii Enterprise. Miss, to huiid-
ing~ and merchandise. l. put Al S.-''Hn
AI.op-: he buildings seriously injured *
the High School
A. jackson Miss t1e waterw"rks com
panI-e were, compelled Ia Sll>peit op"rt-
ucn# because the hood has reached th,.
fGr!ia, - in ht pumphorSe and exiting lished
the rras. mus II. eE".sS II water has
Jhr-d, rrlt,! to crt OFT i.s supply of water
@iu"-roum and by the AID Of an inprnvs"i
d.tlu resumed operations. The weather mas
cleared thor. ami r"ali River Is expected
to h.gin SubsiGing soon.
In Washington Parish. La. the floods
have waSir1 away "v"ry bridge on III"
Bceue Thrto swept away The telephone
even stopping the mails. Th- loss IA .ht.
farmers is very heavy. their fences Icing
carried away. barns and hpDSeS wrecked.
live stock drowned. crops DESTROYED ana in
many cases the cinrs and even The soil
washed AWAY. and the hard il covered with
high hanks ~ sand. but no iev-cs have
ken lost.
Al Meridian Miss. the situation is :li.h;-
~ improved. hut The merchants al. heglh-
ning; i" suffer rom the SUSPENSION IF i'.l.
road tra't7r. Small towns are in dlnSrr' of
food scarcity. OW ing la Cuminuti ,ation
being cut of. The tracks Of the ilaplma
and NiCSshlrg. New orleans and North
"a stern ami Mobile and Ohio still in
many places submerged. and the roIdb lis
are considered in a dangerous condition.
There is little prospect of restrning traffic
before Monday or TUESDAY. Many homes
and much properly have been destroyed.
and ii IL reporte, that more suffering an'l
greater losses hav. been sustained +hln
ever before. The large streams south of
Meridian continue TO rise. The vi'la-c "f
Hickory is entirely SURROUNDED by water"
and il - feared that much suffering viii
result.
Al Natchcz Miss MAYOR Hcnbrooli has
found I; necessary 10 warn the re"ple to
keep off the famous Natchcs bluffs.
there ar. large cracks In TWO Of the bluffs
ana fears of "a cave IN.
lt will he at least -four days before all the
daugF~ Is over. and r,rOt,abi' Two weeks be-
affected will he in thorough working order
again. and ii win be possible To form some
idea Of the loss II will y. heaviest in
bridges. fencing, lumber and saw mills. and
In the expense 70 which farmers will he
subjected in leplanting their crops. While
there has been no loss Of life. the loss in
,ha matter Of cattle has heen exceptionally
tic:l% tina, ia. land itself has been seriously
in i;Ircd and that tie rich top soil has been
washed away by the floods and carried out
into the Gulf
TRAN GOES THRutGR A TRESTIE.
Greenyille. &. G.. April 31.-Thc rainfall II
this section of tha South .ha past two days
has bee,l terrific ard almost continuous
All streams are Hooded Five loaded cars
of = freight train hound north on the
over 'rhickettv Creek. between Srartans-
burg and ,I9ffrey this morning Nobody