The age-herald., 1900-04-18
RAILROADS ARE TIED UP All Southwestern Trains Have
 Been AnnuIled. GREAT DAMAGE AT N0RTHP0RT ...s
 Reports from All Parts of Mississippi Tell of the Disastrous Work of
 the Floods = Houses
 Washed Away
GREAT DAMAGE AT N0RTHP0RT

Ine WeSleIn StCliOI LII Aiepoiho SAeShN- ing from the Mississippi state line to and including the Birmingham district has suf fered considerably from the storm, which appears to have extended throughout the entire southwest
 All the railroads coming into Birmingham except the Central of Georgia, were dam aged more or less by the heavy rain of Monday and Monday night and trains west of Birmingham on the Southern and the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham, and on the Alabama Great Southern south of Birmingham, were annulled yesterday.
 The Alabama Great Southern seems to have suffered more than any other road, but on account of the wires being down between Birmingham and Meridian the ex- tent of the damage could not be ascertained last night Superintendent Wickersham, as stated yesterday, went to York Monday night with a construction force to repair the damaged portions of the track. There have been no trains south of Birmingham on the Alabama Great Southern since Mon day night, and there seems no probability of any on that portion of the road for sev- eral days number of passengers from the north with tickets to the Pacific coast who came in on No last night were trans ferred to the Louisville and Nashville and will go to New Orleans on that road. On the bulletin board at the union depot was posted a notice yesterday that Nos. 1, 2 8 and south of Birmingham were annulled until further notice. Inquiries at the gen eral office of the Alabama Great Southern last night were met with the statement that nothing definite was known when the trains would be resumed.
 The Alabama Great Southern suffered the greatest damage along the river bot tom near York station, but just how much of the track was washed away could not be ascertained.
 Damage to the Southern
 The Southern railway track was damaged by high waters in Walker county and the passenger train for Greenville, Miss, due to leave here at 1o:20 p. m. was abandoned last night The train from the west came in about o'clock but it did not come through from Greenville
 Superintendent Frazer of the Birming- ham division of the Southern stated last night that he would have the track ready for the regular train to the west to leave on time today
 Louisville and Nashville passenger train from the north, due to arrive here at 8:22 a. m., did not arrive yesterday until about p. m, or about twelve hours late The delay was caused by high waters at Ban gor, where the water was seven feet deep on the track. Passengers had to be trans ferred to special train sent there from Birmingham The track was not damaged, as 1t was covered by back waters and no current flowed across it. Bangor cave, in to which the overflow water usually es- capes, was stopped up Monday and this fact caused an accumulation of water that covered the railroad track. No. 8 passen- ger train from the north, due to arrive at 3:45 p. m did not arrive until afte Ii o'clock Officials of the road said ,st night that the water would subside in time for trains to run on schedule today.
 Trains on the Oneonta branch of the Bir- mingham Mineral were annulld ystrdayta mingham Mineral were annulled yesterday on account of washouts in Blount county
 More Damage Reported
 Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham passenger train due to leave here for the west at 10:20 D. m. was annuled last night The roadbed of this company was damaged in two or three places in the western DOT tion of the state. Passenger train from Kansas City due here at 5:45 a. m. did not arrive yesterday until late in the after noon, being reported ten hours late.
 The Birmingham Railway and Electric company suffered considerably from the heavy rains and cars could not be run on some of the divisions until late in the af- ternoon. The North Birmingham cars could not pass Village creek, which had over flowed the track, until nearly night. Pas sengers on the Gate City cars had to trans fer at the Central of Georgia railroad track at Twenty-seventh street The track at that place was -deluged until late in the afternoon. Trains had to be abandoned on the Bessemer and Birmingham division on account of a trestle at Walnut Grove wash ing away, and high water at one or two other places.
 The rains that fell between 8 o'clock Mon- day morning and o'clock yesterday morn ing were the heaviest for several seasons the precipitation being over six inches Ev- cry stream overfiowed, and the waters spread in solid sheets over almost the whole of Jones valley. The extent of the damage wrought by the high waters can- not be estimated until they have subsided but 1t is known to be very great.